Norwegian green power developer Statkraft will stop developing new green hydrogen projects, just the latest company to pullback on the much hyped, but very expensive technology in recent months Read my story from December about how the bubble burst: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #energysky

Removing these public mapping tools “is actually dumbing down the way the government works,” says Robert Verchick, a climate legal expert at Loyola University. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Six Environmental Mapping Tools the White House Doesn’t Want You to See

Government officials and advocates used them to help communities disproportionately affected by climate change and pollution.

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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says rich energy company executives should pay to keep nuclear power plants operating if they want to keep them online www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

EXCLUSIVE: Europe is rearming and one country is using defense money to beef up the army's ability to fight climate change. I found it's a growing trend Read the story for free here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Spain Is Using Defense Budgets to Combat Climate Change Effects

Europe’s rush to rearm in support of Ukraine has led Spain to also bolster its climate defenses.

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BMW stock is rising this morning after it reported results that showed EV sales up 32% in the first quarter compared to a year ago, including a 64% jump in Europe. With Elon Musk toxic for many in Europe, Tesla's pain is BMW's gain www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BMW’s EV Sales Help Soften First-Quarter Earnings Decline

BMW AG’s earnings declined less than expected in the first quarter as electric vehicle sales in Europe helped buoy the German carmaker amid slumping demand in China and the threat of US tariffs.

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Just the latest major blow to offshore wind as Orsted discontinues the 2.4gw Hornsea 4 project because the investment no longer adds up. This is one of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms and is critical to the UK’s energy and climate goals www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

Super interesting thread on the Spain blackout last week and the role of renewables and inertia 👇

Joannes Laveyne@jolaveyne.bsky.social · last yr.

Much ado about the role of renewable energy (RE) in the Spanish blackout. The investigation into the effective cause is still ongoing, but many pointed to the fact that RE has no ‘inertia’. Is that true? The answer is: yes, but ... 🧵

The BBC spoke to locals near a big English solar farm and found the panels “do not really bother them” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is life like living the shadow of Ashby's solar farms? - BBC News

Residents of Ashby-de-la-Zouch offer mixed views on the fields of solar panels surrounding the town.

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ICYMI from the weekend: @lauramillan.bsky.social and I looked at why most of Spain's rooftop solar owners weren't shielded from the effects of the blackout - and why most Europeans have panels that don't work when the power is off. Gift link:

Why Spain’s Rooftop Solar Owners Weren’t Spared From the Blackout

The power outage across the nation this week shows that installing rooftop solar doesn't automatically guarantee owners energy independence.

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Spain's wind and solar power have nearly surpassed all traditional sources. But spending on the grid has lagged behind. During the past 5 years, Spain invested an average of $0.30 on the grid for every $1 spent on renewables, according to BloombergNEF. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

💡 BLACKOUT MEGA-THREAD: Last week I was working at the Bloomberg office in Madrid when the humming of the ventilation system suddenly went quiet. That felt quite nice. But when we looked out the windows, we realized traffic lights were off. That's when we knew something serious was going on

Danish wind turbine company Vestas released its earnings statement this morning. The company, which does a lot of business in the US, said that tariffs are likely going to drive up power prices www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apparently AI chat bots are getting worse, not better. Worth noting that companies like OpenAI lose tons of money and have no clear product to sell. Worth having a listen to @edzitron.com’s podcast for a deep dive critical look at OpenAI I don’t see much www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

Spain’s solar power output is expected to keep breaking records

It's still unclear what exactly caused Spain's blackout Monday. But frequency data shows that the grid was already under stress for at least a half hour before the system broke. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

While gas, coal and nuclear power stations are almost completely offline in Spain, solar and wind are providing over 80% of Spain's electricity. Solar will also shut off come sunset, but the wind is set to pick up this evening by some lucky coincidence #energysky

Spain's grid operator said the blackout was caused by something called oscillation. Here's a little explanation on that and how it can cause a chain reaction that leads to a blackout. Follow the @bloomberg.com live blog on the blackout here: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl... #energysky

Massive power outage happening now in Spain. Here's a chart from the Spanish grid operator showing demand plummeting (the yellow line) as the blackout started #energysky demanda.ree.es/visiona/peni...

Investment in renewable power surpassed investment in oil and gas back in 2020 and green power has just grown its lead since then Read @davidfickling.bsky.social on looking past headlines that might make you think clean energy spending is down and out www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The US set new duties as high as 3,521% on solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries, following an investigation sought by domestic solar manufacturers and initiated under former President Joe Biden. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Imposes Tariffs Up to 3,521% on Southeast Asia Solar Imports

The US set new duties as high as 3,521% on solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries, delivering a win for domestic manufacturers while intensifying headwinds already threatening the country’s...

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Microsoft created a new state of matter, but people think tech companies won’t be able to figure how to train and run AI models without consuming exponentially more electricity www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/t...

Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.

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The UK government wants to cut down on red tape and let builders build. Meanwhile the country’s only nuclear power plant under construction might be delayed again as EDF decides whether or not to build an underwater sound system for fish conservation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Despite Trump's anti-wind executive orders, investment in new wind farms is set to surge in the coming years. As of now, it looks like Trump will beat his own record for new wind capacity added in a four-year term www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A 95-year-old woman who survived the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, the Chernobyl disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic was killed by a driver as she crossed the street outside her Brooklyn home on Thursday. gothamist.com/news/woman-w...

Woman who survived Nazis, Chernobyl, COVID killed while crossing Brooklyn street, police say

Mayya Gil, 95, immigrated from Ukraine in 1992. Officials say she died after being hit by a driver outside her Brooklyn home.

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Since 2023 Capgemini has been offering employees interest-free loans of up to £5,000 to buy heat pumps or other green tech for their homes. So far only 10 out of more than 14,000 UK employees have taken them up on the offer www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Want a Heat Pump? Ask Your Employer

With the rise of remote working, some companies are offering benefits that will help their UK employees cut heating emissions at home.

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The lawyer for an Israeli private investigator said for the first time publicly on Wednesday that her client is being prosecuted over allegations that he was hired by an Exxon Mobil lobbyist to hack emails of environmental activists www.reuters.com/world/israel...

Israeli private eye wanted in US over alleged hacking for Exxon lobbyist, lawyer says

The lawyer for an Israeli private investigator said for the first time publicly on Wednesday that her client is being prosecuted over allegations that he was hired by an Exxon Mobil lobbyist to hack emails of environmental activists.

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In 2024, solar panels produced more power than coal plants in the EU. Wind beat gas for a second straight year. Data via @ember-energy.org www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely. journals.sagepub.com...

Has the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) weakened over the last decades? In our new study, we combine state-of-the-art CMIP6 models and observation-based estimates of the air-sea heat flux in the North Atlantic to show that the AMOC has not declined since the 1960s! 🌊

Atlantic overturning inferred from air-sea heat fluxes indicates no decline since the 1960s - Nature Communications

The AMOC is crucial for the global ocean overturning circulation and controls the climate around the North Atlantic. Here, the authors use 24 Earth System Models from the CMIP6 to demonstrate tha...

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Equinor has retracted a claim that it stores about a million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually at its flagship carbon capture project after DeSmog obtained data showing the real figure was as little as a tenth of that amount www.desmog.com/2025/01/14/e...

Exclusive: Norway’s Equinor Forced to Withdraw Key Carbon Capture Claim

This story is the tenth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Equinor has retracted a claim that it stores about a million tonnes of ca...

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