James Carton

Contributed to the "Explainer Podcast" for the @thejournal_ie "What is hydrogen power, and could it replace coal, oil, and gas?" @TeamDCU @DCUClimate @DCU jrnl.ie/6091908

Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA. A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that round‑the‑clock solar and wind paired with battery storage deliver power at lower cost than new fossil fuel generation in high‑quality resource regions. PV Magazine 6th May 2026 pv-magazine.com/2026/05/06/fir…

@MattLoszak 😂😂😂😂😂😂 In 1 year, in 2025, 692GW yes gigawatts of renewable energy capacity was added globally....

In the 1980s, the world added ~230 GW of nuclear capacity. (in 10 years). A new reactor connected to the grid every 17 days on average. Insane.

.@OrstedUK and @OEG_EnergyGroup have today launched a pilot partnership to train wind turbine technician apprentices and help address the growing demand for skilled workers across the wind industry 👏 This agreement will see OEG become the formal employer and programme manager for 2️⃣0️⃣ apprentices from Ørsted’s 2025 intake, who will continue studying while gaining practical experience working on wind farms. This builds on the 7️⃣5️⃣ apprentices Ørsted has trained over the last eight years through its apprenticeship programme, helping to build the workforce needed to support the UK’s energy transition and develop the next generation of offshore wind technicians. The pilot programme supports recommendations from the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) to establish industry-wide apprenticeship standards, enabling technicians to readily move between companies and wind farms, and supporting long-term careers across the sector. At the end of the four year programme, the apprentices will qualify as offshore wind technicians and will be able to apply for roles across the industry 💪 Our Skills and Social Value Manager James Lord has welcomed the announcement, saying 🗣️ “We’re delighted to see this timely pilot scheme putting OWIC’s recommendations on industry-wide training standards into practice. This will enable these apprentices to move around the offshore wind industry far more easily in their future careers. “Apprenticeship schemes like this are vital as the wind industry’s workforce is set to double to over 110,000 within the next four years. We need to ensure we have enough highly skilled workers to fill these roles in the UK’s fast-growing clean power sector”. Find out more below 👇 orsted.co.uk/media/newsroom…

24/7 solar+storage is already here: China $30/MWh, Brazil $65, Oman $69. By 2030, India, South Africa, and Spain will all be near $50 - all way cheaper than new coal ($70 to $85/MWh) and new gas ($100+/MWh) The Fire Age is over

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Kevin McPartlan: Ireland needs a strategy on fuel costs that isn’t driven by crises businesspost.ie/analysis-opini…

The WMO just dropped its Europe State of the Climate 2025 report. Here's the reality Big Oil don't want us to look at >CO2 levels are at a 2-million-year high >Europe is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Europe is already at 2.5C of warming >Arctic is melting in real-time: We just saw a 21-day heatwave inside the Arctic Circle >Glaciers in Iceland and the Alps aren't just "shrinking", they are collapsing >We just broke the record for wildfire burnt areas, over 1m hectares gone This is a systemic failure to exit the carbon economy and we are out of time for "Net Zero by 2050" fairy tales. We need energy sovereignty now. We need Anytime Solar and massive BESS deployment yesterday

Solar panels fitted every three minutes in UK since Iran conflict. 27,000 solar power installations in March, the highest monthly total for 14 years. Applications for heat pump grants also jumped to its second highest monthly level on record. thetimes.com/uk/environment…

The data is in. Between 2023-2025, wind and solar slashed EU wholesale power prices by 24.2% on average. In Spain, the cut was nearly 40% This isn't a forecast, it already happened Renewables are the only cure for gas price insanity

They're fine. They're not doing any harm to anybody. Just leave them alone; they're grand.

You wouldn't know it if you live in the USA or consume US media and politics, but the fight between EVs and ICEs is basically over. Internal combustion is on it's way out. First it'll look slow, then fast. Fleet turnover will lag sales. But ALL the growth globally is in EVs. If your company isn't competitive in building EVs and can only build internal combustion, you're going to be stuck serving an ever-smaller share of a shrinking global market over the next decade...

Recent gov packages on fuel reduced cost of filling a tank by maybe a tenner? A new EV (same price as ICE) with a range of 600kms costs €15 to fully charge.

China’s truck electrification will move far faster than most expect. When trucks go ~100% electric, it'll halve road transport oil use. That’s demand destruction. Large EV trucks already running @ scale. Freight runs on cost, not opinion. Economics flipped, fleets are switching.

New electric vehicles (EVs) now cheaper than petrol: comment eciu.net/media/press-re…

@adrianweckler And when you buy it, it’s 7 times cheaper to run! Great piece @adrianweckler

In 2026, it’s cheaper to buy a new electric car in almost all sizes to petrol, diesel or hybrid. Used to be opposite til very recently. Especially small cars (a previous weak spot): 4 EVs now under €20k — only 2 petrol and 0 diesel/hybrid at that price m.independent.ie/business/techn…

@GovIE @DeptCEE @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @IRLDeptFinance Alternative fuels needed Support for Irish produced energy Not subsides for #fossilfuels

Four additional things we’re doing to help with rising fuel prices: - Further cuts to excise duty - Defer carbon tax increase - Fuel Subsidy Support Scheme for farmers and fishers - New Road Transporters Support Scheme

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than natural gas in the United States for the first time. energylivenews.com/2026/04/16/ren…

EVs in Ireland and now as cheap to buy as their competitors, and are 7x times cheaper to run. Based on top 10 sales in Q1 2026. The only way a ICE vehicle beats an EV is if you can’t charge at home. @adrianweckler @GerHerbert1

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Micheál Martin previously said electric tractors are the future of farming, but according to Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, they're still "a good bit off" from becoming a feature of Irish farming. jrnl.ie/7011296