The clean energy transformation isn't just a climate goal; it’s a powerful economic engine. Exhibit 1: Clean energy - mostly EVs, batteries, and solar - fueled 1/3 of China’s 2025 GDP growth. Without it, growth would have slumped to just 3.5% www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...

To understand how serious China is about decarbonization and energy independence, check out its aluminum industry: China literally moved 30% of its aluminum production from its coal-rich North to renewables-rich areas. And it's just getting started www.ft.com/content/1e6e...

Don’t mess with Texas ... solar, or market economics! In February 2026, Texas took the crown as the #1 state for utility-scale solar: Solar went from 2% in 2020 to out-generating coal They said it couldn't be done in the land of oil and gas. They were (of course) wrong THREAD

As big batteries take over Australia’s evening peaks, coal and gas are being relegated to increasingly rare, expensive cameo roles. The future grid - everywhere - doesn’t need them and won’t have them reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...

Since 2021, China has added more power capacity than the US has built in its ENTIRE HISTORY. Read that again while we waste time debating "gas as a bridge" or waiting 20 years for 1 nuclear plant >China just dropped 543GW in just ONE year >China is building 6x more capacity than US over next 6 years

The move to electric cars, isn't just happening, it's accelerating: In December, EVs in Europe exploded 57% YoY to a massive 28% market share Meanwhile, Petrol (down 18%) is cratering and Diesel (down 23%) is in a total death spiral cleantechnica.com/2026/02/02/e...

Plastic = Fossil Fuels in a cheap suit New study: Plastic-linked health disasters are cutting 83m years of healthy population life Recycling won't save us. Only a total system overhaul and production bans will. Everyone: kindly wake the hell up! t.co/e59eLHktNj

Good climate news this week 1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030 2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025 3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea 4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW 1/5

Historic: Renewables delivered 51% of electricity in Australia's National Energy Market System for 1st time ever, up from 46% in the previous 3 months So many said it can't be done, or it's impossible to be done, or renewables are unreliable, and so on www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Poland is crushing it with 160% growth in EV sales, and Türkiye just zoomed past Norway to become Europe’s #4 EV powerhouse! Diesel is also dying a deserved death -sales in Türkiye alone halved in 2 years The "EV slowdown" is a myth peddled by fossil fuel dinosaurs ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

It's happening, inexorably: "Sales of EVs beat those of petrol-only vehicles in the EU for the first time ever" It's only going to get worse for petrol-cars from here www.reuters.com/business/aut...

The North Sea is officially becoming Europe’s green engine. 10 countries just signed a historic pact to build 100GW of offshore wind - enough for 143m homes A new subsea "supergrid" will connect nations directly, securing energy independence and 90k+ jobs www.ft.com/content/e9c9...

Michigan just dropped a historic lawsuit against Big Oil. What started as a climate probe uncovered something darker: a 50-year antitrust conspiracy to crush renewables They are suing over market rigging, not pollution. This could change everything cleantechnica.com/2026/01/25/u...

Good climate news this week 1 Global: UN biodiversity treaty enters into force, aims to protect 30% of oceans by 2030 2 EU: Parliament's environment committee approves 2040 climate target deal 3 EU: Wind and solar surpassed fossil fuels as a source of electricity last year for the first time 1/6

The "Development Needs Coal" lie is dead: Compare India & China at the exact same economic stage: >China (2012): Built on COAL. ~0% Solar >India (Today): Building on SUN. 9% Solar. India is skipping the fossil detour for the clean energy fast track Ember report: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Batteries are the lightbulb of the 21st century: Global BESS deployment up 51% in 2025, to 315 GWh, with another 50% jump expected in 2026 to 450 GWh (enough to power 50m UK homes for a full day) The age of stored energy isn’t coming; it’s already here www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/20/g...

New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...

Pakistan imported a spectacular 50GW of solar modules in just 3 years. That's 200% of its entire unreliable, blackout-prone fossil fuel fleet. Renewables are affordable and transformative. They turn up slowly, then suddenly ... and then LNG is dumped www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/20/p...

Amazing wind tech math: Ireland is decommissioning its oldest wind farm to make way for new tech, and the efficiency leap is staggering: Just ONE of the new turbines will generate more power than the ENTIRE 21-turbine farm it replaces combined reneweconomy.com.au/irelands-old...

Good climate news this (last) week 1 Strong 8.4GW UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonize country by 2030 2 Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records 3 EVs outsold petrol cars for 1st time in China in 2025 1/4

Sovereign AI: Every country needs an AI Minister; data centers; and renewables to power this brain. Except if it wants to be a vassal state to the algorithm. Ep 99 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy is out YouTube: youtu.be/jNUAEzNisdA?... Podcast: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...

Why are we buried in plastic? Because Big Oil wants to keep pumping oil and gas no matter the consequences on health, people, animals, fish, the environment, the oceans or for that matter, anything at all The graph with the story, via @nathanielbullard.com www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations

Just 1 ship packed with solar panels delivers the means to produce as much electricity as 57 LNG tankers or 120 coal ships A world with little fossil fuels has an enormously lighter footprint - starting with zero need for 40% of global shipping reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...

The UK continues its inexorable march to 100% renewables by 2030 >Impressive, record-breaking 8.4GW offshore wind contracted >Priced cheaper than building and operating new gas >Largest offshore wind auction in Europe, ever >Industry "back with a bang" www.ft.com/content/0dd1...

