Assaad Razzouk
@assaadrazzouk.bsky.social
Book: “Saving the Planet Without the Bullsh*t” https://amzn.asia/d/iRQboKh Podcast: The Angry Clean Energy Guy https://theangrycleanenergyguy.com/. Climate and Energy from the front lines
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
Battery storage has been transformative for California:
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Battery storage has been transformative for California:
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Discover the countries with the largest forests in 2025 and how just five nations hold more than half of global woodland.
www.visualcapitalist.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
The Philippines just awarded a massive 10GW of renewables capacity at its 4th Green Energy Auction, bringing the total from auctions over 3 years to 22GW - 74% of the entire existing capacity of the country
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Philippines awards over 10 GW in latest green energy auction
The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 10,195 MW of renewable energy capacity in the fourth round of its Green Energy Auction Program (GEA-4), aimed at accelerating clean power deploy...
renewablesnow.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Philippines just awarded a massive 10GW of renewables capacity at its 4th Green Energy Auction, bringing the total from auctions over 3 years to 22GW - 74% of the entire existing capacity of the country
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
Good climate news this week
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Good climate news this week
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
Top 10 Countries, Solar PV per GDP
1 China: 45.77MW per $1b of GDP
2 Vietnam 38.52
3 Bulgaria 34.4
4 Greece 34.04
5 Hungary 31.67
6 Chile 30.24
7 Brazil 23.92
8 India 23.62
9 Japan 21.4
10 Lithuania 20.68
…
NB:
US: 5.8
That’s who is making the biggest effort relative to means
1 China: 45.77MW per $1b of GDP
2 Vietnam 38.52
3 Bulgaria 34.4
4 Greece 34.04
5 Hungary 31.67
6 Chile 30.24
7 Brazil 23.92
8 India 23.62
9 Japan 21.4
10 Lithuania 20.68
…
NB:
US: 5.8
That’s who is making the biggest effort relative to means
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Top 10 Countries, Solar PV per GDP
1 China: 45.77MW per $1b of GDP
2 Vietnam 38.52
3 Bulgaria 34.4
4 Greece 34.04
5 Hungary 31.67
6 Chile 30.24
7 Brazil 23.92
8 India 23.62
9 Japan 21.4
10 Lithuania 20.68
…
NB:
US: 5.8
That’s who is making the biggest effort relative to means
1 China: 45.77MW per $1b of GDP
2 Vietnam 38.52
3 Bulgaria 34.4
4 Greece 34.04
5 Hungary 31.67
6 Chile 30.24
7 Brazil 23.92
8 India 23.62
9 Japan 21.4
10 Lithuania 20.68
…
NB:
US: 5.8
That’s who is making the biggest effort relative to means
Nine of the Top 10 countries in solar PV per capita are in Europe
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Nine of the Top 10 countries in solar PV per capita are in Europe
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
The US is censoring climate science, disaster defences are at risk and the scientists are leaving:
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The US is censoring climate science, disaster defences are at risk and the scientists are leaving:
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
Good climate news this week
1 Global: Green tech Investment for 1st 3 quarters of 2025 ($56b) already above 2024
2 Global: EV sales up 26% in September y-on-y
3 US to add record amounts of renewables and BESS through 2027
4 Australia: Electricity from renewables overtakes coal for 1st time
1/6
1 Global: Green tech Investment for 1st 3 quarters of 2025 ($56b) already above 2024
2 Global: EV sales up 26% in September y-on-y
3 US to add record amounts of renewables and BESS through 2027
4 Australia: Electricity from renewables overtakes coal for 1st time
1/6
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Good climate news this week
1 Global: Green tech Investment for 1st 3 quarters of 2025 ($56b) already above 2024
2 Global: EV sales up 26% in September y-on-y
3 US to add record amounts of renewables and BESS through 2027
4 Australia: Electricity from renewables overtakes coal for 1st time
1/6
1 Global: Green tech Investment for 1st 3 quarters of 2025 ($56b) already above 2024
2 Global: EV sales up 26% in September y-on-y
3 US to add record amounts of renewables and BESS through 2027
4 Australia: Electricity from renewables overtakes coal for 1st time
1/6
30,000 rural households in Cameroon and Zambia have just had their first taste of 24/7 electricity, thanks to solar + storage + minigrids
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/c...
Cameroon, Zambia electrify villages with solar
Cameroon and Zambia are implementing government programs that bring solar minigrids to communities without stable electricity access. Cameroon recently switched on two solar installations to power two...
www.pv-magazine.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
30,000 rural households in Cameroon and Zambia have just had their first taste of 24/7 electricity, thanks to solar + storage + minigrids
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/c...
