Incredible stat:
A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships
There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵
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This is a must-read challenge to the "batteries consume sooo many minerals". Will they? Will they really? Or will chemistry, energy density and recycling mean this concern is rather overblown?
OUT TODAY from @RockyMtnInst
https://t.co/yvybuAWiys
A remarkable transition: Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.
In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation. Today it is 6%.
In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.
@EmberClimate
Well will you look at that
Actual boss of actual farmers' union says solar farms not a threat to food security (which should have been obvious to anyone who understands that 0.1% of the UK is a small amount)
Read @hamishbeath's comments for @guardian about the approval of three giant solar farms and new rules on solar panels by the UK goverment ☀️🔋
https://t.co/hWSc1agOI8
NEW RESEARCH: What do we do with the gas grid when gas demand drops?
A new regulatory approach is urgently needed to ensure costs for gas grid do not spiral out of control.
@RegAssistProj@heatpolicyrich@CKemfert
Free copy here 👇
https://t.co/42UPcXnFfZ
Key findings in 🧵.
NEW: More than 400 climate researchers have written to UK political leaders calling for stronger climate action
Letter, organised by @emilyshuckburgh@ret_ward, says failure to do so "will place the prosperity and well-being of the British people at severe risk"
Key asks:
Very eye-opening to see who's leading the way on clean energy investment – and who's leading on fossil fuels
China: Clean energy investment 3.7x fossil fuels
Europe: 5.5x more in clean energy
N America: Biggest investor in fossil fuels
Middle East: 5.4x more on fossil fuels
📈Global warming is advancing at a quarter of a degree per decade - the highest rate since records began - finds a new report co-authored by @RobinLamboll & @JoeriRogelj 🧵
📰https://t.co/yqWPLfXABp
#WorldEnvironmentDay
Global warming close to 1.5°C begs the question what will happen to the #ParisAgreement 1.5°C goal.
Some have declared it deader than a doornail.
I suggest a contrasting view: 1.5°C will never die
My opinion @ProSyn
Your reflections are very welcome
https://t.co/HgX8pZv2M5
Here's a little bit of good news in case you needed it...
Britain now gets more power from wind farms than any other source, knocking gas off #1.
And yes, that's averaged over the past year, so it's factoring in all those times the wind doesn't blow 🌬️
https://t.co/KS7hm1ajFR
A new paper by @hamishbeath & @AjayGambhir11 explores the untapped potential of off-grid PV ☀️ as a low-cost 'leapfrog' option to provide energy access to 100s of millions of people across Africa 🌍 by considering carbon pricing & reliability policies.
https://t.co/SVOS3mhWT6
Great to see this piece led by @hamishbeath published in @NatureComms. I particularly like this figure mapping most cost-effective electricity technologies across levels of energy access (L to R), and how this changes with reliability incentives (middle), and carbon tax (bottom).