Tom
@tallish-tom.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Aging geek.
Lefty on a line somewhere between Anarco Syndicalism and Nordic Social Democracy.
Excited by clean energy, ecology, biodiversity and wilding […]
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Lefty on a line somewhere between Anarco Syndicalism and Nordic Social Democracy.
Excited by clean energy, ecology, biodiversity and wilding […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@Tallish_Tom on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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China’s CO₂ emissions have been flat or falling for 21 months.
While the West is still debating, China quietly broke the ‘you can’t grow and cut emissions’ myth. Cue the comments explaining why this ‘doesn’t count’, ‘is fake’, or ‘will reverse any second now’. 🍿 #Bettrification ⚡ #EnergyReality
While the West is still debating, China quietly broke the ‘you can’t grow and cut emissions’ myth. Cue the comments explaining why this ‘doesn’t count’, ‘is fake’, or ‘will reverse any second now’. 🍿 #Bettrification ⚡ #EnergyReality
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
China’s CO₂ emissions have been flat or falling for 21 months.
While the West is still debating, China quietly broke the ‘you can’t grow and cut emissions’ myth. Cue the comments explaining why this ‘doesn’t count’, ‘is fake’, or ‘will reverse any second now’. 🍿 #Bettrification ⚡ #EnergyReality
While the West is still debating, China quietly broke the ‘you can’t grow and cut emissions’ myth. Cue the comments explaining why this ‘doesn’t count’, ‘is fake’, or ‘will reverse any second now’. 🍿 #Bettrification ⚡ #EnergyReality
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I would consider my work on Earth done after writing this.
(From Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane)
(From Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane)
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I would consider my work on Earth done after writing this.
(From Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane)
(From Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane)
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Ok I’ll say the thing: it was an astonishingly bad decision by previous UK governments to severely restrict onshore wind and large grid-scale solar. We would almost certainly have cheaper and cleaner power now if they hadn’t.
(And a good decision by this government to end those restrictions)
(And a good decision by this government to end those restrictions)
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Ok I’ll say the thing: it was an astonishingly bad decision by previous UK governments to severely restrict onshore wind and large grid-scale solar. We would almost certainly have cheaper and cleaner power now if they hadn’t.
(And a good decision by this government to end those restrictions)
(And a good decision by this government to end those restrictions)
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This is however a lot less power than bought in the offshore wind auction. Solar has a “capacity factor” (what share of that 4.9GW capacity gets turned into actual power) of around 10% in Britain.
Onshore wind is around 25%, whereas offshore is at least 35%, often up to 50% for new builds
Onshore wind is around 25%, whereas offshore is at least 35%, often up to 50% for new builds
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 AM
This is however a lot less power than bought in the offshore wind auction. Solar has a “capacity factor” (what share of that 4.9GW capacity gets turned into actual power) of around 10% in Britain.
Onshore wind is around 25%, whereas offshore is at least 35%, often up to 50% for new builds
Onshore wind is around 25%, whereas offshore is at least 35%, often up to 50% for new builds
#spacex #ai
Is the Spacex/xAI merger and IPO with datacenters in space a massive IPO scam? Elon has to know that his space launch lead is going to get eroded over the next 2 years as other players get into the market and he has to know that the business case for xAi in a crowded market is not […]
Is the Spacex/xAI merger and IPO with datacenters in space a massive IPO scam? Elon has to know that his space launch lead is going to get eroded over the next 2 years as other players get into the market and he has to know that the business case for xAi in a crowded market is not […]
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mastodon.scot
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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"The UK government has published a first-of-its-kind framework that aims to stimulate private investment in innovative nuclear technologies – including advanced, small, and micro modular reactors – across the country, providing a clear route to market and support for credible projects to get […]
Original post on greennuclear.online
greennuclear.online
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
"The UK government has published a first-of-its-kind framework that aims to stimulate private investment in innovative nuclear technologies – including advanced, small, and micro modular reactors – across the country, providing a clear route to market and support for credible projects to get […]
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Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
‘Agrivoltaics is not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges’
Scientists have conducted a six-sphere literature analysis of agrivoltaics, considering sustainability, soil–crop productivity, socioeconomic resilience, solar power generation, spatial efficiency, an...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
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Cultivated meat, where is it now?
