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"New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power"
#Energy #Renewables #Nuclear

New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power
A new metric for assessing total system costs puts a least-cost mix of offshore wind and solar at about €46 ($54.20)/MWh in a future climate-neutral energy system for Denmark. Researchers tell pv magazine that figure is less than half the equivalent cost of nuclear under the same conditions.

Thread by George Monbiot on Starmer government's ripping up right to object to large scale infrastructure construction nuclear and 'renewable').
He's right but misses the problem underpinning it: industrial scale renewable capture tech isn't green, and is built on an extractive and unsustainable economy.
See e.g.

Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis (html version) | Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK
(short version at Steady State Manchester, originally published at NW Bylines)

Court curbs Trump's anti-renewable energy policies
https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5842198-trump-renewable-policies-curtailed/

Sources: Microsoft told carbon-removal project developers it is shelving contracts under negotiation; Microsoft has been a major backer of carbon capture tech (Alastair Marsh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-…

With a name like that, how could you possibly not manage variable, renewable and dynamic electricity prices wisely?
Brasserie du Slalom 🇫🇷 keeps its carbon footprint and energy bills low by cleverly shifting its use of electric heating and cooling
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🍺 Produire de la bière avec l'un des meilleurs bilans carbone du marché : voici comment on s'y prend à la Brasserie du Slalom. L'essentiel de notre énergie vient du renouvelable. Mais au-delà de la… | Valentin Surrel
🍺 Produire de la bière avec l'un des meilleurs bilans carbone du marché : voici comment on s'y prend à la Brasserie du Slalom. L'essentiel de notre énergie vient du renouvelable. Mais au-delà de la source, c'est quand on consomme qui change tout. Le principe est simple : la production photovoltaïque est maximale en journée. C'est donc le moment où l'énergie est la plus abondante… et la moins chère. Notre installation est pilotée pour caler nos process énergivores sur ces cr�…

"India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26"
#India #Energy #Renewables

India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26 - pv magazine Global
Ember's analysis found that about 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity generation was curtailed in fiscal year 2025–26, equivalent to 1.3% of total renewable generation, to keep coal-fired power plants operating at their minimum technical load. The report estimates that around 10 GWh of energy storage, charged during peak midday solar generation hours, would have been sufficient to absorb this surplus renewable output, maintain coal plants above their minimum technical load, and avoid the curtail…

EU 'must' shift to renewables to end fossil fuel 'blackmail from war-driving authoritarian regimes' - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260423-eu-must-shift-to-renewables-to-end-fossil-fuel-blackmail-from-war-driving-authoritarian-regimes-1

I rarely block people but just blocked a rude 'renewables' simplist.
I'm for '#renewables' but recognise their limitations: impossible resource demands if it were to try and replace current levels of primary energy; waste and ecosystem impacts from the same; unfortunately can't replace all fossil fuel uses (e.g. very high temperature industrial processes, heavy frei…

"As Cuba’s grid fails, solar power becomes a lifeline"
#Cuba #Energy #Renewables

As Cuba’s grid fails, solar power becomes a lifeline
Ten percent of the Caribbean nation’s electricity was generated by renewable energy in 2025, up from 3.6% in 2024.