Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The implied 16% increase in wind and solar generation in August is close to the 16% increase in solar and 20% increase in wind power capacity compared with the same time last year, indicating that the problem of wasted wind and solar eased. 140
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fall in residential power demand is explained by significantly lower cooling needs than in 2025. If residential demand was growing on trend, say 5%, total power demand growth would have been 3.4%. That's still a significant slowdown from 5%+ in recent years. 130
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The wedge between power demand growth and fossil power generation growth, 6%-points, driven by clean power generation growth, is exactly what we'd want to see if power sector emissions are to keep going down also during times of faster demand growth. 120
