'A clear step change': European EV sales jump by over 50 per cent in March Over 224,000 battery EVs registered last month, as businesses and consumers respond to soaring oil prices

It's already destroyed a lot of fossil fuel supply, but the Iran War is shaping up to deliver the biggest destruction of fossil fuel demand in history. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528540...

Most important thing to keep in mind when reading these 2026 figures, including on ‘subsued oil demand growth at 0.7%’, is that all this is *before* the oil demand destruction and electrification drive triggered by the US war on Iran

MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric Lloyds Metals and Energy have successfully converted a massive, 650-ton class Liebherr R 996 excavators from diesel power to electric.

Indian mining company going electric in a bid to cut costs, emissions and boosting domestic industrial supply chains

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If the world is witnessing a ‘coal comeback’ it means coal is in even bigger trouble then we already knew

In ihrem aktuellen FAZ-Gastbeitrag beklagt Katherina Reiche eine "Selbsttäuschunug" in der Energiepolitik. Tatsächlich fällt der Täuschungsvorwurf aber teilweise auf sie selbst zurück, denn der Text enthält diverse falsche oder irreführende Zahlen. Ein Thread. (1/17) www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Comes with the territory, it’s not for selling, just reminding everyone we rely on them for flying

Probably time to review the old truism that the more right wing a government, the better they do security

One in seven car buyers went electric last month. But a fuel-guzzling variety held steady EV sales jumped 50 per cent in March as pain at the petrol pump and speculation over the federal budget changed motoring habits.

“Sales of electric vehicles jumped 50 per cent in the month after the war against Iran began as motorists, scarred by soaring fuel prices, sought ways to escape pain at the petrol pump.”

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Very random sample but after a week of catching up with family and friends in the lowlands, feels like VWs ID7 is a big milestone: offering a range that makes people comfortable, and very clearly nobody wants a Chinese car

How the Hormuz crisis is driving a shift away from fossil fuels:
☑️Developer in Vietnam wants to replace an LNG terminal with renewables and batteries
☑️Sinopec cancels LNG terminal expansion in Tianjin, China
☑️New Zealand LNG terminal uncertain after PM doubts business case

Exclusive: Vingroup proposes scrapping LNG-powered plant plan for renewables amid Iran war, document shows Vingroup has told Vietnam's government it wants to ditch ​a plan to build the country's largest LNG-fired power plant and embark on a renewable energy project instead, as ‌the Iran war has boosted the...

It's simple economics.

"Vingroup has told Vietnam's government it wants to ditch ​a plan to build the country's largest LNG-fired power plant and embark on a renewable energy project instead, as ‌the Iran war has boosted the risk of the fuel becoming too expensive, a document showed."

UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

This is so bad it actually destroys any possible lingering credibility that this is about improving energy security

An act of self-harm just to own the libs while in the meantime neighbouring Spain is showing how it’s actually done

Final report into Spanish blackout points to drastic governance failures | Euractiv A 'perfect storm' of failures across Spain's outdated grid blamed for Europe’s biggest blackout in 20 years

‘An exhaustive investigation into the causes of the Iberian blackout has closed without finding a single smoking gun: the blackout was due to the interplay of no fewer than 17 different factors, and raises questions about governance and inadequate infrastructure.’

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The oil market mess is much worse than you think Oh, man . . .

"Trump is doing more to destroy the fossil fuel industry and smash the sources of wealth that fuel inequality than the wildest socialist eco-terrorist could ever dream of" - Ryan Grim
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Europe defies Trump team over IEA climate fight European leaders pushed back after Energy Secretary Chris Wright threatened to quit the agency for using climate modeling in its forecasts.

Good!
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Extraordinary: on the 4 year anniversary of a war financed from oil and gas sales, Germany rolls out the red carpet for new oil and gas boilers

Joined a big crowd at Brandenburger gate tonight after talking EU-UA clean power trade with @razomwestand.bsky.social and good seeing 2 out of 3 previous ampel parties united again in support of Ukraine, pity that neither of them are in government right now

Switch from Berlin winter to Brussels ‘winter’ this weekend been absolutely brutal

Solar and batteries are cheap enough that most people can get most of their electricity from them, and save money. This equation gets better and better over time as their costs decline.

All details in a new blog post: nworbmot.org/blog/solar-b...

Excellent thread on why and how Europe must plan and govern energy better; together it is more resilient and cost-effective – see the synergy in the maps below.

DNA Reveals the People Who Replaced Stonehenge's Builders Along With 90% of Britain's Population Came from a Dutch Swamp Ancient DNA reveals how a resilient group of hunter-gatherers transformed Britain’s history.

This is of course all really fascinating but I do worry about the effect this will have on the modern day inhabitants of said swamp, in particular their widely known tendency toward modesty and humbleness

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Policymakers: If you want electricity to be cheap - you should not drive up capital cost by 'in passing' creating additional uncertainty over the future electricity market design, or energy pathways.

Every small increase in risk premia will show up on the bills.

Sehr Lesenswert 👇🏼

This is the key point that is lost in so much Westminster bubble talk on net zero. It is popular. It’s hugely popular with Labour’s base and with the progressive voters it needs to vote tactically to defeat Reform. And it’s even popular with Tories who Labour needs not to switch to Reform.

5/ "This could be the start of something big. Combine the EU and India, add Brazil and Indonesia, throw in Nigeria, Argentina, Japan and South Korea. Drive a common agenda (trade, tech, climate, security) through the whole thing. And you get the beginnings of a new geopolitical pole"-@JeremyCliffe

Graphic illustration on a textured blue background featuring a white clenched fist holding a wind turbine like a torch. Glowing blue and white electrical bolts spark out from behind the turbine. The text "Taking Europe's Energy Back" curves across the top in white and green lettering. In the bottom right corner, there is a white outline of the European Union flag.

Clean energy isn’t a talking point.
It’s already powering Europe.

💡 Nearly half of Europe's electricity came from renewables in 2024.
💡 We saved €120 billion through energy efficiency measures.
💡 And in June 2025, solar became the EU's largest power source for the first time in history.

And take note of eg Sweden struggling to get closer to the sunlit uplands thanks to it’s enthousiasm for the primordial bio energy soup

Sure, cant speak to the first but for the latter, it was a slogan designed to counter lack of attention to EE, that may be dropped now but I mostly see continuity in efficiency being hard to keep on the agenda