How it started: Countries pledge to triple renewable energy by 2030 at UAE-led Cop28 in 2023 How it's going: Global sum of national renewables targets is now just 2% higher @ember-energy.org #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Motherfucking wind farms…

Just listened to this from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & thought this was an interesting (and true) line from @jessedjenkins.com "The environmental movement that provided most of the horsepower to date... was built to stop bad stuff — not to build good stuff." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

How to promote clean, efficient, and affordable district heating in Europe? Have a listen! link below

Is decarbonization dead? @janeaflegal.bsky.social & I join Ezra Klein to talk through how Trump just shredded America's most ambitious climate policy, what survived, and where we go from here. Listen @nytimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

IEA's mid-year electricity review is out. Some highlights below: First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year). Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016. 🧵

Here's today's update on the #energytransition from @smorgan.bsky.social. @soxenaar.bsky.social talks DHC. Then get the latest headlines, including: 🇭🇷 Croatia’s €800m for geothermal & hydrogen. 🇺🇸 The US seeking to overturn a crucial climate ruling. 🇩🇰 Denmark’s €36 million for SAFs. #TheJolt

Great interview from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social youtu.be/2osysX_tYe0?...

Very interesting ep on how the GB market is shaping up to the #energytransition challenge.

Chinese regulator to ‘tighten oversight’ in crowded manufacturing sectors such as EVs and solar power – SCMP

Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked

this is really worth a read... www.reuters.com/business/ene...

In today’s episode of The Jolt, David takes off into the world of sustainable aviation fuels to explore the impact eSAF is having on the sector’s decarbonisation efforts, plus Australia faces calls to “go big” on its... Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sfiCvq... @daveweston.bsky.social

I've just seen the full Trump clip of his latest unhinged comments on #wind turbines. He says, with zero irony, "Energy should not need subsidy, with energy you make money.” WILD.

This industry is filled with builders—of projects, companies, careers and futures. Now we must build political power too. That means starting small, scaling fast and staying with it for the long haul. Let’s bring our skills to organizing and show what happens when clean energy fights back.

Sam and Dave go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the latest on artificial intelligence’s immense energy demand and the advent of next-gen storage technologies Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sDPyuc... @smorgan.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

Some great comments from @electrifythis.bsky.social at @thedriven.io on EV inequality. Switching from petrol to charging creates an *extremely* significant divide between the driveway-havers and the driveway-have-nots www.instagram.com/p/DMOn3uhyK9...

This is completely off the scale, and should be challenged at every possible opportunity.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.

Congratualtions Jan!

The reduction in price and the advent of services to boost revenue streams make the addition of battery storage to any clean investment irrefutable By @daveweston.bsky.social View full article: foresightmedia.com/story/s5Jq6K...

Faye Bowser from Siemens Smart Infrastructure joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how Universities and their campuses are helping to advance the energy transition By @daveweston.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sSUzHi...

Thomas Kwan from Schneider Electric joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss why modernisation in the industrial sector results in decarbonisation By @daveweston.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sq2AV8...

Dave and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the ongoing political fallout from the European Union’s proposed 2040 target, plus calls to link the EU ETS with the United Kingdom’s Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/s6rljn... @kirataylor.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

Gerard Gallagher from professional services firm EY joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how businesses are fronting up to the energy transition By @daveweston.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s3jsru...

Jan Cornillie from asset performance solutions provider 3E joins Energy Enablers to look at why curtailment is a growing problem for renewable energy generation By @daveweston.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s8x98K...

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into the legal safeguards for the ocean and whether actions to protect it should be mandatory. Listen Now: foresightmedia.com/story/ssW7RV... @kirataylor.bsky.social @smorgan.bsky.social

Here's the key chart showing the biggest winners and losers at spending review 2025, by department While health is on top in absolute terms, DESNZ is getting the biggest increase in relative terms (+16% per year)

The £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan helps to bring UK household along in a just transition to net zero, to end fuel poverty and help people access modern heating systems and solar. I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!

One of the biggest winners? Ed Miliband! The minister who commentators keep insisting is imminently for the chop or is having his budget slashed, whispering net zero is in doubt or GB Energy is being quietly binned. The reality is he got the the biggest increase in capital and GBE alone got £8bn.

Yup...

ENTSO-E expert panel initiates the investigation into the causes of Iberian blackout Panel launched on 9 May led by experts from TSOs that weren’t directly affected by the incident aims to find root causes of the blackout; will make recommendations

Clemens Rohde and Lisa Neusel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research join the Watt Matters team to discuss the benefits and barriers to greater efficiency View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/scZlCz...

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira and David look into the rationale behind Europe’s plans to end its dependence on Russian energy, plus the latest report on the growth of storage capacity Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sBnk0T... @kirataylor.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

Aitor Zulueta from Vitoria-Gasteiz in northern Spain joins the Urban Report to discuss the city's efforts to adapt to increasingly extreme weather and the importance of acting rapidly to cut emissions By @sgcarroll.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s3L9gs...

"The 'emergency' Trump is *actually* responding to—the one that motivated his Big Oil donors to donate $500m in the last election cycle—is the rapid increase in renewable energy deployment" says @billmckibben.bsky.social #climatecrisis billmckibben.substack.com/p/what-is-an...

Here's my latest in-depth for FORESIGHT. Low-carbon generation is growing fast. Meanwhile, #electricity demand is growing too slowly. This imbalance is having knock-on effects for developers, #grids and off-takers. Here, I look at the reasons why #demand growth is so slow and what to do about it.

In today’s episode of The Jolt, David looks at how the offshore wind sector is realigning after President Donald Trump shut down activity in the sector in the US, plus the British government... Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sytWxU... @smorgan.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the role of oceans in the energy transition, plus low-carbon electricity breaks the 40% global share milestone Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/s5gxo3... @kirataylor.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

Spoke with @janrosenow.bsky.social and @daveweston.bsky.social about Competitiveness, the Clean Industrial Deal and the state of the clean transition in EU in this @foresight-ce.bsky.social podcast. Thanks @kirataylor.bsky.social for the invitation: foresightmedia.com/story/sFinzd...

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at how storage technologies could be deployed offshore, plus Canada scraps an unpopular carbon tax Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sZEjFm... Tell us what you think about today’s episode below👇 @smorgan.bsky.social

Well knock me down with a feather. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

The UK's opposition Conservative party is now openly opposing the net-zero by 2050 target it put into law Today's @carbonbrief.org Daily Briefing email adds some important context to the news, in square brackets… Free to subscribe: subscribepage.io/carbonbrief

Really enjoyed this chat with Sebastian. #Cybersecurity is becoming an important issue for #renewables operators and needs to be much more carefully thought about, especially as capacity and complexity grow. Listen here or on the @foresight-ce.bsky.social app.

Well, this is all fine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In today’s 15 minutes, David investigates how manufacturers are responding to the European Commission's Clean Industrial Deal, plus banks reassess their climate commitment Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/scQRE3... @kirataylor.bsky.social @daveweston.bsky.social

In this episode of Energy Enablers, Gabrielle Clark from Eurelectric discusses the additional benefits EV charging can bring to society as a whole By @daveweston.bsky.social View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/slBHjo... Tell us what you think about today’s episode below👇

GB's technical decision document for Long Duration Storage was published today. Here are 5 key points: 1️⃣ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? It's been set at 8 hours of continuous rated power. Fun fact: in 2015, "Long duration" was 1 hour. It will be interesting to see how long this holds up.