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The solar boom outrunning the grid

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By Jan Rosenow
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How countries with hot climates, fast-growing economies, expensive energy, and fragile grids turn to solar. In the summer of 2025, solar became Pakistan’s single largest source of electricity, generating around a quarter of the country’s power during peak months. A decade earlier, solar was contributing less than 1 percent to electricity generation in Pakistan. This was not driven by a major subsidy program.
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What is an electrostate?

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By Jan Rosenow
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It is not a club you are in or out of. It is a direction of travel. Bahrain runs more of its economy on electricity than the United States does. China still made almost sixty per cent of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2025. Norway’s wealth rests on exporting oil and gas. Pakistan electrified largely by accident. So which of them is an electrostate? From petrostate to electrostate To understand what an electrostate is it helps to go back to where the word originally came from.
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The problem with "just build solar and batteries"

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By Jan Rosenow
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“Just build solar and batteries!” I read a version of this every week on social media. It usually it comes from someone who means very well. The problem with such statements is that they promise a simple solution which does not exist to a problem that is complex. The argument goes like this: Solar is the cheapest electricity in history at the point of generation. Batteries have come down in price massively. Build enough of both, and the energy problem is solved.
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