The USA should be deplored for such atrocious behaviour, by all nations on earth. No one would accept this from any other country. #ShameUSA

This isn’t just the rise of a new energy source—it’s the inverse collapse of the old world order. Solar jumped from 252 GW (2022) to 760 GW (2025) added per year, smashing forecasts. That power feeds EVs, BESS, AI and industry. As energy turns cheap & fuel-free, demand shifts to electrons—not oil!!!

Australia isn’t arguing — it’s installing. We lead the world in rooftop solar per capita, batteries rolling out faster than expected & #EVs are becoming home power stations via V2H. This isn’t activism or ideology. It’s economics and engineering. The future’s here, while some still argue about past.

"We’ve got roughly 120 kWh sitting in our garage, thanks to our Nissan Leaf and Hyundai Ioniq. And we’ve got almost 40 kW of solar on the roof. So we’re already at the delicious point where we don’t get power bills - the energy company pays us." www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...

Claims that EV sales growth is stagnating have been greatly exaggerated... thedriven.io/2025/12/19/m...

Apparently having only a few millimetres of heel behind the line is now also a no-ball. Interesting. #Scorchers

The real story isn’t “renewables are cheaper” — we already knew that. An 82% renewable grid breaks marginal pricing. Once wind, solar + batteries dominate, fossil generators stop setting peak prices. Scarcity rents collapse. Volatility dies. That’s the system shock incumbents fear — not ideology. ⚡🔋

From the report, it appears a boy was riding his bicycle on Stirling Highway when a black Land Rover Defender turning onto Stirling Highway from a carpark failed to give way? Apparently only relevant fact in headlines is boy riding a bike, and it was electric www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaste...

2025 is already running hotter than 2024’s 585 GW. China’s adding 35–40 GW solar/month, India is surging, the Middle East exploding, & US builds accelerating. We’re pacing 700–780 GW this year — backed by record global investment, with ~85–90% of new power money now flowing into clean energy. #SWB

Love or hate Tesla, this effectively ends the argument: 11 MW of solar and 39 MWh of Megapack storage powering a 164-stall, fully off-grid Supercharger in California. Proof that not just transport, but electricity itself, no longer needs fossil fuels. The tech exists. The excuses are gone. #Lithium

Off-grid gold miner reaches more than 100 consecutive hours of fossil engines off with its hybrid array of wind, solar and battery storage.

"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Batteries aren’t the sideshow — they’re the backbone of the 21st century. ⚡Powering EVs, grids, defence, AI, robots, satellites & data centres — the infrastructure of everything. Down 90% in cost since 2010, booming in deployment, 75% made in China. The new oil is energy storage.🔋 #Lithium #BESS #EV

Hurricane Melissa is what happens when leaders pay too little attention to warming oceans and catastrophic climate change. We've known for a long time that something like this would happen if we kept going as we were. This won't prove to be an anomaly, either. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

⚡🇦🇺 In September 2025, #renewables in Australia finally surpassed coal on the main grid, supplying 48.8% of #electricity vs. #coal’s 47.6% 🔋🌞💨. It might feel like an inevitable moment, but it’s still a historic shift toward a cleaner, #GreenerFuture 🌏🌱💚. #ClimateAction (apologies for the link)

reneweconomy.com.au/australians-... Aussies doing home storage bigly.

Rainbow Storm cloud above Highway Texas U.s.a

It took just 15 years to completely transform transportation in China: 🚗 E-cars: 60% (v 1% in 2010) 🚌 E-buses: 95% (1%) 🛵 E-scooters: 99% (30%) 🛺 E-three-wheelers: 99% (40%) 🚄 High-speed rail: 45,000 km (v 6,000 km in 2010) Unprecedented speed & scale — a transport revolution in real time. ⚡ #EVs

People think we’d need to cover half of Australia in solar panels — the truth is much different. Replacing all coal power with solar would use less than 0.016% of our land, smaller than Kangaroo Island. The challenge isn’t space, it’s political will, grid upgrades & storage. ☀️⚡ #Solar #Lithium #LFP

Top 10 EV markets by 2025 YTD share of new car sales ⚡ 1. Norway — 98.4% 2. Nepal — 76%* 3. Denmark — 67% 4. Sweden — 60% 5. Finland — 56% 6. China — 55% 7. Netherlands — 55% 8. Iceland — 51% 9. Singapore — 43.5% 10. Belgium — 41% The electric era isn’t next — it’s now. ⚡ #EV #EnergyTransition

The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait My latest in The Shot theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Xi surprised the UN climate summit by pledging GHGs 7–10% below peak by 2035, ≥30% non-fossil energy & 3,600 GW wind+solar. Strong symbolism—but underplays progress. China’s CO₂ already fell ~1% in H1 2025, the first historical drop, powered by renewables, #EV & #BESS boom racing past pledges. 🌍⚡

Spring equinox only a few hours away now... Nice to have some warmth back.

