Kingston Community Energy (2012) - Creating non-for-profit community (solar PV) energy schemes was undermined by whiplash changes in government support. #community #microgen -
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill "utterly insane" as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/would-you-rather-have-cheap-energy
45.4°C in Portugal yesterday, in June!
Unprecedented, there's that word again.
#extremeheat #globalwarming #climatechange
(That's 114 F)
Via
📈 Global Energy Demand Outpaces Renewable Expansion
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Global-Energy-Demand-Outpaces-Renewable-Expansion.html
Electricity has supplied all the growth in per capita final energy demand since the oil shocks of the 1970s
In 2007 it overtook oil to become the largest supplier of useful energy.
Demand for fossil fuels for final energy has peaked in two thirds of countries,
and reached a plateau for industry in 2014,
buildings in 2018
and road transport around 2019.
Ukraine calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian strike on Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/29/ukraine-calls-emergency-un-security.html
46°C in Spain today, in June!
Unprecedented, there's that word again.
#extremeheat #climatechange
(That's 115 F)
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat