Our new report on the world’s electricity grids is out!
The 1st-of-its-kind, country-by-country analysis shows that to meet energy & climate goals, we need to add or replace 80 mln km of power lines by 2040
That's the size of the entire global grid built over the past 100 years
50 countries hit new monthly solar records in the first half of 2023
China continues to be the leader in solar generation, providing 43% of global ☀️ growth.
https://t.co/PXCoQKIpBE
How Australian households can go electric, cut emissions and save money.
Ridding your home of fossil fuels doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. It just has to be part of your 10-year plan.
https://t.co/hymVjtAwJX
Can a city get off gas?
The citizens of Winterthur, Switzerland voted in favour of the city reaching climate neutrality by 2040.
To reach this goal the city plans to decommission 80% its gas grid by 2040.
https://t.co/227XcHwB8j
Our heat pump efficiency and cold weather paper caused a bit of a stir this week.
Quite a few people in the UK asked me "but what about the running costs?"
I crunched the latest cost numbers for you. Result: With a very efficient heat pump you could save up to £259/yr.
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The goal is to create certainty that the future of energy is electric & renewable. “(IRA) was designed to permanently transform the marketplace & deploy tens of trillions of dollars” Griffith. Why Aust must pick households, not industry, to hit net zero https://t.co/Bqkjt5Y7Kk
Good news - Fed & Vic Govts will each put in $46m to electrify public housing + $16m to help apartment dwellers access solar. As we say in @renew_economy: it's crucial there's an equity focus to #electrification so every Australian can access the benefits
https://t.co/ZwpVFy6LfQ
Genuinely staggering new data from @EmberClimate this morning. Fossil fuels accounted for just a third of the power mix across the EU during the first half of the year, as both coal and gas use fell sharply. https://t.co/mLiGqUBM6n
“Studies have shown that fully electrified homes have an average total energy cost saving of $34,500 over 10 years compared to gas and petrol-fuelled homes,” https://t.co/gbUgZtSseq
A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy.
That's not true.
Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.
People have been warming the European car industry for years of what would happen if they failed to electrify early and well. And here it is https://t.co/vA7Tv8AgLZ
Victoria bans #gas connections in new homes from 2024. Planning permits will only allow connections to all-electric networks in 2024, a major move for the state with highest residential gas use in Australia. https://t.co/8ojnSa5MI6
New from @IEA!
The world is set to add over 440 gigawatts of renewable power capacity this year – a huge jump from last year & more than double what it added in 2019
Read more on how solar & wind are leading the emergence of the new energy economy ➡️ https://t.co/sCPK6C4dn1
Heat pumps are a vital technology for net zero but multiple myths and half truths are spread via news and social media.
I take on 20 of those myths and debunk them one by one in the @NewStatesman
https://t.co/fy0zIx4XCh
Electric cars are booming – global sales are on course to jump 35% this year
In 2019, only 2.5% of cars sold worldwide were electric
In 2023, they're set to reach 18%
Read about the implications for the energy industry & climate in @IEA’s new report ➡️ https://t.co/7oKFfpthXi
From me - Labor promises to ‘grab this opportunity’ to become renewable energy superpower. Investors warn US mega clean energy spend could suck green capital away from Australia. https://t.co/p3KD4GyAi3