This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @brucefriedrich.bsky.social founder and President of @gfi.org to discuss his new book called Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future.
🎙️Ep available Thursday.
This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @brucefriedrich.bsky.social founder and President of @gfi.org to discuss his new book called Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future.
🎙️Ep available Thursday.
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Cultivated meat, where is it now?
This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @brucefriedrich.bsky.social founder and President of @gfi.org to discuss his new book called Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future.
🎙️Ep available Thursday.
This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @brucefriedrich.bsky.social founder and President of @gfi.org to discuss his new book called Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future.
🎙️Ep available Thursday.
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Belgian PM Bart De Wever admits:
We made dogmatic choices against nuclear energy, which was the stupidity of the century.
As for the "irreversibility" of this phaseout: in all cases it’s easier, cheaper and faster to refurb a partially dismantled unit […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
We made dogmatic choices against nuclear energy, which was the stupidity of the century.
As for the "irreversibility" of this phaseout: in all cases it’s easier, cheaper and faster to refurb a partially dismantled unit […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Belgian PM Bart De Wever admits:
We made dogmatic choices against nuclear energy, which was the stupidity of the century.
As for the "irreversibility" of this phaseout: in all cases it’s easier, cheaper and faster to refurb a partially dismantled unit […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
We made dogmatic choices against nuclear energy, which was the stupidity of the century.
As for the "irreversibility" of this phaseout: in all cases it’s easier, cheaper and faster to refurb a partially dismantled unit […]
[Original post on greennuclear.online]
China (fastest) can build a 1GW nuclear plant in 50 mnths & Rosatom (cheapest) can build one for $5B.
Masdar are building a 1GW 24/7 solar plus storage plant in UAE for $6B. The project broke ground in Oct '25 & is scheduled to be completed in '27 (25 mnths). This is the costliest & slowest […]
Masdar are building a 1GW 24/7 solar plus storage plant in UAE for $6B. The project broke ground in Oct '25 & is scheduled to be completed in '27 (25 mnths). This is the costliest & slowest […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 AM
China (fastest) can build a 1GW nuclear plant in 50 mnths & Rosatom (cheapest) can build one for $5B.
Masdar are building a 1GW 24/7 solar plus storage plant in UAE for $6B. The project broke ground in Oct '25 & is scheduled to be completed in '27 (25 mnths). This is the costliest & slowest […]
Masdar are building a 1GW 24/7 solar plus storage plant in UAE for $6B. The project broke ground in Oct '25 & is scheduled to be completed in '27 (25 mnths). This is the costliest & slowest […]
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January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/29/moonwatt-brings-dc-coupled-passively-cooled-sodium-ion-tech-to-solar-projects/
This kind of technology is one of the reasons that sodium-ion is going to scale much faster than the people focused on relative prices of Lithium think. (It is MUCH harder to build […]
This kind of technology is one of the reasons that sodium-ion is going to scale much faster than the people focused on relative prices of Lithium think. (It is MUCH harder to build […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 AM
https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/29/moonwatt-brings-dc-coupled-passively-cooled-sodium-ion-tech-to-solar-projects/
This kind of technology is one of the reasons that sodium-ion is going to scale much faster than the people focused on relative prices of Lithium think. (It is MUCH harder to build […]
This kind of technology is one of the reasons that sodium-ion is going to scale much faster than the people focused on relative prices of Lithium think. (It is MUCH harder to build […]
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Solar-covered parking could match entire U.S. power output (~4,400 TWh/yr). Australia’s even better placed: brutal sun, vast car parks, grid-edge stress, #EV demand. Globally this is pre-cleared land + instant generation. Not tech-limited—planning-limited. Shade → power. ⚡🌞🅿️ #Bettrification #Solar
January 29, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Solar-covered parking could match entire U.S. power output (~4,400 TWh/yr). Australia’s even better placed: brutal sun, vast car parks, grid-edge stress, #EV demand. Globally this is pre-cleared land + instant generation. Not tech-limited—planning-limited. Shade → power. ⚡🌞🅿️ #Bettrification #Solar
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Landfill panic about wind & solar collapses once you look at displacement. Renewables create small, managed end-of-life waste. Fossils create massive, continuous waste streams — CO₂, particulates, toxics — dumped straight into the atmosphere every hour. Flows matter, not scare pics. #Bettrification
Landfill Panic vs System Reality: What Wind & Solar Actually Displace - CleanTechnica
Claims about wind and solar filling landfills ignore what they displace. On a per MWh basis, fossil fuels emit orders of magnitude more harmful mass.
cleantechnica.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Landfill panic about wind & solar collapses once you look at displacement. Renewables create small, managed end-of-life waste. Fossils create massive, continuous waste streams — CO₂, particulates, toxics — dumped straight into the atmosphere every hour. Flows matter, not scare pics. #Bettrification
Batteries & BESS going gangbusters.
Summary of Volta's 2025 Battery report: https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/26/voltas-2025-battery-report-costs-keep-falling-boosting-bess-across-the-globe/
Online report is here:
https://volta.foundation/battery-report-2025
BESS deployments increased by 104GW […]
Summary of Volta's 2025 Battery report: https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/26/voltas-2025-battery-report-costs-keep-falling-boosting-bess-across-the-globe/
Online report is here:
https://volta.foundation/battery-report-2025
BESS deployments increased by 104GW […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Batteries & BESS going gangbusters.
Summary of Volta's 2025 Battery report: https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/26/voltas-2025-battery-report-costs-keep-falling-boosting-bess-across-the-globe/
Online report is here:
https://volta.foundation/battery-report-2025
BESS deployments increased by 104GW […]
Summary of Volta's 2025 Battery report: https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/26/voltas-2025-battery-report-costs-keep-falling-boosting-bess-across-the-globe/
Online report is here:
https://volta.foundation/battery-report-2025
BESS deployments increased by 104GW […]
This is very cool: https://electrek.co/2026/01/25/the-clever-way-food-trucks-are-now-using-e-bike-batteries/
The clever way food trucks are now using e-bike batteries
New York City’s food carts are part of the city’s soul. They’re loud, fast, fragrant, and everywhere – serving up everything from tacos to kebabs on street corners that somehow never sleep. But for all their charm, there’s one thing almost everyone agrees could disappear tomorrow without being missed: the rattling, smoky gas generators that keep those carts powered.
Now, in a twist that feels peak New York, some of those carts are starting to run on the same batteries that power the city’s e-bike delivery fleet.
more…
electrek.co
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/23/india-commissions-first-merchant-battery-energy-storage-system/
Moving to Merchant PPAs means:
- There is a solid enough market
- lenders see the project as low risk
- business and technical controls are sophisticated enough to engage directly with the […]
Moving to Merchant PPAs means:
- There is a solid enough market
- lenders see the project as low risk
- business and technical controls are sophisticated enough to engage directly with the […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/23/india-commissions-first-merchant-battery-energy-storage-system/
Moving to Merchant PPAs means:
- There is a solid enough market
- lenders see the project as low risk
- business and technical controls are sophisticated enough to engage directly with the […]
Moving to Merchant PPAs means:
- There is a solid enough market
- lenders see the project as low risk
- business and technical controls are sophisticated enough to engage directly with the […]
It's been a long night... 🙂
January 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM
It's been a long night... 🙂
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/indias-electrotech-fast-track-where-china-built-on-coal-india-is-building-on-sun/
This is a good news story for India and the climate and suggests that other global south countries will do even better.
#energytransition #electrotech #energy
This is a good news story for India and the climate and suggests that other global south countries will do even better.
