petervk
@petervk.bsky.social
Australian energy and climate policy watcher, based in Phnom Penh.
"A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so."
Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so.
We can no longer hide the uncomfortable truths of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so."
China’s emissions were down 1.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and by 1 per cent in the latest 12 months.
The rumours were true: China’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling
Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.
www.smh.com.au
May 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
China’s emissions were down 1.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and by 1 per cent in the latest 12 months.
EVs accounted for 20% of all vehicles sold globally in 2024. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Chinese demand pushes global EV sales to new highs in 2024
The headline numbers show another strong year of electric vehicle sales, but the growth is highly concentrated in China and emerging markets in South-East Asia and Latin America.
www.abc.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
EVs accounted for 20% of all vehicles sold globally in 2024. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Trump says a “rogue” group of “thugs” bent only on war is the only thing holding the Middle East back.
“Instead of confronting these destructive forces, the last administration chose to enrich them and give them billions and billions of dollars.”
“Instead of confronting these destructive forces, the last administration chose to enrich them and give them billions and billions of dollars.”
May 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trump says a “rogue” group of “thugs” bent only on war is the only thing holding the Middle East back.
“Instead of confronting these destructive forces, the last administration chose to enrich them and give them billions and billions of dollars.”
“Instead of confronting these destructive forces, the last administration chose to enrich them and give them billions and billions of dollars.”
House GOP proposes early phase-out of most of Biden's IRA clean energy tax credits. "The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact."
House GOP proposes early phaseout of IRA clean energy tax credits
The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact.
www.utilitydive.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
House GOP proposes early phase-out of most of Biden's IRA clean energy tax credits. "The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact."
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Rhodium finds the complicated House tax proposal would be as disastrous as outright repeal of the clean energy tax credits.
• Raises household energy spending.
• Raises prices of gasoline and natural gas.
• Raises oil imports.
• Slashes deployment of clean electricity and electric vehicles.
• Raises household energy spending.
• Raises prices of gasoline and natural gas.
• Raises oil imports.
• Slashes deployment of clean electricity and electric vehicles.
Ways and Means Brings the Hammer Down on Energy Credits
The House Ways and Means Committee issued its proposed language for inclusion in Congress’s massive budget reconciliation package. It’s the opening attempt to reduce spending in order to partially…
rhg.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Rhodium finds the complicated House tax proposal would be as disastrous as outright repeal of the clean energy tax credits.
• Raises household energy spending.
• Raises prices of gasoline and natural gas.
• Raises oil imports.
• Slashes deployment of clean electricity and electric vehicles.
• Raises household energy spending.
• Raises prices of gasoline and natural gas.
• Raises oil imports.
• Slashes deployment of clean electricity and electric vehicles.
“You can’t have $50 oil and ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’” said Andy Hendricks, the CEO of Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., which operates the second-largest fleet of US onshore drilling rigs. “Those two things are incompatible.”
Trump’s Thirst for Cheap Oil Irks an Industry He Loves to Praise
(Bloomberg) -- Terrel Hardin was at a diner along Route 66 in western Oklahoma when his phone rang with bad news: The engine on one of his oil rigs had broken. In times past it would be a straightforw...
finance.yahoo.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“You can’t have $50 oil and ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’” said Andy Hendricks, the CEO of Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., which operates the second-largest fleet of US onshore drilling rigs. “Those two things are incompatible.”
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This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...
May 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...
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Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise?
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
May 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise?
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
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The loss of Adam Bandt’s seat of Melbourne is a disaster for the Greens, but not for the reasons you might think, writes Paddy Manning
The rise and fall of Adam Bandt: the Greens leader who embraced a different approach to politics | Paddy Manning
The outgoing member for Melbourne understood if the Greens genuinely want to be a party of government they have to win lower house seats
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The loss of Adam Bandt’s seat of Melbourne is a disaster for the Greens, but not for the reasons you might think, writes Paddy Manning
"The NREL cuts come as the Trump administration aims to slash the Department of Energy’s budget by nearly $20 billion, with deep cuts to the office that funds NREL’s operations."
114 people laid off from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The cuts affected staffers in both the research and operations sides of the lab.
www.cpr.org
May 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The NREL cuts come as the Trump administration aims to slash the Department of Energy’s budget by nearly $20 billion, with deep cuts to the office that funds NREL’s operations."
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Another one bites the dust: "Now the EIA has privately informed staff that it is scrapping publication of its closely followed International Energy Outlook for 2025."
Staffers at the Energy Information Administration said they believe changes were made to their Energy Outlook report out of fear that spotlighting unwelcome findings would make the agency a Trump target. “There was a concern that any narrative we put out would be seen as ideological.”
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data
The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled…
www.propublica.org
May 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Another one bites the dust: "Now the EIA has privately informed staff that it is scrapping publication of its closely followed International Energy Outlook for 2025."
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Dem rhetoric: If we want climate action, focus on affordability. 75% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. On EVs, message must be independence from price shocks.
Dem policy: Ban affordable EVs from China. Support rich people buying $50K EVs. Subsidize Detroit to make expensive/inefficient cars.
