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News & Current Events Mar 31, 2026 at 4:54 PM

Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps and EVs

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Europeans rush to buy solar and heat pumps as energy bills soar
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Europeans rush to buy solar and heat pumps as energy bills soar
The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas.
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pixeltackle Mar 31, 2026 +1068
Imagine that, we could have been taking these steps all along... at least data shows once energy goes green it rarely goes back to fossil fuels, as after the initial investment green energy is cheaper even in peacetime!
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IntelArtiGen Mar 31, 2026 +134
> once energy goes green it rarely goes back to fossil fuels Meanwhile in the US they consumed more coal in 2025 compared to 2024, and after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 many countries restarted their coal plants. It rarely completely goes back to the previous situation but it can temporarily get worse. https://time.com/7382295/us-coal-power-trump/ > Coal Power is Rebounding in the U.S. Germany after Iran war: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-merz-questions-coal-reform-amid-mideast-crisis/live-76558121 > it may be necessary to keep Germany's coal-fired plants online for longer. Problem is if it get worse every oil/gas crisis and we have an oil/gas crisis every 5 years, GHGs won't be reduced quickly enough.
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mreman1220 Mar 31, 2026 +107
Eh, that Time article is a little exaggerated. The data it references shows a pretty meager increase. Doesn't even reach 2022 coal usage levels, which is still dramatically lower than we were back in the 80s and 90s. I wouldn't expect the drop in coal usage to descend without small bounce backs from time to time. [https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67005](https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67005)
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IntelArtiGen Mar 31, 2026 +7
> I wouldn't expect the drop in coal usage to descend without small bounce backs from time to time. Worst part is it was before war in Iran because the price of natural gas was higher since the war in Ukraine. So it could get even worse this year. Still, the US can probably remove all the coal, but surely not remove all the natural gas, and the consumption of fossil fuels is not really decreasing in the US: https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels . It peaked in 2007 (23.5twh), then decreased a bit (21.4twh 2009) and it's been approximately stable for 15 years if we ignore covid (22.2twh 2018, 21.2twh 2024). It's still good to replace coal by natural gas because it emits less CO2 but it must decrease very fast if we want to stay below 2°C of global warming, and when coal is going back up in 2026 it's clear that we won't decrease GHG emissions quickly enough to be below 2°C of global warming. But it's the same thing in many countries (I'm forced to say that otherwise some people think I'm attacking a country in particular and feel the need to defend that country).
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Cooky1993 Apr 1, 2026 +10
Coal is just a pretty shit power supply in 2026. I can't see anyone investing in it in a long term enough way to build new coal-fired plants now. The AI bubble and Strait of Hormuz crisis may see some older plants have their lives extended, but new build plants just aren't likely By shit, I don't mean in a "bad for the environment" kind of way. I mean shit in a "they're expensive, less reliable and less efficient than any other fuel source" kind of way. You get far less of a ROI for coal plants vs gas fired plants. Coal is both far more expensive than gas as a power source and far less responsive. Gas plants can sit at "spinning standby" fairly cheaply, and can go from low power to full output in minutes, and then back to off again pretty rapidly whilst still making money. Coal takes hours to bring up to readiness, and has to run for hours to make money, or has to charge a steep premium on its generating capacity to make money. In an era of c**** renewable, coal doesn't make sense as part of your base load, but its also c*** at being part od your response load.
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IntelArtiGen Apr 1, 2026 +5
I agree with everything you said for the US. In countries which don't have natural gas things can be way different. Still, natural gas is a fossil fuel and it pollutes a lot, and the supply of natural gas is not able to meet the demand everywhere. Which is a problem because, as you said, it's more efficient, so they'll want to massively increase the supply of natural gas, because it's highly profitable (low supply, high demand), which means increasing GHG emissions because it's not just used to replace coal it's also used to increase energy consumption. Gas plants aren't part of a sustainable strategy in the end. At most they can use cogeneration and renewables and it "wouldn't be that bad" but even then if the energy demand keeps increasing we'll surely reach 2-3°C of global warming this century. Removing all fossil fuels is required to stop climate change (not even to reverse it, just to stop it from getting worse).
