ClimateHope
@climatehope.bsky.social
Doing my best to share good quality climate information and promote renewable energy. Born at 317ppm.
The Netherlands is much smaller than the UK and more densely populated but is doing much better on PV installations. They will benefit with cheaper, cleaner energy.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Netherlands forecast to reach 79.9 GW of solar by 2035
Latest analysis by UK consultancy GlobalData expects annual solar additions in the Netherlands to reach between 4.5 GW and 5.5 GW through to 2035.
www.pv-magazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Netherlands is much smaller than the UK and more densely populated but is doing much better on PV installations. They will benefit with cheaper, cleaner energy.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/n...
Even the most conservative of estimates of future warming is deeply concerning. The higher (or even outlier) estimates don't bear thinking about.
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social as ever for his clear analysis.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/exploring-...
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social as ever for his clear analysis.
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Exploring newly released estimates of current policy warming
The world still seems on track for below 3C this century, though large uncertainties remain
www.theclimatebrink.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Even the most conservative of estimates of future warming is deeply concerning. The higher (or even outlier) estimates don't bear thinking about.
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social as ever for his clear analysis.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/exploring-...
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social as ever for his clear analysis.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/exploring-...
Good news from the UK - the mandatory regulations for new builds should have been in place years ago, though.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
Record year for UK rooftop solar installations
Previous record from 2011 broken in early November as number of certified solar installations surpasses 203,125 in 2025. New-build properties driving growth with further gains expected when Future Hom...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Good news from the UK - the mandatory regulations for new builds should have been in place years ago, though.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
When people tell you that lithium can't be recycled, show them this.
www.energy-storage.news/us-epa-appoi...
www.energy-storage.news/us-epa-appoi...
US EPA appoints ABTC to recycle up to 100,000 Li-ion battery modules from Moss Landing BESS
ABTC has been selected to recycle batteries from the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, California, US.
www.energy-storage.news
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When people tell you that lithium can't be recycled, show them this.
www.energy-storage.news/us-epa-appoi...
www.energy-storage.news/us-epa-appoi...
Germany is quietly getting on with removing fossil fuels from its grid. The scale of these battery projects is significant.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/g...
German network operators approve grid connection of 46 GWh of storage at medium voltage level
Last year, German network operators received 9,710 connection requests for battery storage systems planned for commissioning at the medium-voltage level. These requests correspond to a total of 400 GW...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Germany is quietly getting on with removing fossil fuels from its grid. The scale of these battery projects is significant.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/g...
Good to see the EU showing confidence in the capability of batteries. The AEMO should take note.
www.ess-news.com/2025/11/12/e...
www.ess-news.com/2025/11/12/e...
Europe moves to mandate grid-forming capability for new storage over 1 MW - Energy Storage
European grid operator ENTSO-E’s has published its 79-page technical report on grid forming requirements as part of Europe's soon to be updated network code for generators. It signals that grid-formin...
www.ess-news.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Good to see the EU showing confidence in the capability of batteries. The AEMO should take note.
www.ess-news.com/2025/11/12/e...
www.ess-news.com/2025/11/12/e...
Regardless of the politics of Iran, this is a terrifying prospect. Much of the problem is down to climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran
The government is pleading with Iranians to save water as reservoirs dry up and rainfall is at a record low.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Regardless of the politics of Iran, this is a terrifying prospect. Much of the problem is down to climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Water is going to be the front line of climate change in many places. The USA will suffer, as in the article below. There are also serious comments that Tehran might have to be evacuated as it runs out of water to support its population.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up? - Inside Climate News
The state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and implemented new regulations to protect water supplies. But as funds run out, residents, leaders and experts say more needs to be done in and out...
