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India added 24.5GW solar last year. This partly contributes to global 600GW new addition of solar.

Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour? Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather

Basic infrastructure should not be privately owned.

“…90% of Wednesday’s costs to balance supply and demand, were handed to just two gas power plants…[who]…would not run unless they were paid rates up to 100 times higher than normal market prices.”

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Great (and scary) visualization of 2024 daily temperatures compared to prior years by the BBC today. Evocative of the iconic Joy Division album cover from 1979: www.bbc.com/news/art...

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.

“We need to build bridges to people on all sides of the political spectrum who are waking up as climate chaos worsens, despite the gross falsehoods from many Republican leaders,” writes the climate scientist Peter Kalmus.

Unlocking progress towards #3xRenewables, will require greater political momentum & international cooperation. Global energy delegates will convene in Abu Dhabi for #IRENA15A to shape the #energytransition narrative for 2025 & raise ambition for NDC 3.0. Stay tuned:
www.irena.org/Events/2025/...