Australia's grid operator: shifting from coal to clean power is "inevitable" “Our coal [plants] are breaking down. They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, renewables, backed with storage. We’ll have a bit of gas for the winter. That's just what’s happening” www.wired.com/story/as-coa...

The end of coal is inevitable, by 2035: both China and India added a record amount of new clean-power generation last year, which was more than sufficient to meet rising demand. And they won't stop. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...

The Angry Clean Energy Guy is finally on YouTube: 1st 50 episodes uploaded AND new Episodes 97 (Top 10 Good Climate News Stories of 2025) and 98 (Data Centers in Space) too To get your fill of no-nonsense climate analysis + optimism, subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@AngryCleanE...

Topp 10 bästa klimatnyheterna 2025. The Angry Clean Energy Guy @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social berättar om skarpa, konkreta, verkliga framsteg som ger hopp. Jag behövde denna, ni behöver den. Lyssna, läs tråden, dela 🧵 theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...

Good climate news this week 1 UK: 2025 sees 1st full year without any coal power since 1882 2 Europe: EU carbon border levy comes into force 3 UK: Renewables made up 47% of electricity supplies in 2025, a record 4 China: Action plan unveiled to promote green consumption THREAD

Law firms are particularly bad climate actors: under the radar, they enable Big Oil in a massive way More reading: @lsca.bsky.social 's 6th annual Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard 2025. Link: www.ls4ca.org/scorecard Video: Episode 46 of my Angry Clean Energy Guy show: youtu.be/5mSsIAABXTo?...

54% of China’s new car sales were plugin in first 11 months of 2025 (33% BEVs alone). It took just 4 years for Norway to go from 50% to 90%, and it should not take more than that for China: the country will be at nearly-all new vehicles electric by 2030 cleantechnica.com/2026/01/04/h...

Litigation costs from climate disasters in the US are ballooning : lawsuits - excluding hurricanes - have more than doubled from 1,890 to 4,640 in 10 years Pretty soon, trillions in climate risks are going to become uninsurable. Then what? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

A shift to renewables by 2050 could save the global economy at least $12 trillion in energy system costs - What are we [still] waiting for? www.dw.com/en/fossil-fu...

The Angry Clean Energy Guy on data centers in space: the good, the bad and the ugly - and why they are inevitable by 2030. Episode 98 is out! YouTube Video: youtu.be/OE4GF9zq95U Podcast: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...

From cheap batteries to utility-scale solar undercutting gas, the "Good News" is that the clean energy economy is finally outcompeting the old guard on price, speed, and efficiency 👉 Listen now, and subscribe: youtu.be/Mb4bX6twU9Q?...

Solar’s rapid, exponential growth is driving a fundamental energy transformation worldwide, moving faster than most think Last of my charts of the year #HappyNewYear2026 to you and yours

Batteries are the "lightbulb of the 21st century": their costs are down 50% v. 18 months ago, and 95%+ v. 2010 It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide Another one of my charts of the year

EVs are one their way to take a huge bite out of global oil demand by 2030 – 5m to 8m barrels of oil per day, and rising fast. 5m barrels/ day is about the entire current oil consumption of Japan Another one of my charts of the year

Global deforestation is declining! Top 10 countries ADDING forests (2015-2025) 1 China: 1,686 hectares/ year 2 Russia: 942 ha/ y 3 India 191 ha/y 4 Turkey 118 ha/y 5 Australia 105 ha/y 6 France 7 Indonesia 8 South Africa 9 Canada 10 Vietnam Another one of my charts of the year

Plastic concentrations in our brains are 7 to 30 times those in our livers and kidneys (dementia patients have even higher concentrations): that's Big Oil and the multi-billion plastic industry lobbying their way to an epic health emergency Another one of my charts of the year

Japan: Diarists have chronicled the comings and goings of cherry blossoms each year since A.D. 812 The 20-year average is on the steepest decline since records began, and has moved in perfect correlation with the age of burning fossil fuels Another one of my charts of the year

Solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity in history It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover Another one of my charts of the year

$100m of solar panels saves a country 30 years of gas imports at 2024 prices for the same 1.5TWh of electricity generated That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed Another one of my charts of the year

Every 3 years, China builds a brand-new "Total US Grid" from just additions to its solar capacity Another one of my charts to the year

China produces each year approximately 168% to 178% of the STEM graduates produced by the US and Europe combined, and the gap is widening One of my charts to the year (more charts of the year to come!)

2025 shows we are winning the war on carbon, much slower than we should have but still: From the solar explosion to the death of coal - here are the Top 10 Good News stories Big Oil doesn't want you to see Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4b...

Real climate action isn't at the UN Climate talks - it's everywhere else. So are the COPs a waste of time? The Angry Clean Energy Guy on COPs vs. Reality and recent examples of the unstoppable progress happening in the real world Episode 96 is out👇 theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...

51.5% of India's power came from renewables on 29 July - an amazing achievement so many said can't be done - while the country delivered 50 % of installed electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources 5 years early Renewables are unstoppable www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...

Heavy trucks in China: >2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel >First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales >First half 2025: E-trucks at 22% >August 2025: 28% >By end of 2025: 46% >2026: 60% Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day apnews.com/article/chin...

Battery storage has been transformative for California: >17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years >50% share of US market >Helping state avoid rolling blackouts >Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid www.latimes.com/environment/...