Reposted by Dave JonesDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes... 22548254
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great reporting on Nigeria's solar progress.. From Vivian Chimes at @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2026/09/11/m... 0104
Reposted by Dave JonesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026Something I don't think people realise is that "don't mention climate change" isn't just a US centrist dems position. This is an ideology that has taken root within several very major climate and energy transition advocacy groups. It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man* 927057
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dear Big Oil- Did you notice China's ICE car sales are down 30% year-to-date? 27017
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEXT WEEK'S NEWS CYCLE: ELECTRIFICATION ⚡ .... 011
Reposted by Dave JonesEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 07/09/20262026 really was a fundamentally different summer to 1976 in terms of temperature across the UK and Europe Data: ERA5 3401178
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Happening in 23 minutes... do come and join us for a fireside chat:) ember-energy.org/latest-updat... 052
Reposted by Dave JonesDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026OUT TODAY: The take-off in African solar that official statistics can’t yet see 2026 is on track for +45% in solar installations, setting new records in 36 countries. New methodology reveals 3/4 of growth is distributed solar, much of which is missing from official data..🧵 512364
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026OUT TODAY: The take-off in African solar that official statistics can’t yet see 2026 is on track for +45% in solar installations, setting new records in 36 countries. New methodology reveals 3/4 of growth is distributed solar, much of which is missing from official data..🧵 512364
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The global growth in batteries this year is bonkers🔋 On paper, the batteries installed this year can every day store and release an incredible 34% of the growth in solar generation🤯 33917
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Lies. It's 200 times when solar panels are "mentioned" in the fire report. e.g. “the fire did not reach the solar panel” 1033038781
Reposted by Dave JonesZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak. 23473302
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The @iea.org has increased its 2026 forecast --- now forecasts 29% of all cars sold will be electric... ⚡️ 12912
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 29/07/2026At last! Official solar+wind data for #SaudiArabia apps.kapsarc.org/appboard/ren... 2233
Reposted by Dave JonesJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Important (non) reshuffle news at DESNZ, as Katie White and Michael Shanks confirmed as remaining at the department. Really strong signal from Burnham that he expects high degree of continuity with current strategy. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533259...businessgreen.comNumber 10 confirms Katie White and Michael Shanks to remain at DESNZAndy Burnham continues his shake-up of government with wave of junior ministerial appointments 45514
Reposted by Dave JonesCentre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 20/07/2026🇨🇳 NEW | #China #Energy and #Emissions Trends – June 2026 snapshot 🪨📈 #Fossil power generation rose 0.5% YoY in June and 2% in Q2, but remained below its 2023 peak. Bad wind conditions and #solar curtailment left space for coal to inch up despite huge capacity increases 1114
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Conventional wisdom says rooftop solar meets **exisiting** electricity demand. What if rooftop solar actually **increases** electricity demand, improving living standards and driving economic growth? This is exactly what our new analysis of Pakistan's solar boom shows. Let's dig in.. 🧵 331458409
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Innovation strikes again⚡ Silver use per watt of solar has fallen 15% on average EVERY YEAR for 8 years. Since 2017, solar panel manufactuing has risen 6x fold, but silver use is up only 50%🥈🩶 2026 and beyond promise further big falls following Longi+Jinko innovation.. 🧵 2265
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 26/06/2026NEW: China's new "5 Year Plan for the Energy Sector" is planning to go FASTER on electrification ⚡ China already has one of the most electrified energy economies in the world. The electrification momentum continues 💪 #ElectrifyNow 33112
Reposted by Dave JonesEmber @ember-energy.org · 24/06/2026NEW | The EU’s battery fleet is set to QUADRUPLE from 43 GW in 2025 to 178 GW by 2030 🔋 As every country sees growth in battery capacity, the EU can absorb far more wind and solar power and reduce its reliance on gas for grid balancing. The full clean flex story below👇 🧵 1/6 16326
Reposted by Dave JonesSolarPower Europe @solarpowereu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026🆕Europe’s battery storage market surged in 2025, reaching 36 GWh of new installations Total capacity surpassed 100 GWh, with strong 48% year-on-year growth Read the full press release 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas... #EUBatteryOutlook26 0162
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It's all about electrification⚡️ The #ElectrifyNow campaign is now LIVE! Press release: www.electrifynow.world/news-and-res... 183
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I love that - after decades of fossil fuel lobby groups infiltrating every single part of government - renewables is getting a big boost to help stand on its own two feet.. 1274
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🚨COOL EVENT ALERT🚨 Next Thursday at #LCAW... Come and see how Pakistan’s distributed solar boom is helping meet up pent-up energy demand and electrifying every sector, and how other emerging countries can learn from it💪 Register here in-person or online ember-energy.org/latest-updat... 1111
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 15/06/2026OUT TODAY: Businesses wants #electrification. Of 2000 business executives across 18 countries.. 1218
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 11/06/2026NEW: Asia is going electric💡 Asia has 4% of the world's oil+gas supplies. It's perhaps no surprise Asia is doubling down on electrification. Not just China, all of Asia. If you liked last September Electrotech Revolution slidepack, you'll love this... 13010
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I was working on coal phase-out in 2016. It's hard to express how impossible it would have sounded for solar in the US to generate more than coal by 2026 over a whole month. (Even if that month is only May, which typically has more solar gen and less coal gen) So cool😎 5449
