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A data-rich guide to solar panels: types, how they work, costs, incentives, sizing, installation, maintenance, and environmental impact with NREL/IEA stats.
Solar energy is now the cheapest new electricity in many markets. Here’s how it works, what it costs, environmental impacts, ROI math, and where it’s headed.
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Near‑diesel EV pricing, real‑world deployments, record‑scale battery swapping, community charging funds and smart charging are converging to push medium‑ and heavy‑duty fleet electrification past its inflection point—shifting risk from vehicles to infrastructure execution.
COP31’s agenda is being reshaped by security framing, development priorities and tactical diplomacy. Here’s a pragmatic roadmap to land supply‑side fossil measures—through methane and waste wins, just‑transition finance, buyer‑seller coalitions and transparency rules—that can translate Switzerland’s technical phase‑out blueprint into concrete outcomes despite Türkiye’s and the EU’s shifting positions.
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