While planning is not building, it is nevertheless good news that planning permissions fro renewable energy projects (including the necessary battery storage infrastructure for dips in generation) are heading upwards under the Labour Govt.

Now the interconnecting power supply infrastructure issues need to be resolved in parallel with these projects progressing!

#energy #renewables

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/30/renewable-energy-projects-battery-storage-wind-solar-2025-data

While planning is not building, it is nevertheless good news that planning permissions fro renewable energy projects (including the necessary battery storage infrastructure for dips in generation) are heading upwards under the Labour Govt.

Now the interconnecting power supply infrastructure issues need to be resolved in parallel with these projects progressing!

#energy #renewables

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/30/renewable-energy-projects-battery-storage-wind-solar-2025-data

Der modernisierte #Windpark Muel in Spanien liefert nach dem #Repowering mehr als doppelt so viel Strom wie zuvor.

Drei neue #Windturbinen ersetzen 27 ältere Anlagen, wodurch rund 21.000 Haushalte versorgt werden können. Über 99 Prozent der Altkomponenten, darunter 81 #Rotorblätter, wurden recycelt oder wiederverwendet.

Das Projekt erhielt ein #ZeroWaste-Zertifikat und wird durch die EU gefördert.

https://www.windbranche.de/news/nachrichten/artikel-39466-rwe-windpark-in-spanien-liefert-nach-repowering-doppelt-so-viel-strom-alte-rotorblaetter-werden-recycelt

#Kreislaufwirtschaft #ErneuerbareEnergien #energy #climatechange

‘Why do Australian homeowners get rooftop solar installed in a week or less, for roughly 50 cents a watt, while Californians pay $3.30/watt and wait months for interconnection?’

#USA #America #California #Californication #PV #Energy #Solar #photovoltaic #Solarpanels
https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-real-story-with-australian

‘Why do Australian homeowners get rooftop solar installed in a week or less, for roughly 50 cents a watt, while Californians pay $3.30/watt and wait months for interconnection?’

#USA #America #California #Californication #PV #Energy #Solar #photovoltaic #Solarpanels
https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-real-story-with-australian

Yes the last 10% will be hard, yes we should probably consume less stuff, yes capitalism.

But right now we have proven technologies, available at the necessary scale to real make some serious progress; and they are actually cheaper than doing the wrong things. The "easy" parts make up 80-90% of the problem, so we can fix 80-90% of the problem now.

Literally the only thing stopping us is that leaders all over the world chose not to do so.

#energytransition #climatechange #energy

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I know its techno optimism, but forgive me.

There are so many solutions available now that could massively accelerate mitigations to our current climate woes. Solar, wind and batteries (and big nukes where they make sense) for power. Heat pumps for low grade industrial heating and home haeting. >1800C heat batteries for industrial heat. Even properly biodegradable plastics to help with direct pollution.

#energytransition #climatechange #energy

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Yes the last 10% will be hard, yes we should probably consume less stuff, yes capitalism.

But right now we have proven technologies, available at the necessary scale to real make some serious progress; and they are actually cheaper than doing the wrong things. The "easy" parts make up 80-90% of the problem, so we can fix 80-90% of the problem now.

Literally the only thing stopping us is that leaders all over the world chose not to do so.

#energytransition #climatechange #energy

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I know its techno optimism, but forgive me.

There are so many solutions available now that could massively accelerate mitigations to our current climate woes. Solar, wind and batteries (and big nukes where they make sense) for power. Heat pumps for low grade industrial heating and home haeting. >1800C heat batteries for industrial heat. Even properly biodegradable plastics to help with direct pollution.

#energytransition #climatechange #energy

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Ukraine has said its drones have struck the largest Russian gas processing plant in the Orenburg region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/world/ukraine-strike-russia-energy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #energy

Currently every 3 years, China effectively builds a brand new total US grid’s worth of solar capacity, and that’s just solar!

#Energy #solar #PV #China #USA
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/

Currently every 3 years, China effectively builds a brand new total US grid’s worth of solar capacity, and that’s just solar!

#Energy #solar #PV #China #USA
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-dominion-energy-offshore-wind-project-lawsuit-complaint/291-517ca403-b102-46e6-9def-90ac787b401b “even short delays could ripple through the project’s tightly scheduled construction timeline, potentially adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs that could ultimately affect ratepayers” #CVOW #DominionEnergy #wind #climate #jobs #USPolitics #energy #shortage #inflation

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-dominion-energy-offshore-wind-project-lawsuit-complaint/291-517ca403-b102-46e6-9def-90ac787b401b “even short delays could ripple through the project’s tightly scheduled construction timeline, potentially adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs that could ultimately affect ratepayers” #CVOW #DominionEnergy #wind #climate #jobs #USPolitics #energy #shortage #inflation

Starke Verstärkung für die Energiewende! ⚡🌱

Unser Institut für Wasserstoff- und Energietechnik ( #iwe) ist ab sofort offizieller Unterstützer im "Team Energiewende Bayern". 🤝

Regierungsvizepräsident Thomas Engel hat die Ernennungsurkunde übergeben – gemeinsam mit dem Kompetenznetzwerk Wasser und Energie e.V.

Ein wichtiges Signal: Wir packen die Energiezukunft in Oberfranken gemeinsam an.

Infos: https://t1p.de/i2vse
#hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #science #Energiewende #energy #environment

Science 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy

#climate #energy #NuclearPower #nuclear

https://www.science.org/content/article/breakthrough-2025

Seven years ago I read this book about electric power systems, and my takeaway was that the end of the "Steampunk Grid" was within sight. But it's bigger than that. It's the end of heat as our civilization's main energetic expression. #Energy #Electricity #Books

https://amateurearthling.org/2019/01/04/the-end-of-the-steampunk-grid/

Der modernisierte #Windpark Muel in Spanien liefert nach dem #Repowering mehr als doppelt so viel Strom wie zuvor.

Drei neue #Windturbinen ersetzen 27 ältere Anlagen, wodurch rund 21.000 Haushalte versorgt werden können. Über 99 Prozent der Altkomponenten, darunter 81 #Rotorblätter, wurden recycelt oder wiederverwendet.

Das Projekt erhielt ein #ZeroWaste-Zertifikat und wird durch die EU gefördert.

https://www.windbranche.de/news/nachrichten/artikel-39466-rwe-windpark-in-spanien-liefert-nach-repowering-doppelt-so-viel-strom-alte-rotorblaetter-werden-recycelt

#Kreislaufwirtschaft #ErneuerbareEnergien #energy #climatechange