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stalinusmc Mar 31, 2026 +17
Not 100% accurate as the AI boom is responsible for a significant increase in energy consumption. This is why a lot of coal power plants that were previously shutdown have been reactivated
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IntelArtiGen Mar 31, 2026 +1
Sure but the US isn't increasing or decreasing its consumption of fossil fuels overall. There was a significant drop during covid obviously but otherwise it's been pretty stable since 2009. AI is "just" replacing something else. We can decrease the demand of energy a bit but if it's too low it's usually a recession and if you're able to restart an economy with low interest rate and with energy (fossil fuels, if you're able to buy or produce them), it's often how it's done. But I was mostly saying that based on this article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-has-overseen-more-coal-retirements-than-any-other-us-president/ > More recently, analysis from the US Energy Information Administration shows that surging power prices have improved the economics of both coal and gas-fired power plants. These rising prices have been driven by increasing demand, including from data centres, and by higher gas prices, due to increasing exports at liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. If what you're saying is "without the AI boom, the demand would have decreased", I wouldn't be so sure considering it's been stable for almost 20 years. But clearly AI is an increasing part of the current demand. Perhaps after the AI bubble the demand at least for fossil fuels will decrease.... or perhaps investors will invest their money in mining more bitcoin, building more houses, biggers cars, more planes, more missiles, etc.
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pixeltackle Mar 31, 2026 +39
> Meanwhile in the US they consumed more coal in 2025 compared to 2024 Meanwhile in the US they consumed more green energy in 2025 compared to 2024 Numbers work both ways
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IntelArtiGen Mar 31, 2026 +10
For the climate it doesn't matter. Only GHG emissions matter. It's completely possible to increase fossil fuel consumption and renewable/nuclear consumption. China / India / many countries are doing the same thing. Renewables/Nuclear don't matter for the climate, only removing fossil fuels matter.
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pixeltackle Mar 31, 2026 +16
> For the climate it doesn't matter. No one is doing it right now for the climate, they're doing it because oil is getting expensive and unreliable... things that make green energy look more appealing
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Parcours97 Apr 1, 2026 +1
>it may be necessary to keep Germany's coal-fired plants online for longer. Thats mainly because our current minister for energy is anti solar/wind and a lobbyist for two of our largest energy and grid companies.
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postsshortcomments Mar 31, 2026 +38
Imagine had some of that $2T "Green New Scam" already been flowing into American factories & manufacturing startups in 2019. They'd be full of orders already and getting so many orders from Europe to export to our European trade partners. Right now they would be thinking "Wow this is great! All of these orders are coming in and we need to starting expanding our facilities to make more Made in America jobs. "
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Equivalent-Rate-6218 Mar 31, 2026 +9
It just takes a few wars here and there to get moving
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PMagicUK Mar 31, 2026 +5
War has a way of pushing us in the right direction and much faster. Sadly people need to suffer for it to sink in
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____DEADPOOL_______ Mar 31, 2026 +7
The Australian government was quite proactive with grants for solar and batteries. I got both for like $7,000 now I could go fully off grid if needed.
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nquirynen Apr 1, 2026 +1
Same in some EU countries, I live in Belgium and solar panels on houses have boomed in last 10 years because of subsidies from the government. We also have big company car culture because of regulations which since some years have pushed them to be EVs (we are pushing 10% EV for personal cars). Still a lot to be done though
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Both-Store949 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Return of investment, Not when electric companies are charging you for using solar panels
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JBru_92 Mar 31, 2026 +774
All part of Trump's plan to accelerate the green revolution. Checkmate libs!