#energytransition #electrotech #energy
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/indias-electrotech-fast-track-where-china-built-on-coal-india-is-building-on-sun/
This is a good news story for India and the climate and suggests that other global south countries will do even better.
#energytransition #electrotech #energy
This is a good news story for India and the climate and suggests that other global south countries will do even better.
#energytransition #electrotech #energy
https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/21/noon-energy-demonstrates-100-hour-ultra-long-duration-energy-storage-system/
There are many promising LDES solutions reaching production deployment stage ATM. Here is another.
#BESS #batteries #energytransition #energy
There are many promising LDES solutions reaching production deployment stage ATM. Here is another.
#BESS #batteries #energytransition #energy
Noon Energy demonstrates 100+ hour ultra-long-duration energy storage system - Energy Storage
The pilot showcases a reversible solid oxide fuel cell battery and represents the first fully containerized, modular ultra-LDES system to be operated for thousands of hours, achieving more than 200 hours of energy storage capacity.
www.ess-news.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/21/noon-energy-demonstrates-100-hour-ultra-long-duration-energy-storage-system/
There are many promising LDES solutions reaching production deployment stage ATM. Here is another.
#BESS #batteries #energytransition #energy
There are many promising LDES solutions reaching production deployment stage ATM. Here is another.
#BESS #batteries #energytransition #energy
https://electrek.co/2026/01/19/germany-is-using-heated-bricks-to-replace-gas-fired-industrial-boilers/
Industrial heat is a huge opportunities for electrification in areas with high curtailment.
#energytransition #energy #heat
Industrial heat is a huge opportunities for electrification in areas with high curtailment.
#energytransition #energy #heat
Germany is using heated bricks to replace gas-fired industrial boilers
Rondo Energy and Covestro break ground on a 100 MWh heat battery in Germany, using surplus renewables to create fossil-free industrial steam.
electrek.co
January 20, 2026 at 9:47 AM
https://electrek.co/2026/01/19/germany-is-using-heated-bricks-to-replace-gas-fired-industrial-boilers/
Industrial heat is a huge opportunities for electrification in areas with high curtailment.
#energytransition #energy #heat
Industrial heat is a huge opportunities for electrification in areas with high curtailment.
#energytransition #energy #heat
@collectifission
There you go Emil 🙂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymgz3p3v6o
#nuclear #energytransition #energy
There you go Emil 🙂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymgz3p3v6o
#nuclear #energytransition #energy
Second nuclear reactor arrives at Hinkley Point C power station
EDF said the delivery of the reactor was a major moment in Hinkley Point C's construction
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Well well well, reality is finally gaining on Germany.
Friedrich Merz: "Nuclear phase-out was a strategic mistake, we're paying the most expensive electricity and making things incredibly hard for ourselves by not having enough generating capacity"
https://video.echelon.pl/w/5GmCSydjiXyf2LCtaZv9e5
Friedrich Merz: "Nuclear phase-out was a strategic mistake, we're paying the most expensive electricity and making things incredibly hard for ourselves by not having enough generating capacity"
https://video.echelon.pl/w/5GmCSydjiXyf2LCtaZv9e5
Friedrich Merz: "Nuclear phase-out was a strategic mistake"
Germany chancellor Friedrich Merz admits: "It was a serious strategic mistake to exit nuclear energy. We are now undertaking the most expensive energy transition in the entire world. I know of no ...
video.echelon.pl
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Well well well, reality is finally gaining on Germany.
Friedrich Merz: "Nuclear phase-out was a strategic mistake, we're paying the most expensive electricity and making things incredibly hard for ourselves by not having enough generating capacity"
https://video.echelon.pl/w/5GmCSydjiXyf2LCtaZv9e5
Friedrich Merz: "Nuclear phase-out was a strategic mistake, we're paying the most expensive electricity and making things incredibly hard for ourselves by not having enough generating capacity"
https://video.echelon.pl/w/5GmCSydjiXyf2LCtaZv9e5