Assaad Razzouk
@AssaadRazzouk
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Book: Saving the Planet Without the Bull, https://t.co/Rl65Jl0ep1. Podcast: Angry Clean Energy Guy. Climate and CleanEnergy from the front lines
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Joined October 2011
Australia showing the way: Discharge of large batteries beginning to surpass peaking fossil gas generators for 1st time; trend set to accelerate as more batteries come online “coal will rapidly die and gas will increasingly be by-passed in the grids” https://t.co/FvNR1sORBh
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In 2024, China added 429GW of new power, most renewables - 1/3rd of the entire US grid By 2030/2032, China will add an entire US grid worth of new power capacity per year, most renewables Slowing down renewables is forfeiting the AI race to China https://t.co/SG8qZ3KXm3
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G20 emissions per capita (1990-2024) 1 Saudi Arabia 22.79 (100%) 2 Australia (98% of Saudi) 3 Canada (87% of Saudi) 4 Russia (79%) 5 US (76%) ——- 6 South Korea (56%) 7 China (47%) 8 South Africa (41%) 9 Japan (37%) 10 Germany (36%) 11 Argentina (35%) 12 EU (31%) 13 Turkey (30%)
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To my knowledge, this is the first country, other than China, pursuing a deliberate strategy of energy super-abundance and firmly consigning the oil age to the dustbin of history. Impressively done, UK! For more on energy super-abundance:
theangrycleanenergyguy.com
Forget "energy transition". We are in the midst of an energy TRANSFORMATION, completely upending how we live on a global basis. We are on our way, for the first time in the history of humanity, into...
Gargantuan and decisive: UK confirms 283GW prioritized pipeline of renewables and storage, a massive expansion about 2.5 times the size of the entire British electricity grid today - relegating gas to history Priority group: 132GW - green lighted right now >Batteries: 34.5GW
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Gargantuan and decisive: UK confirms 283GW prioritized pipeline of renewables and storage, a massive expansion about 2.5 times the size of the entire British electricity grid today - relegating gas to history Priority group: 132GW - green lighted right now >Batteries: 34.5GW
renewablesnow.com
The UK has filtered out its grid connection queue as its National Energy System Operator (NESO) confirmed today a reordered pipeline of 283 GW of generation and storage projects to be prioritised for...
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news! (Cartoon by Mike Luckovich)
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Good climate news this week 1 Europe: EV sales jump 34% y-on-y in October 2 India delivers 50 % installed power capacity from non-fossil fuels 5 years early 3 UK: $1.15b loan to Mozambique gas project cancelled 4 Netherlands: $1.1b export insurance for Mozambique gas project
Good climate news this week 1 Europe: EVs jump 35% y-on-y; petrol cars down 15%; diesel cars down 22% 2 Australia: Landmark environment bill passes Senate, set to be law 3 China adds 253GW of solar, 70GW of wind from January to October 2025 4 UK: Government confirms ban on oil
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Pakistan: Power cuts and tariff hikes pushed its 250m people to accelerate solar adoption >Solar share in generation above China's, from a standing start 4 years ago >World's third-largest panel importer today >Solar generation will for 1st time exceed power demand on the
reuters.com
Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will for the first time exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government...
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The irony: “US installs 11.7 GW of clean power in record Q3” - 14% up on a year ago and the highest third quarter on record https://t.co/39DpgVN3lv
renewablesnow.com
US clean energy developers installed 11.7 GW of utility-scale solar, storage and onshore wind during the third quarter of 2025, marking a 14% rise from a year ago and the highest third quarter on...
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Saudi Arabia's energy strategy in one sentence: You can have every drop of our oil - we’re switching to solar
This was unimaginable just a few years ago: 15GW of Saudi renewables reaching financial close in one go! That's almost the entire solar capacity of Vietnam, 3 times Thailand's or Malaysia's, 1.5 times Chile's and 75% of the UK's - in one go! https://t.co/7Y0czTOD54
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This was unimaginable just a few years ago: 15GW of Saudi renewables reaching financial close in one go! That's almost the entire solar capacity of Vietnam, 3 times Thailand's or Malaysia's, 1.5 times Chile's and 75% of the UK's - in one go! https://t.co/7Y0czTOD54
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“It was never this severe. But this year, everyone is saying the same thing: it was like a tsunami” Large swaths of South-East Asia flooded, death toll over 1,300, several million affected in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Vietnam “We need to confront climate change
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"In the third quarter, USA spending on clean energy and transportation jumped 8% from a year ago to $75 billion, the highest quarterly amount ever. And so far this year, such investments are running 6% ahead of the first three quarters of 2024" https://t.co/2GwWZSQDeM
forbes.com
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how AI is ushering in a new nuclear age and investing in developing nations amid a pullback in U.S. aid and private funding
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51.5% of India's power came from renewables on 29 July - an amazing achievement so many said can't be done - while the country delivered 50 % of installed electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources 5 years early Renewables are unstoppable https://t.co/51wdB6tpHr
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
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Good climate news this week 1 Europe: EVs jump 35% y-on-y; petrol cars down 15%; diesel cars down 22% 2 Australia: Landmark environment bill passes Senate, set to be law 3 China adds 253GW of solar, 70GW of wind from January to October 2025 4 UK: Government confirms ban on oil
Good climate news this week 1 South Korea officially commits to stop building new coal and phase out existing coal 2 Denmark to cut emissions 82% by 2035, becoming most ambitious nation in the world 3 China: Sales of e-trucks to hit 46% of total sales this year and 60% next year
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Crises are cascading together, fueled by climate change: Large parts of Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Sri Lanka suffer worst flooding in decades >Rare cluster of 3 tropical storms kills more than 400 people in 5 countries, Indonesia and Thailand worst hit so far
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Stunning EV progress in so many countries. October 2025 share of new car sales, selected countries: 1 Norway 97.4% 2 Nepal 76% (trend) 3 Denmark 73.4% (September) 4 Ethiopia 60% (trend) 5 China 58.7% (NEVs) 6 Albania 57% 7 Netherlands 40.2% 8 Belgium 36.4% 9 Sweden 36.2% (65.7%
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Australian cats eat 13.7 kilos of fish each year, more than the 11 kilos of fish and seafood eaten on average by humans. Why? Because of the very dark underbelly of the fishing industry: >Severe human rights abuses >Widespread modern slavery >Violence >Human trafficking
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