Bethany Meban
@solarpowerbeth.bsky.social
Head of Press @solarpowereu.bsky.social
Another Irish person in Brussels 🍀
Solar energy stuff & personal views ✌🏻
Another Irish person in Brussels 🍀
Solar energy stuff & personal views ✌🏻
🆕 GLOBAL SOLAR POWER GENERATION IS DOUBLING EVERY THREE YEARS ☀☀☀
A beautiful graph from @ember-energy.org as always, from their new Global Electricity Review 👇
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
A beautiful graph from @ember-energy.org as always, from their new Global Electricity Review 👇
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🆕 GLOBAL SOLAR POWER GENERATION IS DOUBLING EVERY THREE YEARS ☀☀☀
A beautiful graph from @ember-energy.org as always, from their new Global Electricity Review 👇
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
A beautiful graph from @ember-energy.org as always, from their new Global Electricity Review 👇
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
It’s always so cool to hit a solar factory floor and see how it all happens. A great day experiencing the 3SUN factory in Catania ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
Keep an eye over on @solarpowereu.bsky.social for some killer footage to come 🎥
Keep an eye over on @solarpowereu.bsky.social for some killer footage to come 🎥
April 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s always so cool to hit a solar factory floor and see how it all happens. A great day experiencing the 3SUN factory in Catania ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
Keep an eye over on @solarpowereu.bsky.social for some killer footage to come 🎥
Keep an eye over on @solarpowereu.bsky.social for some killer footage to come 🎥
One of the few times I’m likely to be a morning person - getting off a night train @europeansleeper.eu
(Especially when Berlin welcomes you with a crisp Spring morning ☀️ )
(Especially when Berlin welcomes you with a crisp Spring morning ☀️ )
March 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
One of the few times I’m likely to be a morning person - getting off a night train @europeansleeper.eu
(Especially when Berlin welcomes you with a crisp Spring morning ☀️ )
(Especially when Berlin welcomes you with a crisp Spring morning ☀️ )
Growing efficiency is helping to reduce the overall costs of a typical solar project: solar plant costs have dropped 88% in 15 years.
@bloomberg.com expects costs to drop 27% more from last year to 2035 📉
🎁Gift Link 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com expects costs to drop 27% more from last year to 2035 📉
🎁Gift Link 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
March 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Growing efficiency is helping to reduce the overall costs of a typical solar project: solar plant costs have dropped 88% in 15 years.
@bloomberg.com expects costs to drop 27% more from last year to 2035 📉
🎁Gift Link 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com expects costs to drop 27% more from last year to 2035 📉
🎁Gift Link 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🆕 A solar-powered laptop from Lenovo ☀️ 💻
“the solar panel [can] convert enough direct sunlight in 20 minutes to power up to one hour of video playback on the PC.”
news.lenovo.com/pressroom/pr...
“the solar panel [can] convert enough direct sunlight in 20 minutes to power up to one hour of video playback on the PC.”
news.lenovo.com/pressroom/pr...
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🆕 A solar-powered laptop from Lenovo ☀️ 💻
“the solar panel [can] convert enough direct sunlight in 20 minutes to power up to one hour of video playback on the PC.”
news.lenovo.com/pressroom/pr...
“the solar panel [can] convert enough direct sunlight in 20 minutes to power up to one hour of video playback on the PC.”
news.lenovo.com/pressroom/pr...
🆕 Manufacturers of solar module production equipment are an enduring link 🖇in EU industry
@solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a new report on Solar Production Equipment, shining a light on its potential
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
#MakeSolarEU
@solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a new report on Solar Production Equipment, shining a light on its potential
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
#MakeSolarEU
March 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🆕 Manufacturers of solar module production equipment are an enduring link 🖇in EU industry
@solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a new report on Solar Production Equipment, shining a light on its potential
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
#MakeSolarEU
@solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a new report on Solar Production Equipment, shining a light on its potential
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
#MakeSolarEU
How Europe is funding its solar boom via @news.dw.com
A great data-driven piece with insights from @solarpowereu.bsky.social & @caneurope.org
amp.dw.com/en/how-europ...