Dem policy: Ban affordable EVs from China. Support rich people buying $50K EVs. Subsidize Detroit to make expensive/inefficient cars.
May 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Dem rhetoric: If we want climate action, focus on affordability. 75% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. On EVs, message must be independence from price shocks.
Dem policy: Ban affordable EVs from China. Support rich people buying $50K EVs. Subsidize Detroit to make expensive/inefficient cars.
Dem policy: Ban affordable EVs from China. Support rich people buying $50K EVs. Subsidize Detroit to make expensive/inefficient cars.
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US EIA's funding cuts: No International Energy Outlook this year.
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data
The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled ...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
US EIA's funding cuts: No International Energy Outlook this year.
From the FT's editorial board.
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
From the FT's editorial board.
"The loss of China as a customer comes as the U.S. LNG industry is still navigating Europe’s shifting role." cleantechnica.com/2025/04/18/c...
China Walks Away: U.S. LNG Expansion Plans Unravel as Trade War Escalates - CleanTechnica
With Chinese buyers gone and Europe decarbonizing, America’s LNG future looks overbuilt and under-contracted. The industry must pivot or pause.
cleantechnica.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"The loss of China as a customer comes as the U.S. LNG industry is still navigating Europe’s shifting role." cleantechnica.com/2025/04/18/c...
"But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year." cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/p...
Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy - CleanTechnica
Pakistan’s solar boom, EV rise, and climate action signal a historic shift from fragility to clean tech leadership across Asia’s most unexpected energy frontier.
cleantechnica.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year." cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/p...
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Coal has been particularly impacted by the growth of solar and wind, falling from 16% of the EU electricity mix in 2019 to less than 10% in 2024. This has more than cancelled out the impact of the temporary uptick in 2021 and 2022 during the gas crisis.
www.carbonbrief.org/eus-solar-an...
www.carbonbrief.org/eus-solar-an...
EU’s solar and wind growth pushes fossil-fuel power to lowest level in 40 years - Carbon Brief
Coal power use in the European Union (EU) has fallen by 61%, according to Carbon Brief analysis of new figures from energy analysts Ember.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Coal has been particularly impacted by the growth of solar and wind, falling from 16% of the EU electricity mix in 2019 to less than 10% in 2024. This has more than cancelled out the impact of the temporary uptick in 2021 and 2022 during the gas crisis.
www.carbonbrief.org/eus-solar-an...
www.carbonbrief.org/eus-solar-an...
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The beauty of Europe’s increasingly connected power grids and electricity market.
“Financial Times: Britain boosts electricity exports to France because of high winds”
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“Financial Times: Britain boosts electricity exports to France because of high winds”
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Britain boosts electricity exports to France because of high winds
France turns down power from nuclear fleet as it sucks in electricity imports from neighbour after Storm Eowyn
on.ft.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The beauty of Europe’s increasingly connected power grids and electricity market.
“Financial Times: Britain boosts electricity exports to France because of high winds”
on.ft.com/3PPdHkJ
“Financial Times: Britain boosts electricity exports to France because of high winds”
on.ft.com/3PPdHkJ
Coal fell to 10% of EU power generation in 2024, and was surpassed by solar (11%). Total EU fossil fuel power generation also fell to a historic low last year, with gas generation falling for a fifth successive year. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
January 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Coal fell to 10% of EU power generation in 2024, and was surpassed by solar (11%). Total EU fossil fuel power generation also fell to a historic low last year, with gas generation falling for a fifth successive year. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Malaysia wants EVs and hybrids to account for a fifth of new car sales by 2030. It reported a 112% rise in the sale of battery EVs in the first half of the year. www.channelnewsasia.com/business/mal...
Malaysia's Proton launches its first electric vehicle
The e.MAS 7 basic and premium models will be priced at RM109,800 and RM123,800 respectively.
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Malaysia wants EVs and hybrids to account for a fifth of new car sales by 2030. It reported a 112% rise in the sale of battery EVs in the first half of the year. www.channelnewsasia.com/business/mal...
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Much, much more coal is burned under the LNP plan than the ALP plan. The LNP plan also burns much, much more coal than the least ambitious AEMO scenario (which it is notionally based on).
December 17, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Much, much more coal is burned under the LNP plan than the ALP plan. The LNP plan also burns much, much more coal than the least ambitious AEMO scenario (which it is notionally based on).
Pushback on L-NP's nuclear cost assumptions. "Most experts assume that an initial reactor would probably start operating only well into the 2040s, given the legislative and regulatory changes required, and Australia’s lack of experience in the nuclear power industry." www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Dutton’s nuclear costings underpinned by ‘distorted numbers’
Critics point to what they call four miscalculations in the modelling by Frontier Economics.
www.afr.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Pushback on L-NP's nuclear cost assumptions. "Most experts assume that an initial reactor would probably start operating only well into the 2040s, given the legislative and regulatory changes required, and Australia’s lack of experience in the nuclear power industry." www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Good data for the year of supposedly sluggish EV sales.
December 13, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Good data for the year of supposedly sluggish EV sales.