Solar power has just overtaken gas as Türkiye's largest electricity source www.pv-magazine.com/2026/06/01/t...

Ethiopia has banned gasoline and diesel cars, placed over a hundred silent electric buses on the streets of Addis Ababa, and now aims for half a million electric vehicles by 2030, all powered by Africa’s largest dam and a courage that few countries have https://www.europesays.com/africa/194665/ …

Once again, the Trump Administration is too weak to handle the truth of American history, so they're turning to illegal censorship. But true American patriotism is resilient—and Massachusetts will not be bullied.

Cheap renewables can push coal, fossil gas and nuclear power plants off the grid, and eventually into extinction. #StrandedAssets That's why incumbent energy companies increasingly decide to block the energy transition, harming their customers and the climate.

The German AfD is meeting Kremlin associates and pushing to reopen Nord Stream. This is what is often missed about the backlash against net zero: It is about who controls Europe's energy and vested interest groups want to drive us back towards dependency on Russian gas.

Communication directors of 12 Dutch ministries: government should leave X, to stop exposing citizens to desinformation, racism, discrimination, misogyny, and antisemitism.

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying.

The Finnish government demands a 1000‑meter buffer for wind turbines because they “ruin the view.” Meanwhile, clear‑cutting thriving forests into moonscapes just a few meters from existing homes is approved, encouraged, and subsidized. If this is environmental policy, it’s upside down.

Several jurisdictions mandate a rooftop DC isolator for solar PV. Unfortunately, these disconnect switches have become a leading cause of PV system fires. The latest example: a severe rooftop blaze in northern Finland triggered by a failed isolator swich. https://yle.fi/a/74-20223357

Siinä vaiheessa, kun ministeriemme kanssa samassa kuvassa esiintyminen on mainehaitta ja Suomi aletaan tuntea maailmalla rasistisena äärioikeistomaana, pitäisi osata jo tehdä johtopäätöksiä. Lienee turha toivo.

Many countries spend more public money on fossil‑fuel subsidies than on health or education. Why do fuel‑price hikes spark the most outrage? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hoffentlich wird die Straßenbahn in Turku besser geplant als die Schnellstraßenbahn in Espoo: In den Kurven ist das Quietschen unerträglich. Auch bei der Digitalisierung haben die Finnen Aufholbedarf: in Nürnberg fährt die U‑Bahn automatisch, in Espoo klappt das nicht.

CNN cites historian at Columbia University about billionaires: ...taxing the rich “feels to them like an unbearable personal insult” that questions their “moral virtue.”.. "In reality, .. the wealthiest people in America pay lower taxes than the full population: The 25 top billionaires’ wealth […]

These killing machines are still allowed in the centers of our busiest cities. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/nyregion/fatal-crash-nyc-upper-west-side.html?smid=url-share https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/europe/modena-italy-car-ramming-latam-intl

Even if drones can’t breach a reactor’s containment dome, hitting external transformers or switchgear can still knock out cooling systems — and without cooling, reactors can overheat or even face meltdown risk. https://aje.news/s8oigf

#Electrification is a shield against chaos. When nations rely on imported #fossilFuels, they gamble with public stability. Kenya shows how quickly frustration can ignite when people are trapped in a fuel‑dependent system with no alternatives […] [Original post on mastodon.energy]

In 55 countries, wind and solar generated more electricity than coal in 2025. 34 of them have near-zero coal left. Spain crossed over in 2009. The UK in 2016. The USA last year. Different grids, different politics, same pattern. Want more of this? Sign up here janrosenow.substack.com

Kiitos Vera, asia on oikeasti tärkeä. Kyse demokratian digitaalisesta infrastruktuurista. Siihen pitää tehdä julkisia investointeja. Jostain syystä somejättien ilmainen lounas vaan edelleen kiinnostaa myös julkistahoja 🤷‍♂️ suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/ju...

Wir können uns dem Kommentar in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social nur anschließen: Dieses Heizungsgesetz löst keine Probleme – es ist ein Problem! www.fr.de/wirtschaft/r...

#LoadMasking (= solar or battery power bypassing a breaker’s limits in household wiring) is the core reason safety regulator #TUKES blocks #plugInSolar in Finland. This article explains it brilliantly. Even better: the UK regulator shows the issue isn’t insurmountable. #Balkonkraftwerk #Steckersolar

The €4 billion Blastr Steel investment announced 3 years ago and the 1,000 new jobs in Inkoo, Finland by end of 2026 won’t materialise in the near future. Norway’s hydrogen and green‑steel project is now officially "suspended". yle.fi/a/7-10098580

‘installation of a 16 MW floating offshore wind turbine, described as the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine platform…located more than 70 kilometres offshore at depths exceeding 50 metres…built to withstand wave heights above 20 metres and wind speeds of up to 73 m/s.’

