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Sachi Mulkey, writing for @grist.org, describes the devastating scale of Nepal’s glacier collapse. @coveringclimatenow.org #Nepal #Flooding #Glacier #Republishing theenergypioneer.com/why-its-so-h...
Why It’s So Hard To Predict A Tragedy Like Nepal’s Glacier Collapse - The Energy Pioneer
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Dive into our latest features with Austin Whitman, CEO of The Change Climate Project, as he explores the need for climate finance to play a more prominent role in climate certification and standards. #ClimateCertification #ClimateFinance #Emissions theenergypioneer.com/climate-targ...
Climate Targets Need Money - The Energy Pioneer
We launched the Climate Neutral Certified program in 2019 because of its impact potential: companies and consumers already understood neutrality better than
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We’re excited to announce that our journalist, Noah Ginsburg, will be representing The Energy Pioneer at Climate Week NYC! 🌎 If you’ll be at NYC Climate Week, we’d love to connect. #NYCClimateWeek #ClimateWeek #TheEnergyPioneer #Energy #ClimateTech #Climate #ClimateData #EnergyTransition
Bangladesh is betting on rooftop solar as its energy crisis deepens. @rafiqulmontu.bsky.social explores the challenge, with insights from Khan of Change Initiative, Alam of IEEFA South Asia, Alam of CAB, and Mahmud of BSREA. #Bangladesh #RooftopSolar theenergypioneer.com/bangladesh-t...
Bangladesh Turns To Rooftop Solar Amid Energy Crisis - The Energy Pioneer
Bangladesh’s government aims to develop 5,500 megawatts of rooftop solar capacity, alongside 4,500 megawatts of ground-mounted solar capacity. The country has
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Kenya’s Olkaria geothermal field is a national success story. But for Maasai families who once lived there, the story is different. Read Catherine Suttah on geothermal power and its impact on Maasai communities. #Geothermal #Kenya #Maasai #Energy theenergypioneer.com/kenyas-geoth...
Kenya's Geothermal Energy And The Displacement Of The Maasai - The Energy Pioneer
By the end of 2025, Kenya's installed geothermal capacity had reached 980 MW, making it the world's seventh-largest geothermal producer — more than Iceland
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Read our latest Q&A between Otto Gunderson and Adam Smith, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at @climatecentral.org , on how the organization tracks the economic costs of weather and climate disasters. #BillionDollarDisasters #Climate #ExtremeWeather theenergypioneer.com/billion-doll...
Billion-Dollar Disasters: What The Data Reveals About Extreme Weather Costs - The Energy Pioneer
A: The Billion-Dollar Disaster analysis is vital in demonstrating the economic impact of extreme weather and climate events in inflation-adjusted dollars, and
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In this latest feature, Isaac Maze-Rothstein, Associate Director of Partner Success at Leap, explores the five most important moments across fifty years that shaped VPP history. #VPP #Energy #VirtualPowerPlant #OilEmbargo #CaliforniaEnergyCrisis theenergypioneer.com/the-five-mos...
The Five Most Important Moments In Virtual Power Plant History - The Energy Pioneer
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) use distributed energy resources such as batteries, electric vehicles, heating and cooling systems that can help balance the grid
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Carbon capture is evolving fast, but the market is still taking shape. Otto Gunderson’s latest #ClimateTechSeries looks at what’s next for CCS, with insights from @climeworks.bsky.social Carbon Clean, Carbfix, Carbon Collect, Graphyte, Carbon Capture Coalition. theenergypioneer.com/climatetech-...
ClimateTech Series: Scaling Carbon Capture And Storage - The Energy Pioneer
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has continued to grow within the climate technology landscape, but the market around it has been anything but stable. Even as
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Read expert Craig Segall's feature on how marine cloud brightening, glacier stabilization and stratospheric aerosol injection could reshape our approach to climate change. #Climatechange #PlanetaryReflectivity #MarineCloudBrightening #glacierstabilization theenergypioneer.com/the-era-of-t...
The Era Of The Big Fix - The Energy Pioneer
Right now, we’re driving into increasingly dangerous conditions with the windshield fogged over. Research is what clears the glass to help us choose the
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Rwanda’s electrification strategy was set to electrify millions of homes, and while the strategy expanded access to electricity, new research suggests it also led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. By: @mambondiyani.bsky.social #Rwanda #Energy theenergypioneer.com/synthetic-rw...