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Nevermind about China's EVs, look at its ICE sales😮 May -39% y-o-y Just 560,000 sold, compared to 2,660,000 peak almost ten years ago in Dec-2016. 68424
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 09/06/2026@robbieandrew.bsky.social When does the China data for May feed thru? Lots of excitement on it at the moment.. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?la...robbieandrew.github.ioCollected vehicle registration dataFrequently updated charts and data for new vehicle registrations across countries. 181
Reposted by Dave JonesDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 08/06/2026I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08... 23609275
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Never rule out electric planes for in the future! Wh/Kg energy density: - LFP: 150-200 - NMC: 200-300 - Solid state: 400-700 - Lithium-air lab: 1200 - Lithium-air theoretical limit: 12000 - Jet fuel: 12000 carnewschina.com/2026/06/03/c...carnewschina.comCATL sets sights on lithium-air technology with theoretical gasoline-level 12,000 Wh/kg energy densityCATL sets sights on lithium-air technology as the future of global battery competition. 1212549
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Solar panel efficiency continues to rise fast..💪 1274
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The energy crisis is spurring #electrification. Especially on EV's, especially in Asia⚡️ 12710
Reposted by Dave JonesAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026That interview is available here for all to listen. This is a gift link. Would greatly appreciate your help in getting it to a wider audience. Perhaps it will get more coverage! 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comHow Reform Plans to Upend Decades of UK Climate ActionRichard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, wants to revive Britain’s oil and gas industry and cut back on renewables. 42832
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The latest energy #megatrend: Energy importers are investing massively into cleantech. No one wants to be beholden to fossil fuel imports🤷♂️ 0207
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is cool... new data from the @iea.org shows grid investment is rising💪 In the Age of Electricity, grids are the arteries and veins that keep the electricity flowing.. 1286
Reposted by Dave JonesAndreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A much-discussed “return to #coal” by some countries in the wake of the Iran war & #fossilfuel is likely to be far more limited than thought, amounting to a global rise of no more than 1.8% in coal power output this year and likely even much lower www.carbonbrief.org/world-will-n...carbonbrief.orgWorld ‘will not see significant return to coal’ in 2026 – despite Iran crisis - Carbon BriefClean-energy projects are emerging as more appealing investments during the fossil-fuel driven energy crisis. 0114
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 26/05/2026In April, almost twice as many people googled "solar panel" than in any month, ever🤯 If that's not a sign...;) 59218
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 25/05/2026What does #ElNino mean for the energy transition this year? TL;DR: Solar saves the day… but not the night. 🧵 1111
Reposted by Dave JonesLauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 22/05/2026New from us: China's total power sector emissions fell in 2025 and clean power generation saw a record increase, but which provinces made the most progress and which slid back? 🧵 17125
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵 534489877
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 21/05/2026COAL REBOUND?!!? Nope... Coal generation is up 1% in April 2026 vs April 2025. It's actually lower than April 2021. Gas gen is also up 1% y-o-y even as gas price spikes. There is no gas-to-coal switching, cos gas was already more expensive than coal before the crisis🤷♂️ 7488
Reposted by Dave JonesDavid Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 07/05/2026You know how if you’re hit by a truck, the impact is 10 times harder than from a car going the same speed? Well, EV trucks are about to upend the freight industry, and the impact will be 10 times bigger than from EV cars. The scale of what is coming is HUGE: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comChinese Truck Drivers Are Going Electric as Gas Prices SoarAs electric car sales soften in China after years of breakneck growth, electric trucks are taking off, with the emerging industry expected to get a boost from the Iran war. 17287130
Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 06/05/2026NEW: Confirmation of just how cheap NEAR-BASELOAD solar has ALREADY become. $50-80/MWh for solar+battery firmed to 95% of the year in sunbelt countries (excl US) in 2025 - how can fossil fuels compete with that?!🤯 Plus, more falls to come this decade💪 34619
Reposted by Dave JonesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/05/2026Truly though, just a few years ago numbers like for new fossil fuel plants for data centres were unfathomable and absurd, and now every day there's a new announcement that looks like this www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elec... 14012
Reposted by Dave JonesLauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 30/04/2026India's coal-fired power generation fell in January-March, despite a 3% increase in power demand, as solar and other clean energy sources met all the demand growth. 03812
Reposted by Dave JonesSolarPower Europe @solarpowereu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Solar power cemented its role as the dominant driver of change in the global power sector, with its record growth meeting three-quarters of the net rise in electricity demand in 2025 Solar’s rise was 18 times larger than that of gas, the only fossil fuel that increased in 2025☀️ 03016
Reposted by Dave JonesBob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Gasoline prices to posted their biggest two-day advance in more than a month, rising 11.8 cents a gallon for regular grade, according to AAA 45315
Reposted by Dave JonesKira Taylor @kirataylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Power generation from fossil fuels has peaked in OECD countries, down 19% from the highest point in 2007, according to @ember-energy.org. More in @contexte.com's energy briefing: www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...contexte.com‘Turning point’: Fossil power generation peaks in OECD, falling 19% from its high, says Ember - ContexteDeep information. 062