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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Over 2 GW of solar PV in the pipeline over the next 3 years: www.transpower.co.nz/connections/...
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What's the latest with grid connections?
View our progress to connect new electricity generation, energy storage and load projects for our customers.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Cannot imagine how much worse this situation would be today if they hadn’t installed GWs of solar PV and wind power.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminds me of Hegseth: The Strait is open for transit, the only problem being Iran shooting at shipping
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
That’s like 0.1% of the money spent on fossil fuel imports last year :(
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
–Finland 37%
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
There was a study on this last year: "Are we too pessimistic? Cost projections for solar photovoltaics, wind power, and batteries are over-estimating actual costs globally" doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 13/01/2026
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy? Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
How much energy can be produced on global land currently used for liquid biofuels?

Bar comparison showing energy per year from land currently used for liquid biofuels: Biofuels for transport — 1,400 TWh per year; Solar panels on the same land — 32,000 TWh per year. Side annotations: 31,000 TWh shown for context as the amount of electricity the world generated in 2024; 7,000 TWh per year shown as the amount of electricity the world would need to power all of its cars and trucks if they were electric.

Note: This assumes the world uses 32 million hectares of land to grow crops for liquid biofuels, based on net land use which subtracts land allocated to co-products such as animal feed, and assumes solar PV uses 1 hectare of land per GWh.

