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A new analysis shows that unsubsidised utility-scale solar is now the cheapest form of new electricity generation in all G20 economies. The problem is that grid rules, market structures, and capacity payments were designed for a different era. The gap between economics and regulation is creating its own kind of energy crisis.
The US has a backlog of over 2,600 GW of renewable energy projects waiting for grid interconnection. The median wait time is now five years. A documented account of who benefits from the delay — and why the people who could fix it aren't fixing it.
The concentration of battery manufacturing is real. The strategic implications are more complicated than the headlines suggest — and the solutions being proposed in Washington and Brussels are being designed by people who haven't looked at the actual supply chain data.
The first commercially announced SMR projects in North America and Europe have come in at costs per megawatt-hour that are 2–3× the original projections. VOLT examines the numbers, interviews the engineers, and asks why the estimates were so wrong and whether anything has changed.
VOLT covers clean energy as what it is: the largest infrastructure transformation in human history, with specific numbers, specific timelines, and specific people making specific decisions that determine whether it happens fast enough. No hype. No greenwashing. Just the data.
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