28/05/2026
🚨 NEW | A typical household in the Philippines can now recoup the full cost of rooftop solar in just 3.1 years through savings on its electricity bill. That's down from 4 years in May 2025 ⚡☀️
This is thanks to a decline in solar installation costs, which fell 10% in the 12 months to May 2026. At the same time, household power prices surged 17% in the Philippines 🇵🇭
These two factors compressed payback timelines across all sectors:
Residential: 4.0 years ➡️ 3.1 years
Commercial: 3.0 years ➡️ 2.3 years
Industrial: 3.9 years ➡️ 3.1 years
In the same period, Ember estimates that rooftop solar capacity in the Philippines has likely nearly DOUBLED to ~1,300 MW.
🗣 "The economics of rooftop solar are more attractive than ever, and its rapid rise is inevitable," says Ember's Dave Jones . "The government has an opportunity to carve its own path on rooftop solar, to pull the Philippines out of fossil dependency and onto a path of cheap, abundant electricity."
Read the full analysis ⤵️
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/how-the-philippines-rooftop-solar-surge-can-flip-the-energy-emergency-script/
