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"If we succeed in decarbonising energy what is the point of energy efficiency?" I'm often asked. We believe that there is a significant role for energy efficiency in a net zero world. But it will be fundamentally different. Read our paper to find out more www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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After decades of solar PV deployment, the world crossed the 1 TW (a million MW) line in 2022. Just two years later, after adding 0.6 GW in 2024, we already crossed the 2 TW mark too! @solarpowereu.bsky.social via @olofvandergaag.bsky.social

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A must read from @mliebreich.bsky.social. A thorough and elegant debunking of the many flaws in Tony Blair’s proposal for a climate policy reset. mliebreich.substack.com/p/why-tony-b...

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After weeks of media attacks on #NetZero, we learn in one day that 1000 new jobs will be created at a second giga-factory in Sunderland, that plans for 4.7GW of offshore wind have been advanced by the Crown Estate, & Ed Miliband approves a 400MW solar farm. Result? Zero column inches.

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Ignoring the thumbnail quote (a small aspect of the while), this is a great interview youtu.be/ceKAdQFrd5E?...

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The world’s largest electric ferry just launched! 🚢⚡️ A huge leap for green transport—2,000 passengers, 500 vehicles, and zero emissions. Proof that clean tech is making waves in maritime engineering. Read more: www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news...

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Although this is indeed a first-of-a-kind bill, the concept of having tourists pay for their climate impact is not. Since 2019, the tiny town of Juneau AK has been asking cruise ship visitors purchase carbon credits that fund heat pumps for local residents. More: grist.org/energy/in-ju...

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In case you needed any more evidence that there is simply no one around this mentally ill man willing to tell him "You don't want to post that."

submitted 9 days ago • 35 comments

www.offshorewind.biz/2025/04/29/m... Half of the turbines for Dogger Bank A are in place. All of the monopiles , and transition pieces are in place. Schedule for power is second half of 2025.

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Frequency dip at the grid visible in the Netherlands at the moment of a power outage in (parts of) Spain, Portugal and France.

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Trump admin has closed NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in NYC, a branch dedicated to studying #climate change & Earth sciences..However, GISS Director "the work continues, data, products, science will continue because science is done by people, not by buildings." shorturl.at/84Qog

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So where’s all the £’s coming from Farage Russia, Far Right in US or UK or all of the above❓👇🏼 Reform UK spent more than £2m on personalised letters to postal voters before local elections… But only received £281,000 in donations in last set of publicly available figs, for final quarter of 2024 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

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Wow! Huge power outage in Spain/Portugal. Just managed to pull this from the Spanish grid operator's website before it timed out. Demand cratered from 25GW to less than 10GW in an instant. 🔌💡

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Last week we piled our family into the used EV that we bought last year and took the overnight ferry to Dieppe in Normandy, then drove the 600 km to my brother's house in Dordogne. The "IECharge" rapid charger network only cost €0.25/kWh, I assume they keep costs down by connecting to the HV grid.

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AGU is deeply grateful to @egu.eu for their statement of support and solidarity with American scientific societies. 🌍🔬 Science thrives when we stand together. #ScienceSolidarity

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What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with MinuteEarth! youtu.be/WH4g1ptJ-70

submitted 40 days ago • 83 comments

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 100% RE Last 188 weeks: 98.7% RE (1/5)

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Based on daily values, the March average of atmospheric CO₂ at Mauna Loa was 428.1-428.2 ppm; that's 2.8 ppm higher than last year. Since it's already higher than last year's May-June peak, it's also the highest level in at least 15 million years.

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After Bloomberg New Energy Finance released their latest ranking of global wind turbine makers, I've gotten quite a few questions about the "dominance" of Chinese firms. 6 of top 10 manufacturers are Chinese so clearly this is another industry that is completely ruled by China? Wrong.

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I’m sure the Stasi wish they’d thought of the phrase “crowdsourced patriotism.”

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"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now" 75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC

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Now that Trump has scrubbed all legit climate info from US government websites and wants to convince us that climate change is good, Nature’s newest research journal — Nature Climate Denial — is the place to publish your best work on how CO₂ is plant food and more extreme weather events is good.

submitted 41 days ago • 18 comments

In other news, the same council has declared "a climate crisis".

submitted 42 days ago • 13 comments

Brian Eno interviewed at a campaign to introduce a wealth tax in the UK - m.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...

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"The notion of incentivising protesters to lie – to affect remorse for conviction views – is both madness and consistent with a legal system that protects those who destroy the planet for personal enrichment and attacks those who selflessly try to save it." www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...

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