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Ember @ember-energy.org · 16h

China is shifting from a coal-fuelled powerhouse to a clean electrification leader 🇨🇳🌏

Solar, batteries and EVs are growing 3x faster than 🇨🇳's economy – driving change at home & abroad.

Tune in to the Energy Transition Show with Muyi Yang and Sam Butler-Sloss 🎧
https://loom.ly/QLUgRyk

Episode #260 – China Energy Transition Review 2025 | The Energy Transition Show

China has far surpassed the West to become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 11h

The numbers of electric vehicles sold in Europe in 2024 are in:

⚡ 1.45 million new battery-only EVs registered
📈 +32% growth in the total electric fleet
🔋 13.6% of all new car registrations are electric

Europe is going full throttle to a clean future.

link.europa.eu/cNKjkh

A color-coded map of Europe titled "Share of electric vehicles sold in each EU country in 2024," showing the share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as a percentage of total new passenger car registrations. The EU average is 13.5%. Countries with the highest shares (>20%, darkest shade) include Sweden (35%), Netherlands (34.5%), Finland (29.5%), Luxembourg (27.4%), Belgium (28%), and Denmark (51%). Other countries like France (16.5%), Portugal (19.9%), and Austria (17.5%) are also in the <20% range. Several Eastern and Southern European countries (including Italy, Spain, Poland, and Czechia) have shares below 10% (the lightest shades).

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 1d

Når du sier kostnad, ser du da bare på hva det koster å bygge, eller ser du på arbeidsplasser, skatteinntekter, ny industri og slikt som over tid betyr at det ikke er så dyrt for samfunnet likevel

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 1d

Electrotech, which includes solar, EVs and batteries, is quickly displacing fossil-based technologies.

Ember's Kingsmill Bond joins Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins at Heatmap News to discuss how this #ElectrotechRevolution is reshaping geopolitics 🌏

loom.ly/OprqM_I

Nobody in the West Knows How to Respond to the ‘Electrotech Revolution’

Rob and Jesse talk to Ember’s Kingsmill Bond about how electricity is reshaping global geopolitics.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"Energy dominance," you say?

As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.

The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Energy Transition Show @transitionshow.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy · 3d

In Ep. 260, Muyi Yang and Sam Butler-Sloss of @emberclimate detail how China has become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition, and is helping developing countries to decarbonize far more rapidly than the economic powerhouses of the West […]

Original post on mastodon.energy

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 4d

Renewables (primarily solar and wind) have grown dramatically over the past five years while other electricity sources have been relatively flat. Renewables are on track to generate more electricity than coal in 2025 (and already have over H1 of the year):

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 4d

Fornybart er distribuert og naturen trives rundt turbiner, kabler og solceller, sikrer nasjon, infrastruktur, folk og lar industrien kutte utslipp som vi kan begrense oppvarmingen

www.nrk.no/vestland/sik...

Sikrare straumforsyning vil koste meir natur

Skal vi sikre straumforsyninga i Noreg, må det takast ned meir skog. Nettselskapa seier det vil føre til tap av natur.

www.nrk.no

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 4d

#b4ud3r:
"Not a single European Brand/OEM in these August 2025 EV Sales.
Disaster coming."

Luis Valdés @luisvaldes.bsky.social · 4d

Al publicar los 20 enchufables más vendidos en el mundo en agosto, Cleantechnica te explica, sin mencionarlo, la histeria colectiva entre los fabricantes europeos que ya no saben qué hacer para sobrevivir pasado 2035

Aunque la receta es conocida: fabricar eléctricos ya y para todos los segmentos

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 5d

Mitsubishi debuts 640 kW industrial/commercial heat pump providing hot water up to 90 C and coefficient of performance of up to 4.1 (4.1 units of heat delivered for every 1 unit of electricity used). Can be used for district heating too.

www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/06/m...

Mitsubishi debuts 640 kW heat pump providing hot water up to 90 C

The ETI-W heat pump, with a coefficient of performance of up to 4.1, utilizes heat emitted from factory production processes as a heat source to supply hot water at up to 90 C. Debuting on the Japanes...

www.pv-magazine.com

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 5d

Ikke i Norge da, vi kommer jo aldri ut av moss, og ikke skal det gå fort heller, eller få mer gods på bane.

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 6d

Igjen Sverige. Ikke i Norge, her lar lokale politikere seg kue av løgnene til motvind som skyver naturen foran seg på falske premisser og overmoralistiske naturvernere. I mellontidennbygger Europe ren energi og kutter utslipp.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 7d

Sweden switches on 89 MW hybrid wind, solar project www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/29/s... - hybrid PV-wind plants lead to efficient area, power lines and infrastructure use: www.aimspress.com/article/10.3...

Sweden switches on 89 MW hybrid wind, solar project

The first hybrid power project belonging to Danish renewables developer European Energy is a 39.3 MW solar array tied to a 49.6 MW wind facility in southern Sweden.

www.pv-magazine.com

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 7d

Not everything sucks! If you need power today, you build solar. Cheap Chinese solar panels should just be embraced. Because they’re a product, not a commodity no real dependencies are created.

on.ft.com/3VOGbOA

Solar shines in the rush for power in Africa’s largest petrostate

Nigeria has become a major importer of Chinese panels as buying on the continent begins to boom

on.ft.com

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 7d

About fukin time

www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/03/n...

Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize

The legislation is a significant compromise in the yearslong battle between labor unions and tech companies.

www.pressdemocrat.com

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 6d

Hadde pengene vært bedre brukt på solceller varmepumper isolering vinduer og brukte elbiler, ja uten tvil, det hadde permanent senket behovet for energi, sant dekket d lokalt, men å skylde på noen få rike er litt bortkastet, d er prisen for en flat pris

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 6d

Nei det gjør ikke det. Folk vil ikke kjøpe 10 nye varmeovner og 50 nye badebasseng. Noen veldig få vil la varmen stå på og ha det litt varmere i boblebadet, men myten om jervens paradoks er fortsatt bare en myte, de fleste av oss har led pærer og smarte ovner som senker varmen når vi legger oss.

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 6d

Sukk den hesten igjen, er den ikke ferdig debattert og lagt død?

Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 6d

Og hvis du oversetter til norsk for du hva egentlig

Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 7d

Håpe det går relativt fredelig for seg da. Revolusjon har en tendens til å bli voldsomt

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Mats buraas @andrebur.bsky.social · 7d

Yes but we didn’t start wth a full rooster of models in all segments, we had think, leaf, triplets and tesla. So in that regard it’s not too bad, but Denmark is a joy to watch take off.

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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 7d

Revolutionary new dryer that runs entirely off of wind and solar energy, making it Energy Star rated and coming in at a cost point of nearly free!

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 7d

A transition to 100% Wind-Water-Solar across all energy sectors in the U.S. requires only 35% of the land used for energy by fossil fuels and biofuels today.

It is current energy that is hogging land. Renewables reduce land use.

www.youtube.com/shorts/ccu-Q...