r/UpliftingConservation

According to Ember, this is one of the fastest solar expansions taking place anywhere in the world today.

Solar has not solved Cuba's energy crisis. Oil still provides most of the country's electricity and blackouts remain common.

But solar is one of the fastest ways available to reduce dependence on imported fuel. Panels can be deployed in months, fuel is free and sunlight cannot be disrupted by geopolitics.

And that lesson extends far beyond Cuba.

For decades, energy security was associated with securing access to fossil fuels. Increasingly, it's coming from reducing the need for them. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/13/climate/cuba-solar-us-oil-blockade-trump-china

We have all the green, clean, renewable and energy storage technology and resources needed to drive the whole economy and benefit every single postcode. And as we see the climate crisis unfold in the raw, now is the time to get on with it, build the wind and solar projects, the grid network, the flexible power plants and the storage needed, and face down those ne’er-do-wells who want to slow it down.'' https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/holyrood/26443881.andy-burnhams-vision-north-starts-scottish-onshore-wind/