‘Synthetic Rwanda’ Reveals The Unexpected Emissions Cost Of Electrification - The Energy Pioneer
Synthetic Rwanda: Measuring the Emissions Cost
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In this piece, Mitchell Beer explores the economic viability of expanding clean energy in Canada, and what this moment could mean for the country’s energy future. This story was originally published by @TheEnergyMix. #Republishing #TrumpTradeWar theenergypioneer.com/trump-trade-...
Trump Trade War Could Be A Catalyst To Speed Canada’s Energy Transition, Experts Say - The Energy Pioneer
This story was originally published by The Energy Mix
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Read our latest article on Power Tanks in Nigeria and the role they are playing in keeping small businesses running amid persistent grid failures. #PowerTanks #Nigeria #Electrification theenergypioneer.com/how-power-ta...
How Power Tanks Are Keeping Nigeria’s Small Businesses Running Amid Persistent Grid Failures - The Energy Pioneer
Ilorin, Nigeria — When graphic designer Adekola Ibrahim opened his laptop to start the day’s work, a sudden power outage left him unable to switch it on.
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The Sargassum Paradox: Why the Caribbean’s Clean Energy Hope is a Supply Chain Trap | The Energy Pioneer
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If floating solar works on the Bui reservoir, could the model work on Volta Lake, a reservoir roughly sixteen times the size? #FloatingSolar #Hydropower #BuiReservoir #VoltaLake #BuiPowerAuthority theenergypioneer.com/ghana-alread...
Ghana Already Knows How To Float Solar On A Dam. Can It Scale? - The Energy Pioneer
Bui Power Authority has proven the model on a small reservoir. The question is whether it can survive contact with Volta Lake, the world’s largest man-made
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Read Otto Gunderson's latest Q&A with Peter du Pont, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Asia Clean Energy Partners as they discuss SPARK (Sharing Perspectives to Advance Regional Knowledge on Energy Transition in Southeast Asia). #SoutheastAsia #EnergyTransition #SPARK theenergypioneer.com/how-spark-us...
How SPARK Uses Confidential Dialogue Under The Chatham House Rule To Advance Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition - The Energy Pioneer
Asia Clean Energy Partners is an international advisory firm focused on accelerating the clean energy transition across Asia-Pacific by working with
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Read Otto Gunderson's latest ClimateTech series on sodium-ion batteries, featuring insights from UNIGRID Battery, Alsym Energy, Mana Battery, TiamatEnergy, and Transition Ventures. #SodiumIonBattery #LithiumIonBattery #ClimateTech #AnodeFree theenergypioneer.com/climatetech-...
ClimateTech Series: An Ode To Sodium Ion - The Energy Pioneer
The global market for sodium-ion batteries, which was valued at less than USD 1 billion dollars in 2024, is expected to grow to nearly USD 29 billion by 2034.
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Read our latest Deep Dive into the challenge of diversifying critical mineral supply chains away from China. @chinagsproject.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org #CriticalMinerals #SupplyChains #DRC #China #US #MissionImpossible theenergypioneer.com/ep-deep-dive...
EP Deep Dive | Mission Impossible: US Struggles To Cut China Out Of Critical Mineral Supply Chains - The Energy Pioneer
The Energy Transition and the Mineral Race
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In this article, Jake Johnson of Common Dreams examines the Trump administration’s push to expand drilling in the Arctic. This story was originally published by @commondreams.org and made available through @coveringclimatenow.org. #Republishing #ArcticDrilling theenergypioneer.com/recipe-for-c...
‘Recipe For Catastrophe’: Trump Moves To Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards - The Energy Pioneer
This story was originally published by Common Dreams through Covering Climate Now Shared Library.
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Read @mambondiyani.bsky.social l's article on clean cooking in Uganda and why Chinese biomass stoves could offer a bridge from open fires to cleaner cooking with insights from Ashily Yuan of Zhejiang Huiwenmei Stove Co (SSM). #CleanCooking #Uganda #Cookstoves theenergypioneer.com/uganda-still...
Uganda Still Cooks Over Firewood. Could Chinese Stoves Change That? - The Energy Pioneer
While improved cookstoves are beginning to change cooking practices in Uganda, millions still rely on preparing meals over smoky open fires.
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In this Q&A, Otto Gunderson interviews Seleha Lockwood, Programme Lead - Public Banks & Development at @e3g.bsky.social on how public and national development banks can help mobilise climate finance at scale. #E3G #GreenFinance #ClimateFinance theenergypioneer.com/mobilizing-c...
Mobilizing Climate Finance Through Multilateral Collaboration With E3G - The Energy Pioneer
Q: Could you provide an overview of the work of E3G?
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Read Kelesha Williams' article on Jamaica's AC dilemma, with insights from Bryan Stephens of Appliance Traders Ltd, Jacqueline Spence of the the Met Service of Jamaica, and Tannecia Stephenson of The University of the West Indies. #Airconditioning #Jamaica theenergypioneer.com/staying-cool...
Staying Cool As Jamaica Heats Up - The Energy Pioneer
It’s almost the end of summer, but Appliance Traders Limited (ATL), one of Jamaica’s largest appliance companies, continues to see people flocking to its
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Journalist Austin Corona investigates why oil companies aren’t increasing drilling despite record profits and political pressure. This story was originally published by @grist.org and made available through the @coveringclimatenow.org Shared Library. #Oil theenergypioneer.com/theyre-makin...
They’re Making Record Profits, But Oil Companies Still Won’t ‘drill, Baby, Drill’ - The Energy Pioneer
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Read @mambondiyani.bsky.social's article on biogas digesters in rural Zimbabwe with insights from Mohammad Taherzadeh of SCRR, Johannes Nyamayedenga of the Rural Electrification Agency, and Kwadzanai Nicholas Mukundidza. #Biogas #Zimbabwe #RenewableEnergy theenergypioneer.com/biogas-cuts-...
Biogas Cuts Firewood Use In Rural Zimbabwe - The Energy Pioneer
On the Mutare-Masvingo highway, about 40 kilometres outside Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare, a woman and a child carrying bundles of firewood dash
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In this Q&A, Otto Gunderson interviews Aaron Maltais and Perez Yeptho of @sei.org on the causes of the green steel slowdown and the future of scaling low-emissions steel production. #GreenSteel #Slowdown #Europe #Sweden #GreenTransition theenergypioneer.com/whats-next-f...
What's Next For Green Steel? - The Energy Pioneer
In this Q&A, Otto Gunderson of The Energy Pioneer interviews Aaron Maltais and Perez Yepthois of the Stockholm Environment Institute on the causes of the
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In the second installment of our ClimateTech series, leaders in the software monitoring space discuss how growth in renewables, EVs, data centers, and battery storage is driving demand for increasingly sophisticated software solutions. #BatteryLife #ClimateTech theenergypioneer.com/climatetech-...
ClimateTech Series: Software Advancements And Energy Use - The Energy Pioneer
The ability of software to analyze data and make real-time decisions has reshaped electricity use across applications ranging from electric vehicles and
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In this insightful article, journalist Austin Corona of @grist.org explores China's solar industry. This story was originally published by @grist.org and made available through the @coveringclimatenow.org Shared Library. #Republishing #China #Solar theenergypioneer.com/chinas-solar...
China’s Solar Industry Is Losing Money. The Country Is Doubling Down Anyway. - The Energy Pioneer
Cheap, abundant Chinese solar panels have become essential to decarbonizing the global energy system. Without them, the world’s clean energy transition would
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“The Injustice Is That We Are Being Asked to Transition from Energy We Never Had” In this Q&A Esther Nyamekye Opoku, Programme Officer at CORD Ghana, examines how the global energy transition impacts rural women. #Ghana #Women #Solar #Energy theenergypioneer.com/the-injustic...
"The Injustice Is That We Are Being Asked To Transition From Energy We Never Had" - The Energy Pioneer
Esther Nyamekye Opoku is a Programme Officer at CORD Ghana (Centre for Opportunities and Rural Development), a civil society organisation working at the
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Indigenous peoples are at the heart of rainforest protection. @coolearthaction.bsky.social's Martin Simonneau speaks with Otto Gunderson about protecting forests across the Amazon, Congo Basin, Cameroon, and Papua New Guinea. #Rainforests #ClimateAction theenergypioneer.com/a-resilient-...
A Resilient Rainforest Depends On Indigenous Communities - The Energy Pioneer
Cool Earth protects some of the world's most important rainforests by supporting the Indigenous peoples and local communities who live in them. Martin
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Read Otto Gunderson's latest CleanTech Series overview of grid monitoring and optimization, featuring insights from industry leaders including Sentrisense, IONATE, Piq Energy, Buzz Solutions. #GridMonitoring #ElectricityGrid #ClimateTech theenergypioneer.com/climatetech-...
CleanTech Series: Grid Monitoring And Optimization - The Energy Pioneer
With much of the US electrical grid built in the middle of the 20th century, new pressure on electricity transmission and distribution from both distributed
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