Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress.
But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%.
And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported.
Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do.
More here: rdcu.be/feOjc
For the second time this decade, Europe is facing an #energycrisis prompted by a war someone else started. #Hormuz
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @johnspringford.bsky.social
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"Replacing oil imports for road transport with EVs could save importers over $600 billion a year – the single largest lever any country has to cut its import bill."
« ils semblent oublier que chaque voiture thermique supplémentaire est une victoire pour les exportateurs de pétrole, et une facture salée pour le consommateur qui risque de payer un plein hors de prix pendant encore longtemps. »
Diesel and petrol cars are disappearing rapidly from Norwegian roads. In just a decade, electric vehicles have grown to become the largest drivetrain/fuel type in the Norwegian passenger car fleet.
#Farms need to be #electric – because, once this kit is scaled appropriately, on-farm costs will be so much lower.
"20 yrs ago the world took a year to add 1 gigawatt of solar.
Now it takes just half a day.
Solar costs have fallen by around 90% over past decade, & as costs fall, installations accelerate.
Nowhere is this clearer than in China 🇨🇳. It now accounts for well over half of global solar installations"
Latest tensions around the Strait of Hormuz could make oil bills for the world's most vulnerable emerging economies $30bn more expensive.
Shifting away from fossil fuel dependence with #electrotech lifts a major economic burden.
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ça y est, il y a désormais plus de voitures électriques en circulation en Norvège que tout autre modèle (diesel essence hybride)
>95% des ventes de véhicules neufs sont électriques
Comme quoi ça peut aller très vite, y compris dans un pays bien plus froid que le notre
Danemark Suède Pays-Bas suivent
Good morning with good news: March EV auto sales skyrocket globally, as consumers flee from expensive oil burners.
Spain: EV sales surge 62.5%
Australia: EV sales jump 50%
India: EV sales rise 49% & 2-wheelers up 36%
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#energysky
The first grid-scale Li-ion battery was connected to the grid in 2012. It was 5 MW.
Today, 267,000 MW have been deployed globally.
By 2030 it could be 800,000–1,200,000 MW.
Une taupe au sein de l'Union européenne / La Hongrie accusée d’informer la Russie du contenu des réunions de l’UE / Par ce biais, chaque réunion de l’UE s’est en quelque sorte tenue avec Moscou à la table, depuis des années
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Context Expert Panel Investigation Steps Information to Stakeholders Publications & Documents Contacts Summary The final report of the Expert Panel on the 28 April 2025 blackout in continental Spain and Portugal identifies the causes of the blackout and outlines recommendations to strengthen the resilience of Europe’s interconnected electricity system. It was prepared by a technical Expert Panel of 49 members, including representatives from Transmission System Operators (TSOs), Regional Coordination Centres (RCCs), ACER and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), and was chaired by experts from two unaffected TSOs. The investigation concludes that the blackout resulted from a combination of many interacting factors, including oscillations, gaps in voltage and reactive power control, differences in voltage regulation practices, rapid output reductions and generator disconnections in Spain, and uneven stabilisation capabilities. These factors led to fast increases of voltage and cascading generation disconnections in Spain, resulting in the blackout in continental Spain and Portugal. Based on these findings, the Expert Panel sets out recommendations addressing each of the factors identified in the report to help prevent similar events in the future. These include strengthened operational practices, improved monitoring of system behaviour and closer coordination and data exchange among power system actors. The findings of the investigation also underscore the need for regulatory frameworks to adapt in order to support the evolving nature of the power system. The 28 April blackout was a first of its kind event, and the recommendations aim to strengthen system resilience with solutions that are already technologically deployable. This blackout highlights how developments at the local level can have system-wide implications and underlines the importance of maintaining strong links between local and European system behaviour and coordination, while ensuring that market…
Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out
A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component.
As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong
www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...
California is beating its own climate goals ahead of schedule:
✅ Two-thirds of the state grid powered by clean energy
✅ More than 2.5M electric vehicles
✅ 201K public chargers (more than gas nozzles)
✅ 17,000 MW of battery storage (2nd only to China)
The cynics said it couldn't be done.
D’où l’urgence à sortir du gaz fossile.
Ça tombe bien on a toutes les alternatives matures et économiquement moins chères dans la production électrique, le bâtiments, le transport mais aussi dans la plupart des usages industriels.
Europe 🇪🇺
En raison du conflit au Moyen-Orient et les récentes frappes Iraniennes, le prix du Gaz en Europe a grimpé de +30%. En parallèle, le prix du baril de pétrole est désormais à 115$ (contre 61$ avant la guerre). La crise économique gagne de l'ampleur.
First the Trump administration ended support for clean energy
Then they tried to shut down existing wind farms
Now they're going to pay foreign firms $1 billion to not produce clean energy
Anything to prop up the Big Oil business model
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...
“Since the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has added over 3 GW of new renewable energy capacity.
Wind and solar arrays with independent transmission lines are scattered over the landscape, which makes them harder to hit and easier to repair”
En 3 ans on peut passer de notre niveau actuel de voitures électriques dans les ventes (25%) a >90%
Danemark et Norvège l’ont démontré.
Volonté politique+pédagogie = arrêter de faire un chèque de ~30€ sur chaque plein d’essence à aux choix : Poutine, les amis de Trump, les pétromonarchies du golfe.
"wherever renewables have been installed, they are turning out to be security gold." prospect.org/2026/03/13/i...
Imagine how bad the latest energy crisis would be in the EU if the electricity mix still looked like it did 20 years ago.
Electricity mix fossil share 2005 → 2025
🇩🇰Denmark: 73% → 9%
🇵🇹Portugal: 82% → 19%
🇳🇱Netherlands: 88% → 46%
🇮🇪Ireland: 93% → 52%
🇪🇸Spain: 66% → 25%
🇬🇷Greece: 89% → 50%
NEW | EU gas-fired power costs have increased by MORE THAN 50% due to the price spikes driven by the recent conflict in the Middle East 📈
This knock-on effect from global geopolitical tensions is a painful reminder of the EU's fossil reliance.
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An EY and Eurelectric study "argues that switching a corporate fleet from gas to electric could cut total vehicle operating costs by as much as 50%." insideevs.com/news/789268/... via @robdrivescars.com 🔌💡
Turns out net zero is cheaper than a single fossil fuel crisis. 🤷
The sooner we build on clean, home-grown energy, the sooner we stop handing the keys to foreign gas markets. But we also need market reform now - so customers, not just corporations, actually reap the benefits of renewables.
#Désinformation / s’inscrivant dans un effort plus large visant à maintenir l’Europe centrale dépendante des énergies fossiles / La machine de désinformation derrière les campagnes anti-éoliennes tchèques et slovaques
"In the United States, the fossil fuel industry budget for Communications and Public Affairs is $4 billion a year. The entire renewable energy industry is $150 million... and so we have a lot of work just to get the message out about the basic facts."
The Middle East conflict is stress testing global energy. Bloomberg sees oil at $108 in a severe escalation.
We have seen this before. The difference now is that solar and batteries are more cost competitive. Every fossil fuel spike strengthens the case for renewables on energy security alone.
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.
All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Une fraction de ce qui alimente les voitures à pétrole :
Il est plus qu’urgent de passer à l’électrique.
