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EU electric car sales in April up 34% compared to last year, but Tesla sales *down* 53%, an even stronger fall than in the first quarter of the year.
https://www.electrive.com/2025/05/27/electric-cars-overtake-diesel-in-new-eu-veh…

Electric cars overtake diesel in new EU vehicle registrations - electrive.com
According to the industry association ACEA, new registrations of electric cars in the EU rose by 26 per cent year-on-year to just under 560,000 units in the

"Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Surprise, surprise.
This is not an industrial strategy.
Whatever it is, it isn't fit for the coming era of energy descent and ecosystem collapse.
Lower energy costs part of government's 10-year plan for industry - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ljnr

Lower energy costs part of government's 10-year plan for industry
Plans to slash energy bills by up to 25% for over 7,000 UK businesses will be announced alongside other plans to boost growth.

Smart Meters Conference, Salford (2019) - Bringing together industry, academia and policy makers to innovation around the smart meter infrastructure. #UoSSmart2019 - https://www.earth.org.uk/Smart-Meters-…

Smart Meters Conference, Salford (2019)
Bringing together industry, academia and policy makers to innovation around the smart meter infrastructure. #UoSSmart2019

Definitely encouraging as far as shipping emissions goes, and I appreciate that the quicklime used in the process will be produced with renewable energy - but, as I understand the normal process for making quicklime, limestone aka calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is baked at high temperatures, driving the chemical reaction CaCO3 > CaO CO2.
And what is not addressed is how to manage the CO2 from this reaction - Yes, it can (in principle) be captured, but then what do you do with it? This…

Definitely encouraging as far as shipping emissions goes, and I appreciate that the quicklime used in the process will be produced with renewable energy - but, as I understand the normal process for making quicklime, limestone aka calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is baked at high temperatures, driving the chemical reaction CaCO3 > CaO CO2.
And what is not addressed is how to manage the CO2 from this reaction - Yes, it can (in principle) be captured, but then what do you do with it? This…

“An assessment of updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the EU is on course to achieve a 54 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 - just one per cent shy of its legally binding 55 per cent target.”
Fun fact, if Canada joined the EU it would probably hurt it from an emissions reduction perspective because Oil and Gas.
“It attributed the progress towards the 2030 goal to action in the energy sector, with renewables covering 24 per cent of energy consumption in the EU in 2023. Most member states are now aligned with the target of reaching a share of 42.5 per cent by 2030, according to the Commission.”
Weird how they don’t mention LNG as being a reason why Europe has been able to meet its goals. Almost like renewables are essentially the only way to decarbonize the industry, just like the scientists say it is.
“States have a legal obligation to deliver climate action, and the Commission has a clear responsibility to uphold and enforce EU law in response.”
Imagine Danielle Smith whining about unfair laws…
Wonder how much #bclmg Europe will be asking for…
#bcpoli #abpoli #climateAction #ClimateChange #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/28/eu-on-track-to-meet-2030-emissions-goal-thanks-to-strong-progress-on-renewables?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

"Rachel Reeves Promised Oil Industry ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Over Windfall Tax in Private Meeting"
#UK #UnitedKigdom #Climate

Rachel Reeves Promised Oil Industry ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Over Windfall Tax in Private Meeting
Chancellor Rachel Reeves told a fossil fuel giant that the industry would receive a “quid pro quo” in return for higher taxes on its windfall profits, DeSmog can reveal. In a meeting with the Norwegian state energy company Equinor on 27 August last year, Reeves suggested that the government’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) […]

⚗️ Breakthrough Technology Extracts Hydrogen from Natural Gas Wells
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Breakthrough-Technology-Extracts-Hydrogen-from-Natural-Gas-Wells.html

Breakthrough Technology Extracts Hydrogen from Natural Gas Wells
Scientists have discovered a new method to extract low-emissions hydrogen from natural gas fields while trapping carbon underground, potentially revolutionizing the hydrogen industry and global decarbonization efforts.

Assessing the Impact of Refactoring Energy-Inefficient Code Patterns on Software Sustainability: An Industry Case Study
Rohit Mehra, Priyavanshi Pathania, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma, Vikrant Kaulgud, Sanjay Podder, Adam P. Burden
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09370

Assessing the Impact of Refactoring Energy-Inefficient Code Patterns on Software Sustainability: An Industry Case Study
Advances in technologies like artificial intelligence and metaverse have led to a proliferation of software systems in business and everyday life. With this widespread penetration, the carbon emissions of software are rapidly growing as well, thereby negatively impacting the long-term sustainability of our environment. Hence, optimizing software from a sustainability standpoint becomes more crucial than ever. We believe that the adoption of automated tools that can identify energy-inefficient p…

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

"2025: A landmark year for solar energy"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

2025: A landmark year for solar energy
The IEA-PVPS 2025 Snapshot of Global PV Markets reveals a pivotal moment for solar power: global PV capacity surpassed 2.2 TW, with more than 600 GW installed in 2024 alone. As module prices fell due to oversupply, installation volumes continued to grow, highlighting both the strength and volatility of the global PV industry.

Ab 2026 verstärkt #Boskalis seine Flotte mit der #Windpiper, dem laut Unternehmen größten #Spezialschiff zur Unterwasser-Felsinstallation.
Das 227 Meter lange Schiff verdoppelt die

'Largest subsea rock installation vessel in industry' to join Boskalis' fleet in 2026
Boskalis is set to welcome a new subsea rock installation vessel to its fleet in 2026, described as the largest such vessel in the industry.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05460 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csPL_…

It's Not Easy Being Green: On the Energy Efficiency of Programming Languages
Does the choice of programming language affect energy consumption? Previous highly visible studies have established associations between certain programming languages and energy consumption. A causal misinterpretation of this work has led academics and industry leaders to use or support certain languages based on their claimed impact on energy consumption. This paper tackles this causal question directly. It first corrects and improves the measurement methodology used by prior work. It then dev…

@… @… And it shows how desperate they are to come up with something NEW and EXCITING. Fixing bugs is boring, let’s put all of our energy into making things different!
Of course, it’s an industry-wide problem, and why they’re going all i…

@… @… And it shows how desperate they are to come up with something NEW and EXCITING. Fixing bugs is boring, let’s put all of our energy into making things different!
Of course, it’s an industry-wide problem, and why they’re going all i…

Industrial Flexibility Investment Under Uncertainty: A Multi-Stage Stochastic Framework Considering Energy and Reserve Market Participation
Amund Norland, Lasse Skare, Ole Jakob Viken, Stian Backe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08638

Industrial Flexibility Investment Under Uncertainty: A Multi-Stage Stochastic Framework Considering Energy and Reserve Market Participation
The global energy transition toward net-zero emissions by 2050 is expected to increase the share of variable renewable energy sources (VRES) in the energy mix. As a result, industrial actors will encounter more complex market conditions, characterized by volatile electricity prices, rising carbon costs, and stricter regulations. This situation calls for the industry to capitalize on opportunities in both spot-price arbitrage and reserve market participation, while also meeting future regulatory…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08210 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

The Inverse Carson's Equations Problem: Definition, Implementation and Numerical Experiments
In recent years, with the increase in renewable energy and storage penetration, power flow studies in low-voltage networks have become of interest in both industry and academia. Many studies use impedance represented by sequence components due to the lack of datasets with fully parameterized impedance matrices. This assumes that the network impedance is balanced, which is typically not the case in the low-voltage network and therefore risks the accuracy of the study. This paper proposes a metho…