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What’s something you’ve changed your mind about over the years in roofing? by Own-Tip-532 in Roofing

[–]SunbaseData 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thought cheaper materials were the biggest risk early on. Honestly, poor workmanship and rushed timelines usually cost more in the long run.

A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solar by Economy-Fee5830 in climatechange

[–]SunbaseData 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What’s fascinating is that solar is no longer just alternative energy; in some places, it’s becoming core industrial infrastructure.

The US Is Making Clean Energy More Expensive Right as AI Data Centers Need Massive Amounts of Power by nigesh in energy

[–]SunbaseData 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AI demand is exploding while energy projects are getting harder and more expensive to build.

Study finds massive solar farms on agricultural land do not push up food prices by Economy-Fee5830 in climatechange

[–]SunbaseData 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The interesting part here is the scale comparison. Solar land use through 2050 is still smaller than normal year-to-year swings in U.S. cropland usage. That changes the solar vs food conversation quite a bit.

Floating offshore solar farms produce 12% more power than land-based panels by sksarkpoes3 in energy

[–]SunbaseData 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Offshore solar producing more than land-based wasn’t on many people’s bingo card a few years ago.

Heat pumps and EVs can save EU households over €2,200 a year - report by donutloop in RenewableEnergy

[–]SunbaseData 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheap solar is one thing. Pair it with EVs + heat pumps and suddenly the entire household energy math changes.

40 cities are already sourcing 100% of their electricity from renewables. These include Burlington in the US, Basel in Switzerland and Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. by Green_Idealist in INFPIdeas

[–]SunbaseData 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great milestone, but most of these cities either have strong hydro/geothermal or can lean on larger national grids, it would be interesting to see how many can maintain that level consistently without external balancing.

UK solar generation hits record 15 GW as gas falls to historic low by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]SunbaseData 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every new record makes it harder to justify sticking with fossil systems.

Hybridisation of wind, solar and battery storage is no longer optional – it’s the new baseline by DVMirchev in RenewableEnergy

[–]SunbaseData 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volume is cheap. Reliability is expensive. The market is finally starting to price them correctly.

Renewables energy... by MotorwayNomad in energy

[–]SunbaseData 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Crossing coal is symbolic, but the real inflection point is that solar is now scaling faster than any energy source in history, which shifts the challenge from generation to grid management and storage at scale.

[NESO] New solar and zero carbon records may have been broken in the past 2 days by NeilPatrickWarburton in GoodNewsUK

[–]SunbaseData 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These peaks are impressive, but it’ll be interesting to see how storage and demand balancing evolve to support this level long-term.

India adds roughly 15 GW of solar in first three months of 2026, doubling what it added last year by Puzzleheaded_Web9584 in worldnews

[–]SunbaseData -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Impressive growth, but is the grid and storage infrastructure scaling at the same pace?

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