Electricity bills are soaring. This is a direct consequence of attacking cheap, clean energy at the exact moment massive new data centers are driving up demand
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Electricity bills are soaring. This is a direct consequence of attacking cheap, clean energy at the exact moment massive new data centers are driving up demand
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Greta Thunberg is braver, more principled and has a stronger moral fibre than many of the world's elected and unelected leaders
Her interview with Aftonbladet: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
"everything they do is extremely violent"
Her interview with Aftonbladet: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
"everything they do is extremely violent"
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Greta Thunberg is braver, more principled and has a stronger moral fibre than many of the world's elected and unelected leaders
Her interview with Aftonbladet: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
"everything they do is extremely violent"
Her interview with Aftonbladet: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
"everything they do is extremely violent"
It took just 15 years to completely transform transportation in China
>E-cars: 60% in 2025 (v 1% in 2010)
>E-buses: 95% (1%)
>E-scooters: 99% (30%)
>E-Three-Wheelers: 99% (40%)
5 High speed rail: 45,000 km (6,000km in 2010, already world’s largest)
Unprecedented speed and scale
>E-cars: 60% in 2025 (v 1% in 2010)
>E-buses: 95% (1%)
>E-scooters: 99% (30%)
>E-Three-Wheelers: 99% (40%)
5 High speed rail: 45,000 km (6,000km in 2010, already world’s largest)
Unprecedented speed and scale
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It took just 15 years to completely transform transportation in China
>E-cars: 60% in 2025 (v 1% in 2010)
>E-buses: 95% (1%)
>E-scooters: 99% (30%)
>E-Three-Wheelers: 99% (40%)
5 High speed rail: 45,000 km (6,000km in 2010, already world’s largest)
Unprecedented speed and scale
>E-cars: 60% in 2025 (v 1% in 2010)
>E-buses: 95% (1%)
>E-scooters: 99% (30%)
>E-Three-Wheelers: 99% (40%)
5 High speed rail: 45,000 km (6,000km in 2010, already world’s largest)
Unprecedented speed and scale
Good climate news this week
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period
1/5
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period
1/5
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Good climate news this week
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period
1/5
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period
1/5
The "Net Zero Banking Alliance" is no more: good riddance
"A climate alliance of top global banks has folded some four years since its launch after its members encountered political pressure and failed to meet the objectives it had ambitiously set out"
www.ft.com/content/841f...
"A climate alliance of top global banks has folded some four years since its launch after its members encountered political pressure and failed to meet the objectives it had ambitiously set out"
www.ft.com/content/841f...
Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch
‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure
www.ft.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The "Net Zero Banking Alliance" is no more: good riddance
"A climate alliance of top global banks has folded some four years since its launch after its members encountered political pressure and failed to meet the objectives it had ambitiously set out"
www.ft.com/content/841f...
"A climate alliance of top global banks has folded some four years since its launch after its members encountered political pressure and failed to meet the objectives it had ambitiously set out"
www.ft.com/content/841f...
Good climate news this week
1 China to cut emissions 7% to 10% by 2035
2 CATL to mass-deploy sodium-ion battery costing as low as $10–$19/kWh
3 UK reiterates goal of getting off fossil fuels
4 $19 trillion in fuel costs to be slashed by 2050 by speeding up electrification and renewables
1/4
1 China to cut emissions 7% to 10% by 2035
2 CATL to mass-deploy sodium-ion battery costing as low as $10–$19/kWh
3 UK reiterates goal of getting off fossil fuels
4 $19 trillion in fuel costs to be slashed by 2050 by speeding up electrification and renewables
1/4
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Good climate news this week
1 China to cut emissions 7% to 10% by 2035
2 CATL to mass-deploy sodium-ion battery costing as low as $10–$19/kWh
3 UK reiterates goal of getting off fossil fuels
4 $19 trillion in fuel costs to be slashed by 2050 by speeding up electrification and renewables
1/4
1 China to cut emissions 7% to 10% by 2035
2 CATL to mass-deploy sodium-ion battery costing as low as $10–$19/kWh
3 UK reiterates goal of getting off fossil fuels
4 $19 trillion in fuel costs to be slashed by 2050 by speeding up electrification and renewables
1/4
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI alone have collectively announced $800b in commitments for new data centers in 2025. Meanwhile, US electricity prices are rising fast, up 35% since 2022
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
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Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
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September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI alone have collectively announced $800b in commitments for new data centers in 2025. Meanwhile, US electricity prices are rising fast, up 35% since 2022
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
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Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
1/3
Good climate news this week
1 Africa: Continent’s solar orders surge 60% in the 12 months to June
2 India: Record 22GW of renewables added in 1st half 2025, up 57% y-on-y
3 US: California, world’s 4th largest economy, now using 40% less natural gas to produce electricity than just 2 years ago
1 Africa: Continent’s solar orders surge 60% in the 12 months to June
2 India: Record 22GW of renewables added in 1st half 2025, up 57% y-on-y
3 US: California, world’s 4th largest economy, now using 40% less natural gas to produce electricity than just 2 years ago
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Good climate news this week
1 Africa: Continent’s solar orders surge 60% in the 12 months to June
2 India: Record 22GW of renewables added in 1st half 2025, up 57% y-on-y
3 US: California, world’s 4th largest economy, now using 40% less natural gas to produce electricity than just 2 years ago
1 Africa: Continent’s solar orders surge 60% in the 12 months to June
2 India: Record 22GW of renewables added in 1st half 2025, up 57% y-on-y
3 US: California, world’s 4th largest economy, now using 40% less natural gas to produce electricity than just 2 years ago