“Well, this is just going from bad to worse.”

All the world’s fossil fuel reserves (~37,000 EJ) = just 5 days of sunlight (~50,000 EJ) 🤯. Fossils are old sunshine; solar is real-time & unlimited. Harvest only a sliver & with battery storage we can power homes, cars, industry, nations. The sun is all we need ⚡☀️ #Lithium #LFP #BESS #Energy

Premier Danielle Smith and U.S. President Donald Trump are weaponizing the powers of the state against wind and solar energy generation.

Renewables + batteries are flipping the grid at breakneck speed ⚡ Faster than any shift in human history—wood→coal took centuries, coal→oil took decades. Solar, wind & storage? One decade. Disruption compounding, fossil grids collapsing. The electron age is here. 🔋🌞🌬️ #EV #BESS #Renewables #Lithium

Hey AFL, do we just ask umpires to give games away now? Why bother watching?

Australia’s first large scale solar battery hybrid is dodging weak wholesale prices and sending power into the grid in time for dinner, and often past midnight.

Australia’s richest person is fretting about the impact of net zero on emergency services, jet pilots and the elderly. Will the PM and state premiers allay her fears?

#HurricaneErin is now a CAT4 storm with winds of 145mph. We are monitoring as ‘Kermit’ (N42RF WP-3D) flies through the storm gathering critical data for hurricane forecast models. These @noaa.gov Meteorologists and pilots are heroes! Without NOAA Labs all this would go away! 🧪 @elprager.bsky.social

Analysts once scoffed at 3 TWh of grid storage by 2030. But reality is sprinting ahead: 3 TWh by 2027, 10–12 TWh by 2030. Batteries aren’t backup anymore—they’re the backbone, powering AI, firming renewables, & igniting a lithium supercycle. The age of battery supremacy has begun. Read more 👉 #BESS

📈 Global grid battery capacity is about to explode. From ~300 GWh today to 3+ TWh by 2030—a 10x leap in just 5 years. This isn't just storage—it's the backbone of a new energy system. Solar, wind, AI, EVs… all need it. And it's happening fast. #BatteryBoom #BESS #ExponentialGrowth #Lithium #LFP

8.7 earthquake off coast of Kamchatka region, Russia Largest earthquake since 2011 Japanese Tōhoku earthquake Tsunami warnings issued in the north of the Pacific (yellow) #science 🧪 tsunami.gov @noaa.gov @nws.noaa.gov

AEMO runs Australia’s power grid & gas markets. When they say 100% renewables is doable, it’s not a dream—it’s happening. Their roadmap proves the tech works and net zero is now imminent. Now it’s about scaling, storage & speed, which is what we're seeing in real time. #Renewables #EnergyTransition

And vanadium flow batteries #VFB

China installs 100 solar panels a second (And also making almost enough for the rest of us)

AEMO says 10 yrs to run Australia’s grid on 100% renewables. Try 5. Rooftop solar already dominates days—grid-forming batteries & VPPs will scale faster than anyone expects to cover night load. Mild days at 100% before 2030? Locked in. The grid’s flipping. ⚡☀️🔋 #AEMO #EnergyTransition #BESS #LFP

Battery storage just hit a watershed moment: $51/kWh in China, down 30% in 12 months. While fossil fuels get slower & pricier, batteries are getting cheaper and better. This isn’t a trend—it’s now a rupture. Solar + storage is now the default for new energy. Everywhere. ⚡📉 #BESS #EnergyTransition

OPEC just hiked output—but oil prices fell. Why? Demand’s slipping. EVs are crushing growth, China’s imports are flat, and the old oil playbook isn’t working. This isn’t strength—it’s defense. The S-curve is real. You can’t outpump a disruption. Charge, baby, charge!⚡📉 #EVs #OilDemand #Scurve

China with new, improved manufacturing techniques is making vehicles cheaper and also making a better product: better finish, greater safety Rest of the world is used to car prices going up every year Cheaper Chinese vehicles yet to reverse that trend But I think later this year

252 million years ago the Earth’s temperature increased by 8C over 60,000 years, killing 90% of life on Earth in a period known as ‘The Great Dying’. We’re on track for 4C rise above preindustrial temp in our children’s life times. We’re living through ‘The Great Slaughter’.

A NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S. this morning.

Ah yes, another casual 40°C on the overnight GFS. The frequency of these extreme hot runs is becoming a bit bizarre now, whilst unlikely, it does feel like it's only a matter of time before we reach or perhaps exceed the all time record again.

And so the move to longer duration for grid batteries gets started. This changes the economics and suitability for vanadium flow batteries in particular.