Nigel Topping

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement.

Renewable energy generation merely keeps growing.

12.7 million battery electric vehicles were sold globally in 2025. In 2010, the number was barely 10,000. In China, 1 in 2 new cars sold last year was electric. The transition is happening faster than almost anyone predicted.

No "net zero" fluff: Giant Australian mining group proving that Real Zero is better for planet and profits >24-hour renewables operations by 2027 >100% fossil-fuel-free mining by 2030 >1.2GW solar + 600MW wind + 5GWh BESS >Electrified rail & 800+ haul trucks >$100m saved/ year If you still think renewables can’t power heavy industry, you're losing competitiveness reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-fast…

Check out this article: Corporate climate targets surge 40% in 2025 as @sciencetargets report shows nearly 10,000 companies now committed - africasustainabilitymatters.com/corporate-clim…

A China-Europe energy alliance could deliver a new world order telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Nottingham City Transport’s entire single-decker bus fleet is now electric - with a total cost of ownership below fossil fuel powered transport, economics alone drives the switch to EVs! electricdrives.tv/nottingham-cit… via @ElectricDrives_

Global coal use has hit a ceiling and is set to begin a slow decline over the next five years, the International Energy Agency says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Dutch pension fund ABP, Europe’s biggest, has become a majority shareholder in a large area of forest spanning three southern US states bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scientists can now attribute climate change-related deaths practically in real time. Here's how many people they estimate died due to this summer's heat waves in Europe bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Breakthrough Energy, Khosla Ventures and DCVC launch $300m coalition to back climate tech pe-insights.com/breakthrough-e… via @PE_Insights

China added a record 212 gigawatts of solar in the first half of 2025, double the pace the year prior, but installations will slow in H2 as market reforms remove guaranteed pricing. Total annual installations expected to be ~300-310 GW by year end. share.google/yCP8TJ3spFFEdj…

Indonesia just launched a program to build a massive 100GW of solar and an unprecedented 320GWh of battery energy storage systems across a staggering 80,000 villages It’s the largest rural electrification and distributed renewables project in the world pv-tech.org/indonesia-targ…

Wind & solar generated 57.5% of Germany's electricity in June 2025! That is up from 47.7% in June 2024 & double the 28.8% in June 2021. W&S output surged 33% to 21.1 TWh in June 2025 from 16.6 TWh in June 2024. Germany is the world's 3rd largest economy.

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Topping CMG the new Chair of the Committee from 23 July. Read the announcement here ⬇️ theccc.org.uk/2025/07/22/nig…

Construction work begins to decarbonise Tata Steel in Port Talbot edie.net/construction-w…

'@INEOS Invests £30 Million to Slash Emissions at Hull Site by 75% ineos.com/news/shared-ne…

Electric vehicles are already displacing millions of barrels of oil per day globally. Oil demand is expected to fall spectacularly over the next decade. insideevs.com/news/764730/ev…

UK's Reeves announces National Wealth Fund investment in carbon capture reuters.com/sustainability…

CCC: Expensive electricity is biggest hurdle to Britain’s net-zero transition edie.net/ccc-expensive-…