Does nuclear grow slower than wind and solar? Or do they grow just as fast under right conditions? And what realistic combinations of wind, solar and nuclear can reach climate targets? See our new paper w @v_vinichenko & @jessicadjewell https://t.co/wxnK4cpVcM @IOPenvironment 🧵

Europe slashed carbon emissions faster than any region in the world. The cost is higher than anyone expected. #ironlaw

Again 🇸🇪 is ranked as the second most innovative country in the world. Now we just have to defeat the🇨🇭.

China’s green energy ‘revolution’ is powered by coal Western commentators are praising China as the world’s green-energy leader, pointing to its solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles as proof of an inevitable clean transition. But this view is dangerously misguided.

"In fact, Pielke and his colleagues, using more plausible emissions scenarios, projected in 2022 that global average temperatures would rise above the preindustrial baseline (1850-1900) to "between 2 °C and 3 °C of warming by 2100, with a median of 2.2 °C." In its COP30 Global

Forget data centers. The biggest driver of future electricity demand won’t be AI, it’ll be air conditioners in the developing world. For context: - The West represents ~1 billion people - The developing world represents ~7 billion people Their goal is to reach the same living

RCP8.5 shows up in the COP30 agreement as the asserted trajectory that the world was on before the Paris (>4C) Agreement dramatically altered our course (2.3-2.5C) This is misinformation

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The unprecedentedly fast growth of nuclear in the 1970s-1980s was state-driven. Makes total sense to provide state ownership for nuclear now if we want to expand it.

This is an extremely important analysis. As all good science it strikes a balance between naive optimism and ideological catastrophism.

It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)

CHART OF THE DAY: Peak or no peak, the world is likely to consume ~100 million b/d of oil until 2050. Whatever one focuses on IEA "current" or "stated" policies scenarios, oil demand stays very strong for next 25 years.

Very reasonable. Current policies scenarios ignores our knowledge about policy evolution. Net Zero scenarios ignore this too and much more as well.

@IEA Renewables are set to grow faster than any other major energy source across #WEO25 scenarios, led by solar PV And nuclear’s comeback is underway, with global capacity set to rise by at least a third by 2035 Natural gas is also poised to play a growing role in power generation

Amendment: @RogerPielkeJr's take on Gates was also good. https://t.co/kbqhMxYLVl

There was some debate over the summer about the affordability of "near-24/365 solar + storage". I checked the numbers myself with @NiyerEnergy's handy dashboard and frankly @TheFrackingGuy and @mitchrolling's critique is fair. $1000/kW solar $300/kWh storage: $245.1/MWh

Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? https://t.co/KaTcxe4VPr via @ConversationUK

"There's a fair amount of evidence that it might be easier to get climate action without a lot of climate communication." via @MikeGrunwald

CHART OF THE DAY: TotalEnergies has released its annual energy outlook. The chart below shows the evolution of the global energy system since 2000. Look at how rapidly both demand for renewables and coal has risen over 25 years. Full slide deck: https://t.co/CK7zItNrIg

A few years ago we believed offshore wind did not need subsidies, but this proved wrong in several countries leading to cancellations, delayes and scaling back targets

@ryankatzrosene Check out this recent preprint for super detailed global projections of solar and wind growth using form and distribution of national growth trajectories. Paper by @acherp @jessicadjewell @v_vinichenko