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CraftyFoxeYT Mar 31, 2026 +170
The Lelouch Plan
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BootlegOP Mar 31, 2026 +80
Code Geass reference in 2026?!
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TheWholesomeOtter Mar 31, 2026 +18
My god, the world really has reverted back to the early 2000s
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DGlen Mar 31, 2026 +5
If only
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BootlegOP Mar 31, 2026 +2
Gas prices?
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Pornalt190425 Mar 31, 2026 +33
Its an older reference sir, but it checks out
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BootlegOP Mar 31, 2026 +4
DBZA reference in 2026?!
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xynith116 Mar 31, 2026 +17
Trump Requiem
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neroselene Apr 1, 2026 +3
But why is he buying clothes at the Soup store!?
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h3rpad3rp Apr 1, 2026 +1
Man, I hate mecha, but that anime was fantastic.
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BrickwallBill Apr 1, 2026 +1
Literally the only good way he could end his administration
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YeOldSpacePope Mar 31, 2026 +36
He's really showing those Just Stop Oil kids how it's done.
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LapsedVerneGagKnee Mar 31, 2026 +11
Less defacing of art, more crisis to push purchasing of renewable energy sources and the advancement of storage technologies.
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twitterfluechtling Mar 31, 2026 +13
Yeah, 4d chess indeed. Now I'm just waiting for the reason why he had to r*** kids /S (I'd make shit up, but I'm afraid no matter how ridiculous it would  be, MAGAs would eat it up and parrot it as fact...)
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ImpulseAfterthought Apr 1, 2026 +1
For the same reason that narcs sometimes need to use drugs or vice cops sometimes need to have sex with hookers. They have to maintain their cover. (I would not put it past him to claim he was investigating Epstein.)
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gentlecrab Apr 1, 2026 +3
If oil goes to $200, the world would be forced to embrace green energy. Trump’s legacy might be that he unintentionally resolves the climate crisis for future generations which would be the most hilarious f****** thing to happen in the history of the human race.
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Hobojoe- Mar 31, 2026 +3
F*** the inflation reduction act, just bomb Iran and force people to adopt. Easy domestic policy.
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +14
I'm a Democrat and never supported Trump or Musk, but both of them have actually done more to help with climate change than most people who aren't will to do the bare minimum and buy an EV. It's shocking to me to see so many people on the left still driving gasoline cars and even SUVs while complaining about gas prices. Most people do not practice what they preach.
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Laserdollarz Mar 31, 2026 +76
My subaru is so old it can almost get a driver's license. Forgive me for not running out and buying a $45k EV because of a war I didn't start.  You'll catch me on a bike or ebike most of the time though
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surg3on Apr 1, 2026 +3
Reduce , Reuse , Recycle. Not buying a new car is better. However if you ARE buying a new car BEV is better than another new petrol powered device.
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Silpher9 Mar 31, 2026 +4
How's the second hand market in the US? Here in Europe/Netherlands you can get a Model3 for 16k or something.
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VeryluckyorNot Mar 31, 2026 +11
16K is still a lot without govs help. I won't try the lotto of an used EV and battery.
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northbayy Mar 31, 2026 +13
What lotto? Used EVs are great.
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Structure5city Mar 31, 2026 +12
EV batteries have proved to be long lasting. 
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mockg Mar 31, 2026 +8
Sad EV supporter here and the condo I live at does not have support EV charging at all. The only way to charge a car would be to run the charger on an extension cord and run it under the door to garage and plug it in a standard 115 outlet. If there was an outlet in the garage I would be more than happy with a slow charging cord since we only drive about 10 miles a day and that is easily recouped by an overnight charge every couple days. Until I get a better EV solution I will gladly buy a fuel efficient used car.
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +3
I have a suggestion. Tell your landlord that installing EV chargers will be profitable. He can make money by selling the electricity. This is what other landlords do. If you own the place, bring it up in the condo HOA meeting.
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willstr1 Mar 31, 2026 +6
EVs are also a bit complicated if you don't have a reliable place to charge (like at home or work). So if you rent it might not be a realistic option unless your employer or landlord install a charger.
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sigmund14 Mar 31, 2026 +19
> but both of them have actually done more to help with climate change Yeah, by making oil more expensive, not by making EVs and renewables cheaper.
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northbayy Mar 31, 2026 +9
Potato po-tah-to
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +3
Trump made oil more expensive. Musk made EVs and solar panels (making renewables cheaper).
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gentlecrab Apr 1, 2026 +2
I mean, who cares. Whatever works. Gas going up in price will cause consumers to shift to EV. This demand will in turn cause companies to invest more in EVs which over time will lower EV prices due to scale. It’s funny cause the last time a president invaded the Middle East the same thing happened. Gas prices went up and the Toyota Prius exploded in popularity.
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p_2923 Mar 31, 2026 +10
I agree with all of this except for the part about being shocked about people on the left driving gas vehicles. Many people (myself included) are far to poor to upgrade right now especially. I drive a 15 year old Honda Civic and fully intend to drive it into the ground before my next vehicle (which will be an EV most likely). Upgrading to an EV strictly for environmental reasons when they still have a vehicle that runs just fine is NOT in most people budgets.
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MagoViejo Mar 31, 2026 +3
Fellow Civic owner here , (20 years old car and still kicking ass). I still have the hope conversion kits become standarized and c**** so I can drive it till I die and pass it along as legacy to my inheritors.
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ImpulseAfterthought Apr 1, 2026 +2
Hello, Civic friends. Mine's 10 years old and holding on just fine. I can't justify buying a new car when the one I have is still reliable.
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thinkards Mar 31, 2026 +20
you sound more eager to blame everyday people around you that are just trying to get by, than the systems around them that give them the illusion of choice.
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DGlen Mar 31, 2026 +5
I rent. Where the f*** am I going to charge the thing?
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OptimalProfession5 Mar 31, 2026 +3
With how little I drive, the environmental cost of producing a new EV exceeds the gas of my 10 y old car for the rest of it´s lifetime.
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +2
If you drive very little than you are not the problem. The problem are most people who commute to work every day in SUVs and gas guzzlers.
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lalallaalal Mar 31, 2026 +4
Are you going to buy it for us? Some of us can't afford to get an EV right now.
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Judson_Scott Mar 31, 2026 +2
Buying a new car you don't need is idiotic for the vast majority of Americans. Maybe mommy and daddy bought your car for you, but most people have to work for theirs, and prioritize expenses. /have an EV; not a dipshit
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EmbarrassedW33B Mar 31, 2026 +3
Yes because its so easy for people to run out and spend $20k+ on a new or used EV. Or spend a similar amount getting solar installed at home. I didn't know average Americans had so much money just laying around
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +3
Electricity is way cheaper than gas. People are wasting money by not getting EVs.
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Interesting_Pen_167 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Back in like 2012 Musk gave something like TED talk about how great a carbon tax was and how necessary it was.
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Lord__Abaddon Mar 31, 2026 +1
I said the other day.... F*** ME trump is going to be fondly remembered for forcing through alternative energies at break neck speeds because he fucked around and found out in iran.
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CryptoThroway8205 Mar 31, 2026 +1
"Fine I'll play the Villain" - Trump the conscientious objector realizing claiming bone spurs might prevent him from shooting Vietnamese kids but wouldn't save the rest if the world
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mmatt0904 Mar 31, 2026 +1
too bad he cut EV discounts and killed off shore projects
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Equivalent-Rate-6218 Mar 31, 2026 +1
It is ingenious tho
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AhBee1 Mar 31, 2026 +174
Meanwhile, Trump is paying a billion dollars to stop wind energy.
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Infamous_Employer_85 Mar 31, 2026 +120
US taxpayers are footing that bill.
