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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon

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Matt Green @mjgreen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I noticed when driving today that a key psychological point has been reached - diesel prices above £2/litre at "standard" locations (eg off motorway).

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.

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Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Future generations/ survivors will study this front page in school.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 10/07/2026

NEW: Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate KEY FACT: Many European cities, on the world's fastest-warming continent, never needed AC in the past For some strange reason – I can't imagine why – many commentators prefer to ignore this

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's worth looking at this chart of national electricity demand the National Energy System Operator released this morning. On the three hottest days last week the GB power system was pulling 38 GW – unprecedented for summer. I believe it was air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment 1/

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Dr Iain Staffell @iain-staffell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The UK’s AI race is all about electricity. 70% of data centre capacity lies within 20 miles of London. They block new homes being built because the grid can’t cope. We must look beyond - to places with clean power and strong grid access. Read in full: reports.electricinsights.co.uk

The UK’s data centres are heavily concentrated around London, unlike its clean power stations. 1.7 GW of the UK’s 2.4 GW of data centres lie within 20 miles of the capital.

Left map shows the location and power capacity of every data centre in the UK. Right map shows the location and capacity of large clean power stations in the UK (nuclear, biomass, hydro and wind). Cross and bubbles are sized according to power capacity.

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Rachel Reeves managed to wipe several million off SSE's share price on Thursday with a loose promise to decouple electricity and gas prices. Why? And what might she announce this week? 🧵1/6 electionenergy.substack.com/p/ee-22-cons...

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EE 2.2 Consious Uncoupling

Breaking the link between gas and electricity is easier than you think

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 05/03/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

NEW data | Less than 50% of Australia's electricity generation came from fossil fuels in October 🇦🇺⚡️ This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix. 10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This article is catching eyes today so let me explain what it misses, no. 1 of which is COST 1/

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Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A few weeks ago I said I thought government was going to announce that HS2 would go to Manchester. Which hasn’t happened. Or has it…?

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️ We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get. The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: The energy transition is more disruptive—and could move much faster—than most people think. It’s not just about swapping old tech for new. Shift to clean energy is a complex web of feedback loops, tipping points & surprises. Our new 📖 👇 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications... 🧵

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 05/06/2025

The world's clean-energy investments are now twice as large as those in fossil fuels, the latest IEA data shows

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Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

In normal times, the drop in UK exports since the pandemic and Brexit — and how they’ve been holding back GDP growth — would have been a major economic story.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 20/05/2025

NEW – Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org‬ @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org‬ w/ comment from @dharavyas.bsky.social‬ Prof Robert Gross, Paul Drummond, Frank S. Aaskov Read here: buff.ly/DWsC3sZ

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Tom Lancaster @tommlancaster.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Interesting @theipaper.com story highlighting claims by the Food & Drink Federation that higher NI contributions and new food packaging levies are increasing prices. But here's something they don't mention... what about climate change? 🧵 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise? In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue). robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 14/04/2025

The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly NO it's not due to net-zero YES it is due to GAS Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵

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Matt Green @mjgreen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Some people will object to almost anything. A roof mounted solar scheme, on a large relatively modern supermarket, has received numerous objections. Of course it is in Tunbridge Wells! www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-we...

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'Solar panels on Sainsbury's next door will knock value off our homes'

Furious homeowners living next to a supermarket have slammed plans to install solar panels on its roof claiming it will create an “intolerable” glare.

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Femke Nijsse @femkenijsse.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Energy is key to defeating Russia. The EU still imports Russian gas, spending >20 billion a year. The UK imports similar amounts, mainly from mainland Europe Stronger UK climate policy will help the EU ditch Russian gas.

The UK imports 57 billion cubic metres (bcm) in gas, whereas the EU imports 74 bcm from Russia.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/02/2025

NEW: Global EV sales grew 18% year-on-year in Jan 2025 Was this due to the "devastating collapse" of 21% growth in Europe? The "stalling" 12% growth in China? Maybe the "plunging" 22% rise in US/Canada? Or "faltering" 50% rest-of-world growth…? Data: Rho Motion 🤷‍♂️

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

UK government bonds have erased the bulk of their losses since Reeves’ October Budget, bringing long-term borrowing costs close to the level they maintained before her tax and spending plans accelerated a gilt market sell-off www.ft.com/content/0ead...

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Gilt rally offers partial reprieve for Rachel Reeves

UK’s growth problems pose long-term challenges for chancellor

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is an crucial point that is too often overlook in fossil fuel phase out convos Renewables needn’t replace all the coal, oil and gas we use bc most of it is just used to produce and move those fossil fuels around We need only replace useful energy: 37% of what we currently produce 🤯🧵👇

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

1 YEAR OF 20MPH There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads. Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began. Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before. Good policy making.

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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Auxilione April price cap prediction is for a 5% increase. To all the Net Zero Watch champs, I wonder if their 'cheap gas' is in the room with them now? auxilione.com/2025/01/29/d...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/10/2024

Another great illustration of the mind-boggling absurd wastefulness of the fossil fuel economy. 40% of maritime trade by mass = fossil fuels. Switching to non-fossil gets rid of this almost entirely. (ht @cemgundogan.bsky.social for the first pic) iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48d2b...

A single journey by 1 large container ship of solar PV modules can provide the means to generate as much electricity as the gas on over 50 large LNG tankers or the coal on over 100 large ships Solar PV LNG Coal Descriptive alt text Alt text Save 2000 lea

40% of the mass of all transported maritime trade is fossil fuels

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

NEW | In 2024, solar power overtook coal for the first time! ☀️ As the US is doubting its own clean energy credentials, the EU is all in and it shows. Today we @ember-energy.org published our annual European Electricity Review. A thread on the most important developments...

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Matt Green @mjgreen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It's great to see such massive growth in UK solar deployment continuing, with further acceleration likely in future years as more favourable policies from Labour start to have an impact.

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UK solar deployment poised to increase 50% YoY, following rapid growth in the second half of 2024

Josh Cornes, analyst at Solar Media Market Research, looks at what 2025 might hold for the solar industry.

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Matt Green @mjgreen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

People criticise local reporting, but this is an excellent opinion piece!

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 08/01/2025

A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.

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Matt Green @mjgreen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Seems like @gregor.us's assessment/prediction of a plateau could be correct......

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It really is pretty stark. The UK slowdown. www.ft.com/content/e3e2...

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This chart again. The IEA has for years provided a forecast of how renewables will play out only as a result of existing policies. What this chart actually tells us is that the market has driven renewables development much more than the low end of what is expected from policy alone. Pessimism?

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Graph showing poverty levels including child poverty reaching 36%

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

What a journey! 10 years ago almost 40% of UK electricity was from coal. Today the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station is Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, England, which is scheduled to close on September 30, 2024.

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Paul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

The housing crisis in numbers. (From The Sunday Times today: www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...)

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