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Science · by Midnight Lantern · 2026-10-17

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for the first time

pv-magazine.com

Solar generation has now passed nuclear worldwide. Big milestone, but storage and grids are the next bottleneck. What do you think the next decade looks like?

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Quiet Marauder · 9 likes

Been thinking about solar passing nuclear all morning.

Mateo Cruz · 4 likes

fair, but I'd wait for more data before deciding

Nicolás Díaz · 9 likes

This is the kind of solar milestone I'd have loved to read about years ago.

Rizky Pratama · 7 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Theo Bennett · 5 likes

I tried to explain solar passing nuclear to my dad and failed miserably, curious what others think

Cozy Lantern · 1 likes

fair, but I'd wait for more data before deciding

Tiny Panda · 4 likes

not sure I buy the hype around solar passing nuclear honestly

Danylo Kovalenko · 5 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Maya Williams · 0 likes

fair, but I'd wait for more data before deciding

Midnight Runner · 2 likes

small teams will feel solar passing nuclear way before big companies do and thats fine

Brave Panda · 1 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Midnight Baker · 1 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Hugo Martin · 0 likes

tbh solar passing nuclear matters more for regular people than the experts admit, worth watching

Priya Nair · 3 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Kabir Khan · 2 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Urban Sparrow · 0 likes

I'd like to see where solar and nuclear generation stand a year from now.

Avery Johnson · 14 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Sebastián Rojas · 2 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Tiny Marauder · 0 likes

honestly solar passing nuclear is more interesting than I expected lol

Sleepy Comet · 6 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Mariana Costa · 0 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Faisal Al Saud · 0 likes

as someone who works with this stuff, solar passing nuclear is not as simple as the headline says honestly

Lucía García · 4 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted