Richard Wilson
@fishrise.bsky.social
Eclectic writer & filmmaker. One foot in a river & recovering BBC Environment Correspondent (Long Env-Corr)
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“Trading floors are abuzz with talk of the “debasement trade”, a broad term for bets on the deterioration of American financial exceptionalism. If the debasement traders are right, then the sell-off in the greenback has barely begun.”
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Just how debased is the dollar?
Not nearly as much as it could be
economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM
“Trading floors are abuzz with talk of the “debasement trade”, a broad term for bets on the deterioration of American financial exceptionalism. If the debasement traders are right, then the sell-off in the greenback has barely begun.”
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
Half solar, plenty of wind and some FF. Curiously, they're building coal generation they don't need: "... even as the country builds new coal power plants, all the new clean energy means they’re being used less."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China’s Four-Year Energy Spree Has Eclipsed Entire US Power Grid
China is undertaking an energy-building boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, as Beijing seeks to ensure supply for power-hungry facilities that are key to dominating emerging industries of th...
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Half solar, plenty of wind and some FF. Curiously, they're building coal generation they don't need: "... even as the country builds new coal power plants, all the new clean energy means they’re being used less."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Made O’Meter’ works well in the UK.
Shoppers in Denmark turn to apps to boycott US products amid Greenland tensions
Denmark turns to apps to boycott US products amid Greenland tensions
Mobile apps designed to help consumers identify and avoid American-made products have climbed to the top of Denmark's app store charts following President Donald Trump's recent comments about acquiring Greenland.
www.euronews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
‘Made O’Meter’ works well in the UK.
"It’s cheaper to build a new solar farm in India than to simply keep buying the coal for an existing coal-fired power plant." Bill McKibben.
India is out performing China at the same stage ..
USA's FF policy is an outlier. A domestic hold-out against a global switch to renewables.
India is out performing China at the same stage ..
USA's FF policy is an outlier. A domestic hold-out against a global switch to renewables.
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 AM
"It’s cheaper to build a new solar farm in India than to simply keep buying the coal for an existing coal-fired power plant." Bill McKibben.
India is out performing China at the same stage ..
USA's FF policy is an outlier. A domestic hold-out against a global switch to renewables.
India is out performing China at the same stage ..
USA's FF policy is an outlier. A domestic hold-out against a global switch to renewables.
Reposted by Richard Wilson
NEW | Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU power sector 🇪🇺⚡️
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
NEW | Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU power sector 🇪🇺⚡️
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
Reposted by Richard Wilson
Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years
China's mostly coal-based thermal power generation fell in 2025 for the first time in 10 years, government data showed on Monday, as growing renewable generation met growth in electricity demand even ...
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
For UK readers of my vintage (mostly):
'1066 & All That' is the ultimate skuel-boy history of everything. The book ends in 1919 with "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a ...."
DJT’s letter nails the skuel-boy venacular. Is it a new last chapter?
www.ft.com/content/ff64...
'1066 & All That' is the ultimate skuel-boy history of everything. The book ends in 1919 with "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a ...."
DJT’s letter nails the skuel-boy venacular. Is it a new last chapter?
www.ft.com/content/ff64...
Donald Trump links Greenland pursuit to failure to win Nobel Prize
US president texts Norwegian leader that he no longer feels obliged ‘to think purely of Peace’ after missing out on award
www.ft.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
For UK readers of my vintage (mostly):
'1066 & All That' is the ultimate skuel-boy history of everything. The book ends in 1919 with "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a ...."
DJT’s letter nails the skuel-boy venacular. Is it a new last chapter?
www.ft.com/content/ff64...
'1066 & All That' is the ultimate skuel-boy history of everything. The book ends in 1919 with "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a ...."
DJT’s letter nails the skuel-boy venacular. Is it a new last chapter?
www.ft.com/content/ff64...
Renewables support a high-tech industrial revolution that is sweeping the world. Cheap energy is irresistible.
There are a few Luddites out there. No prizes for knowing who said this: “SCAM OF THE CENTURY!”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
There are a few Luddites out there. No prizes for knowing who said this: “SCAM OF THE CENTURY!”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | Trump is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Renewables support a high-tech industrial revolution that is sweeping the world. Cheap energy is irresistible.
There are a few Luddites out there. No prizes for knowing who said this: “SCAM OF THE CENTURY!”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
There are a few Luddites out there. No prizes for knowing who said this: “SCAM OF THE CENTURY!”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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The rising cost of electricity rates will make the payback time on commercial solar installations 33% shorter. 🧪🔌☀️💡💨💧🔋
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/14/e...
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/14/e...
Electricity rate hikes slash commercial solar payback periods by 33%, says Wood Mackenzie
Soaring utility costs and rising power demand are recalibrating the financial outlook for the United States non-residential solar market.
pv-magazine-usa.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The rising cost of electricity rates will make the payback time on commercial solar installations 33% shorter. 🧪🔌☀️💡💨💧🔋
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/14/e...
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/14/e...
Bad news for Trump. Good news for the USA & cheaper energy for consumers.