A great data-driven piece with insights from @solarpowereu.bsky.social & @caneurope.org
amp.dw.com/en/how-europ...
February 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
How Europe is funding its solar boom via @news.dw.com
A great data-driven piece with insights from @solarpowereu.bsky.social & @caneurope.org
amp.dw.com/en/how-europ...
A great data-driven piece with insights from @solarpowereu.bsky.social & @caneurope.org
amp.dw.com/en/how-europ...
Less coal 🌑 more sol ☀️
Solar electricity generation overtakes coal for the first time ever in the EU!!
Via @ember-energy.org
Solar electricity generation overtakes coal for the first time ever in the EU!!
Via @ember-energy.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Less coal 🌑 more sol ☀️
Solar electricity generation overtakes coal for the first time ever in the EU!!
Via @ember-energy.org
Solar electricity generation overtakes coal for the first time ever in the EU!!
Via @ember-energy.org
For case studies of biodiversity positive solar, you can also check out our report with @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social on the topic 🐦 ☀️
api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/4222...
Including the protection of steppe birds at solar sites in Spain 👇🏻
api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/4222...
Including the protection of steppe birds at solar sites in Spain 👇🏻
January 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For case studies of biodiversity positive solar, you can also check out our report with @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social on the topic 🐦 ☀️
api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/4222...
Including the protection of steppe birds at solar sites in Spain 👇🏻
api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/4222...
Including the protection of steppe birds at solar sites in Spain 👇🏻
Hi Pam 👋 Good news! There’s lots of work being done to roll out ‘nature-positive’ solar energy projects, going beyond emission reduction into biodiversity augmentation or restoration ☀️
Here’s a model graphic from one of our reports (the full thing here: api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/Fina...)
Here’s a model graphic from one of our reports (the full thing here: api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/Fina...)
January 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hi Pam 👋 Good news! There’s lots of work being done to roll out ‘nature-positive’ solar energy projects, going beyond emission reduction into biodiversity augmentation or restoration ☀️
Here’s a model graphic from one of our reports (the full thing here: api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/Fina...)
Here’s a model graphic from one of our reports (the full thing here: api.solarpowereurope.org/uploads/Fina...)
The EU #solar sector is having a weird moment right now ☀️
Solar installations grew by 4% in 2024 compared to 2023 - nice, right?
Well, we’ve had years of +40% growth. So 2024 is a slow down of +90%.
Maybe we don’t need panic, but we do need to act. Decision makers MUST boost system flexibility.
Solar installations grew by 4% in 2024 compared to 2023 - nice, right?
Well, we’ve had years of +40% growth. So 2024 is a slow down of +90%.
Maybe we don’t need panic, but we do need to act. Decision makers MUST boost system flexibility.
December 18, 2024 at 1:04 PM
The EU #solar sector is having a weird moment right now ☀️
Solar installations grew by 4% in 2024 compared to 2023 - nice, right?
Well, we’ve had years of +40% growth. So 2024 is a slow down of +90%.
Maybe we don’t need panic, but we do need to act. Decision makers MUST boost system flexibility.
Solar installations grew by 4% in 2024 compared to 2023 - nice, right?
Well, we’ve had years of +40% growth. So 2024 is a slow down of +90%.
Maybe we don’t need panic, but we do need to act. Decision makers MUST boost system flexibility.
‘The sun doesn’t shine at night’ ‘The wind doesn’t always blow’ ‘We need massive non-renewable baseload!’
RES is inherently variable, sure. So the system should be flexible. Base that flexibility on demand response and batteries - we’ll save billions of euro in energy system costs
#letsflex
RES is inherently variable, sure. So the system should be flexible. Base that flexibility on demand response and batteries - we’ll save billions of euro in energy system costs
#letsflex
December 7, 2024 at 12:32 PM
‘The sun doesn’t shine at night’ ‘The wind doesn’t always blow’ ‘We need massive non-renewable baseload!’
