AI’s data-center boom is driving a $400B rush to build new gas plants. Data centers use ~1.5% of global electricity, and solar, wind, and batteries already dominate new capacity because they’re cheaper, faster, and less risky. ☀️💨🔋🔌💡
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From @gavinjmaguire.bsky.social in @reuters.com today: Africa's solar momentum is spreading fast ☀️ GEM's (@globalenergymon.bsky.social) data shows that Egypt is Northern Africa's leader in operating (3.3 GW) and prospective (46.7 GW) utility-scale solar projects! 🔌💡
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From David Wallace Wells (@dwallacewells.bsky.social) in the @nytimes.com: “the center of gravity for new clean power has shifted decisively toward emerging and developing economies.” ☀️🔌💡
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/o...
BloombergNEF reported storage costs dropped 27% to a record $78/MWh, and developers added 87GW of solar paired with batteries delivering power for just $57/MWh 🔋☀️🔌💡
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that more than half of all new electric generating capacity added in 2026 will come from solar ☀️🔌💡
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“There’s no business interest for the coal sector to carry on, because increasingly the market will trend towards using renewables, because it’s getting cheaper and cheaper”
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The BBC featured our operating utility-scale + distributed solar data for China in their article today. In fact, China’s total solar capacity is about five times that of its closest peer, the United States. @globalenergymon.bsky.social #solar #renewables ☀️🔌💡
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Utility-scale batteries are transforming power systems 🔋 Paired with solar, mega-batteries store energy for nights & peak demand—boosting flexibility and energy security 🔌💡 from @iea.org #Solar #EnergyTransition
There is no verified evidence that popular generative AI tools like Gemini or Copilot are delivering “material, verifiable, and substantial” emissions reductions — despite repeated industry claims that AI can help fight climate change.
Report from @ketanjoshi.co: ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b...
from Eco-Business: www.eco-business.com/news/g7-fall...
from DownToEarth: www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/globa...
from @saurenergy.bsky.social: www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy...
from @anadoluajansicom.bsky.social: www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/d...
from @afp.com: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
from @carbonbrief.org: www.carbonbrief.org/g7-falling-b...
China has crossed a historic threshold with at least 1.6 TW of operating wind and solar capacity. The Global Solar Power Tracker now reports nearly 900 GW of operating distributed solar capacity across 31 countries/areas.
The center of gravity for new clean power has shifted decisively toward emerging and developing economies. The G7 countries, despite controlling roughly half of global wealth, account for only 11% of the world’s prospective wind and utility-scale solar capacity additions.
Wind and utility-scale solar projects expanded by 11%, reaching nearly 5 TW worldwide. With just five years left to meet the 2030 tripling targets, accelerating deployment is more critical than ever.
🚨 NEW REPORT & DATA RELEASE 🚨
GEM's (@globalenergymon.bsky.social) data shows a major surge in the global clean power pipeline in 2025! ☀️💨🔌💡🧪
#energy #renewables #solar #wind #opendata
Read our latest report here: globalenergymonitor.org/report/globa...
A short 🧵 with main findings below!
Mayor Mamdani and members of his administration stand behind a podium in a basketball court.
Today in the Rockaways, I stood with NYCHA residents to announce a $38M investment to bring clean, reliable heat pumps to Beach 41st Street Houses.
Our upcoming data release on February 10, 2026, will include +35k wind and +103k solar assets worldwide — all part of our open-access energy infrastructure datasets. The updated wind & solar data and briefing drops Feb 10 via @globalenergymon.bsky.social #renewables #wind #solar 🧪💡☀️💨
Today's @carbonbrief.org explainer on gas in China featured @aiqun.bsky.social: "With the rapid expansion of renewables and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, I don’t foresee a bright future for gas power.” 🔌
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Google and Microsoft are both doing studies about building several data centers and the nuclear reactors needed to power them in my area. We have been in a drought for several years and if these are built our water tables will be drained.
Copernicus reported that 2025 was the third warmest year on record. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level 🧪💡
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My first shot at generating an energy-related meme. The times have changed for the big tech acquisitions 🔌💡
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Absolutely disgusting.
Latest briefing from our Global Solar and Wind Power Trackers reveal that more than 60% of prospective solar and wind capacity in Africa is for hydrogen production.
One of MANY new solar projects we're adding to the Global Solar Power Tracker in February 2026. Stade Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Senegal. That's pretty cool 😎
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IEA (@iea.org) reported that annual solar PV capacity additions average 540 GW to 2035 in the Current Policies Scenario (CPS). The chart below illustrates the estimated trend through 2050 ☀️💡
Read more: www.iea.org/reports/worl...
Latest from Reuters using @globalenergymon.bsky.social data! Two-thirds of new power projects are solar & wind 🌞💨 Around 950 GW of clean capacity is being built—345 GW of that from solar alone.
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