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New York Now at 8 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power

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New York has just reached 8 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power capacity in the “distributed” solar market — rooftops and small-scale installations. The state has a target of reaching 10 GW by 2030, and this new milestone puts them ahead of schedule. The state was at 6 GW in … [continued]

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BC Hydro’s Net Metering Change Points Past Export Credits

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BC Hydro’s change to net metering looks, at first glance, like another rooftop solar fight. The old Rate Schedule 1289 is closing to new customers on July 1, 2026, and new self-generation customers will move to Rate Schedule 2289, where excess generation is paid at 10¢/kWh in the billing cycle … [continued]

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Distributed Solar Has Pushed Up Pakistan’s Electricity Demand By A Fifth In Two Years

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This rapid solarisation raises its electrification rate to the global average. Pakistan’s energy economy is now as electrified as the global average, following a rapid solarisation that has transformed the country’s energy system in just two years, according to a new report, “The Solarisation of Pakistan’s energy economy,” from Ember and … [continued]

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Geopolitics Smooths The Energy Transition Curve

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One of the easiest ways to misread the energy transition is to stand inside one country and mistake local political weather for the global climate. A U.S. reversal, European permitting drag, Indian coal and grid constraints, Indonesian diesel politics, Pakistani fuel-price exposure, Chinese overbuild, Gulf hedging, African distributed solar and … [continued]

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