Emerging from the shadows
Solar and former Soviet states: The PV world is growing bigger, with new markets blooming every year. Yet corners of the globe remain untouched by solars pre-eminence elsewhere. With almost no information available on the international level, a number of former Soviet states look like Terra Nova for PV. A closer look, however, reveals ambitious solar plans, and even tentative first steps being made.
Post-Soviet countries can no longer be viewed as a single unit, yet they still share historical, cultural and political inheritance that often serves to slow their integration into the wider global energy revolution. Post-Soviet countries lack transparency. Digging up solar news from the region requires busting past disconnected phone numbers, questioning controversial official announcements and …
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