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AhBee1 Mar 31, 2026 +40
Yes. We are paying that billion dollars. We are paying higher gas prices. Trumps war will drive already rising prices even higher on everything else. This is costing us more and more. Trump is not a hero. He's a deranged felon with zero fucks left.
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SmegmaWarrior0815 Mar 31, 2026 +46
It's kinda funny how Trump turns out to be the best thing for Europe in the long run. Forced to build your own big tech, renewables, military capabilities. Dependence on the US is the worst.
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sakakmakak Apr 1, 2026 +1
Reminds me of Emperor Leto II from Dune
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iwantboringtimes Mar 31, 2026 +122
> The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas. > The case for green energy looks stronger than ever, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the widespread risks of fossil fuel dependency.
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LystAP Mar 31, 2026 +49
I mean the alternative being pushed by certain groups would be to go back to Russia, then what happens when they do something again? Back to the Middle East, where things happen as well? Then back again? Back and forth. A third way needs to be explored.
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rwf2017 Mar 31, 2026 +83
It would be so awesome if trump's stupidity accelerated the death of fossil fuels
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Gaytrude Apr 1, 2026 +4
I mean... He has already accelerated the European Union's shift away from some ties (military mostly for now) to the United States, pushed it to enact new laws and establish new trade agreements with South American countries and Canada, brought new countries closer to the European Union, and boosted its financial markets, in less than two years. The great thing about Trump is that he has a very specific goal, and you can be sure the result will be the exact opposite of what he wanted.
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WhenImTryingToHide Mar 31, 2026 +146
China wins again.... [https://www.sunsave.energy/solar-panels-advice/solar-energy/where-are-solar-panels-made](https://www.sunsave.energy/solar-panels-advice/solar-energy/where-are-solar-panels-made) [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/solar-power-by-country](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/solar-power-by-country) China must be so glad they voted for Trump in 2024! He's really working hard to make China great again.
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ikarusproject Mar 31, 2026 +9
The data between your links is widly off? I tend to believe your second link, since that has links to further sources.
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technocraticTemplar Mar 31, 2026 +4
They're two different numbers, the first link is about what countries are manufacturing the panels and the second is about where the panels have actually been installed and are generating power. China's making the vast majority of the world's panels and selling them elsewhere, on top of installing a lot of them domestically.
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hackenclaw Apr 1, 2026 +8
China = Do nothing, Keep winning. lmao.
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +12
The US also makes massive amounts of solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. When countries produce clean energy equipment, the entire planet wins.
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Infamous_Employer_85 Mar 31, 2026 +40
Total EV production in the US (PHEV, EREV, and BEV) that have US made traction batteries is about 5% that of China. Similar story for solar panels. US lithium ion battery production is at 70 GWh per year, compared to China at 1,500 GWh (2025). Battery production in China expected to hit over 2,200 GWh in 2026. Battery production in the US is expected to be flat or decline in 2026.
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WhenImTryingToHide Mar 31, 2026 +19
That may be true, but it sure seems that the admin is trying to do everything to slow, or even roll back that progress.
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MiserableTennis6546 Mar 31, 2026 +6
It's not working. Just like with the previous Trump administration, development goes on globally (and in the US) regardless.  These reactions may seem furious but they don't last. They burn themselves out.
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 +2
Like making oil more expensive? That's accelerating the push towards renewables.
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Jackadullboy99 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Alas… Trump’s aesthetic sensibilities are offended… perhaps some gold ornamentation would do the trick?
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Laserdollarz Mar 31, 2026 +41
I've filled my gas tank once this year. I just bought yet another old bicycle to fix up and ride. No monthly payments ;) 
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chuckie512 Mar 31, 2026 +16
Careful, because gas does go bad. I've taken to not filling up all the way to make sure I don't leave my tank sitting too long.
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Laserdollarz Mar 31, 2026 +8
It gets a once-a-month visit to Costco, so its not just permanently sitting. Now you got me googling. Apparently as gas sits, it'll pick up moisture from the air. I'm in CO and we're in full-on drought conditions already this year, so at least I can worry less about it lol.
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jadeoracle Apr 1, 2026 +2
You can also get an additive to put in your tank (its a liquid) that will extend the life of the gas. I did that during covid when I wasn't going out.
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melody_magical Mar 31, 2026 +85
It's a shame that this is happening now instead of 1970, otherwise we might have a more stable climate
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ruisen2 Mar 31, 2026 +82
Its happening now because solar is now 99% cheaper than a few decades ago.
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thinkards Mar 31, 2026 +45
the point is if we took the climate and finite supply of oil into serious consideration longer ago, it could have been 99% cheaper a few decades ago, also.
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Zarerion Mar 31, 2026 +7
And you think that this price development was totally unachievable in a shorter time frame had we not subsidized fossil fuels as much as we did?
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ruisen2 Mar 31, 2026 +3
I don't know how you came to this conclusion from anything I said. Also, an idiot causing a global oil shortage to push everyone to renewables wouldn't have been in power yet.
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Zarerion Mar 31, 2026 +4
We’ve had multiple oil crises in the past few decades. Any government at any point could have looked at any of those and made appropriate changes, instead they kept sucking up the lobby money and kept renewables down
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Equivalent-Rate-6218 Mar 31, 2026 +1
Things are cheaper when China deems it so. Cheapest labour gets the final say
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CoughRock Mar 31, 2026 +10
it's more politic and business than you would expected. Climate change took a back seat. If EU actually prioritize switch to renewable instead of geopolitic, they wouldn't put up such insane high tariff on china solar, ev and renewable battery. Cost wont be a factor if EU lower tariff, endure short term pain for long term gain and energy independence from russia. People underestimate how much you can recycle from old renewable cell, so once you get enough solar product/battery into the country, you dont need to import new one. And can rely on recycle circular economy. The job loss is only temporary. But EU made a choice of protective lobby for short term gain, trading for long term pain of having to rely russia oil/gas.
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BuckNZahn Mar 31, 2026 +7
Dude read a history book. This DID happen before, in the 70ies.
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CryptoThroway8205 Mar 31, 2026 +3
I think they mean the shift to green tech research
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picardo85 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Though technology may have been available at the time, it wasn't affordable. Neither was it very efficient compared with today.
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avax96 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Cost, energy needs
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McMacki123 Mar 31, 2026 +10
Thanks fdp…. We still could have habeck in the economic ministry :/
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BuckNZahn Mar 31, 2026 +21
Meanwhile, the German Minister wants to cut renewable subsidies. She is a former lobbyist for fossile energy companies.
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wrincewind Mar 31, 2026 +10
She might not be a lobbyists, but she for sure still works for them...
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Key_Ant6473 Mar 31, 2026 +4
I expect better from Germany, we have the same shit in Australia.
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mfb- Apr 1, 2026 +3
You expected better from the county that decided to shut down nuclear power plants while keeping coal power plants running?
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tellsyoutogetfucked Mar 31, 2026 +5
If only we had a war in Europe that should have done this 4 years ago,
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IntelArtiGen Mar 31, 2026 +14
Sadly it also sparks a coal boom as many countries are prepared to use their coal power plants more.
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krneki534 Apr 1, 2026 +1
... and they will personally pay the price of pollution in the air they breath
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IntelArtiGen Apr 1, 2026 +2
Only a part of it, for particulate matters. But the price of climate change will be paid by everyone.
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turb0_encapsulator Mar 31, 2026 +5
China will be the big w***** from all of this.
