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The energy transition is happening now. The smarter E connects solar, storage, hydrogen & EV leaders building the future in Munich, India & Brazil.
Kazakhstan’s black snow is fading. Wind turbines now spin where coal stacks stood. In Almaty, the winter air smells cleaner. This isn’t a climate pitch—it’s real. Coal still makes up 70% of power, but the shift is happening. You can feel it.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Kazakhstan’s black snow is fading. Wind turbines now spin where coal stacks stood. In Almaty, the winter air smells cleaner. This isn’t a climate pitch—it’s real. Coal still makes up 70% of power, but the shift is happening. You can feel it.
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The smarter E AWARD 2026 is now open. If you're building real-world solutions in solar, storage, e-mobility, or smart energy—this is your shot. Recognition from top EU energy minds. Deadline: March 20.
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The smarter E AWARD 2026 is now open. If you're building real-world solutions in solar, storage, e-mobility, or smart energy—this is your shot. Recognition from top EU energy minds. Deadline: March 20.
Africa isn't just shipping out cobalt and lithium anymore. Morocco's building a $5.6 billion gigafactory with China's Gotion - starting at 20 GWh, scaling to 100. Nigeria's getting its first Chinese-backed EV plant. Value creation is shifting local
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Africa isn't just shipping out cobalt and lithium anymore. Morocco's building a $5.6 billion gigafactory with China's Gotion - starting at 20 GWh, scaling to 100. Nigeria's getting its first Chinese-backed EV plant. Value creation is shifting local
Brussels says it's helping carmakers by softening the 2035 ban - from 100% down to 90%. Manfred Weber says it'll save jobs from Chinese EV pressure. But here's the catch: the same "flexibility" meant to protect Europe's auto industry might be what breaks it.
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Brussels says it's helping carmakers by softening the 2035 ban - from 100% down to 90%. Manfred Weber says it'll save jobs from Chinese EV pressure. But here's the catch: the same "flexibility" meant to protect Europe's auto industry might be what breaks it.
By next summer, gas prices in Europe could jump 60%. That's not speculation - traders are betting Dutch TTF spikes from €32/MWh today to €50/MWh. Europe cut Russian pipelines Jan 1, 2025. Now 45% of LNG comes from the US. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
By next summer, gas prices in Europe could jump 60%. That's not speculation - traders are betting Dutch TTF spikes from €32/MWh today to €50/MWh. Europe cut Russian pipelines Jan 1, 2025. Now 45% of LNG comes from the US. 🧵
Somewhere between your heat pump and a wind farm, an algorithm decides which transformer gets fixed first, whose rooftop solar connects next, when your town's lights come back on. Code now manages Europe's clean energy transition. Most days it works 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Somewhere between your heat pump and a wind farm, an algorithm decides which transformer gets fixed first, whose rooftop solar connects next, when your town's lights come back on. Code now manages Europe's clean energy transition. Most days it works 🧵
Germany's Tützpatz project: 93 hectares, 76 MWp of solar, 15,000 chickens in mobile coops, four-crop rotation between panel rows. Tractors roll through. It's a field that feeds both grids and supermarkets. Built subsidy-free. 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Germany's Tützpatz project: 93 hectares, 76 MWp of solar, 15,000 chickens in mobile coops, four-crop rotation between panel rows. Tractors roll through. It's a field that feeds both grids and supermarkets. Built subsidy-free. 🧵
Tired of startup memoirs and climate doomsday reads? This reading list isn't about easy answers. These books challenge assumptions, add context, and ask better questions. For people shaping energy, infrastructure, and policy - not just managing it. 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tired of startup memoirs and climate doomsday reads? This reading list isn't about easy answers. These books challenge assumptions, add context, and ask better questions. For people shaping energy, infrastructure, and policy - not just managing it. 🧵
#Flexality turns industrial freezers into virtual batteries. Germany has 750+ cold storage sites - that's gigawatt-scale grid flexibility with no new infrastructure. Pre-cool when power's cheap, ease off when grid's stressed. Cuts energy costs 20% 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#Flexality turns industrial freezers into virtual batteries. Germany has 750+ cold storage sites - that's gigawatt-scale grid flexibility with no new infrastructure. Pre-cool when power's cheap, ease off when grid's stressed. Cuts energy costs 20% 🧵
Here's what people are actually buying in Europe: 1 in 3 cars is now a hybrid. Electric's at 16%. Old-school petrol and diesel? Down 10 percentage points in a year. The shift is happening faster than expected https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_October_2025.pdf
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Here's what people are actually buying in Europe: 1 in 3 cars is now a hybrid. Electric's at 16%. Old-school petrol and diesel? Down 10 percentage points in a year. The shift is happening faster than expected https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_October_2025.pdf
Six times in November, clean energy exceeded new global demand. For the first time on record, solar and wind added more power than the world needed to grow. Here's what changed.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Six times in November, clean energy exceeded new global demand. For the first time on record, solar and wind added more power than the world needed to grow. Here's what changed.
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Small island, big lesson. Siquijor's diesel monopoly collapsed and cut power to 100,000 people. Their response: solar farms, rooftop panels, battery storage. They're not waiting for centralized solutions. They're building energy independence now. https://bit.ly/4rni487
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Small island, big lesson. Siquijor's diesel monopoly collapsed and cut power to 100,000 people. Their response: solar farms, rooftop panels, battery storage. They're not waiting for centralized solutions. They're building energy independence now. https://bit.ly/4rni487
Battery storage hit 375 GWh globally in early 2024 - double the year before. China added 100 GWh, US added 35 GWh. Costs dropped under $300/kWh. Rystad projects 4 TWh by 2040. Storage is replacing gas as the grid's backup plan. https://bit.ly/485KzQi
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Battery storage hit 375 GWh globally in early 2024 - double the year before. China added 100 GWh, US added 35 GWh. Costs dropped under $300/kWh. Rystad projects 4 TWh by 2040. Storage is replacing gas as the grid's backup plan. https://bit.ly/485KzQi
Brazil's the only G20 country on track to triple renewables by 2030. Wind and solar hit 34% in August - carried the grid through drought when hydro couldn't deliver. But solar installs dropped 28% this year. Regulatory drift is killing momentum. https://bit.ly/48EeEXH
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Brazil's the only G20 country on track to triple renewables by 2030. Wind and solar hit 34% in August - carried the grid through drought when hydro couldn't deliver. But solar installs dropped 28% this year. Regulatory drift is killing momentum. https://bit.ly/48EeEXH
Paid €48 to fill up. Turns out only €13 actually moves the car - the rest? Just vanishes as heat. Gas engines burn cash. EV motors use 95% of their energy to move you. That math adds up fast.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Paid €48 to fill up. Turns out only €13 actually moves the car - the rest? Just vanishes as heat. Gas engines burn cash. EV motors use 95% of their energy to move you. That math adds up fast.
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Europe's solar workforce built the world's cheapest renewable energy. Now they're losing jobs because of it. 865K workers in 2024, down to 825K in 2025 - first decline in a decade. Labor intensity has dropped 42% since 2015. SolarPower Europe tracks the trade-off. https://bit.ly/49V48vF #EUenergy
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Europe's solar workforce built the world's cheapest renewable energy. Now they're losing jobs because of it. 865K workers in 2024, down to 825K in 2025 - first decline in a decade. Labor intensity has dropped 42% since 2015. SolarPower Europe tracks the trade-off. https://bit.ly/49V48vF #EUenergy
The world's 65 largest banks put $3.3 trillion into fossil fuels from 2021 to 2024. Clean energy got $1.4 trillion. For every dollar backing oil, gas, or coal, only 42 cents went to renewables. The IEA says the ratio must reach 6:1 by 2030. #ReclaimFinance tracks the gap. https://bit.ly/4nHS70R
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The world's 65 largest banks put $3.3 trillion into fossil fuels from 2021 to 2024. Clean energy got $1.4 trillion. For every dollar backing oil, gas, or coal, only 42 cents went to renewables. The IEA says the ratio must reach 6:1 by 2030. #ReclaimFinance tracks the gap. https://bit.ly/4nHS70R
Australia tosses thousands of working solar panels into landfills each year. Not broken - just uncertified. The study shows digital passports and grading systems could turn panel waste into a second-hand market. IRENA projects 8M tonnes of waste by 2050. https://bit.ly/3Jf1tSE
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Australia tosses thousands of working solar panels into landfills each year. Not broken - just uncertified. The study shows digital passports and grading systems could turn panel waste into a second-hand market. IRENA projects 8M tonnes of waste by 2050. https://bit.ly/3Jf1tSE
Africa raised a record $13B in sustainable bonds in 2024, but that's less than 1% of the global total. The continent needs $1.3 trillion per year to achieve development goals. 37% goes to renewable energy. Climate adaptation gets only 1%. S&P Global tracks the allocation gap. bit.ly/4o0uu2Q
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Africa raised a record $13B in sustainable bonds in 2024, but that's less than 1% of the global total. The continent needs $1.3 trillion per year to achieve development goals. 37% goes to renewable energy. Climate adaptation gets only 1%. S&P Global tracks the allocation gap. bit.ly/4o0uu2Q
#Oman added solar faster than Europe can approve it. MENA region deployed 7 GW in 2024 - set to triple by 2026. Egypt pipelines 10+ GW, Jordan hits 40% renewables. EUPD Research tracks the shift from fossil exports to solar sovereignty. https://bit.ly/47Fry6X
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#Oman added solar faster than Europe can approve it. MENA region deployed 7 GW in 2024 - set to triple by 2026. Egypt pipelines 10+ GW, Jordan hits 40% renewables. EUPD Research tracks the shift from fossil exports to solar sovereignty. https://bit.ly/47Fry6X
Flex lowers bills. EU grids need double the flexibility by 2030. Let homes, factories and vehicles shift use when prices spike - cutting peaks, soaking up cheap hours, and reducing curtailment. more at https://bit.ly/4mQnTre #SmartenEU
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Flex lowers bills. EU grids need double the flexibility by 2030. Let homes, factories and vehicles shift use when prices spike - cutting peaks, soaking up cheap hours, and reducing curtailment. more at https://bit.ly/4mQnTre #SmartenEU
Baseload sun, double harvest with Agri‑PV. India’s light is steady, not wild. Lift panels above fields and you get two wins at once: shade that saves crops, and power that runs homes and industry.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Baseload sun, double harvest with Agri‑PV. India’s light is steady, not wild. Lift panels above fields and you get two wins at once: shade that saves crops, and power that runs homes and industry.
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