Search results for tag #renewables
"Offshore wind’s cloudy day had a silver lining"
#WindTurbines #Energy #Renewables
https://www.eenews.net/articles/offshore-winds-cloudy-day-had-a-silver-lining/
"UK solar deployment hits 22 GW as more large projects commissioned"
Trump can't stop the US wind industry. Period.
#wind #windindustry #uswind #energy #energypolicy #us #windenergy #windpower #windturbines #repowering #cleanenergy #greenenergy #renewableenergy #renewables #energytransition
"Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps and EVs...
French online used-car retailer Aramisauto [saw] its EV sales almost double between the middle of February and 9 March...
German renewable energy firm Enpal BV tells Bloomberg that inquiries for solar panels and heat pumps have risen by around 30 per cent"
#IranWar #Hormuz #Solar #EV #BEV #Renewables #Energy #Climate #EU #UE #Europe
"Saudi Arabia adds around 7.8 GW of solar in 2025"
#SaudiArabia #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/25/saudi-arabia-adds-around-7-8-gw-of-solar-in-2025/
"US installs record 18.9 GW of energy storage in 2025"
#US #USA #America #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/25/us-installs-record-18-9-gw-of-energy-storage-in-2025/
Good idea: floating power stations
Wind power could soon come from the sky as China has successfully tested a megawatt-class airborne turbine that generates electricity while hovering 2000 metres up.
China has completed a test flight of what it says is the world’s first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system designed for urban deployment.
Solar is winning the energy race
The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear aside.
Replaced a faulty solar inverter in my garage and added a battery for extra backup. With all that's happening I'm about to splash out on about 20kw of solar panels and look to add more batteries to a container I'm going to set aside for them.
Can I afford them? No. But I can't afford to keep paying huge amounts for power. If anyone knows where I can buy a reasonable 5-10Kw turbine setup in Scotland let me know. #EnergyIndependence #renewables #solarpower #offgrid #windturbine
New community announcement: Solarpunk Scotland
https://lemmy.world/post/44694242
Solarpunk, climate, renewables and ecology related news and discussions related to Scotland. Be braw, respect the slrpnk.net rules, and generally be braw.
The banner image is of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (from Newburgh beach). This is an offshore wind farm which began its life in 2003 and was used as a test case of offshore wind, for other projects around the world to learn and build upon. It was objected to by Donald Trump for spoiling the view from his golf course, which caused great ecological harm to the local sand dunes, and his objections were defeated in court in 2014 and 2015.
The USA is spending over $1B/day on its Iranian misadventure. To put that into perspective, $1B is enough to buy over 10GW of solar panels (@ $0.1/W) or enough batteries for 150,000 cars (@ $100/kWh, 65kWh/car). Every. Day. Remember they spent over $2T on their Iraq misadventure. Keep telling me that renewables are expensive.
“India’s solar capacity to quadruple, wind to triple over a decade…
Jump in renewables capacity expected to reduce dependence on coal as source of electricity generation to 49% in 10 years from 70% currently”
Elon Musk teases a new 100-gigawatt solar plan, and MAGA suddenly loves solar. Coincidence?
#maga #solar #solarpower #energy #solarenergy #solarpowerplants #CSR #ESG #solarindustry #elonmusk #sustainable #renewables #industrialsolar #solarfarms #agriculture #farms #farmland #rural #renewableenergy #sustainability #solarpv
UNSW cracked the solar breakthrough that's in nearly every panel today. We pioneered high-efficiency solar cells, then our fossil fuel lobby & corporate masters pressured us to stick with digging dirt instead of building the future. Result? China took the trillion-dollar solar industry we handed them.. 'We gave it to them.' Wake up, Australia.
