John Hanger
jrfhanger.bsky.social
John Hanger
@jrfhanger.bsky.social
Support decarbonization, zero-CO2 generation & competitive markets. Former Commissioner of PA PUC, Secretary of PA DEP, Secretary of Policy & Public Advocate for consumers of Philadelphia's municipal utilities. Law degree.
"The energy revolution runs along two tracks. First, renewables coupled with battery storage are taking over electricity supply. Second, electricity is taking over energy demand; everything that can economically electrify will go electric..."

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January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
24/7 1 GW Solar!

UAE broke ground on a 5.2 GWdc PV facility paired with 19 GWh of battery storage in Abu Dhabi in October 2025.

It’s world’s first GW-scale renewable project, engineered to deliver 1 GW of continuous, around-the-clock baseload power.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion... #energysky
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Good morning with good news: New data show that Africa has 2.75 times more solar than thought, thanks to rapidly surging solar built by commercial, industrial & residential customers!

~85% of solar installed in Africa in 2025 was distributed solar!
www.afsiasolar.com/data-center/... #energysky
January 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
India is building the largest renewable energy plant in the world, a combined 30 GW of wind and solar.

Construction started in 2023, and power started flowing 9 months later!

7 GW are now operational.

4-5 GW will be added yearly.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan... #energysky
Inside world’s largest renewable energy park – proof the green transition isn’t dead
Stuti Mishra reports from a site in western India that’s roughly seven times larger than the city of Paris and combines solar and wind power to produce energy around the clock. Nothing on this scale e...
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Good morning with good news: Wind & solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in EU (27 countries) for first time ever in 2025! Solar rose 20%

W&S produced 30% of EU's electricity in 2025, up from 20% in 2020.

Coal fell to record low of 9.2%!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Good morning with good news: Plug-in EVs were 59% of China's auto sales in December 2025, with 1.34 million sold!
That is up from 48% in December 2024.

BEV were 35% in 12/2025, compared to 25% in 12/2024.

China may reach 100% EV sales by 2035!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/20/a... #energysky
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Pakistan shows the power of distributed/small solar deployment.

Pakistan has imported 51 GW of solar.

It has deployed so far 27-33 GW.

Cumulative utility-scale deployed solar is just 780 MW!

Residential and small customers drive solar in Pakistan!

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/20/p... #energysky
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Good morning with good news: Electricity is rapidly gaining share of global "useful energy." What is useful energy?

See this explanation of primary energy, final energy & useful energy:
ourworldindata.org/energy-defin...

Electrification can slash primary energy needed. See EVs! #energysky
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Good morning with good news: Solar set a new record high for global installations at ~655 GW in 2025. That is 6.5 times the 101 GW of solar installed globally in 2017!

RE exceeded coal generation in 2025 due to record high solar and wind deployment.
www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations #energysky
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Good morning with good news: Three!

Three federal judges have ruled illegal three Trump's orders blocking three offshore wind farms!

Trump's attack on wind of all types and solar is not only horrendous energy policy but also often flatly illegal.

electrek.co/2026/01/16/u... #energysky
US's largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump
A federal judge today issued an order granting a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the 2.6-GW CVOW project.
electrek.co
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"California’s utility solar and battery generation has risen by 58%, yet generation at the sunniest hour of the day has risen by just 8%."

Batteries are delivering solar after dark!

Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!

Batteries change the game.
#energysky
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
US solar generation rose by 83 TWh (+27%) in 2025!

It provided 61% of the 135 TWh rise in electricity demand, as electricity demand rose by 3.1% – the fourth largest rate in a decade.

Solar is vital to meeting rising electricity demand!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025 | Ember
ember-energy.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Good morning with good news: Germany added ~17.5 GW of solar in 2025 to reach ~118 GW.

It had ~100 GW of solar in 2024, when solar generated 15% of its power.

215 GW is its 2030 goal, when solar will generate more than 25% of Germany's power!
www.pv-magazine-china.com/2026/01/07/%... #energysky
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Renewable energy jobs globally reach 16.6 million in 2024.

They are up 127% since 2012, when there were 7.3 million global renewable energy jobs.

