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Thinking about not destroying the planet. It needs action quickly, everywhere, all at once.
We are already breaching multiple planetary limits. That means a lot of actions, not simply CO2 and CH4 reduction, but it does need them.
We are not going to change world leadership in the next few years so we have to hope that the ones we have might do the right thing, quickly, at scale, even if it's for the wrong reasons.
So, if I sound bullish about China... That's why.
"The projects will comprise 3 GW of wind power and 2 GW of solar power, with completion expected within 30 months."
Cost $2.7 billion, delivery time 5 years (with a lot of the power coming on stream a lot earlier) and a high likelyhood of delivering to plan.
Say it delivers 1GW equivalent of 100% Capacity factor source. Still pretty good value.
#CongoWeek is starting in three days, but it seems to have already started in #Brussels, with this #FreeCongo tag on an electric car parked in the street. Tesla, like all electric cars, use enormous amounts of precious metals extracted in Congo, and most probably stolen by M23 soldiers to be sold via Rwanda to industrial buyers around the world. Greenwashing cannot wash Congolese blood from the so-called #EnergyTransition.
https://congoweek.org/ We're one week away from https://conf.zoethical.org/
#CongoWeek is starting in three days, but it seems to have already started in #Brussels, with this #FreeCongo tag on an electric car parked in the street. Tesla, like all electric cars, use enormous amounts of precious metals extracted in Congo, and most probably stolen by M23 soldiers to be sold via Rwanda to industrial buyers around the world. Greenwashing cannot wash Congolese blood from the so-called #EnergyTransition.
https://congoweek.org/ We're one week away from https://conf.zoethical.org/
This is remarkable. Can you imagine what people would have said 10 years ago if you said a major mining concern would stop _all_ fossil fuel consumption by 2030 and switch to renewables.
The thing about batteries (and renewables, but REALLY about batteries) is the sheer volume of research (both in labs, company R&D and deployed) along with the pletora of research directions to choose from.
We are still at the bottom of the hill for battery and energy storage research.
An early slowing in the population growth as long as it is non-coercive & humane is a good thing.
The humane & non-coercive way to reduce population growth is to empower women.
Most projected population growth is going to be in Africa.
The fastest way to empower women in Africa is electrification through minigrid deployment. This is a win for this and many other things.
It is one of the most important things we could be supporting right now.
Renewables land use:
There is no reason why a farm can not run agriculture, PV and wind all on the same land. All slightly deoptimised from pure play (excpet wind TBH) but together producing _a lot_!
"One of the IEA scenarios forecasts a rise to 2,400 TWh across the continent by 2040" It was 730 TWh at the end of 2024.
Since then Africa added 100 TWh. That means with a _purely linear track_ Africa will meet the projection.
I predict it will hit that 2,400 TWh in the early 2030s and the majority will be solar.
PUDL v2025.10.0 is out. It updates monthly EIA-860M data & also happens to include final EIA-860 data for 2024, newly integrated EIA-923 financial data (schedule 8B), and (finally!) PHMSA natural gas data. See the release notes for details
#Energy #OpenData #OpenSource #Electricity #EnergyTransition
https://catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html#v2025-10-0-2025-10-14
PUDL v2025.10.0 is out. It updates monthly EIA-860M data & also happens to include final EIA-860 data for 2024, newly integrated EIA-923 financial data (schedule 8B), and (finally!) PHMSA natural gas data. See the release notes for details
#Energy #OpenData #OpenSource #Electricity #EnergyTransition
https://catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html#v2025-10-0-2025-10-14
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/cameroon-zambia-electrify-villages-with-solar/
Rural electrification minigrids in Cameroon and Zambia sound like good news.
Despite what's happening in the USA, renewables are winning globally
https://thebulletin.org/2025/10/despite-whats-happening-in-the-usa-renewables-are-winning-globally/
#HackerNews #renewables #climatechange #sustainability #globalimpact #USA #energytransition
Despite what's happening in the USA, renewables are winning globally
https://thebulletin.org/2025/10/despite-whats-happening-in-the-usa-renewables-are-winning-globally/
#HackerNews #renewables #climatechange #sustainability #globalimpact #USA #energytransition
I know wave power has a terrible track record but I really want this one to work:
"Today, (Australian) BESS projects can secure financing of up to 100% merchant risk,"
That is a major step. Oz grid scale batteries are now a low risk money spinner that will run on private equity.
Along with the several GWh the home battery grants are creating Oz is really going for it!
Doctorow on Solar Transition in far better shape than we're given to believe
"the material bill for solarization is in freefall, with no end in sight. The amount of stuff we need to make panels, transmission lines and batteries keeps declining. Further: the efficiency gains of “clean” technology are astounding — meaning that, for example, it not only takes a lot less material to make a solar panel, the panel we make out of so much less stuff generates a lot more power. More: we keep finding ways to substitute more abundant materials for materials that are harder to find or refine (for example, swapping out lithium in batteries and replacing it with sodium, one of the most abundant minerals on Earth). Finally: we keep finding new sources of the materials that we can’t readily substitute for"
#solarPunk #renewableEnergy #fossilFuels #climateChange #energyTransition
Why Does the IEA KEEP DOING THIS?
Does anyone take them seriously on the energy transition?
Abandoning diesel generators for solar is not only a smart financial move, it also dramatically reduces air AND noise pollution!
Many African countries are finding out how the sun - which is in abundance - can create energy security.
Abandoning diesel generators for solar is not only a smart financial move, it also dramatically reduces air AND noise pollution!
Many African countries are finding out how the sun - which is in abundance - can create energy security.
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