Post #1818267

2025-10-20 07:04 UTC

Time to make 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of Nov 2025. It&#39;s the book I should have read before trying to get a job in renewable energy. Reviewers describe it as “to the point, important, and taught me a lot” and “surprisingly entertaining, don’t be put off by the title”. https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0437#t=aboutBook

Replies (8)

@solar_chase@mastodon.green 2025-10-20 07:06

I have put out this thread once a year on X since 2017 and Mastodon / Bluesky since 2024. See 2024 thread below, and from there links to previous threads. So you can see what I got wrong, or at least changed. https://mastodon.green/@solar_chase/113214911341855405 Some of these assertions will contain links to BloombergNEF content under a paywall. If you are not lucky enough to have access, you'll have to believe me that's what it says. Also, I'm on maternity leave, so this thread is lighter on changes than in some years.

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@mothninja@beige.party 2025-10-20 08:04

@solar_chase@mastodon.green fantastic thread, informative and enlightening. Thank you so much for writing and sharing your knowledge

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@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social 2025-10-20 08:13

@solar_chase@mastodon.green This is the best long thread I've read.

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@janekdererste@det.social 2025-10-20 08:43

@solar_chase@mastodon.green Thanks! Really interesting read!

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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz 2025-10-20 08:51

@solar_chase@mastodon.green Really interesting thread, thank you!

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@Guadal@masto.es 2025-10-20 18:56

@solar_chase@mastodon.green finally bought your book 👌

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@CjMalone@en.osm.town 2025-10-20 19:29

@solar_chase@mastodon.green do you have opinions on plug in solar? Or why small solar is so much mor popular than small wind.

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@RichPushButtons@mastodon.social 2025-10-21 18:09

@solar_chase@mastodon.green Thanks for this!

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