Germany's cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday aimed at fast-tracking the rollout of geothermal energy projects, as part of its goal to eliminate fossil fuel-based heating by 2045. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/07/energy/germany-geothermal-energy-projects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #geothermal #energy #renewables #germany
China’s breakneck expansion of renewable power continues to set records — but an increasing amount of that wind and solar energy is being wasted because the grid isn’t up to scratch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/05/energy/china-renewables-power-grid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #solar #wind #renewables #energy #china
On Ireland's western seaboard, researchers are flying a giant kite in the hopes of generating renewable electricity and sparking a "revolution" in wind energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/04/energy/kite-wind-clean-energy-ireland/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #wind #renewables #energy #ireland
China's biggest solar firms quietly shed nearly a third of their workforces last year amid overcapacity and tepid demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/markets/china-solar-workforces/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #renewables #solar
Tim Chambers
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If you’re on @surf, this is a really cool feed about renewable energy with over 20 sources.
If you want to check it out, you can join the beta waitlist on the link below and use my referral code: Surf+JeJord.
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01k11s6rj3h8adb6w0bpn5d7yw
If you’re on @surf, this is a really cool feed about renewable energy with over 20 sources.
If you want to check it out, you can join the beta waitlist on the link below and use my referral code: Surf+JeJord.
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01k11s6rj3h8adb6w0bpn5d7yw
As the Trump administration shifts back to fossil fuels, solar power stakeholders in Japan and India are seeking new ways to collaborate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/27/energy/india-japan-solar-links/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #solar #energy #renewables #india #indiajapanrelations#osakaexpo #internationalsolaralliance
Jan Ulrich Hasecke
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Indien erlebt eine beeindruckende #Energiewende: Das Land hat die Klimaziele des Pariser Abkommens bereits fünf Jahre vor Frist erfüllt und ist jetzt weltweit die Nummer 3 bei erneuerbarer Stromerzeugung 🌍⚡. Mit 50% Ökostromanteil übertrifft Indien viele Industrienationen und treibt den globalen Wandel voran. #Renewables#Klimaschutz#Indien#EnergieRevolution #newz
Mehr dazu hier: https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/energie-revolution-kommt-indien-vollzieht-turnaround-und-uebertrifft-europa-zr-93840306.html
"The government can also make electricity more affordable by supporting not-for-profit power companies. Another good move would be to help more households to install rooftop solar by providing access to long-term low-interest finance."
#KimberleyOSullivan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
#energy #electricity #renewables #RooftopSolar #PlatformCooperatives
phoenix🐧🏕🏞🚀🍝
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You will never, ever take a nice photo of these wind turbines.
Hold my beer...
You will never, ever take a nice photo of these wind turbines.
Hold my beer...
Jess Mahler
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"The First Nations Seasonal Metrics vastly outperformed many of today’s leading forecasting models. Compared to an already strong baseline model, the First Nations data were 14.6 percent more accurate while reducing the error rate by 26.2 percent—less than half the error rate of existing forecasting programs."
More evidence showing that other forms of knowledge generation beyond Western science have value. So much potential for human progress is lost through a focus on one kind of science and one language (English).
https://www.popsci.com/environment/indigenous-solar-power-forecast/
#indigenous #solar#SolarPunk #renewables #energy#RenewableEnergy #science #technology #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Major tech firms should commit to fully powering data centers with renewable energy by 2030, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/tech/ai-renewable-energy-2030-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #antonioguterres #ai #tech #renewables #energy
"The First Nations Seasonal Metrics vastly outperformed many of today’s leading forecasting models. Compared to an already strong baseline model, the First Nations data were 14.6 percent more accurate while reducing the error rate by 26.2 percent—less than half the error rate of existing forecasting programs."
More evidence showing that other forms of knowledge generation beyond Western science have value. So much potential for human progress is lost through a focus on one kind of science and one language (English).
https://www.popsci.com/environment/indigenous-solar-power-forecast/
#indigenous #solar#SolarPunk #renewables #energy#RenewableEnergy #science #technology #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/japan-ultra-thin-solar-panels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #renewables #solar #environment #energy #universityoftokyo #panasonic
Indien erlebt eine beeindruckende #Energiewende: Das Land hat die Klimaziele des Pariser Abkommens bereits fünf Jahre vor Frist erfüllt und ist jetzt weltweit die Nummer 3 bei erneuerbarer Stromerzeugung 🌍⚡. Mit 50% Ökostromanteil übertrifft Indien viele Industrienationen und treibt den globalen Wandel voran. #Renewables#Klimaschutz#Indien#EnergieRevolution #newz
Mehr dazu hier: https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/energie-revolution-kommt-indien-vollzieht-turnaround-und-uebertrifft-europa-zr-93840306.html
Some things I don't know and would like to know:
1. What is the life expectancy of current generation photovoltaic #solarpower panels?
2. What is the physical process which causes degradation?
3. At the end of economic life, could they be refurbished for reuse, and if not, why not?
4. If they cannot be refurbished, what proportion of the components can be recycled?
Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/17/energy/pakistan-solar-national-grid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #pakistan #solar #renewables #energy