r/InvictaSolaris

Just a decade ago, almost three times as much electricity in the European Union was coming from fossil fuels as from clean sources.

But last year, for the first time, solar and wind produced more than coal, gas, and oil combined. They accounted for just over 30% of total electricity production.

This record happened despite a poor year for wind output due to low wind speeds and a slight increase in gas to compensate for lower hydropower output from dry conditions last year.

24% from Nuclear power

17% from Hydro+Other Renewables

30% from Solar+Wind

= ~70%+ electricity is Clean Energy!

That's a rare EU W ngl.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-2025-solar-and-wind-produced-more-electricity-than-fossil-fuels-in-the-european-union

OC: Joel Pett

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In a new house. Got tired doing the flip-flip-flip game of guessing which of the switches was fan, inside light, outside light, etc. I still need to make a few more of different types but their fun to design and quick to print.

OnShape/OrcaSlicer/A1mini/0.2mm/T-PEI/PLA-basic/220*/65*

Source: https://itdp.org/multimedia/protected-bikeways-infographic-itdp/

Hitting Welcome To Rockville again this year and remembered that my head would get hot under the hat. So some shopping and printing later and BOOM! Functional solar hat that has lasted 2 of my 3 days so far. I suspect Sunday won't be an issue either.

Have them wired in parallel so it stays at 5v for the fans. Each panel has optimal 0.2a for the fan rated at 0.18. 1 panel moved it but not enough to care. 2 panels, like the exhaust fan, keeps it moving and does OK. But the 3 panels keeps this thing moving very well. No battery on it. Very simple wiring of just panels and a fan.

Source of the image & article : https://itdp.org/publication/compact-cities-electrified-the-benefits-of-small-vehicles/

With SUVs and other larger vehicles continuing to rise in global sales, these findings underscore the many benefits of limiting this trend.

Across the countries analyzed (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States);

Limiting vehicle size growth can deliver consistent benefits, including reductions in :

1. Consumer costs,

2. Fuel use,

3. Electricity demand,

4. Battery needs,

5. Traffic deaths,

6. Overall Emissions.

Prioritizing policies for sustainable urban mobility and mode shift is core to Solarpunk vision for increasing ridership across zero-emission, well-funded public transport systems.

Last year I occasionally thought that I’d run out of power if really running the AC hard. It appears that the additional 260W is exactly what I needed to bridge the gap! Now even when I sleep with thermostat at 70° when I wake up it produces more than the AC draws and I am at 100% SOC by mid-day! These rich solar panels perform very well imo. If you guys want to run Ac off-grid and have animals, let me include my basic setup. (620AH LiFePo4) (victron smart 150-70) (Victron smart 100-20) 5x (200w n-type eco-worthy panels) 2x (rich solar 130W slim panels)

Source: https://reneweconomy.com.au/remarkable-milestone-bowen-says-home-battery-installations-continue-to-surge-pass-400000/

Art that I make for my TTRPG solarpunk campaign. It's about México City returning to be a lake and humans learning to coexist with the other species of the area. The islands in the lake are called chinampas, they are artificial hand made, one of the first hydroponics systems that humans made. Their existance date from 6000 years ago.