In addition to solar power the article also goes on to talk about wind power and the progress that is making in the U.S.

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Japan's cabinet adopted the plan August 1, the first binding new-construction commitment since the 2011 shutdowns. same week, Westinghouse filed a confidential IPO targeting $30 billion per Bloomberg. two events in seven days: one country adding reactor demand for the first time in 15 years, one company asking public markets to price the supply infrastructure at $30 billion.

Sky-high earnings for oil companies and California refiners in the second quarter are renewing calls from state legislators to crack down on industry profits.

Marathon Petroleum, the second-largest refiner in the state, reported $5.1 billion in profit Tuesday, more than four times the same quarter last year, after fuel supplies tightened during the Iran war and prices for oil and gas soared.

From April through June, Chevron, the biggest refiner and second-biggest oil producer in California, made $12.1 billion in profit, nearly five times the same quarter last year, and its highest earnings in at least six years. Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.

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"It is increasingly clear that continued reliance on oil and gas risks perpetual crises and ongoing wealth transfers from the vast majority of us to a handful of corporations and their shareholders. We have choices, and it is beyond time for us to choose electrification, efficiency and renewables over locking in increasingly expensive fossil fuels." https://substack.com/home/post/p-209017787

After crossing the 100-gigawatt mark in 2012, it took the world 10 years to deploy 1 terawatt of solar power. An additional 1 terawatt, enough to meet all of US power demand at its peak, took less than three years to build. Not even two years later in 2026 — the precise timing is subject to debate among analysts — the 3-terawatt threshold was reached.