Trump suffers major losses in his war on offshore wind
The administration’s arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three separate courts.
www.politico.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Bad news for Trump. Good news for the USA & cheaper energy for consumers.
The world has an oil glut. Indian/Chinese consumption is falling as the world electrifies fast.
Oil assets are stranding because renewables are cheaper to build, run and consume. Ask the bankers and investors. It‘s all about money.
Trump's Venezuelan venture is the death rattle of a dying era.
Oil assets are stranding because renewables are cheaper to build, run and consume. Ask the bankers and investors. It‘s all about money.
Trump's Venezuelan venture is the death rattle of a dying era.
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The world has an oil glut. Indian/Chinese consumption is falling as the world electrifies fast.
Oil assets are stranding because renewables are cheaper to build, run and consume. Ask the bankers and investors. It‘s all about money.
Trump's Venezuelan venture is the death rattle of a dying era.
Oil assets are stranding because renewables are cheaper to build, run and consume. Ask the bankers and investors. It‘s all about money.
Trump's Venezuelan venture is the death rattle of a dying era.
If Trump wants to makes real money and keep up with China, he needs to throw everything at renewables.
If not he’s going to join the growing list of fossil fuel stranding assets.
If not he’s going to join the growing list of fossil fuel stranding assets.
A US judge ruled Orsted can resume development of a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order
Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump
A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume development of a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy giant in an ongoing fight with the Trump administration over renewable energy.
bloom.bg
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
If Trump wants to makes real money and keep up with China, he needs to throw everything at renewables.
If not he’s going to join the growing list of fossil fuel stranding assets.
If not he’s going to join the growing list of fossil fuel stranding assets.
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"Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year..."
How many people know this?
The economics are on the side of clean energy.
The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?
How many people know this?
The economics are on the side of clean energy.
The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year..."
How many people know this?
The economics are on the side of clean energy.
The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?
How many people know this?
The economics are on the side of clean energy.
The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?
Reposted by Richard Wilson
Renewables are outperforming the S&P 500 by a wide margin, while shares of power-grid technology companies are also rising.
"Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year, despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year, despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Green Debt Sales Hit Record Levels Despite Climate Backlash
Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe, as artificial intelligence drives a boom in energy infrastructure demand.
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Renewables are outperforming the S&P 500 by a wide margin, while shares of power-grid technology companies are also rising.
"Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year, despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year, despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Aww. What a lovely story!
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Aww. What a lovely story!
If Ford are making a good bet (they are) then this is a big signal of the accelerating shrinkage of the fossil fuel industry.
Decline and fall.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Decline and fall.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Ford Is Expanding Its Partnership With Top Chinese Battery Maker
An existing deal with CATL will allow the US automaker to tap into the growing demand for utility-grade batteries.
www.bloomberg.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If Ford are making a good bet (they are) then this is a big signal of the accelerating shrinkage of the fossil fuel industry.
Decline and fall.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Decline and fall.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia wants to host the world’s cheapest data centres. And they’ll power them with a massive investment in renewable energy.
economist.com/science-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/science-and-...
from The Economist
Saudi Arabia wants to host the world’s cheapest data centres
With plentiful land and electricity on hand, the kingdom thinks it has found an edge
economist.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Saudi Arabia wants to host the world’s cheapest data centres. And they’ll power them with a massive investment in renewable energy.
economist.com/science-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/science-and-...
from The Economist
JP Morgan are predicting a 50% oil price collapse within 2 years.
There’s a record 1.4 billion barrels of crude currently on the world’s oceans, pushing down benchmark prices and sending gasoline under $3 a gallon at the pump in the US. Read more: bloom.bg/4aVWIZE
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
JP Morgan are predicting a 50% oil price collapse within 2 years.
If past experience is an indicator, these small beginnings will accelerate.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Global Coal Demand Is Stalling, IEA Says
Global demand for coal is stalling and will gradually decline over the next five years, according to a fresh report. Whether we’ve truly hit “peak coal,” however, depends China.
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If past experience is an indicator, these small beginnings will accelerate.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Reposted by Richard Wilson
“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”
This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm”
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”
Reposted by Richard Wilson
Storage is the fossil fuel killer.
Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 — and already crushed them
The battery storage industry in the U.S. has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years, surpassing its most aggressive targets to become one of the largest new sources of power on the grid.
finance.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Storage is the fossil fuel killer.
VP JD Vance met the boss of Renewables/Solar company T1 Energy a wk ago (in public) in a public endorsement. Shares were at the low point below.
Since then, their price has almost doubled. Makes me wonder which way the White House is facing.
Creaking FFs or profitable renewables?
Since then, their price has almost doubled. Makes me wonder which way the White House is facing.
Creaking FFs or profitable renewables?
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
VP JD Vance met the boss of Renewables/Solar company T1 Energy a wk ago (in public) in a public endorsement. Shares were at the low point below.
Since then, their price has almost doubled. Makes me wonder which way the White House is facing.
Creaking FFs or profitable renewables?
Since then, their price has almost doubled. Makes me wonder which way the White House is facing.
Creaking FFs or profitable renewables?