Data source: Energy Institute; Cerulogy; Ember; and author calculations. Chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@christianonre.bsky.social I really love these diagrams. Should we switch to this colormap as well? No color for zero output, dark yellow for max output (blue for wind, etc.)
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
That was also thanks to the EU DMA: digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We could say even before 1800s, with the invention of refrigerators
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Internal combustion engines had 100 years of incremental development to reach current power-density and efficiencies. EV motors are just getting started 🤩
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
But 35MW isn't "world's biggest": bsky.app/profile/janr...
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
There is also this: aptera.us/vehicle/
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Vehicle | Aptera
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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
1/ New @lut.fi study in collaboration with European partners finds prioritising nuclear power expansion over renewable energy (RE) leads to 71–84% higher annual system costs in Finland by 2050 compared to a cost-optimised RE system. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Euronews @euronews.com · 30/08/2025
The State Department also suspended a programme that had allowed injured Palestinian children from Gaza to come to the US for medical treatment after a social media outcry by some conservatives.
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US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly
The State Department also suspended a programme that had allowed injured Palestinian children from Gaza to come to the US for medical treatment after a social media outcry by some conservatives.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Data from BNEF on Sizewell C shows electricity costs could hit £286/MWh, making it much more expensive than other technologies. While it helps decarbonise, this price tag raises major questions about cost-effectiveness. Is nuclear too expensive to be a key part of the UK's energy solution?
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Myth: EVs won't cut urban air pollution because they're heavy! New report: Brake wear is the top source of non-exhaust emissions and EVs cut it by 83%! While EVs cause ~20% more tyre wear, only 1-5% becomes airborne vs. 40%+ from brakes. www.eiturbanmobility.eu/knowledge-hu...
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Study on non-exhaust emissions (NEE) in road transport - EIT Urban Mobility
Why this study matters More than 96% of the European population was exposed to PM2.5 concentrations exceeding the World Health Organization’s annual air quality guideline limit in 2022 .Road transport is a primary source of particulate matter in urban areas.  As exhaust emissions decrease, non-exhaust emissions (NEEs) – particles from brake, tyre and road wear […]
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/08/2025
United States expands attacks on International Criminal Court amid growing scrutiny over Israeli abuses in Gaza.
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US expands sanctions targeting International Criminal Court
United States expands attacks on International Criminal Court amid growing scrutiny over Israeli abuses in Gaza.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 14/08/2025
Using climate attribution science, researchers have linked rising heat to declining bird populations around the world.
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Extreme heat is driving a ‘staggering’ decline in tropical birds
Using climate attribution science, researchers have linked rising heat to declining bird populations around the world.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 08/08/2025
Despite being designed to give citizens a voice in EU policymaking, the European Citizens’ Initiatives are struggling to gain traction, with only 10 out of 144 proposals receiving a response from the European Commission. #EuropeNews
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Are European Citizens' Initiatives missing the mark?
Despite being designed to give citizens a voice in EU policymaking, the European Citizens’ Initiatives are struggling to gain traction, with only 10 out of 144 proposals receiving a response from the European Commission.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
For example: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
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Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Silicon Valley is purportedly offering AI researchers 9 figure salaries... I'd expect Demis Hassabis' team to demand such compensation as well. And that would count as "Services export", no? Maybe also StabilityAI team and others? Or are these numbers too small in the grand scheme of the UK exports?
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Growth in Services seems to correlate with the launch of ChatGPT (Nov 2022)... is it DeepMind driving services exports? Or other LLM related services? Or is it too early for LLMs to have such an impact yet?
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Some limited info on specs here. www.afstor.com/product/ I think they don’t show the price because they don’t have a mass production so their costs must vary a lot
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Product - Afstor
Afstor Solar Home and Cooker System — enables electricity, internet & education in Africa and compensates carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the wood-burning.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Here one can donate a solar+battery+stove to Africa www.afstor.com
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Energy for everyone - Afstor
Afstor Solar Home and Cooker System — enables electricity, internet & education in Africa and compensates carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the wood-burning.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Plus, remittances tend to be sent in (relatively) small amounts, which adds up to many individual transactions accumulating transaction fees (those fees tend to have fixed amount plus percentage)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/06/2025
EU agrees to increase flight delay times before passengers get compensation
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EU agrees to increase flight delay times before passengers get compensation
Travellers on short-haul flights would have to be delayed by four hours or more to get payout under new plan * Business live – latest updates EU countries have agreed to increase the amount of time aircraft passengers are delayed before they can qualify for compensation. Passengers on short-haul flights would have to be delayed by four hours or more before they could claim compensation, under the plans. For long-haul flights delays would have to be six or more hours. Current EU rules dictate that passengers can ask for compensation if their flight is delayed for more than three hours. Continue reading...
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Yes, but space is never used as a decimal separator. Sometimes, it’s used as a thousands separator, so this makes it look like €193 trillion
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Nuclear power plants generally cost 102.5% more on average to build than estimated. Hydrogen, CCS, and thermal power plants that rely on methane gas are also higher-risk infrastructure projects. Solar, by contrast, is often completed ahead of schedule and for less than expected.
Energy Research & Social Science
Volume 123, May 2025, 104057
Original research article Beyond economies of scale: Learning from construction cost overrun risks and time delays in global energy
infrastructure projects
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 08/05/2025
Ontario greenlit construction of what will be the first small modular reactors to be completed in North America. The first of four 300 MW GE-Hitachi BWRX reactors should be finished by 2029, but at a cost of >US$18/W for Unit #1 falling to ~US$9.6/W for #4. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... 🔌💡
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Ontario’s Darlington SMR project to cost nearly $21-billion
The price is far greater than independent observers deem necessary to spark widespread adoption
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Jero Ahola @jeroahola.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Will #Arctic #sea be without #ice cover in September 2025 for the first time in our history of observations?
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29/04/2025
Freedom of science and research is one of Europe's great strengths. It’s how excellence and innovation thrive. We’ll make proposals to help scientists and researchers ‘Choose Europe’. The best and brightest from around the world. 
 To make Europe the home of innovation again. → europa.eu/!JFF7jm
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Temur Umarov @tumarov.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Central Asia’s “frankly bonkers” March heatwave, which saw temperatures up to 10C above pre-industrial levels, was intensified by climate change, according to new research published as countries around the world suffer exceptional spring weather. www.ft.com/content/164a...
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Direct and indirect electrification of the Industry can provide flexibility to a highly renewable system, decreasing the overall LCOE: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
And still there's people claiming that describing Trump's ideology as more fascist than democratic say it's hyperbole. Please wake up. Once you accept that a ruler can declare protests he doesn't like illegal you are a giant step further along the road to fascism.
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I guess historically there were fewer weather stations/buoys in the Southern Hemisphere. But satellites provide global coverage today, hence accuracies merging in year ~2000
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Wouldn’t buying a second-hand Tesla signal a demand, keeping resale values high, reinforcing the brand’s strength?
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Direct air capture of CH4. Cows aren’t going anywhere, coal mines emit for many years, Arctic permafrost may start releasing more methane
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Rasul @rasul385.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Should we stop counting forests as carbon sinks? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks - Nature
Nature - Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks
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