Sunny Makes Her Case: A Graphic Novel (Sunny #5)

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At one of the high-rise buildings where he's installed Indian-made panels, the condo association manager, Swati Nevgi, says her communal bill for electricity in common areas – operating a bank of elevators, lights in the hallways, air conditioning in the lobby – has dropped by about a third. That means the building re-cooped its investment in roughly three years. Despite having lots of tropical sunshine, India gets about 70% of its electricity from burning coal – which exacerbates air pollution that's already some of the worst in the world. But this year, the country has also installed a record volume of solar energy. But through the haze, there are twinkling signs of hope popping up on rooftops across India's sprawling megacities: solar panels. A decade ago, Jay Vyas was an accountant in his 50s, working on a variety of projects, when a proposal for a rooftop solar installation came across his desk.

Scientists say that's ambitious, and that India will need to boost its solar capacity even more if it has any hope of keeping that promise. On a much smaller scale, Indian farmers often use a solar panel or two to run irrigation pumps in rural areas, where the electricity grid is shaky. The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues as Sunny finds herself in the spotlight in a competition unlike any other... I'm sorry. These books are just so evocative of my own middle school experience that I just can't review them critically! While Ms. Holm is three years younger than I am, she has made Sunny just my age. Do I even need to mention that I was on the speech team in high school?Vyas and Divekar used to import solar panels from Germany or Singapore. They're expensive, but they last 25 years, and Vyas says he wasn't sure that would be the case with cheaper Chinese models, he explains. MUMBAI, India – It's smog season in India, when industrial and vehicular emissions mix with crop-burning smoke, and winter temperatures pull a huge sooty cloud down over much of the country. A worker walks past lines of solar panels at the Roha Dyechem solar project in the western northwest Indian state of Rajasthan. He and his business partner, Chinmay Divekar, gave NPR a tour of one of their latest solar projects, on the roof of a high-rise residential society – the Indian equivalent of a condo association – northeast of Mumbai. I just opened that file, and saw the client wanted to invest in solar," Vyas recalls. "Now, I'm passionate about looking into new things that might become commercially viable. So I thought, 'Why not?' and I started looking into it."

We knew relative to the business that for people that were writing, executive producing and starring, and for me directing … we knew that ultimately it was low,” McElhenney said of the early pay, according to The Wrap. “But we knew we owned a good chunk of the show and we were going into business with FX as the owners. What FX gave us, in the beginning, was a way to make our show the way that we wanted to do it.” And at the U.N.'s recently-concluded COP27 climate talks, India repeated a pledge to get half of its energy needs from non-fossil fuels by that same year. At this point, I am just going to read any new Sunny books. I know that about me, it is a fact and I am old enough to know not to deny it] The maybe-flirting undertones between Tony and Sunny was sweet and I found her mother’s suspicion to be funny. Her Gramps also makes an appearance in the story, which made for a fun sub-plot. It was entertaining to see Sunny’s experience working her first job, and at the country club no less! She builds relationships with the other kids working there and learns valuable lessons, like why you shouldn’t run at the pool. Overall: Sunny Makes a Splash (Sunny #4)

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Vyas says it's typically around three to five years for most of his customers. But that's decreasing, he says. Rising global electricity prices make solar panels even more attractive now. Sunny Makes a Splash is a delightful addition to the Sunny series suited for slightly older readers as Sunny finds a potential romantic interest. This graphic novel features a perfect depiction of 70’s summer experiences and a relatable protagonist working her first summer job before her last year of middle school. It will make for an enjoyable reading experience for older tweens — and even some younger ones! Weaknesses: I would like to see more involvement of Sunny's family, and am voting that the next book be a road trip in a station wagon that includes the grandfather! Every five years, India puts together a National Electricity Plan. The most recent one, issued in September, outlines a 24% increase in solar power production targets for 2027. That amounts to a "quantum jump" for India's renewable energy sector, according to one international climate think tank.

China and the U.S. still invest more in renewables on an annual basis. But India's investments – particularly in solar – are growing faster, due to what Bhadwal calls an "aggressive" campaign by the government. In 2017, Vyas co-founded Koku Solar, a company that's since installed hundreds of small-scale solar projects on residential rooftops in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is the capital. Like the rest of the series, the art for this series is fun to look at, colorful and nicely styled. It looks a little scratchy and messy at times, but at the same time that's part of its charm. The layout is simple and easy to follow, and there are some fun visual nods to the '70s throughout, which should appeal to older readers and help younger readers understand some of the quirks of the era. Even though I'm not in the age demographic the Sunny graphic novels are aimed at, they're still highly enjoyable. They're good stories about a girl transitioning from childhood to teenage-hood, and a fascinating time capsule of the author growing up in the seventies. And "Sunny Makes a Splash" is a great addition to the series.

As India develops, and its 1.4 billion people get richer, its energy needs are expanding. Unlike many Western countries, which have pledged to cap overall emissions, India measures its emissions in proportion to its gross domestic product. This year, the government pledged to reduce by 45% the so-called "emissions intensity of its GDP" by 2030.