From me - Labor promises to ‘grab this opportunity’ to become renewable energy superpower. Investors warn US mega clean energy spend could suck green capital away from Australia. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Electric cars are booming – global sales are on course to jump 35% this year In 2019, only 2.5% of cars sold worldwide were electric In 2023, they're set to reach 18% Read about the implications for the energy industry & climate in International Energy Agency’s new report ➡️ iea.li/3AwkPuJ

Heat pumps are a vital technology for net zero but multiple myths and half truths are spread via news and social media. I take on 20 of those myths and debunk them one by one in the The New Statesman newstatesman.com/spotlight/clim…

New from International Energy Agency! The world is set to add over 440 gigawatts of renewable power capacity this year – a huge jump from last year & more than double what it added in 2019 Read more on how solar & wind are leading the emergence of the new energy economy ➡️ iea.li/3IKItrF

Victoria bans #gas connections in new homes from 2024. Planning permits will only allow connections to all-electric networks in 2024, a major move for the state with highest residential gas use in Australia. reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-gas-ban…

People have been warming the European car industry for years of what would happen if they failed to electrify early and well. And here it is telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/…

A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy. That's not true. Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.

Tried to make sense of it all. Proper angry tbh. businessgreen.com/blog-post/4121…

“Studies have shown that fully electrified homes have an average total energy cost saving of $34,500 over 10 years compared to gas and petrol-fuelled homes,” reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-urged-to-f…

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via Christian Aslund

“… and daylight second. And that’s finance.” Alan Kohler $TSLA #renewables

The rise of electric vehicles means gasoline demand in China peaks this year. It's all downhill from here. My latest: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Genuinely staggering new data from ⁦@EmberClimate⁩ this morning. Fossil fuels accounted for just a third of the power mix across the EU during the first half of the year, as both coal and gas use fell sharply. businessgreen.com/news/4123645/s…

Good news - Fed & Vic Govts will each put in $46m to electrify public housing + $16m to help apartment dwellers access solar. As we say in Renew Economy: it's crucial there's an equity focus to #electrification so every Australian can access the benefits reneweconomy.com.au/solar-for-apar…

The goal is to create certainty that the future of energy is electric & renewable. “(IRA) was designed to permanently transform the marketplace & deploy tens of trillions of dollars” Griffith. Why Aust must pick households, not industry, to hit net zero afr.com/policy/energy-…

Our heat pump efficiency and cold weather paper caused a bit of a stir this week. Quite a few people in the UK asked me "but what about the running costs?" I crunched the latest cost numbers for you. Result: With a very efficient heat pump you could save up to £259/yr. 🧵

Can a city get off gas? The citizens of Winterthur, Switzerland voted in favour of the city reaching climate neutrality by 2040. To reach this goal the city plans to decommission 80% its gas grid by 2040. energy-cities.eu/we-no-longer-n…

How Australian households can go electric, cut emissions and save money. Ridding your home of fossil fuels doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. It just has to be part of your 10-year plan. theguardian.com/australia-news…

50 countries hit new monthly solar records in the first half of 2023 China continues to be the leader in solar generation, providing 43% of global ☀️ growth. ember-climate.org/insights/resea…

Our new report on the world’s electricity grids is out! The 1st-of-its-kind, country-by-country analysis shows that to meet energy & climate goals, we need to add or replace 80 mln km of power lines by 2040 That's the size of the entire global grid built over the past 100 years