Without celebrating the climate progress that we've made we send a signal to young people that we've not been trying to address the problem and that's a problem.
Already, the rollout of clean generation, led by solar and wind, has helped to slow the growth in fossil fuels by almost two-thirds in the last 10 years. As a result, half the world’s economies are already at least five years past a peak in electricity generation from fossil fuels.
What's old is new again! World’s first MODERN wooden wind turbine blades (contrast with windmills of the past) have been installed in Germany by Voodin Blade Technology to make #wind power even more renewable! https://t.co/QttGEG2xZ6#ClimateAction h/t @cision
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On a statistical basis, China’s newly-built wind and solar capacity figures are impressive, but their performance consistently lags that of renewable assets in other countries. China gets low utilization rates for its wind and solar because it has built a lot of capacity in parts of the country that have average-at-best natural wind and solar resources. Furthermore, much of the solar is on rooftops, which also see lower capacity factors than ground-mounted solar.
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It may only be mid-spring but right now although little #electricity is being generated by #wind (2.5 GW or 7.8% of #UK demand) a very healthy 8.6 GW or 26.6% is being met by #SolarEnergy. #Gas is down at 5.7 GW or 17.6%.
Growth in #solar & #wind power pushed #renewable generation to a record 30% of global electricity production in 2023, putting a global target to triple renewable capacity by 2030 within sight, Ember find https://buff.ly/44zrTER
It's very clear how desperate green tech advocates are to paint the current developments as a win for the climate. But by doing so they only reinforce the status quo.
In 2023, #solar PV and wind comprised about 80% of global generation capacity additions (99% in Australia). Compelling market-based evidence solar PV and #wind are the best options for new generation capacity https://buff.ly/3JDUdMH
Did you know that putting floating solar on only 10% of the surface of all the reservoirs that humans have built could provide 110% of the electricity that we now are producing? Well, now you do.
...streets and plants a bit of grass in between the stones. The surface cools down considerably. Then, there is the ancient technology of building wind-cooled houses in the #MiddleEast that I talked about last year. 2)
If "everyone" were able to cool down their...
@junesim63 this article by a researcher from the University of Bath makes a similar point for #Pakistan, but less toned-down
The gist is, the way capitalism (finance) is structured is making sure no renewables transition occurs, despite a fall in generation costs. The solution is gov led and funded transition
The only difference is the #UK can afford either path, but Pak can only afford green
Wetterphänomene beobachten, den #Wind studieren - immer wieder spannend.
Wie der #Jetstream um die #Erde weht, einfach ein unglaubliches (alltägliches) Ereignis.
Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using #geothermal, #hydro, #solar or #wind power.