In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system". "The single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis" (Bill McKibben). In an essay that should be required reading for anyone worried about our climate future, one of the world's most influential environmental journalists describes solar power as a 'deep re-ordering' of the world’s energy system. Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last, and our species is now putting up a gigawatt’s worth of solar panels, roughly the same as one coal-fired plant, every 15 hours.
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Since 2016, three state-level projects have brought reliable power to 140 million in India, laying out more than 4,300 km of power lines and rolling out smart meters and digitized billing. What's even more impressive is that this has happened even as India has reached its target of 50% clean power capacity way ahead of schedule: half of the country's 438 GW of installed electricity capacity now comes from renewables, hydro and nuclear, fulfilling its 2030 Paris pledge five years early.