Old fossil-fuel plants are becoming green-energy hubs The dirtiest parts of the energy system could help build the cleanest

How is the clean energy transformation taking shape around the world? A new @economist.com article explains, with the help of @milomcbride.bsky.social and Carnegie’s Clean Energy Tracker.

Read here: www.economist.com/science-and-...

Unlocking Global Geothermal Energy: Pathways to Scaling International Deployment of Next-Generation Geothermal Dozens of countries are positioning themselves to take advantage of this developing technology. Some are better suited to it than others

@milomcbride.bsky.social, Daniel Helmeci, Debbra Goh, and Daevan Mangalmurti explain in their latest Carnegie paper, produced with data from Project InnerSpace’s GeoMap tool. Read here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Europe’s Playbook for Climate Engagement with the United States Europe should leverage the U.S. climate policy shift and safeguard its green transition goals by building cooperation on geothermal energy among other things and focusing on technologies that enhance ...

Europe should leverage the US climate policy shift.

To safeguard its green transition goals, Europe should build cooperation on geothermal energy and focus on technologies that enhance security & decarbonization, argues @milomcbride.bsky.social.

His latest 👇
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Critical minerals took the spotlight in U.S.-China trade talks this week. But how has China become so dominant in the sector – and are businesses banking on conflict? @milomcbride.bsky.social weighed in ⬇️

Despite President Trump's withdrawal from the global climate stage, can the U.S. and Europe still cooperate on climate?

@rmomtaz.bsky.social‬, @olazard.bsky.social‬, and @milomcbride.bsky.social discuss on @carnegieeurope.bsky.social‬’s Europe Inside Out: buff.ly/jJpZtTZ

🎧 | Trump's cuts to climate funding complicate the clean energy transition.

In a new episode of #EuropeInsideOut, @rmomtaz.bsky.social, @olazard.bsky.social, & @milomcbride.bsky.social explore the avenues left for EU-US clean energy cooperation.

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America’s Electric Vehicle Surrender If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passes, the entire supply chain could be ceded to China.

Latest w/ @milomcbride.bsky.social: “The U.S. is at a strategic crossroads on whether it can compete in the global EV market, innovate next-gen batteries, and secure mineral supply chains. The first step is recognizing that all three imperatives are intertwined.”

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'Some of the highest natural hydrogen concentrations ever seen' | Hyterra finds 96.1% H2 in samples at newly spudded well The natural hydrogen exploration firm plans to begin drilling second well in mid-May

As the green hydrogen industry collapses in real time, some incredible developments are underway in geologic hydrogen production.

This is still a 2030s moonshot, but recent USGS data, wildcatter results, and the literature on its ultra-low production costs could be a gamechanger.

#H2
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Carnegie’s Carbon to Clean Tracker is now live!

As legacy fossil-fired plants across the world transition to clean energy hubs, @milomcbride.bsky.social and Daniel Helmeci keep you up to date with their new, interactive tracker. Check it out here: carnegieendowment.org/features/cle...

Trump’s feud with South Africa could hinder hunt for critical minerals The U.S. had planned to support a critical minerals project in South Africa. Current and former officials say it’s now in question.

Rare earths are top of mind with yesterday’s mineral deal in Ukraine. Elsewhere, Pres. Trump’s development cuts hamper opportunities for the U.S. to challenge China’s dominance in critical minerals. @milomcbride.bsky.social explained for @washingtonpost.com 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CPE also has a proposal for a Mountain West EGS consortium! @publicenterprise.bsky.social is soliciting input on its geothermal deployment research from governments, developers, utilities, and other interested parties. If you're in this space, talk to us!
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Carbon to Clean Tracker: Repurposing Fossil Fuel Power Stations into Clean Energy Hubs The Carbon to Clean Tracker catalogs where and how fossil fuel power stations are being repurposed into clean alternatives.

Across the world, legacy fossil fuel plants are being retrofitted as "clean energy hubs"—150+ examples and counting. Here's a database that tracks them.

KenGen secures geothermal exploration rights in Zambia and Tanzania KenGen has secured geothermal exploration rights in Zambia and Tanzania, further strengthening its leading position for geothermal in East Africa.

Exciting developments via Africa's clean energy giant:

After installing about 50% of Kenya's power generation from geothermal resources, KenGen has already begun projects Ethiopia, with new exploration now underway in Zambia and Tanzania.