Solar jobs skyrocketed 432% to 7.24 million global jobs in 2024 from 1.36 million in 2012! Wow!
#energysky www.irena.org/-/media/File...
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Good morning with good news: Solar & wind likely will be ~35% to ~47% of global electricity in November 2035!

S&W were 18.29% of global electricity in 11/2025, a 2.88-point gain from 15.41% in 11/2024.

S&W gained 1.66 points/yr since 11/2019.

Those gain rates yield 35%-47% in 11/2035!
#energysky
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
UK contracts for record 8.4 GW of offshore wind!

12 projects, including world's largest offshore project, at ~$91/MWh or 40% less than new gas!

New gas plant costs $147/MWh, with CO2 emission cost.

UK has 29 GW of operating wind & 10 GW under construction.
www.edie.net/record-8-4-g... #energysky
UK Secures Record 8.4GW in Offshore Wind Capacity
Discover how the UK's CfD Auction Round 7 secures 8.4GW offshore wind, boosting energy independence and unlocking £22bn investments, powering 12m homes.
www.edie.net
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Good morning with good news: Global EV sales rose 20% in 2025 to 20.7 million!

Sales rose 3.6 million in 2025, after rising 3.5 million in 2024 & 3.2 million in 2023.

Sales fell 4% in North America, but were up 33% in Europe, 17% in China & 48% in ROW!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Coal generation falls in both China and India in 2025!

Coal down 3% in India.
Coal down 1.6% in China.

"The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973."

Wonderful!
www.theguardian.com/business/202... #energysky
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Good morning with good news: Renewables produced a record high 50.86% of Australia's electricity in December 2025.

Solar was 30.5%! Wind 15.4%.

RE Dec. Share
2025: 50.86%
2024: 45.22%
2019: 25.63%
2014: 12.36%

RE gains 5.6 points in 12/2025!

Solar surges 11x from 2.85% in 12/2014!
#energysky
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Another Federal Judge rules another Trump energy order is illegal.

Federal judge strikes down Trump's order blocking offshore Revolution Wind, which is 90% complete.

Work can now resume.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

See also www.msn.com/en-us/politi... #energysky
Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Latest Effort to Stop Offshore Wind
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Federal judge rules Trump's targeting of energy projects for funding cuts in Blue states is unconstitutional!

It is also shameful for any Administration to target states for funding cuts, because voters did not support it.

Shameful and unconstitutional!

www.notus.org/courts/feder...
#energysky
Federal Judge Rules Trump’s Energy Project Cuts Are Unlawful
The administration’s termination of billions of dollars in energy grant funding primarily affected projects based in blue states.
www.notus.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Good morning with good news: India's new solar & battery storage price of 3.5 cents/kWh kills fossil fuels!

1.2 GW of solar & 600 MW/3600 MWh of batteries for 3.5 cents/kWh! Wow!

3.5 cents/kWh for dispatchable solar!

EXISTING coal is 5.4 cents/kWh!
#energysky www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/i...
India’s SECI awards 1.2 GW of solar, 600 MW/3,600 MWh of storage at $0.035/kWh
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has concluded a tender for 1.2 GW of interstate transmission system-connected solar projects paired with 600 MW/3,600 MWh of energy storage, with tariffs as low as I...
www.pv-magazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Repeating nonsense does not make nonsense anything other than repeated nonsense.

Repeating lies does not make lies the truth.

Just embarrassing! #energysky
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Good morning with good news: India's coal electricity output had an historic decline of 3% in 2025! Why?

One reason is India built a record high ~42 GW of RE in 2025!

Apart from Covid 2020, India's coal output had never fallen in at least 50 years.
energyandcleanair.org/publication/... #energysky
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Japan's first commercial floating wind farm enters operation.

Floating offshore tech expands substantially global offshore wind capacity potential.

www.offshorewind.biz/2026/01/05/j... #energysky
Japan's First Commercial Floating Wind Farm Enters Operation
The Goto floating wind farm, Japan’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, entered full operation on 5 January 2026, according to the consortium behind the project consisting of Toda Corporati...
www.offshorewind.biz
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM