Will Labour self-destruct over ‘net zero’? Backbench Labour demands to sideline net zero will, if implemented, drive Labour voters back into the arms of the Green Party and herald the end of even modest pro-climate policies davidtoke.substack.com/p/will-labou...

How British solar farms are returning shedloads of money to consumers davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-britis...

How British solar farms are returning shedloads of money to consumers

Solar farms given contracts by the British government to supply electricity to the grid are paying larger and larger sums to electricity consumers.

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Floating PV economically viable at Moroccan dams" at www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/28/f... - enormous potential for floating PV on hydro dams (also to act as virtual battery): doi.org/10.1016/j.eg...

Floating PV economically viable at Moroccan dams - pv magazine Global

Research from Morocco assessing the techno-economic potential of floating PV at a Moroccan dam finds such installations can help to mitigate water stress while increasing the country's renewable energ...

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How anti-net zero campaigners are making blackouts more likely davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-anti-n...

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David Toke's Green Energy Blog discusses themes in and around his book 'Energy Revolutions - Profiteering versus Democracy' published by Pluto Press in April 2024. Click to read Energy Revolutions by ...

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Solar + wind cuts global greenhouse emissions by over 12% - but nuclear contribution stagnates davidtoke.substack.com/p/solar-wind...

Solar + wind cuts global greenhouse emissions by over 12% - but nuclear contribution stagnates

Wind and solar power are making major cuts in global carbon dioxide emissions.

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you're fired! says the robot www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

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A private jet flight from London to Paris is 6 times more polluting per passenger than a commercial flight. This route by private jet would be 12 times more polluting per passenger than a petrol car, and 180 times more polluting per passenger than a Eurostar train. www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

Oxfam GB | The impact of superyacht and private jet emissions

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The world's biggest battery company announces battery to kill off petrol and diesel transport davidtoke.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

I love this song, the live Dylan/Baez duet is brilliant

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez | Deportee | Woody Guthrie Cover | 1976

YouTube video by Wil

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These days hot summers are much hotter than 1976 see www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho... See also: How the United Nations has under-predicted the rate of global temperature rise davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-the-un...

How does summer 2025 compare to summer 1976

Across the UK, mean temperatures averaged across the summer period reached levels never-before recorded, with large swathes of the country experiencing conditions more than 2°C above the seasonal aver...

metoffice.gov.uk

The world's biggest battery company announces battery to kill off petrol and diesel transport davidtoke.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

If you are interested in joining an expert network to promote cutting edge solutions to advance large-scale solar deployment around Europe, get in touch www.abdn.ac.uk/people/david.... We've won a grant from the EU to do this. See www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/resea...

Why are Reform Councils taking down Ukraine solidarity flags? Does this mean that a Farage Government would withdraw support for Ukraine? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Zelenskyy hopes Reform UK councils will allow Ukraine flags to be flown again

Exclusive: Ukrainian president says ‘small mistake can break a big friendship’ in wide-ranging interview with Guardian

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‘Batteries have saved GB consumers £188 million since December 2024’ modoenergy.com/research/en/... See also How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

Batteries have saved GB consumers £188 million since December 2024 - Research | Modo Energy

Since December 2024, batteries in GB saved consumers £188 million. £47mn through the Balancing Mechanism and £141mn from suppressing wholesale prices.

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‘Poland adopts regulations to facilitate wind turbine repowering’ renewablesnow.com/news/poland-... repowered schemes will not usually need new permits. But in the UK🥵 See ‘Onshore wind is still largely banned in England, despite what the Government says’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/onshore-wi...

The unbeatable combination of renewables and batteries policybrief.org/briefs/the-u... See also: How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-renewa...

‘Home batteries: a ‘gamechanger’ for cutting energy bills?’ www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m... See also: How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...

Home batteries: a ‘gamechanger’ for cutting energy bills?

As fuel prices soar, millions of Britons could reduce their electricity costs by installing home storage

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‘Climate activists question hype around small modular reactors’ www.euractiv.com/news/climate... See also ‘Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/nuclear-in...

Climate activists question hype around small modular reactors | Euractiv

Backing these reactors would be a ‘costly mistake for Europe’, the lead author said

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An interactive map of GB renewable energy, renewables-map.robinhawkes.com#5/55/-3.2- You can see that we need more renewables capacity in the South to balance the concentration of wind in the North - there’s possibilities for a lot more solar farms there.

GB Renewables Map

Live map showing realtime renewable energy generation in Great Britain

renewables-map.robinhawkes.com

‘Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts’ reneweconomy.com.au/battery-pric... See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts

Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.

reneweconomy.com.au

Interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, says head of one of world's biggest fertiliser producers: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Billions of meals at risk due to Iran war, says fertiliser boss

A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.

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‘Batteries both big and small have reshaped the grid and forced wholesale prices down’ reneweconomy.com.au/batteries-bo... See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...

Batteries both big and small have reshaped the grid and forced wholesale prices down, AEMO says

AEMO credits the surge in grid scale and home batteries for supporting more renewables, cutting prices, and reshaping the grid.

reneweconomy.com.au

‘8 in 10 Brits would be concerned if the UK became reliant on America for gas, as US imports rise over 40% in 2026’ eciu.net/media/press-... See also: How the US is making Europe a fossil energy colony davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-the-us...

8 in 10 Brits would be concerned if the UK became reliant on America…

Nearly three in five (56%) people say the UK should prioritise transitioning to renewable energy and net zero technologies, such as solar and heat pumps, to meet its future energy needs

eciu.net

‘Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for bills?’ www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a... See also: How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-renewa...

Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for bills?

Government has shaken up the way electricity is priced as British costs are among the highest in the world

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Changes in power generation March 2025 - March 2026 in major global markets: China, USA, EU, India & others Loss of gas from Hormuz closure has NOT lead to rise in coal generation - record buildout of solar & wind in 2025 (& ongoing) mitigated impact energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...

‘“Desert greening:” China’s massive solar farms create cool refuges for plants in Gobi desert’ reneweconomy.com.au/desert-green... See also Which 'country' is leading the world in solar PV and battery power - and why davidtoke.substack.com/p/who-is-lea...

"Desert greening:" China's massive solar farms create cool refuges for plants in Gobi desert

China has spent decades battling against desertification, but installing massive solar farms may be the way forward.

reneweconomy.com.au

How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-renewa...

How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts

Lots of solar and wind power capacity is effectively 'too cheap to meter' for the average consumer

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Onshore wind is still largely banned in England, despite what the Government says Farmers are effectively banned from developing wind power because of unnecessary, prohibitive planning costs. A simple solution exists davidtoke.substack.com/p/onshore-wi...

Two consecutive records broken as GB solar generation hits 14.4GW www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec... See also ‘So how much of UK electricity could solar pv provide?’ - A lot more than people usually think...........https://davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-how-much-of-uk-electricity-could