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EmtnlDmg Mar 31, 2026 +10
But the problem is that all of the power network balancing still need gas turbines. Night time: gas turbines. Too much sunshine / wind? You are right, gas turbines. (Because you need to create enough counter balance on different segments of the network. ) Winter time? Gas turbines and fossil based power plants. Only France has enough nuclear capacity to be mostly fossil independent. The real solution is to have huge batteries all around on different levels but that cost billions and need a complete redesign of current backbones which build on constant power generation in mind (fossil plants and nuclear plants) not random reverse power inputs from households.
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MiserableTennis6546 Apr 1, 2026 +7
Just wanted to point out that Sweden has been fossil independent for a long time. Nuclear and hydro electric for balancing. Bio fuels and waste incineration for heating. About 20% wind.
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Parcours97 Apr 1, 2026 +1
How would nuclear balancing work? They need to run pretty much at 100% 24/7 to be economical.
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reddit3k Apr 1, 2026 +2
A decentralized power grid with sun, wind, storage provides non lineair positive returns. (Eg invest 10% more, get 30% more c**** and clean energy in return). Just lookup the energy disruption presentations by Tony Seba of RethinkX on YouTube. He has even presented this in front of the Arabs a few years ago 😋 You can totally power large industrial countries like Germany this way and have nearly limitless, c**** and clean energy for your country all year around. For a lower cost than going full nuclear ( and then you also have the dependence on uranium and the waste problem), and create so many new markets and jobs that are not economical right now. It would most certainly have been cheaper than all those wars in the Middle East..  not to mention the human lives cost.
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caeptn2te Apr 1, 2026 +1
And suitable batteries in every household.
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Kridokh Apr 1, 2026 +4
The only smart country so far is China, the west needs to follow their example.
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DARKKRAKEN Apr 1, 2026 +1
In what way?
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Ithalan Apr 1, 2026 +7
China has massively invested in green energy infrastructure for years now. In the last couple of years, they've accounted for more than half of the new renewable energy capacity added globally.
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Kridokh Apr 1, 2026 +3
this.
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Hat_Maverick Mar 31, 2026 +7
2 words Americans: technology connections. Please for the love of God listen to this man on his youtube channel. https://youtube.com/@technologyconnections?si=iX8yrwn1cLO2TYyz
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an_old_geek Apr 1, 2026 +1
Thanks for sharing this link, such an outstanding YouTuber.
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Parcours97 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Every drug dealer would be f****** jealous on the dependence we have on oil.
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zoopz Mar 31, 2026 +6
Can confirm. I took Trump's message to heart to be less reliant on oil by buying a Chinese EV.
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Money4Nothing2000 Mar 31, 2026 +6
Hello, Germany here. Yeah, could you transfer me to the service agent who can restart all of my nuclear power plants?
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jarod1701 Mar 31, 2026 +2
All Trumpty Dumpty has to do now is pivot to advocate green energy and take credit for this development. it‘s ginna make us all forget the Epstein files.
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DARKKRAKEN Apr 1, 2026 +1
He literally just paid a billion dollars of tax payers money to a company to NOT build wind turbines.
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sorrybutyou_arewrong Mar 31, 2026 +2
And where are all those renewable items produced.
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xavandetjer Apr 1, 2026 +3
Not in the middle east or the US.
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krneki534 Apr 1, 2026 +1
in all developing countries, while the undeveloped will suffer even more from higher prices
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DARKKRAKEN Apr 1, 2026 +2
Further hastening the weakening of the petrol dollar. Trump's doing a bang up job!
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BellesCotes Apr 1, 2026 +2
Trump is secretly trying to save humanity from climate change. This is the 4D chess we keep hearing about.... ;)
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DaySecure7642 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Why didn't someone think about it before? Like the EU, extremely aware of environmental protection should have attacked Iran years ago to force this transition. It is way more effective than those useless climate summits and conferences every year, keep talking and setting targets that will never be met.
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WorstCPANA Mar 31, 2026 +1
So the last 25 years when we try to get them to stop relying on russian energy, they didn't do shit. Now they are? Better late than never, but they've spent the last generation propping up their enemies and neutering their independence.