insideclimatenews.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Water is going to be the front line of climate change in many places. The USA will suffer, as in the article below. There are also serious comments that Tehran might have to be evacuated as it runs out of water to support its population.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A wind turbine with 50MW capacity? Awesome. This is the way to decarbonise faster and cheaper.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records
A planned supersized floating wind turbine with two spinning heads will generate nearly double the amount of energy as the current record-holder
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A wind turbine with 50MW capacity? Awesome. This is the way to decarbonise faster and cheaper.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The trouble with carbon removal from the atmosphere is that it will be a licence for the fossil fuel companies to keep damaging it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The trouble with carbon removal from the atmosphere is that it will be a licence for the fossil fuel companies to keep damaging it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Good to see this re-powering project delivering community benefits as well as lower electricity prices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland's first wind farm 'supercharged' after upgrade
ScottishPower said the new turbines could now generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 57,000 homes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Good to see this re-powering project delivering community benefits as well as lower electricity prices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The renewable transition is inevitable. Price, speed, reliability and cleanliness simply make them superior to deadly, polluting, expensive fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The renewable transition is inevitable. Price, speed, reliability and cleanliness simply make them superior to deadly, polluting, expensive fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2 bn people have to suffer to fill the pockets of the world's richest companies when there is no need. We know how to make cheap, reliable energy with minimal damage to health, the climate or the environment.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
2 bn people have to suffer to fill the pockets of the world's richest companies when there is no need. We know how to make cheap, reliable energy with minimal damage to health, the climate or the environment.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sound advice:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fight fake news and climate deniers, Brazil's Lula tells UN talks
The world must
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sound advice:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great news..... the UK needs lots more battery storage, and soon.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
FRV submits 1.8GW to NESO for Gate 2 connection
Developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has revealed it submitted a portfolio of 1.8GW for a grid connection under the reformed queue process.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great news..... the UK needs lots more battery storage, and soon.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
Excellent news from @DorsetCouncilUK This land will be good for biodiversity as well as electricity prices and the climate.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
Dorset Council to build solar PV on unused farmland
Dorset council has announced plans to develop a 50MW solar PV plant on its Farms Estate land in Chickerell.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Excellent news from @DorsetCouncilUK This land will be good for biodiversity as well as electricity prices and the climate.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...
Good to see Highview working on a 2nd UK project for its liquid air storage.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
LDES startup Highview bags £130m for Scotland project
Highview has secured funding to begin work on its second long-duration energy storage (LDES) site in the UK.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Good to see Highview working on a 2nd UK project for its liquid air storage.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-stora...
How nice to see this.
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reneweconomy.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How nice to see this.
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reneweconomy.com.au/first-wind-f...
Frost is a fossil fuel shill.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
New IEA Boss Lord Frost’s Record of Climate Science Denial
Lord David Frost has been announced as the new director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the influential anti-government lobby group. The IEA’s press release hailed the former Brexi...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Frost is a fossil fuel shill.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
Trump is making energy more expensive for Americans, never mind the health and climate impacts of burning more fossil fuels.
Idiot.
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Idiot.
news.sky.com/story/why-us...
Why US may soon have a real energy emergency
US firms are likely to suffer because they can't get enough power, while consumers will end up paying more because of Mr Trump's dismissive approach to renewables.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trump is making energy more expensive for Americans, never mind the health and climate impacts of burning more fossil fuels.
Idiot.
news.sky.com/story/why-us...
Idiot.
news.sky.com/story/why-us...
A second huge typhoon just a few days after the last one. Climate change is warming the seas and that gives more fuel for these destructive examples of extreme weather.
apnews.com/article/typh...
apnews.com/article/typh...
Typhoon Fung-wong blows away from the Philippines, leaving 6 dead and 1.4 million displaced
Typhoon Fung-wong has blown out of the northwestern Philippines after causing floods and landslides.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A second huge typhoon just a few days after the last one. Climate change is warming the seas and that gives more fuel for these destructive examples of extreme weather.
apnews.com/article/typh...
apnews.com/article/typh...
So depressing. The petrostates are holding things up - again. Evil.
www.carbonbrief.org/ongoing-fail...
www.carbonbrief.org/ongoing-fail...
Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history - Carbon Brief
Governments have, once again, failed to agree on a timeline for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh assessment cycle (AR7)
www.carbonbrief.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
So depressing. The petrostates are holding things up - again. Evil.
www.carbonbrief.org/ongoing-fail...
www.carbonbrief.org/ongoing-fail...
Real zero is the answer. Saves money, saves lives.
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reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Real zero is the answer. Saves money, saves lives.
reneweconomy.com.au/andrew-forre...
reneweconomy.com.au/andrew-forre...
93% zero carbon electricity in the UK at 08:30 on 23rd October. Excellent. More of this please.
www.neso.energy/energy-101/g...
www.neso.energy/energy-101/g...
Great Britain’s Monthly Energy Stats | National Energy System Operator
Ever wonder how much electricity is generated and used in Great Britain? Find out what happened with our energy mix last month.
www.neso.energy
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
93% zero carbon electricity in the UK at 08:30 on 23rd October. Excellent. More of this please.
www.neso.energy/energy-101/g...
www.neso.energy/energy-101/g...