‘Germany adds 17.5 GW of solar in 2025’ www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/06/g... But this is nearly six times the rate of growth of solar PV in the UK in 2025. See also: ‘So why is solar pv so much cheaper and better in Germany?’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-is-...

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We haven’t quite got compostable paper batteries yet, but they are on the way! cleantechnica.com/2026/01/02/o... - likely to arrive sooner than commercial fusion power! See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

Oz based modelling suggests that batteries will be price-makers in post coal electricity markets reneweconomy.com.au/modelling-sp... See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

This medical facility in Indiana got a #solarpower upgrade. It's the first carbon neutral medical facility in the state. RT if you think more parking lots should go #solar. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #panelsnotpipelines

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Saving up for a heat pump but done a 5kWp + battery already, flex export tariff - total electric bill for 2025 is £7.80, with £200 standing charge. This is the way to go. LNG with capture is just a fossil fuel scam, so nil points for the Millipeed until he drops that.

‘Solar to occupy no more than 0.6% of UK farmland by 2030’ www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/30/s... See also ‘So how much of UK electricity could solar pv provide?’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-how-muc...

1/ New research @lut.fi @kit.edu @uahes.bsky.social presents new insights on the cost projections of sodium-ion & lithium-ion batteries & impact on the global energy transition doi.org/10.1016/j.es.... A novel bottom-up cost projection is combined with global energy-industry transition modelling.

UK Government backs home batteries to boost solar PV www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... Economists should also back home solar PV and batteries instead of belittlling them. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...

‘BYD Owns 20% of the World EV Market to Date’ cleantechnica.substack.com/p/byd-owns-2... See also ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

'Half hour retail pricing cuts my electricity bills by a third! In Britain a revolutionary new half-hour retail electricity tariff is leading the charge towards demand side management.' davidtoke.substack.com/p/half-hour-...

‘New analysis from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the UK car industry is on course to hit the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Mandate’s 28% target for 2025. eciu.net/media/press-...

New paper on solar farms finds that party membership of Councillors doesn't matter when making planning decisions about solar farms at a local authority level: See doi.org/10.1111/1467...

‘China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030, state researcher says’ www.reuters.com/business/ene...? See also ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

Solar PV project to deliver power continuously all year round. - Both flexible and very cheap! See ember-energy.org/latest-updat... See also: 'Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge!' open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...?

David Toke is a great source of information on renewables!

UK’s electricity system operator (NESO) clears out battery blockers slowng stopping real projects getting connected. www.theguardian.com/business/202... See also ‘Batteries galore! How green energy schemes are surging through the UK's planning system’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/batteries-...

‘Climate activists question hype around small modular reactors’ www.euractiv.com/news/climate... See also ‘Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/nuclear-in...

Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge! davidtoke.substack.com/p/nuclear-in...

The Government are wilfully holding back EV adoption with the pay-per-mile EV road tax due to come in 2028 (maybe!) Here are my thoughts along with what I think the Government should *really* be focusing on: youtu.be/dTRGp7kVU-w 👈

How the United Nations has under-predicted the rate of global temperature rise - davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-the-un...

Denmark issues giant offshore wind tender auction renews.biz/105473/denma... See also ‘Two stories: Denmark's soaring renewable success and global nuclear construction disaster’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/two-storie...

Study of all-electric properties in Birmingham, with heat pumps and solar, shows they use less energy at peak times than expected, reducing stress on the grid “We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump loans Constellation Energy Corp $1 billion to restart nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island - where catastrophic accident led to partial reactor melt-down in 1979 ... edition.cnn.com/2025/11/18/b...

‘Solar Is Becoming A Valued Global Solution To Fight Power Outages’ cleantechnica.com/2025/11/16/s... See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...

‘Scotland's 'first' wind farm Hagshaw Hill to deliver 5X more power’ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560818... See also ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...

‘ScottishPower Renewables repowers Hagshaw' Hill’ renews.biz/105163/scott... See also: ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...

UK Solar PV capacity goes above 20 GW www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/05/u... See also ‘So how much of UK electricity could solar pv provide? A lot more than people usually think...........https://davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-how-much-of-uk-electricity-could

‘Japanese utility uses Sharp PV-linked home batteries for grid balancing’ www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/04/j... See also ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...

Renewables and batteries force electricity price reduction in Australia reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-... See also: ‘So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...

So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...

Renewable industry says there’s not enough budgeted to fund new projects renews.biz/103871/renew... See also ‘There's easily enough renewable energy to meet Labour's clean energy target.. davidtoke.substack.com/p/theres-eas...

‘“Solar nation:” (Australia) Home battery scheme reaches 2 gigawatt hours in just four months’ onestepoffthegrid.com.au/solar-nation... See also: ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...

‘Energy storage could cut Brazil’s electricity system costs 16% in 2029’ www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/22/e... See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

China is beating the hell out of the West when it comes to exports of solar pv, batteries and electric vehicles www.scmp.com/economy/chin... See also ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

self-defeating proposal by Government to lower fees for universities judged to have lower teaching quality. Lower fees will mean fewer staff which will reduce staff-student ratios and reduce student contact time for teaching www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Campaigners argue against proposed ‘small modular reactor’. pembrokeshire-herald.com/124146/campa... But how feasible are SMRs? See ‘Why small modular reactors do not exist - history gives the answer’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-small-...

Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... See also ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...

The German electricity network operator reports increasing network reliability as renewables increase their share of generation www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/P... See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...

‘EVs reach record 98.3 pct share of new car sales in Norway, surge across Europe’ thedriven.io/2025/10/09/e... See also how increasing EV use will reduce overall energy consumption in ‘How small increases in renewables produce big cuts in carbon emissions’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-small-...

En Allemagne, 500 MW de PV + stockage attribués à moins de 48 €/MWh 🤩

Germany awards just under 500 MW of solar plus storage projects at little more than 5 eurocents per kwh pv-magazine.com/2025/10/08/g... See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

‘Overvoltage key factor in Iberian blackout’ - a law (changed after the blackout) actually prevented renewables from contrbuting to voltage control renews.biz/103454/overv... See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...

Blaming nuclear's overruns and delays on the NRC (or the ONR) is like blaming a drunk driver's car wreck on the DMV. #NuclearIsItsOwnWorstEnemy

‘The US and UK governments’ attack on the integrity of their own nuclear safety regulators makes no sense....' www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go... See also ‘Why small modular reactors do not exist - history gives the answer’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-small-...

Hungary is the surprise leader in terms of proportion of electricity coming from solar PV. ember-energy.org/latest-insig... See also Which 'country' is leading the world in solar PV and battery power - and why’ - California would be tops if it were a country! davidtoke.substack.com/p/who-is-lea...

“A lot of what is now the most expensive gas power should no longer be needed. As you will have heard before, the wholesale electricity prices are set by the highest price offered by gas fired power plant. This is referred to as ‘marginal pricing’.”