A former U.S. climate envoy says President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture war issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/world/politics/climate-envoy-trump-consensus-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #coal #oil #renewables #energy #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans #emissions #environment #cop30 #johnpodesta #joebiden
alcinnz
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TL;DR if battery technology and price continues its current trajectory, households will be able to store all the electricity they need at a price that is similar to the solar panels on the roof in just a few years from now. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/how-big-a-solar-battery-do-i-need-to-store-all-my-homes-electricity/ by @Edent
#Renewables #Solar #Battery #EnergySovereignty #DecentraliseTheGrid
The verdant, river-crossed Malaysian state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional "green battery," but its renewable energy dreams could come at a serious environmental cost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/16/sustainability/malaysia-island-green-battery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #hydro #renewables #borneo #malaysia #southeastasia
TL;DR if battery technology and price continues its current trajectory, households will be able to store all the electricity they need at a price that is similar to the solar panels on the roof in just a few years from now. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/how-big-a-solar-battery-do-i-need-to-store-all-my-homes-electricity/ by @Edent
#Renewables #Solar #Battery #EnergySovereignty #DecentraliseTheGrid
TL;DR if battery technology and price continues its current trajectory, households will be able to store all the electricity they need at a price that is similar to the solar panels on the roof in just a few years from now. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/how-big-a-solar-battery-do-i-need-to-store-all-my-homes-electricity/ by @Edent
#Renewables #Solar #Battery #EnergySovereignty #DecentraliseTheGrid
Antanicus
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"Bermuda tenders up to 10 MW of floating solar"
#Bermuda#SolarPower #Energy#Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/09/bermuda-tenders-up-to-10-mw-of-floating-solar/
"Bermuda tenders up to 10 MW of floating solar"
#Bermuda#SolarPower #Energy#Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/09/bermuda-tenders-up-to-10-mw-of-floating-solar/
The government began looking into the factors that led a consortium including Mitsubishi and a Chubu Electric Power unit to withdraw from wind power projects in three areas off Akita and Chiba prefectures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/government-review-mitsubishi-exit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mitsubishi #wind #renewables #energy
China’s solar, battery and electric vehicle companies have expanded their foreign investment plans in recent years, having pledged more than $210 billion since 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/tech/china-green-tech-overseas-factories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #renewables #wind #solar #energy #batteries
Use of fossil fuels could begin to drop in about five years' time thanks to China’s rapid adoption of renewables and its increasing reliance on electricity, clean-energy think tank Ember has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/09/energy/china-green-push-global-fossil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #china #renewables #fossilfuel #wind #solar
“The irony of this war is that the green transition accelerated in Ukraine, because they destroy a coal-fired power station and we build more wind parks to replace it.”
A pilot project aims to use a 13-kilometer breakwater that protects the Port of Los Angeles to harness enough wave energy to power 60,000 U.S. homes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/01/energy/sea-power-energy-los-angeles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #oceans #renewables #losangeles #california #us
Angela Antunovic
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Solar is taking off across Africa.
In the 12 months through June 2025, over 15GW worth of solar panels were imported. This wave is happening across the continent: 20 countries have set new import records.
Sierra Leone imported enough solar panels in one year to make up 65% of their entire nation's generating capacity.
If you're not preparing for significant drops in fossil fuel demand, you're not paying attention!
#solar #solarpower #renewables #energy #Africa #environment #climate #ClimateChange
https://electrek.co/2025/08/25/china-made-panels-drive-africas-15-gw-solar-import-milestone/
Solar is taking off across Africa.
In the 12 months through June 2025, over 15GW worth of solar panels were imported. This wave is happening across the continent: 20 countries have set new import records.
Sierra Leone imported enough solar panels in one year to make up 65% of their entire nation's generating capacity.
If you're not preparing for significant drops in fossil fuel demand, you're not paying attention!
#solar #solarpower #renewables #energy #Africa #environment #climate #ClimateChange
https://electrek.co/2025/08/25/china-made-panels-drive-africas-15-gw-solar-import-milestone/
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/29/chinese-pv-industry-brief-chinas-solar-capacity-rises-to-1-11-tw-by-july/
"China’s installed power capacity hit 3.67 TW by July, with solar at 1.11 TW, wind at 570 GW, and renewables providing nearly one-quarter of generation."
The press has to get better with its units. How does 1.68TW (+ xGW of hydro) get to be nearly 25% of 3.67TW rather than ~45%?
Answer Capacity Factors. I really wish people would standardise on TWh per year (or month or whatever) like Ember https://ember-energy.org do.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat is a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals, although researches say the situation might have been unique. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/28/economy/mitsubishi-wind-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #mitsubishi #wind #renewables #energy #environment
Sky-high electricity costs, coupled with the piecemeal support successive governments have given to big industrial power user, are said to have made power prices an obstacle to the U.K.'s shift towards cleaner energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/28/energy/electricity-costs-britain-net-zero/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #uk #energy #electricity #coal #netzero #emissions #fossilfuels #renewables #wind #solar
Tom
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@Garyb_spectabilis a little bit from an email from the Guardian
“Renewables might now be cheaper than fossil fuel in the vast majority of cases, but this makes them less attractive to capital, not more. Fossil fuels are uncompetitive and highly profitable. Renewables are highly competitive and not very profitable.
As a result, fossil fuel extractors will fight tooth and nail to prevent market forces from operating.”
Basically, you are not going to change these companies from within because they can’t afford to give up their business model.