The @iea.org has increased its 2026 forecast --- now forecasts 29% of all cars sold will be electric... ⚡️

International Energy Agency@iea.org · 6d ago

Despite a challenging backdrop for the global car market, electric car sales rebounded sharply in Q2 2026. Record quarterly sales in 50 countries have lifted the outlook, with EVs now expected to account for 29% of all cars sold this year 👉 iea.li/4pPLITc

At last! Official solar+wind data for #SaudiArabia apps.kapsarc.org/appboard/ren...

Important (non) reshuffle news at DESNZ, as Katie White and Michael Shanks confirmed as remaining at the department. Really strong signal from Burnham that he expects high degree of continuity with current strategy. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533259...

Number 10 confirms Katie White and Michael Shanks to remain at DESNZ

Andy Burnham continues his shake-up of government with wave of junior ministerial appointments

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🇨🇳 NEW | #China #Energy and #Emissions Trends – June 2026 snapshot 🪨📈 #Fossil power generation rose 0.5% YoY in June and 2% in Q2, but remained below its 2023 peak. Bad wind conditions and #solar curtailment left space for coal to inch up despite huge capacity increases

Conventional wisdom says rooftop solar meets **exisiting** electricity demand. What if rooftop solar actually **increases** electricity demand, improving living standards and driving economic growth? This is exactly what our new analysis of Pakistan's solar boom shows. Let's dig in.. 🧵

Innovation strikes again⚡ Silver use per watt of solar has fallen 15% on average EVERY YEAR for 8 years. Since 2017, solar panel manufactuing has risen 6x fold, but silver use is up only 50%🥈🩶 2026 and beyond promise further big falls following Longi+Jinko innovation.. 🧵

NEW: China's new "5 Year Plan for the Energy Sector" is planning to go FASTER on electrification ⚡ China already has one of the most electrified energy economies in the world. The electrification momentum continues 💪 #ElectrifyNow

NEW | The EU’s battery fleet is set to QUADRUPLE from 43 GW in 2025 to 178 GW by 2030 🔋 As every country sees growth in battery capacity, the EU can absorb far more wind and solar power and reduce its reliance on gas for grid balancing. The full clean flex story below👇 🧵 1/6

🆕Europe’s battery storage market surged in 2025, reaching 36 GWh of new installations Total capacity surpassed 100 GWh, with strong 48% year-on-year growth Read the full press release 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas... #EUBatteryOutlook26

It's all about electrification⚡️ The #ElectrifyNow campaign is now LIVE! Press release: www.electrifynow.world/news-and-res...

I love that - after decades of fossil fuel lobby groups infiltrating every single part of government - renewables is getting a big boost to help stand on its own two feet..

🚨COOL EVENT ALERT🚨 Next Thursday at #LCAW... Come and see how Pakistan’s distributed solar boom is helping meet up pent-up energy demand and electrifying every sector, and how other emerging countries can learn from it💪 Register here in-person or online ember-energy.org/latest-updat...

OUT TODAY: Businesses wants #electrification. Of 2000 business executives across 18 countries..

NEW: Asia is going electric💡 Asia has 4% of the world's oil+gas supplies. It's perhaps no surprise Asia is doubling down on electrification. Not just China, all of Asia. If you liked last September Electrotech Revolution slidepack, you'll love this...

I was working on coal phase-out in 2016. It's hard to express how impossible it would have sounded for solar in the US to generate more than coal by 2026 over a whole month. (Even if that month is only May, which typically has more solar gen and less coal gen) So cool😎

Nevermind about China's EVs, look at its ICE sales😮 May -39% y-o-y Just 560,000 sold, compared to 2,660,000 peak almost ten years ago in Dec-2016.

@robbieandrew.bsky.social When does the China data for May feed thru? Lots of excitement on it at the moment.. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?la...

Collected vehicle registration data

Frequently updated charts and data for new vehicle registrations across countries.

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I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...

Never rule out electric planes for in the future! Wh/Kg energy density: - LFP: 150-200 - NMC: 200-300 - Solid state: 400-700 - Lithium-air lab: 1200 - Lithium-air theoretical limit: 12000 - Jet fuel: 12000 carnewschina.com/2026/06/03/c...

CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology with theoretical gasoline-level 12,000 Wh/kg energy density

CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology as the future of global battery competition.

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Solar panel efficiency continues to rise fast..💪

Commercial Solar Guy@commercialsolarguy.com · 2mo ago

25 is the new 23 which was the new 20 - two years ago in Munich Aiko put out the first 25% efficiency solar panel I’ve ever seen. Now, I walked the floor and I see them everywhere. There’s still plenty of lower efficiency modules – but the floor is now 23%! The shift has occurred.

The energy crisis is spurring #electrification. Especially on EV's, especially in Asia⚡️

That interview is available here for all to listen. This is a gift link. Would greatly appreciate your help in getting it to a wider audience. Perhaps it will get more coverage! 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

How Reform Plans to Upend Decades of UK Climate Action

Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, wants to revive Britain’s oil and gas industry and cut back on renewables.

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The latest energy #megatrend: Energy importers are investing massively into cleantech. No one wants to be beholden to fossil fuel imports🤷‍♂️

This is cool... new data from the @iea.org shows grid investment is rising💪 In the Age of Electricity, grids are the arteries and veins that keep the electricity flowing..

and home battery

A much-discussed “return to #coal” by some countries in the wake of the Iran war & #fossilfuel is likely to be far more limited than thought, amounting to a global rise of no more than 1.8% in coal power output this year and likely even much lower www.carbonbrief.org/world-will-n...

World ‘will not see significant return to coal’ in 2026 – despite Iran crisis - Carbon Brief

Clean-energy projects are emerging as more appealing investments during the fossil-fuel driven energy crisis.

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In April, almost twice as many people googled "solar panel" than in any month, ever🤯 If that's not a sign...;)

What does #ElNino mean for the energy transition this year? TL;DR: Solar saves the day… but not the night. 🧵

New from us: China's total power sector emissions fell in 2025 and clean power generation saw a record increase, but which provinces made the most progress and which slid back? 🧵

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