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@commercialsolarguy.comDefinitely
@commercialsolarguy.comIf global electricity is still at 8.8%, and Germany is at 18% - that means we still have a lot of runway before the uber-saturation of places like Germany hits. And now we have batteries to deal with that. Think this means more and faster solar transitions can happen in ‘surprising’ ways. Bullish.
@commercialsolarguy.comBig bada boom
@commercialsolarguy.comDis why I vote that way:
@commercialsolarguy.comSee
@commercialsolarguy.comA key piece of missed in my headline was that this particular explosion knocked a bunch of Russian social media bots offline. Blowing up a data center in an of itself, meh.
@commercialsolarguy.comCan we do this worldwide? I’d vote for that…
@commercialsolarguy.comI’ll follow up with Jenny soon about non-China outcomes so far this year. Also, @solarpowereu.bsky.social said the EU will show growth, while the end of 2025 model suggested EU slowing/flat I think.
@commercialsolarguy.com‘Outside of China, however, global solar growth continues even as expansion in Europe and the United Stares wobble…According to Bloomberg data, the non-China world installed 251 GW of solar in 2024, is projected to grow nearly 13% to 283 GW in 2025, and is expected to reach 308 GW in 2026.’
@commercialsolarguy.comTalk soon.
@commercialsolarguy.comHow much runway?
@commercialsolarguy.comHow much startup capital would you provide?
@commercialsolarguy.comSo I just logged into Bluesky - and like nine people in a row have retweeeted this thread…so here’s ten!
@commercialsolarguy.comWoah that’s a massive decline, and two years in a row.
@earthsciinfo.bsky.socialReposted by @commercialsolarguy.comThe key point here is that heat pump sales are outperforming gas furnaces even in the absence of subsidies. The renewable energy transition is happening despite now hostile policies b/c the technology is less expensive to use, effective & provides health, environmental & climate benefits. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋
@commercialsolarguy.coma fuckin planet bro claude
@commercialsolarguy.comTruth is, tax credits never got going - in fact - the pending tax credits might have slowed heat pump sales as homeowners were waiting for the 30% savings. I know many who did, then once Trump hacked - demand returned to normal.
@commercialsolarguy.comThis is great. Of course, cost of a solar panel shipping container now costs twice as much to ahoonsuenotnsieael issues - but I’m down with EVs being greater than 50%.
@commercialsolarguy.com"It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?" My mom: In bed, or reading, or in a tree, or at Josh’s or Chris’, or maybe Ian’s place… Seeming responsibility of Mom today is to check the iPhone tracker to know if they’re upstairs or downstairs. Of course, I did almost die a few times…
@commercialsolarguy.comResource to review the 2026 ballot questions
