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La energía #fotovoltaica, con la creciente presión en los precios de la energía, es la gran aliada de la #agricultura. El próximo 13 de mayo, en @Enginyeria , repasaremos las oportunidades de la #agrovoltaica en ahorro y mejora de los cultivos unef.es/es/evento/jorn…

La energía solar y el almacenamiento reducirían a la mitad los costes operativos del sistema eléctrico de la UE para 2030, según el último informe de Solar Power Europe solarpowereurope.org/insights/outlo…

Highly recommended PIK video: Rockström on #PlanetaryBoundaries Science In part 1 of the video series “Core research topics at PIK”, Director @jrockstrom explains the framework on the stability of Earth systems & the safe operating space for humanity. 👇 youtu.be/Rphpxvl_9T8

The world can cut MORE THAN HALF of global coal mine methane emissions this decade using existing technologies ✂️ Proven solutions can slash emissions by up to 63%, and around 12% of this abatement is available at NO NET COST 💰 ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

Neue Studie entzaubert „Wunderpflanzen“ für die Herstellung von Kraftstoffen dlvr.it/TSNLSP

Wie Erneuerbare Energien und kommunale Partnerschaften unsere Demokratie schützen dlvr.it/TSLymR

Battery storage is evolving into a cornerstone of the #energytransition. Advances in battery chemistries, lifecycle planning & safety standards are shaping how storage supports the grid & enables higher shares of #renewables. 🎙️Tune in to "All Things Renewable" & listen to @IRENA expert discuss the pathways to scale storage sustainably → open.spotify.com/episode/0lCmND…

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Two more records set on the @CaliforniaISO grid on Mon, May 3, 2026: Minimum net load -7.871 GW at 1:20 PM Maximum wind output 7.707 GW at 12:45 AM (Tues morn) due to wind from SunZia project, which is part of the CAISO grid WWS met a peak of 156.5% of demand and met >100% of demand for 9.75 hours. WWS also met 78.8% of 24-hour demand. Gas down 61.1%, solar up 61%, batteries up 325% in 2026 vs 2023. 33rd straight and 99 of 123 days in 2026 with WWS meeting > 100% of demand for part of the day.

Germany's electricity mix, 2000 vs 2025: Renewables: 6% → 62% Fossil fuels: 62% → 36% Nuclear: 30% → 0% Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Want more of this content + more detail and links to sources? Subscribe to my Substack: @janrosenow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@janrosenow

"A new way of assessing costs of different energy sources shows that an optimal mix of renewables will be cheaper than nuclear power in future energy systems, where linking different sectors together drives down costs." #SayNo2SizewellC theenergymix.com/renewables-mix…

“El abandono progresivo de los combustibles fósiles es necesario y, sobre todo, posible. Tenemos la tecnología, es viable económicamente, y se trata de una agenda de prosperidad y de seguridad” 🔹 VP Sara Aagesen tras la Conferencia de Santa Marta, para @EFEnoticias

«Los combustibles fósiles suponen el poder de unos pocos, pero las energías renovables son la libertad de todos» 🔹 VP Sara Aagesen

I see many posts talking about how 'resource intensive' wind and solar are. Check my math, but the world extracts, processes, transports, and burns 100 million barrels of oil a day, about 14 million metric tons worth. My best estimate of the weight of all the wind turbine blades installed ON EARTH today (caveat, used Claude to help estimate, check my math) is 20 million metric tons. So, 1.5 days worth of global oil consumption. AND THEY LAST FOR 20+ YEARS. Don't let people scare you with big numbers. There is nothing on earth more resource intensive than the oil and gas indsutry. It's just that when we burn oil and gas, the waste ends up mostly in the atmosphere (and your lungs), not in a landfill. As if that is somehow better?

Finland's Polar Night Energy just proved that you can store renewable energy in sand — and heat a whole town with it. The world's largest sand battery, located in Pornainen, survived one of Finland's worst winters, delivering 100% oil reduction and cutting emissions by 70%. Here's how it works. #SandBattery #PolarNightEnergy #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #Finland #RenewableEnergy #ThermalStorage #GreenTech #FutureOfEnergy #Engineering

Die #Windkraft boomt in Deutschland. Sie liefert mehr Strom als jede andere Quelle. Doch während #Bayern 2025 nur 18 #Windkraftanlagen neu gebaut hat, waren es in NRW 262. Lieber Herr Söder, 14 Mal schlechter als NRW – das können Sie doch besser, oder? 😉

A solar farm in Minnesota planted native wildflowers between its panel rows. Five years later, total insect populations tripled. Native bees increased 20-fold. Not only did insect populations boom, soybean fields next to the solar arrays got twice as many bee visits as fields farther away. Two of the things we usually think of as competing turned out to reinforce each other. One study, published in Environmental Research Letters in late 2024, tracked two utility-scale solar sites built on retired farmland in southern Minnesota, where the developer seeded native prairie species between rows of panels in 2018. By 2022, the sites looked less like industrial energy infrastructure and more like remnant prairie. Goldenrod soldier beetles colonized the goldenrod stands. Bumblebees nested in the soil. Monarch butterflies passed through during migration. The wildflower diversity grew sevenfold; insect diversity grew eightfold. This matters because, like it or not, utility-scale solar is going to take up real space. The US is on track to cover roughly six million acres in panels by 2050. The default approach is turfgrass, gravel, or herbicide-maintained bare ground, which is ecologically dead. The Argonne study shows the alternative isn't more expensive or harder to maintain. It's just a different seed mix.

The beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era sonnenseite.com/en/franz-alt-e…

@jordimunell @JuntsGirona @JuntsXCat @JuntsParlament El PlaTer es el resultat d’anys de treball fet per diversos governs donada la flagrant inacció de la major part de governs municipales, de tots els colors, que han estat del tot insensibles a la declaració d’emergència climàtica feta pel govern del MHP @QuimTorraiPla

📣Join the Call to Action on Skilling for the Energy Transition. Closing the gap between skills & workforce demand is essential to accelerating the #energytransition. @IRENA invites partners & stakeholders to contribute commitments in education & training efforts🎓. Submit: irena.org/Education-and-…