South Australia's electricity mix over the past three days. Wind and solar have produced enough electricity to cover all of the state's power needs.

In numbers: Solar and batteries are rapidly displacing gas in California theprogressplaybook.com/2025/08/20/i...

"The global average number of high humid heat days ... over land reached a record of 35.6 days more than normal in 2024, surpassing the previous record set in 2023 by 9.5 days," says the U.K. Met Office. - Axios

Here’s how much global emissions would fall if we followed the leaders in clean electricity theprogressplaybook.com/2025/08/06/h...

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after a report showed weak job growth, prompting outcries from economists and policymakers over the integrity of the data going forward. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Motherfucking wind farms…

A power outage hit Prague and large sections of Czechia (aka the Czech Republic) today. Czechia's electricity mix is mostly coal and nuclear, so expect silence from the opinionators who instantly, incorrectly blamed the Iberian blackout on renewables/lack of inertia www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

Trump’s tax bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving a boost of $6,055 to those at the top end, according to Yale University economists. - Bloomberg

GWR: Battery-powered train travels UK record distance | Swindon Advertiser share.google/7QR8rLp57XAJ...

In May, renewables accounted for 55% of the EU's electricity generation and comprised nuclear 22% (meaning the share of non-fossil sources in the mix reached 77%). Coal's share slipped to below 7%, a new low. - Ember data

Behind Spain's blackout: 'Conventional generators (mostly gas-fired) failed to supply grid-balancing services they’d been paid for'. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Wow ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ 🇨🇳 198 GW new solar capacity was added in China from January to May 2025 +93 GW alone in the month of May as developers rushed before the new RE pricing policy kicks in

Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die groundup.org.za/article/moza...

Most new build homes must have solar panels - Miliband www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: The energy transition is more disruptive—and could move much faster—than most people think. It’s not just about swapping old tech for new. Shift to clean energy is a complex web of feedback loops, tipping points & surprises. Our new 📖 👇 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications... 🧵

The South African government has awarded contracts for 616 MW / 2,464 MWh of new battery storage capacity, to be built in the Free State province.

The world’s largest electric vehicle isn’t a car or bus—it’s the eDumper, a 45-tonne mining truck in Switzerland. It hauls 65 tonnes and can finish a shift with more charge than it started, thanks to regenerative braking. If we can electrify mining trucks, what’s next?

The world prefers its energy more in the form of electricity than anything else.

In numbers: The global EV boom is increasingly curbing oil demand theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/20/i...

The White House meeting between Cyril Ramaphosa (my president) and Trump was excruciating. Crime is a universal issue in South Africa. There is no "white genocide". Ramaphosa was meek and Trump was his usual lying self.

Coal’s share of China’s electricity mix fell to 52% in April, from 57% a year before, according to CREA. In the first four months of 2025, solar and wind have made up 24% of China's electricity mix, from 19% a year before.

Wind and solar made up 20% of the world's electricity mix in April - a new monthly record. - Ember data

Kenya’s third-largest city reimagines urban living theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/18/k...

Analysis: By matching Brazil and the UK’s climate ambitions, the world could secure a liveable future theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/20/a...

Germany’s biggest companies cut emissions by 6% in 2024 theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/20/g...

In numbers: The global EV boom is increasingly curbing oil demand theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/20/i...

“Now that solar PV is the cheapest source of electricity in history, African governments are increasingly leaning on the technology to plug the power access gap. In the process, they’re largely leapfrogging the traditional, centralised electrification model.”

How Wales is building a sharing economy through its ‘libraries of things’ theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/05/h...

Wind boom helps Finland join the growing list of countries quitting coal power theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/w...

In numbers: Africa’s off-grid solar revolution is boosting electricity access theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/03/i...

New York's Empire Wind project goes ahead after all; Equinor CEO Anders Opedal thanks Donald Trump for "finding a solution."

@mliebreich.bsky.social nails it: “Before blaming renewables for the Spain/Portugal power cut, remember: It’s better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you’re a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” mliebreich.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...

In numbers: How Beijing cleaned up its air theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/12/i...

How Hungary (yes, Hungary) became the world’s solar energy leader theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/13/h...

The total investment needed for net zero before it starts paying back in savings is £319 billion—according to the Gov’s expert advisers. That’s £5.62 a week per UK person. What a bargain for energy independence, clean air, warm homes, huge numbers of new jobs… oh, and a liveable future..! 🧵👇

China’s emissions decline amid clean energy surge - via Carbon Brief theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/15/c...

"Meanwhile, authorities also helped households to switch from coal-fired boilers to cleaner fuels, and worked to repair degraded ecosystems while also increasing the amount of green spaces within the city, UNEP says." basically: less fossil fuels, more trees theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/12/i...

Inside our latest newsletter: - How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader - Wind and solar’s share of the global electricity mix reaches a new monthly high - In numbers: How Beijing cleaned up its air And more... Read it here: www.theprogressplaybook.com/p/introducin...

In numbers: How Beijing cleaned up its air theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/12/i...

How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/13/h...

One of the craziest things about this order is that it relies on the govt position that climate change isn't real. Just think about the implications of that for a moment — not just for climate but for all of US governance, based on fully apparent lying. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/c...

Inside Florida’s unlikely transformation into a solar superpower theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/i...

Inside Washington’s groundbreaking parking reforms - via the Parking Reform Network theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/05/i...

Inside Washington’s groundbreaking parking reforms theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/05/i...

Next-generation sand battery to be built in Finland theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/n...

The UK’s grid operator on the next steps to a clean electricity system theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/t...

Our latest newsletter is out: - Florida’s unlikely transformation into a solar superpower - Lessons from Wales' pioneering 'future generations' law - Inside Washington’s groundbreaking parking reforms - Sand batteries level up Read it here: www.theprogressplaybook.com/p/inside-flo...

For the past decade, a groundbreaking law has required all public bodies in Wales to consider the long-term impact of their decisions. Here's the result so far. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/l...

Inside Florida’s unlikely transformation into a solar superpower theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/i...

Future thinking is not new - Indigenous communities have long practised “seven-generation” stewardship - but it's gaining real momentum. Thanks to @nickhedley.bsky.social for publishing this piece on Wales' 10-year milestone: theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/04/l... @futuregencymru.bsky.social