"England must destine 7% of land to nature and renewables to hit green targets, data shows"
All the more reason to get off #fossilfuel #fascism pronto https://www.huffpost.com/entry/financial-markets-iran-war_n_69bbb6d3e4b05b29d3cab5a8 #renewables #solar #sustainability #climate #iran #iranwar #trump
“By February 2026, Pakistan had avoided over $12 bn in oil&gas imports thanks to the solar boom
and at the current futures prices of oil and gas and current installed solar capacity, is set to avoid $7 bn this year alone.”
https://bsky.app/profile/laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social/post/3mhaklgvask2c
#FossilFuels #Solar #Renewables #Climate #Hormuz #Pakistan #SouthAsia
Das ist nicht nur für UK wichtig und interessant. Das gilt höchstwahrscheinlich auch für die ganze EU:
Mehr heimische Öl- und Gasförderung würde die aktuell steigenden Energiepreise kaum bremsen oder verringern. Erneuerbare Energien und Preisunabhängigkeit dagegen schon. EE bringen nicht nur Unabhängigkeit von fossiler Industrie, Weltlagen und Krisen, sie bringen uns auch geringere Kosten, Wohlstand!
https://theconversation.com/would-more-north-sea-drilling-lower-uk-energy-bills-our-analysis-says-no-278467 #ErneuerbareEnergien #Renewables
"US solar generation reaches 385 TWh in 2025 as power demand rises"
"World’s First Vertical Floating Solar Technology Plant Begins Operation in Germany"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://happyeconews.com/worlds-first-vertical-floating-solar-technology/
"Virginia to become second state that allows balcony solar"
#US #USA #America #Virginia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/virginia-to-become-second-state-balcony-solar
They need to be repeating this ⤵️ mantra as infininitum as well!!!
“What we are witnessing is the chaotic, catastrophic acceleration of the global transition away from fossil fuel dependency — not because governments chose it, not because activists won the argument, but because the American empire made the dependency too dangerous to maintain”
quoted from https://open.substack.com/pub/bettbeat/p/donald-trump-just-heralded-in-the
@KiwiEV propably because they can't win.
"Neither Sun nor Wind can be stopped at the Strait.of Hormuz!"
Aha... interestingly in light of the crisis in fossil fuels bought on by the Tangerine Tyrant's attacks on Iran, the UK Govt. has announced that a relaxation on planning guidance that was intended to favour nuclear power plant projects, will now be extended to renewable energy projects too - looks like Ed Miliband *is* able to deliver a step towards an accelerated green transition.
It will be interesting to see how such 'relaxations' play out for real projects!
#energy #renewables
h/t FT
What On Earth: Will the conflict in Iran speed up the shift to renewables? (Podcast)
Episode webpage: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth/clip/16203121-will-conflict-iran-speed-shift-renewables
"Wales first part of UK to mandate solar panels on new buildings"
"Morocco begins construction on 305 MW Noor Atlas solar program"
Want Alberta just boasting about their renewable investments?
#abpoli #renewables
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/atco-blames-alberta-power-policies-as-it-devalues-wind-and-solar-projects-by-408m-9.7128473?cmp=rss
"From wind to wave: Which EU countries are driving renewable energy innovation?"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/from-wind-to-wave-which-eu-countries-are-driving-renewable-energy-innovation/
"Why offshore wind could help the grid"
#Energy #Renewables #WindTurbines
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/why-offshore-wind-could-help-the-grid/
"Tunisia issues tender for 300 MW solar plant with 150 MW/540 MWh storage"
"Institutional investors should look beyond the short-term noise. Flexible #renewables-based energy systems are resilient to conflict, are already displacing #fossilfuels, and are the growth curve of the future. This #energy shock will speed up the global decline of oil and gas." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9a9754d274cbec1ca7f8f8/t/69b0145d298825184dc0bb2f/1773147230319/Shift%27s+Climate+Pension+Quarterly+%2319+-+March+2026.pdf
It would be a tragic, horrible irony if the way we got to a renewable energy future is by oil soaked countries and their genocidal, idiotic leaders and hangers on destroying themselves in a final desperate act to secure the entire thing for themselves.
But that would also be entirely human.
We need to have a long and honest talk with our Albertan and other Canadian oil friends and convince them that we need to get out of this sphere as fast as possible for our own safety.
