US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it

https://electrek.co/2026/01/16/us-electricity-demand-surged-in-2025-solar-handled-61-percent/

#HackerNews #USElectricityDemand #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #Sustainability

UK offshore wind prices come in 40% cheaper than gas in record auction

https://electrek.co/2026/01/14/uk-offshore-wind-record-auction/

#HackerNews #UKWindEnergy #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #EnergyAuction #CleanEnergy

China installs the world's first 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine. The turbine can generate enough electricity to power about 44,000 homes.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01-13/New-record-China-installs-world-s-first-20MW-offshore-wind-turbine-1JTZt5OzIha/p.html

#technology #cleanenergy #china #renewableenergy

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/05/mps-underestimate-support-green-policies-study #GreenPolitics #ClimateCrisis #Environment #RenewableEnergy #Energy #MeatIndustry #AirlineEmissions

scotland is a net exporter of (renewable) energy &, yet, we who live here pay the highest standing charges compared to the rest of the UK.
contact your MP & MSP with this handy template & ask them to act against scotland's energy bill rip-off.
#scotland #believeInScotland #energy #renewableEnergy #climateChange
https://www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotlands_energy_bill_rip_off

scotland is a net exporter of (renewable) energy &, yet, we who live here pay the highest standing charges compared to the rest of the UK.
contact your MP & MSP with this handy template & ask them to act against scotland's energy bill rip-off.
#scotland #believeInScotland #energy #renewableEnergy #climateChange
https://www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotlands_energy_bill_rip_off

A Year of Clean Energy Milestones

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2025-energy-review

#HackerNews #CleanEnergy #Milestones #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #2025 #EnergyReview

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/05/mps-underestimate-support-green-policies-study #GreenPolitics #ClimateCrisis #Environment #RenewableEnergy #Energy #MeatIndustry #AirlineEmissions

Let me be explicit. Here at the end of 2025, if you hear anyone say replacing fossil fuels with renewables is going to be expensive, they're either misinformed, uninformed, or lying to you.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewableenergy is cheaper now.

Let me be explicit. Here at the end of 2025, if you hear anyone say replacing fossil fuels with renewables is going to be expensive, they're either misinformed, uninformed, or lying to you.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewableenergy is cheaper now.

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/us-government-finds-new-excuse-to-stop-construction-of-offshore-wind/

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