We are pleased to announce the return of Phil MacDonald as Ember’s Chief Executive Officer, while Aditya Lolla is appointed as Deputy CEO. Read the full announcement 🔗 ember-energy.org/lat...

India is one of the world's biggest source of coal mine methane 🪨💨 "Much of the methane leaking today could be fed into the electricity grid," says Ember's Adomas Liepa But first, an accurate picture of India's #CMM emissions is needed.

Why India is flying blind on coal mine methane

India's coal mine methane emissions may be significantly underreported, writes Ember's Adomas Liepa. Better reporting, site-level monitoring and satellite data integration are key to reducing emissions and improving transparency.

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China's battery utilisation doubled between 2022 and 2025 as the market reflects its role as the ultimate multitool of the energy system. Had 🇨🇳's utility-scale storage run at 350 cycles in 2025, An extra 23 TWh of clean power could have been shifted. ember-energy.org/lat...

#MethaneMonday | #Wales is sitting on a profitable energy opportunity that’s leaking into thin air 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💨 🗣️ Simon Clark unpacks Ember's report on this energy and revenue opportunity for Wales 👇 🧵 1/7 www.youtube.com/shor...

📨OUT NOW | Time to check your inbox! This month’s Ember Current spotlights our energy analyst Duttatreya Das. He explores India’s energy transition, of which solar is becoming an important pillar⚡ Sign up: ember-energy.org/new... Read here: ember-energy.org/lat...

Delivering on the EU's 2030 EV goals could avoid an extra 190 million barrels of oil per year, saving roughly €12 billion annually 🇪🇺 ember-energy.org/lat...

Power grids in Asia-Pacific must adapt to increasing renewable penetration and rising disruptions from extreme weather. AI-enabled adaptation could help maintain reliability of Asia-Pacific’s power grids, ember-energy.org/lat...

Battery storage in the EU is set to QUADRUPLE from 37 GW in 2025 to 178 GW by 2030 🔋 This could enable far more wind and solar power to be absorbed and reduce the region's reliance on gas for grid balancing. ember-energy.org/lat...

⏳Coming soon, a deeper look inside our analysts’ minds ⚡ Subscribe to Ember Current to be the FIRST to see our analysts’ top reports, charts and data insights 📩 Sign up here to receive our monthly newsletter: ember-energy.org/new...

Understanding the US electricity transition means looking beyond the national picture as state-level trends can diverge sharply from the US total ⚡🇺🇸 Uncover these trends with our revamped US explorer 🔎 ember-energy.org/dat...

🛰️ #CMMSpotlight | A methane plume detected over a coal mine in #Indonesia highlights that 🇮🇩’s coal challenge is not only carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants, but also methane emissions from coal mining. Ember’s Dody Setiawan explains 🎥🗣️ Source: Carbon Mapper

Distributed solar has helped to electrify ALMOST EVERY sector of #Pakistan’s economy 🇵🇰 🌞 What’s next? Transportation so far has remained largely untapped by the shift... Learn more ⬇️ ember-energy.org/lat...

Asia-Pacific has been the main driver of growing fossil consumption, but it's still below the world average per capita as electrification accelerates. Notably, China's road fuel demand is plateauing at six times below the US on a per capita basis. ember-energy.org/lat...

MILESTONE | Solar generated MORE THAN HALF of California’s electricity for the first time on record in May 2026 ☀️⚡ California solar went from 1% to over 50% in 14 years 📈 Discover records on the US state electricity transition with our new tool 🔗 ember-energy.org/dat...

DATA TOOL | The new version of our US electricity data explorer is now LIVE, bringing the US power transition into focus state by state 🔎⚡ Break US data down state by state – with a sleek intuitive design and new analysis tools ⤵️ ember-energy.org/dat...

SOON | Texas solar power overtook coal generation in March 2026. And in California, solar became the #1 source of electricity in April 2025. State-by-state insights like these land 28th July in our updated US Electricity Data Explorer 🔗

#MethaneMonday | India, the world’s second-largest coal producer, crossed 1 billion tonnes of coal production in FY2024-25 🇮🇳💨 Official estimates put CMM emissions at ~1.2mn tonnes, but the @iea.org estimates over 2mn tonnes. Why does this gap exist? 🤔 🧵👇 1/4

Europe can unlock 25 GW of new renewables by adding them to existing hydropower sites, bypassing grid capacity constraints 🇪🇺 This strategy is called hybridisation – and it’s becoming increasingly important for countries facing gridlock. ember-energy.org/lat...

Key findings from @iea.org ’s Electricity Mid-Year Update👇 ☀️ Renewables are set to become the largest power source in 2026 🔒 Renewables boosted energy security and cushioned impacts of recent shocks in many countries 💹 Wholesale power prices in EU and Japan rose due to LNG price shock

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Our new Electricity Mid-Year Update is out now. It shows that global electricity demand growth is set to grow at a faster pace this year than last – even as power systems worldwide contend with energy market turmoil & volatile prices. Read more ➡️ iea.li/4fsoOMG

The tools driving the clean energy transition are the same ones that could keep ASEAN’s power systems running through climate stress and disaster shocks ⚡ Ember’s analysis sets out 4 clean tools to improve Southeast Asia’s power system resilience ⬇️ ember-energy.org/lat...

Increasing use of the existing grid is fundamental to overcoming bottlenecks in Europe. Hybridisation offers a fast, zero-intervention way to do this. Hydropower plants are excellent sites for hybridisation. Here's why👇 🧵1/2

Transforming the EU’s energy system with clean technologies means reducing reliance on fossil fuels and the vulnerability that come with them. Fossil imports require constant replenishment whereas clean tech – even imported – builds resilience against shocks and crises. ember-energy.org/lat...

🚨 NEW | As #ASEAN's climate risks worsen, distributed #solar and wind generation stand up to climate stress and disaster shocks better than centralised fossil systems. Even under extreme warming, they lose less than 1% of output by 2030 🧵1/5 ember-energy.org/lat...

July 22nd is France’s #FossilDependenceDay. This marks the day from which its economy effectively relies on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs for the rest of the year. ember-energy.org/foc...

Seven EU hydro giants can integrate 18% of their planned wind and solar additions using existing grid infrastructure at hydropower plants 🇪🇺 Hydro hybridisation is often overlooked, but provides a quick, near-term strategy for easing grid congestion. ember-energy.org/lat...

NEW | Europe can unlock 25 GW of new renewables by adding to existing hydropower sites, bypassing grid capacity constraints. 🇦🇹🇧🇬🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸 all have this opportunity to get more renewables online faster even where the grid is a bottleneck. ember-energy.org/lat...

#MethaneMonday | Europe's coal mines claim methane have plummeted. But this is because the measurements changed, not because production declined 📉 In Czechia, 2022 #CMM emissions dropped TENFOLD despite no matching fall in coal production. www.bloomberg.com/ne...

TOMORROW | Hybridisation combines technologies like wind, solar and storage behind a single grid connection – an often overlooked strategy for adding renewables in areas lacking extra grid capacity. Enter hydro. 🧵 1/3

China's battery expansion is enabling it to shift larger shares of solar generation beyond daytime hours. The 189.5 GWh of energy storage added in 2025 could shift 21% of new solar generation to other hours. Globally, the average stands at 14%. ember-energy.org/lat...

🚨 Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels and exposure to their volatile prices is costly In the 100 days since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, the EU had to pay an additional 37 billion euros due to the fossil fuel price shock Enter electrification 👇 🧵1/3