Changes in power generation March 2025 - March 2026 in major global markets: China, USA, EU, India & others
Loss of gas from Hormuz closure has NOT lead to rise in coal generation - record buildout of solar & wind in 2025 (& ongoing) mitigated impact
energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...
‘“Desert greening:” China’s massive solar farms create cool refuges for plants in Gobi desert’ reneweconomy.com.au/desert-green... See also Which 'country' is leading the world in solar PV and battery power - and why davidtoke.substack.com/p/who-is-lea...
How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-renewa...
Onshore wind is still largely banned in England, despite what the Government says
Farmers are effectively banned from developing wind power because of unnecessary, prohibitive planning costs. A simple solution exists davidtoke.substack.com/p/onshore-wi...
Two consecutive records broken as GB solar generation hits 14.4GW www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
See also ‘So how much of UK electricity could solar pv provide?’ - A lot more than people usually think...........davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-how-much-of-uk-elec...
See also @davidtoke.bsky.social's excellent piece on this
davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-small-...
Two consecutive records broken as GB solar generation hits 14.4GW www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
See also ‘So how much of UK electricity could solar pv provide?’ - A lot more than people usually think...........davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-how-much-of-uk-elec...
The new 3MW ones might be 120m tip height
Onshore wind is still largely banned in England, despite what the Government says
Farmers are effectively banned from developing wind power because of unnecessary, prohibitive planning costs. A simple solution exists davidtoke.substack.com/p/onshore-wi...
Trump says the Iran War isn't a war, its a military operation. Now where have we heard that special phrase before?
Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As the oil and gas crisis drives the world economy towards another financial crash, green energy is the only viable future davidtoke.substack.com/p/as-the-oil...
As the oil and gas crisis drives the world economy towards another financial crash, green energy is the only viable future davidtoke.substack.com/p/as-the-oil...
According to The Guardian Trump's demand for ships for Hormuz gets a response: 'Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s deputy prime minister, said his country would not give in to “blackmail” from the US' - wot, no Luxembourg's navy? 🤔www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/trump-...
Batteries are as yet only a small share of the capacity market, but as their cost declines, so will consumer costs. See also 'How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills' davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
Contrary to Trump propaganda seabirds are avoiding the turbines at Donald’s most hated turbines near his golf course n Aberdeen renews.biz/110463/study...
See also: Biggest ever UK offshore windfarms given go-ahead in bumper crop of new UK projects davidtoke.substack.com/p/biggest-ev...
there's a theory that if only Britain exploited North Sea oil we'd be secure from a global energy price shock
which totally ignores (or doesn't understand) the fact that energy prices are global and a rise in UK production (from a declining basin) would have negligible impact on that global price
David Toke really is very insightful, do give him a follow at @davidtoke.bsky.social
None of this is new. “Heat pumps are superior in efficiency to condensing boilers, even if the heat pumps are powered by electricity from a power station burning natural gas.” Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay in 2008 in his landmark book. www.withouthotair.com
Donald Trump on the Shale Insight podium
''Europe is now exposed to blackmail by the US: ‘Do what we want. Or we can cut off your gas supplies’, Trump can say.' via @davidtoke.bsky.social davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-the-us... #Fracking #Imperialism #ClimateChange #IranWar
Three real-world examples, all occurring at the same time, of how fossil-fuels create energy security risks and distributed WindWaterSolar reduces them
1) Ukraine builds new power grid w/solar, wind, batteries that better withstands Russian attacks
www.warpnews.org/energy/ukrai...
It feels like we get new announcements like this -- more range, more speed, more features, and lower costs -- every few weeks from EV makers.
From conventional automakers? Crickets.
www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...
I'm delighted with my heat pump.
But my experience getting it installed taught me what’s been stopping many more people from getting one (so far).
I wrote for @politicshome.bsky.social on the hurdles that government needs to think about as it implements the Warm Homes Plan. 👇
World’s most expensive nuclear power plant blows out again, by €2.5 billion and 12 months reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-most-...
See also Why EDF's Hinkley C nuclear power plant will probably not be running before 2035 davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-edfs-h...
I think you should pay more attention to drivers of large fossil fuel vehicle.
How the energy establishment disses solar PV so much it doesn't even count it properly!
davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-the-en...
cheap solar and wind farms given UK Government contracts at prices 25-30 per cent below wholesale power prices. See www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
See also How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