Good morning with good news: Solar & wind generated a record high 26.2% of US electricity in April! Renewables & nuclear generated 51.1% of power in April, the second month in a row above 50%, thanks to surging S&W. Coal fell to a record low of 11.6%, down from 13.8% in April 2025! #energysky

Finland has spent years loosening alcohol rules by allowing stronger drinks in supermarkets, hoping greater availability would reduce temptation. Now a German doctors’ association wants the opposite: restricting spirits to dedicated alcohol shops, Nordic‑style. www.tagesschau.de/inland/alkoh...

Bc needs provincial rules to keep up with the clean energy transition. Make balcony solar legal! share.google/I3euxgxEuFeI...

“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A current or past "Breakthrough Institute" affiliation is a red flag #NewClimateWar

Autot pilasivat kaupunkiympäristön jo 50 vuotta sitten. Myös lehdistö käytti oikeita termejä kuten 'tunkeutua' kuvaamaan sitä haittaa, jonka autoilijat aiheuttavat muille kaupunkilaisille näillä ajokeillaan. www.hs.fi/historia/art...

Didn’t verify the data yet, but if accurate, it’s frustrating: On April 24, Germany approved a €1.6B subsidy to cut gasoline prices by 16 ct/L starting May 1. Yet price charts show oil companies raising prices right after April 24, creating the illusion of a “drop” on May 1. (Link in alt Text)

It’s hard to find e‑bikes in regular sports stores in Finland. One retailer told me they aren’t offering any this year because demand collapsed as the government cut the tax exemption last year. Yet another Finnish policy flop making us more dependent on imported fossil fuels. yle.fi/a/74-20162890

Wie die Finnen mit Speckstein Strom speichern www.krone.at/4125007

Les renouvelables remplacent les fossiles, nième exemple. En 2000, le charbon produisait 94 % de l’électricité de la Pologne. En 2025, la part du charbon y est tombée à 50 % ; et l'éolien + le solaire ont généré 1/4 de l'électricité. Et ce n’est qu’un début. Via @janrosenow

The next week is looking like it might be toasty for global temperatures in the latest model runs. If this holds it would put us well into record territory for this time of year: http://www.karstenha...

How do the "Favoured Candidates" drift from scandal to scandal and still land top government roles? FT: "presenting one Favoured Candidate alongside two implausible alternatives is a classic Whitehall tactic — nudging ministers toward a predetermined choice while maintaining the illusion of choice"

Helsinki is finally freeing the country’s busiest commuting spot in front of the railway station. Like thousands of people in the metro area, I’ve wasted countless hours over the years waiting at street lights so a handful of cars could pass, or detouring to a crosswalk. www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...

Who would have imagined? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/c...

CNN keeps avoiding the words “lie” or “lying” when describing Trump’s statements. Instead they use phrases like “wrongly asserted,” “falsely denied,” “falsely claimed,” and “inaccurately portrayed.” Why not just call it what it is?

We all know that Trump is evil and corrupt, but the fact that he is also stupid makes him sort of useful.

Solar and wind take over global power growth in 2025 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/23/s... ... Finland in the global lead in wind and solar per capita, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Netherlands. In the end not the absolute but the per capita metrics matter most.

German utility deploying 30 MW heat pump for district heating www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/22/g...

Answer: the men who got them pregnant kill them. Not top five. Not top three. Top.

A petition is underway in Germany to halt Russian nuclear tech supplier Rosatom from constructing a fuel rod manufacturing facility in Lingen, Germany, together with French company Framatome. The federal government has already given the green light, but the state environment minister can veto.

Countries with more smart meters sell more heat pumps. There are many other factors. Correlation does not mean causation. But smart meters matter for heat pumps: time-of-use tariffs make running heat pump cheaper if run smartly. From paper with @jaapburger.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reiche lässt eine Studie verschwinden, die die Vorteile von Wind und Solar dokumentiert. Insbesondere Energiegemeinschaften vor Ort profitieren. Reiche will das wohl nicht. Sie ist keine Ministerin für alle. Nur für fossile www.t-online.de/finanzen/ene...

Why do multistorey car parks have all lights on throughout the night? Are cars afraid of the dark?

Oh for fucks sake

Reports from #Pyhäjoki, Finland hint at a new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear project. Georgia tried the same design 15 years ago in #Vogtle — and the massive overruns, long delays, and higher rates have many ratepayers urging others not to repeat the mistake. www.utilitydive.com/news/after-2...

Riippuvuus tuontipolttoaineesta on poliittinen valinta. Varsinkin persut haluaa että Suomi on jatkossakin "petromaa" eikä "sähkömaa", vaikka yhteiskunnan sähköistyminen olisi paitsi huoltovarmuuden myös talouden kannalta ylivoimainen politiikkatoimi. Haittaisänmaallista. bsky.app/profile/henr...

10 years ago, as an energy adviser at the foreign ministry, I was sent to Kyiv to represent Finland at the 30th anniversary of the #Chernobyl disaster. It was hosted by President Poroshenko, yet Finnish politicians who always love nuclear energy photo‑ops stayed away. Disasters don’t fit their brand