RES is inherently variable, sure. So the system should be flexible. Base that flexibility on demand response and batteries - we’ll save billions of euro in energy system costs
#letsflex
RES is inherently variable, sure. So the system should be flexible. Base that flexibility on demand response and batteries - we’ll save billions of euro in energy system costs
#letsflex
It's also not really a hypothesis any more. Solar-powered batteries replace a lot of gas in the evening in California 🎉
November 29, 2024 at 3:01 PM
It's also not really a hypothesis any more. Solar-powered batteries replace a lot of gas in the evening in California 🎉
How much does EU battery storage need to grow by 2030? 🔋
To match the solar roll out, we reckon we need 27 times more battery capacity than we had at the end of 2023.
780 GWh of battery capacity can accommodate 1.2 TW of solar (and help to slash day ahead energy prices by 25% by 2030)
#EnergySky
To match the solar roll out, we reckon we need 27 times more battery capacity than we had at the end of 2023.
780 GWh of battery capacity can accommodate 1.2 TW of solar (and help to slash day ahead energy prices by 25% by 2030)
#EnergySky
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
How much does EU battery storage need to grow by 2030? 🔋
To match the solar roll out, we reckon we need 27 times more battery capacity than we had at the end of 2023.
780 GWh of battery capacity can accommodate 1.2 TW of solar (and help to slash day ahead energy prices by 25% by 2030)
#EnergySky
To match the solar roll out, we reckon we need 27 times more battery capacity than we had at the end of 2023.
780 GWh of battery capacity can accommodate 1.2 TW of solar (and help to slash day ahead energy prices by 25% by 2030)
#EnergySky
EU solar #inverter factories face hundreds of layoffs 💥
🧠 An inverter is the #solar brain: key to the smart grids of the digital energy era
For Europe's cyber resilience & energy security, we must reinforce the inverter supply chain
More 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
#energysky
🧠 An inverter is the #solar brain: key to the smart grids of the digital energy era
For Europe's cyber resilience & energy security, we must reinforce the inverter supply chain
More 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
#energysky
November 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
EU solar #inverter factories face hundreds of layoffs 💥
🧠 An inverter is the #solar brain: key to the smart grids of the digital energy era
For Europe's cyber resilience & energy security, we must reinforce the inverter supply chain
More 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
#energysky
🧠 An inverter is the #solar brain: key to the smart grids of the digital energy era
For Europe's cyber resilience & energy security, we must reinforce the inverter supply chain
More 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
#energysky
👏🏻 My favourite solar/land use stat is that golf courses take up more land than solar in the UK
November 24, 2024 at 10:54 AM
👏🏻 My favourite solar/land use stat is that golf courses take up more land than solar in the UK
Agrisolar is really just beginning to take off, there’s about 200+ projects in Europe
🗺️ agrisolareurope.org/map/
It’s also important to remember that solar doesn’t need that much land anyway
2 of my fav charts from @carbonbrief.org and @eeb-economyclimate.bsky.social
🗺️ agrisolareurope.org/map/
It’s also important to remember that solar doesn’t need that much land anyway
2 of my fav charts from @carbonbrief.org and @eeb-economyclimate.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Agrisolar is really just beginning to take off, there’s about 200+ projects in Europe
🗺️ agrisolareurope.org/map/
It’s also important to remember that solar doesn’t need that much land anyway
2 of my fav charts from @carbonbrief.org and @eeb-economyclimate.bsky.social
🗺️ agrisolareurope.org/map/
It’s also important to remember that solar doesn’t need that much land anyway
2 of my fav charts from @carbonbrief.org and @eeb-economyclimate.bsky.social
There’s often lots of roof space to be used on farms too 🚜
Check out the solar greenhouses from Akuo on the left, and the solar farm shed from Amarenco on the right 👇🏻
The greenhouses power about 800 homes & the shed alone powers 30! ☀️
Check out the solar greenhouses from Akuo on the left, and the solar farm shed from Amarenco on the right 👇🏻
The greenhouses power about 800 homes & the shed alone powers 30! ☀️
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
There’s often lots of roof space to be used on farms too 🚜
Check out the solar greenhouses from Akuo on the left, and the solar farm shed from Amarenco on the right 👇🏻
The greenhouses power about 800 homes & the shed alone powers 30! ☀️
Check out the solar greenhouses from Akuo on the left, and the solar farm shed from Amarenco on the right 👇🏻
The greenhouses power about 800 homes & the shed alone powers 30! ☀️
🇫🇷 🍇 A Perpignan solar vineyard powers 6k homes & provides adjustable shade to 17k vines
Domaine de Nidolères has produced wine for 8 generations, but #climatechange scorches & overripens grapes
The shade doubled the wine’s value & reduced water consumption by 20% 🍷
sunagri.fr/en/project/n...