#Kenya
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#Geothermal

An incredible graphic on the scale of uncertainty in US data center forecasts and its impact on load growth.

Don Draper: "So we scare everyone into thinking exponential power demand is inevitable and the grid will break without more coal and gas-fired generation"

#AI
#Data
#EnergySky

The U.S.’s reliance on China for rare earth minerals is nearly total. In a U.S.-China trade war, American manufacturers are under critical threat. But so far, policymakers haven’t taken the threat seriously, says @milomcbride.bsky.social 👇

Full article in @nytimes.com ➡️ buff.ly/EpyJIk9

How China came to dominate the world in renewable energy China now eclipses every other country in the world — including the United States — in the green technologies of the future. Here’s how it achieved this lead.

Great speaking with the @washingtonpost.com about China's role in the current clean energy and industrial landscape:

“It is difficult to overstate China’s singular lead across clean energy technologies. The gaps are both enormous and historically unprecedented.”

#China
#GreenSky

Clean energy manufacturing is the path to mineral security - Cipher News To build their own supply chains for critical minerals, the EU and U.S. will need to first ensure there is large and ongoing mineral demand from the clean technology industry.

All this talk of mineral security is missing point.

In my latest for Cipher News, I argue that developing a domestic mineral supply chain will require long-term demand, an area that clean tech manufacturing is strategically positioned.

Big thanks to @amyaharder.bsky.social for this opportunity.

Tokyo (METI) is bullish on a perovskite future and have been pushing for it. But PSCs are unlikely an opportunity for Japanese manufacturers to reclaim the market because 1) for coming decade(+), PSCs will require silicon modules 2) Chinese producers (eg GCL) are moving fast and have the scale...

Also for the scale of *presumed* global LNG demand in the coming decades.

Chinese PV is about to get more efficient (TOPCon, and now perovskite tandem cells on the horizon!) + new BESS advances with CATL saying sodium-ion could reach 70% less than LFP. This is "energy security" for EM/DMs.

Chief economist: * literal didn't study economics and studied law which is big boy marketing for big ideas * (no peer review, no methodologies for substantiating economic assumptions - no matter how ridiculous or ill-informed)

It's an interesting tell about lithium prices - many expect them to remain structurally depressed for the rest of the decade (just like me, heyo!) which implies that LFP would further cut into the prospective BESS market that Na-ion producers were anticipating to have opportunity in.

Amid the F-35 debate, I've been thinking about "Kill Switch" as a post-punk industrial trio from South London in the early 1980s.

Such important work - gratitude to you and your team for getting this analysis out right now.

In line with Bardella cancelling his CPAC appearance after Bannon’s “salute.”

Incredible how in the second graphic, this plunge began *before* the post-2008 rise of the Tea Party. Certainly defies consensus thinking.

How the U.S. Can Stop Losing the Race for Clean Energy The United States lags far behind China in the race for clean energy technologies and critical minerals. It needs a robust domestic industrial policy and international partnerships to make up ground.

Proud of my team’s deeply researched and timely publication, released yesterday, making the case that the United States should care deeply about winning the global race for clean energy technology. But first, we have to stop losing it.

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The U.S. Foreign Policy for Clean Energy Taskforce Clean energy and associated products are increasingly essential for the security and prosperity of the United States. But if the United States is to decarbonize its own economy and do its part to cut…

🚨For the past year, Carnegie has convened a bipartisan taskforce of past and future policymakers and industry leaders to explore the clean energy supply chain and develop a roadmap for the future.

📝Today, the taskforce released its final report and recommendations: t.co/yQtyxNDLPT

Minerals, Manufacturing, and Markets: Foreign Policy for U.S. Energy Technology and Minerals The United States has deployed varying degrees of diplomacy, foreign financing, and trade for new energy technologies—but a pragmatic, holistic strategy is in order.

📝"Revolutionary shifts are underway in energy and mineral geopolitics," write @milomcbride.bsky.social and Daniel Helmeci.

To stay on top in the mineral market, the U.S. must focus on diplomatic engagement, inter-agency collaboration, and immediate results.

🔗More here: t.co/85eYlOIG6z

Exactly what the Dr. ordered. Very excited.

Lol he says "we" as if he's an active part of the Democratic party and not some random, outdated pundit occasionally ranting on CNN.