Notices tagged with renewables

Under pressure from investors both BP & Shell have retreated from their high profile green initiatives in the last year, but their biggest impact may be the cadre of 'new energy' staff & managers they trained then shed;

these people have spread across the energy sector, taking with them their knowledge of & skills in the green transition, having little difficulty finding jobs in the alternative/renewables energy sector.

Sometimes welcome change comes indirectly!

#energy #renewables

h/t FT

"US:🚨5,381 data centers comp to #China's 449. American thesis: most adv infra wins the #AI race.

CN: diff strategy. While US:🚨bldg mass facs packed w exp GPUs w less power, CN open sourced frontier level AI models. DeepSeek trained a front model for $5-6M. OpenAI spent 10s of Ms on=capability. CN power cap: expected to hit⚡3.99T Ws *end of 2025 -solar & wind: nearly 1/2 their gen *added 197 GWs of solar +46➡️wind -1st 5 mos of 2025, renew adds -🚨US can't match."⬇️
-Stk Mkt News
#Renewables #USPol

Help your (poor) neighbours through a cooperative to get cheap and clean electricity with a microgrid. Spain has several of those: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/were-proud-to-be-pioneers-inside-spains-community-energy-revolution

#Fedigrid #Cooperative #Renewables

Why Solarpunk is already happening in #Africa - https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening "But here’s the meta-point: This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century." amazingly hopeful stuff; do read. (v slashdot) #renewables

SolarCloud is here!
If you always wanted #Solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s online platform. Credits are applied directly to any Australian energy bill and remain transferable if users move or switch energy providers. #Australia #Solar #SolarPunk #Renewables #Climate
https://www.solarcloud.com.au/

I am so jealous of #Australia's #RenewableEnergy transition, and am almost obsessively following developments and technology.

But I am still very confused by the concept of negative curtailment. If one has too much available #energy, rather than charging producers for absorbing it, wouldn't it be more useful to have standby ability to produce green hydrogen, or desalination of ocean water? What am I missing?

#Aus #solar #wind #renewables

US startup pitches vertical, space-saving solar power tower.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/13/texas-startup-aims-to-erect-solar-power-towers-here-there-everywhere/

#solar #solarpanels #solarpower #solarenergy #renewableenergy #renewables #greenenergy #cleanenergy #gogreen #goelectric #innovation #startups #us #texas #texassolar

Another new energy storage system rises up to prove that wind and solar deserve a line in the "American Energy Dominance" plan.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/15/new-salt-battery-proves-energy-storage-exists-again/

#battery #batteries #bess #energystorage #energy #saltbattery #sodiumbattery #renewablenergy #renewables #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sustainability #sustainable #decarbonization #energytransition

"Wind and solar power fuel over one-third of Brazil's electricity for first time"

#Brazil #Energy #Renewables #WindTurbines #SolarPower

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-solar-power-fuel-brazil-electricity.html

Michael Turton writes that nuclear is not the solution to Taiwan's energy problems. He cites my letter to the Taipei Times in 2011 which argued that investment in renewable energy was a far more effective solution for Taiwan

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/09/01/2003843008

#Taiwan #NuclearPower #renewables #climate #energy #台灣

Clean energy = cheap energy

81% Of #Renewables Offer Cheaper Energy Than Fossil Fuels, Report Says

"The global average cost of #electricity from onshore wind fell to 3.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, and utility-scale solar photovoltaic fell to 4.4 cents/kWh, 12% less than the year before.

Fossil-fuel prices rose in 2023 to 10 cents/kWh, according to IRENA’s report, which largely ignores nuclear power (new nuclear has been estimated to cost as much as 25-30 cents/kWh)."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2024/09/26/81-of-new-renewables-produce-cheaper-energy-than-fossil-fuels/

#Pakistan finally pushing ahead for #EV adoption!

https://www.dawn.com/news/1929034/new-car-levy-to-power-ev-revolution

Both Federal & Provincial governments are offering subsidies for #E-bike & e-rickshaw adoption

If enough people adopt, charging infrastructure will follow regardless of Gov support

We have demonstrated this before with CNG infrastructure

Energy supply is arguable already in place with the enormous solar glut we experiences during the day

#GlobalSouth #ClimateAction #ClimateDiary #Renewables #Solar #Asia #SouthAsia

Ridiculous: The Trump regime will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/interior-department-wind-solar-land-use
#renewables #solar #wind

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

#surffeeds #solarpunk #renewables #energy

Samuel L. Jackson, in true #pulpfiction style, argues the pros and cons of wind turbines...oh yeah and he sells chips too ! from eartlyeducation IG.

#cleanenergy #windenergie #eolico
#éolien #eólicos #eolicas #renewables
#renewableenergy #solarpunk #fucktrump #celebrities #Energy #regenerativefutures #bigoil #EnergyTransition #bigoilandgas

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

Solarpower has won, not because it is alternative or woke, but because of economy. And it will keep winning with still improving panels, becoming thinner and easy to use everywhere, battery technology is also still improving.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/46-billion-years-on-the-sun-is-having-a-moment
#solarpower #renewables #energy #geopolitics @geopolitics

In Hokkaido, Indigenous land rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s nuclear waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/06/energy/hokkaido-ainu-nuclear-waste-storage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #nuclearenergy #energy #renewables #hokkaido #nuclearwaste #ainu #indigenouspeople

The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.

The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.

#Trump #OneBigUglyBill #MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/

#Pakistan is now the world's fastest growing solar installer in terms share of total energy.

25.3% grid energy from solar alone!

And its entirely a grassroots phenomenon, with NO government financial support beyond free trade on solar.

We now get more than a quarter of our electricity from solar, more than Europe at 7%, US at 8%, even more than China at 11%.

In less than two years!

http://archive.today/0SaLI

#ClimateDiary #EnergyTransition #Renewables #ClimateAction #SouthAsia #GlobalSouth