Domaine de Nidolères has produced wine for 8 generations, but #climatechange scorches & overripens grapes
The shade doubled the wine’s value & reduced water consumption by 20% 🍷
sunagri.fr/en/project/n...
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
🇫🇷 🍇 A Perpignan solar vineyard powers 6k homes & provides adjustable shade to 17k vines
Domaine de Nidolères has produced wine for 8 generations, but #climatechange scorches & overripens grapes
The shade doubled the wine’s value & reduced water consumption by 20% 🍷
sunagri.fr/en/project/n...
Domaine de Nidolères has produced wine for 8 generations, but #climatechange scorches & overripens grapes
The shade doubled the wine’s value & reduced water consumption by 20% 🍷
sunagri.fr/en/project/n...
🇳🇱🫐 A Babberich berry farm powers 1k homes & protects 30k plants
Plastic tunnels normally cover fragile berry crops. They’re replaced every 6 years & can be damaged in storms 🚮
Solar panels are sturdier. Farmers sleep better knowing they won’t blow away overnight 🛌
groenleven.nl/projecten/ag...
Plastic tunnels normally cover fragile berry crops. They’re replaced every 6 years & can be damaged in storms 🚮
Solar panels are sturdier. Farmers sleep better knowing they won’t blow away overnight 🛌
groenleven.nl/projecten/ag...
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
🇳🇱🫐 A Babberich berry farm powers 1k homes & protects 30k plants
Plastic tunnels normally cover fragile berry crops. They’re replaced every 6 years & can be damaged in storms 🚮
Solar panels are sturdier. Farmers sleep better knowing they won’t blow away overnight 🛌
groenleven.nl/projecten/ag...
Plastic tunnels normally cover fragile berry crops. They’re replaced every 6 years & can be damaged in storms 🚮
Solar panels are sturdier. Farmers sleep better knowing they won’t blow away overnight 🛌
groenleven.nl/projecten/ag...
#Solar energy and #agriculture need to compete for land? Not quite! ☀️🌾
#Agrisolar combines the two land-uses, for the benefit of farmers. And it’s taking off across Europe.
Here’s a 🧵on some great examples from across the continent 👇🏻
📸 Me on a site visit to a solar-powered raspberry farm
#Agrisolar combines the two land-uses, for the benefit of farmers. And it’s taking off across Europe.
Here’s a 🧵on some great examples from across the continent 👇🏻
📸 Me on a site visit to a solar-powered raspberry farm
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
#Solar energy and #agriculture need to compete for land? Not quite! ☀️🌾
#Agrisolar combines the two land-uses, for the benefit of farmers. And it’s taking off across Europe.
Here’s a 🧵on some great examples from across the continent 👇🏻
📸 Me on a site visit to a solar-powered raspberry farm
#Agrisolar combines the two land-uses, for the benefit of farmers. And it’s taking off across Europe.
Here’s a 🧵on some great examples from across the continent 👇🏻
📸 Me on a site visit to a solar-powered raspberry farm