https://www.hsfg.africa/news/sun-king-announces-target-of-200m-people-by-2030/
If they can pull this off it will be amazing!
"By 2030, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Indonesia each aim for renewables accounting for over half of their installed capacity."
Of course they may not succeed but as they account for "nearly 60% of ASEAN’s power demand and emissions" that would be pretty amazing.
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Forbes: Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World — https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/
A key takeaway: #Hydro and #Wind provide 80%, #Biomass 15%. 1-3% is from flexible thermal (fossil fuel powered,) with the balance being #Solar.
#Uruguay's #EnergyTransition shows there is a #ThirdWay, producing effectively all their energy with renewables and without high tech #StorageBatteries. They do not rely on #silicon solar, either.
It added 50,000 jobs, in a nation of 3.5 million.
Forbes: Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World — https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/
A key takeaway: #Hydro and #Wind provide 80%, #Biomass 15%. 1-3% is from flexible thermal (fossil fuel powered,) with the balance being #Solar.
#Uruguay's #EnergyTransition shows there is a #ThirdWay, producing effectively all their energy with renewables and without high tech #StorageBatteries. They do not rely on #silicon solar, either.
It added 50,000 jobs, in a nation of 3.5 million.
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"What happens in Australia matters, because we are showing that a transition to solar and wind is neither difficult nor expensive."
https://reneweconomy.com.au/what-will-night-time-electricity-generation-look-like-in-2030/
#AusPol
#RenewableEnergy
#EnergyTransition
Compressed Air Storage.
"Analysts estimate current CAES capital cost in China at CNY 800–1,500/kWh, with lifecycle electricity cost of CNY 0.20–0.30/kWh, approaching the economics of pumped hydro but with more flexible siting conditions."
There is an existing operational system with a reported 72.1% system efficiency.
The collective capacity of the 22 million generators in Nigeria (~42 GW) is eight times the capacity of the national grid (~5.4 GW).
This is a staggering figure, and (I think - napkin math) is costing Nigerian generator owners around $50B every year for diesel.
There is a major opportunity for solar and batteries in Nigeria.
https://www.dw.com/en/africa-china-solar-power-investment-trade-renewable-energy-graphics/a-74795571
Solar deployments: 75GW deployed in the 25 years from 2000 to 2025 and now 15 GW in 12 months.
#africa #solar needed a boost, as more people see others with #solar the demand wil increase. This will accelerate from here (even if governments try to stop it).
This seems like a realistic assessment of the state of solar in Africa.
https://www.lesafricanistes.com/post/why-is-africa-lagging-in-solar-installations
Remarkable growth in "rest of World" of 242% YoY.
@mihamarkic @billiglarper @JohanEmpa
Yes, sooner would be so much better.
OTOH, Lithium BESS has gone from ~100MWh deployed in 2017 to ~92GWh in 2025. so around 1000x in 8 years (and thats not counting domestic behind the meter).
China deployed a 100MWh Sodium BESS in 2024 so by 2032...
"What happens in Australia matters, because we are showing that a transition to solar and wind is neither difficult nor expensive."
https://reneweconomy.com.au/what-will-night-time-electricity-generation-look-like-in-2030/
#AusPol
#RenewableEnergy
#EnergyTransition
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👍 Montreal's electric buses use more energy in winter but are still more cost-effective than diesel
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-montreal-electric-buses-energy-winter.html
#energy #montreal #canada #bus #transportation #ev #energytransition
👍 Montreal's electric buses use more energy in winter but are still more cost-effective than diesel
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-montreal-electric-buses-energy-winter.html
#energy #montreal #canada #bus #transportation #ev #energytransition
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Winning some battles against renewable energy, losing the whole war...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/19/someone-is-losing-the-war-on-renewable-energy-bigly/
#renewableenergy #renewables #sdg7 #greenenergy #cleanenergy #gogreen #greeneconomy #greenfuture #energytransition #wind #solar #sustainable #sustainbility #us #arkansas #windfarms #windinudstry #uswind
Winning some battles against renewable energy, losing the whole war...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/19/someone-is-losing-the-war-on-renewable-energy-bigly/
#renewableenergy #renewables #sdg7 #greenenergy #cleanenergy #gogreen #greeneconomy #greenfuture #energytransition #wind #solar #sustainable #sustainbility #us #arkansas #windfarms #windinudstry #uswind
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In a rare moment of corporate comeuppance, FirstEnergy — the Ohio utility company that repeatedly is in headlines for all the wrong reasons — slammed into a $400 million wall at the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a rare moment of corporate comeuppance, FirstEnergy — the Ohio utility company that repeatedly is in headlines for all the wrong reasons — slammed into a $400 million wall at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have moved aggressively to ramp up the use and extraction of fossil fuels and impose new obstacles to the development of solar and wind power under the pretext that they are unreliable sources of energy.
This past legislative session, at least 15 “grid reliability” and “grid stability” bills based on ALEC model policies were introduced in statehouses across the country.