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Wer bei solcher Solarleistung, selbst unserer Mini-Anlage nicht in Verzückung gerät, muss ein Petrolhead sein. Im März praktisch kein Tag in den letzten Tagen, an dem die Batterie nicht geladen war und zur Autoarkie beigetragen hat. So macht Energiewende Spaß. Die Anlage der Größe kriegst du mittlerweile für 4 stellige Beträge. Die grüne Linie ist die Batterieladung.

#ee#solar#pv

How #hackers capture your #solarpanels and cause #grid havoc. The global push towards smart #energy production adds new vulnerabilities to national power #grids. DW spoke to hackers who've exposed security gaps in rooftop installations and solar power plants around the world. dw.com/en/how-hackers-capture- #climatecrisis #solar #energy #cybersecurity #cybercrime

An illustration depicting a silhouette of a person looking out onto a raincloud and solar panels
Deutsche Welle · How hackers capture your solar panels and cause grid havocBy Mathis Richtmann

#solar #energy #hydrogen

'The study unveils a pioneering approach to harnessing sunlight for efficient and stable hydrogen production using cost-effective organic materials, potentially transforming the way we generate and store clean energy. '

qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2025/sci

Queen Mary University of LondonUK-led breakthrough offers path to stable, low-cost solar hydrogen production

#USpolitics #ClimateSolutions #Solar

Seems to me MAGA [and with it the US] is betting on the wrong horse.

"US Solar Smashes Records, Trump Bets on Gas" [ ± 1min]
by electricviking

youtube.com/shorts/uzjE8IJUFxY

Quote by ev:
"Mar 17, 2025
US Solar Smashes Records, Trump Bets on Gas"

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

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@dubh The centralized-grid model was designed for the 20th century when cheap power meant huge power plants 100s of miles away.

The renewables era demands decentralized localized grids with energy storage. Especially with one climate disaster after another, its the only way to make supply resilient & cheap.

Mass install panels & batteries, no subsidies needed, safeguard quality of life for everyone

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@dubh great link, thanks!

echoes what I think is the only way forward: abandon the grid in its current form. Trying to prop-up an outdated and inefficient grid on the backs of one segment of slightly better off households, and using this as a justification for its continued existence is harmful to everyone's interests.

#Pakistan #SouthAsia #GlobalSouth #Energy #EnergyTransition #Solar #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis

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The Age of Solar Farms has truly arrived in Ireland!

…as have debates on land use, as farmers might want agricultural expansion, and villagers don’t like construction.

“However, the government hopes such misgivings might be eased by renewable energy community projects, in local ownership and control, with farmers involved as members or by leasing out land.”

irishexaminer.com/farming/arid

Irish Examiner · Stephen Cadogan: The era of solar farms has truly arrivedBy Stephen Cadogan
#Ireland#EU#Europe
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As stated above, #Pakistan 's electricity grid is in serious trouble post the #solar revolution on last year (almost 30% of total national demand - 11,000MW - added in #rooftop solar in just 9 months in 2024).

So much so that the government has had to cancel or abandon future power projects, and renegotiate standing contracts with IPPs (Independent Power Producers, or private power companies).

dawn.com/news/1884194/govt-scr

DAWN.COM · Govt scraps 10,000MW projects to curb costsBy Khaleeq Kiani