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acathode Mar 31, 2026 +6
The 90s post-cold war idea that if we just increased trading enough, it would become so mutually beneficial that going to war would become so unprofitable that none would dare start one wasn't *entirely* stupid - there's absolutely some merit to the idea, and it wasn't just Europe who bought into it. Pretty much the whole west, including the US, thought that both Russia and China would stop warmongering and instead develop into western-like democracies if we started trading a ton with them. Can't really blame the west for giving it a fair shot back in the 90s either, everyone was exhausted after the Cold War and desperately wanted a world without the ever-present threat of sudden nuclear apocalypse hanging over their heads. The real problem was when the morons in for example Germany somehow managed to avoid all the news in 2014 when Putin invaded the first time - and instead wanted to *increase* their dependency on Russian oil and gas. Germany could've spent 10 years installing heat pumps, halting their plans to decommission their nuclear power plants, and so on - but instead they lobbied even harder for Nordstream 2 to be built and pushed hard in EU for gas - a fossil fuel - to be classified as "green" and for nuclear power to not be.
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Carbonga Mar 31, 2026 +1
Hoooorayyyyyy!
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alex_dlc Mar 31, 2026 +1
It’s time to end oil dependency once and for all.
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JGT1234 Mar 31, 2026 +1
Damn. Unfortunately it seems like this was the push we needed to go fully green. 
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Ill-Comms Mar 31, 2026 +1
Trump has single-handedly started an alternative energy boom with his own stupidity.
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DramaticWesley Mar 31, 2026 +1
China has been buying big into green energy for this exact purpose. They want to be energy independent, like I guess most countries do. Also helps that it might cut down on the suffocating smog witnessed in many of their major cities.
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artbystorms Mar 31, 2026 +1
How Ironic would it be if the thing that gets us on the right path to renewables is just a massive energy shock making oil prohibitively expensive?
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TyroshiSellsword Mar 31, 2026 +1
Which is the cheapest but best ev under 25k in NA?
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Snowee6399 Mar 31, 2026 +1
China is prolly gonna make bank!!
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may_be_indecisive Mar 31, 2026 +1
It's very funny how much farther behind this will make the US. After they abandoned all renewables under Trump.
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MrTestiggles Mar 31, 2026 +1
Trump is a green diva
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streamofthesky Apr 1, 2026 +1
Well, that's good at least. Just please don't buy any Tesla cars, solar roof tiles, power walls, etc... China makes plenty of great solar panels (I have some on my roof, in fact) and their BYD makes better cars for half the price.
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CrunchyGremlin Apr 1, 2026 +1
That's not going to help much if it gets bad. All the infrastructure is on oil. Br able to drive to a store where we can't afford the food if there is any.
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Photonforce Apr 1, 2026 +1
Too bad we cannot do the same thing in the US...and bring back remote work while we are at it. 
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Niller1 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Lobbyists in shambles
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PlumpHughJazz Apr 1, 2026 +1
The Golden Path!
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MommersHeart Apr 1, 2026 +1
Let's gooooooo
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Tabbyredcat Apr 1, 2026 +1
I'm one of those Europeans, just bought solar panels and aerothermal heat pump, though I was already planning to do that before this mess. Learn from Trump, Greenpeace! LOL
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gregaustex Apr 1, 2026 +1
Huh. Who manufactures all that so they benefit from this increase in demand?
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CaribouJovial Apr 1, 2026 +1
Yeah that's the reason why China is not necessarily going to be a loser of that conflict despite being heavily dependent of the strait. The whole world is going to see a mad rush away from oil and China is positioned to profit tremendously from it.
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YqlUrbanist Apr 1, 2026 +1
Good guy Trump accelerating the green transition?
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No_Quality_6874 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Heat pumps and EVs when our energy prices are linked go fossil fuel prices? Its not going ti save you money guys. Solar and a battery however, good idea.
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