"Moldova installs 315 MW of solar in 2025"
#Moldova #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/03/moldova-installs-315-mw-of-solar-in-2025/
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/uk-clean-energy-iran-war-fossil-fuel-prices-surge?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Yet another oil shock, how dearly it will cost the #UK this time remains to be seen. #Renewables are the obvious cheaper and more secure alternative. Yet the ignorant and corrupt advocate for more reliance on expensive and unreliable gas. #FossilFuels
UK must double down on #renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/uk-clean-energy-iran-war-fossil-fuel-prices-surge this was obvious years ago; shame on politicians for failing to act
💧🔋 #Solar panels usually stop working when the clouds roll in, but a team from the Institute of Materials #Science of #Seville has a fix. They developed a hybrid panel that can harvest 110 volts from the impact of just one raindrop.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/hybrid-solar-panel-turns-raindrops-into-electricity/
#science #technology #tech #energy #renewables #engineering #physics #environment #innovation
Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/final-2025-data-is-in-us-energy-use-is-up-as-solar-passes-hydro/#coal #electricity #energy #green #natural-gas #nuclear #renewables #science #solar #us-grid #wind
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Image of a reservoir with a large collection of solar panels floating on it.
@kevinrns @fname we have tariffs on solar panels, we don't have a national renewables production strategy, we subsidize fossil fuel companies and extraction and failures.
There's no reason we couldn't be enticing Chinese companies to set up photovoltaic production here instead of enticing USA oil & gas companies to drill and frack.
You know what bugs me? When people says something along the lines "The price for wind and solar in the last 10 years has come down x-fold." And then pretend that this was a magic market mechanism or that it simply was The Right Time for renewable tech to emerge victorious/competitive over fossil fuels.
Just as an example, the Energy speaker at UK's National Emergency Briefing does it too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cD1HY5e1H8
But this isn't market magic. The price for solar has plummeted bc of China's subsidies in general. And then, due to COVID, China's real estate crisis had provinces struggle to counter lost revenue. They then lowered biz tax – which attracted new companies – and new companies are mainly those who make or sell new tech, eg PV panels.
And because so many new factories sprung up, PV get sold for a dime a dozen.
WE, our nations, could have done that 10 years ago already. We, our nations, SHOULD have heavily subsidised PV and wind turbine manufacturing and R&D 10 years ago.
It's not market magic. And it's not because This Is Simply The Right Time. No. It's subsidies, subsidies, subsidies, and it's 10 years too late!! 😡
#ClimateChange #Renewables #Economics #Neoliberalism #China #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy
This beast alone will increase Portugal's energy consumption by 20% by 2030 (all with renewables).
The scale of the energy consumption of DCs is truly mind-blowing.
- I wasn't aware of Portugal's huge potential for DCs.
Also interesting: PT and ES were the only EU countries with increased energy consumption last year. Most EU countries are back to ~2020 consumption levels. Sounds pretty couter-intuitive. [ref to be added]
"Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate"
As EDF admit the Hinkley Point C Nuclear reactor's start date has again slipped & the budget continues to climb from its original planned cost, we might ask whether continuing with nuclear power is really a sensible use of money.
The share of electricity generation by nuclear has been dropping, other methods of peak capacity coverage are available (as might be storage for renewable generated energy) & costs are climbing
is it time to call a halt to nuclear power?
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Chart: UK electricity generation by fuel type 2000-2025
Shows nuclear, natural gas, coal & oil all all declining while there has been a major rise from almost zero to around half of energy produced by renewables
In the United Kingdom, greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2024 compared to the year prior as the country got more power from renewables, imported more electricity, and closed its last coal power plant #uk #Britain #climate #ClimateChange #renewables #environment #earth #electricity
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/pollution-government-b2914556.html
"Portugal tops EU leaderboard as over 80% of electricity in January came from renewables"
"Canada adds only 57 MW of utility-scale solar in 2025"
#Canada #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/10/canada-adds-only-57-mw-of-utility-scale-solar-in-2025/
Electricity supply in my area is not very reliable but we get lots of sunshine most of the year. Can anyone recommend good resources on solar power and battery storage - with an emphasis on the cheap side of things.
New investment🚨in #CleanEnergy projects last year was dwarfed by a cascade of CXLs for projects already in progress. For every$ ann in new clean energy projects, cos CXL, closed, or downsized~3$ worth.🚨At least ~$35B in projects were abandoned last year.
The Trump admin’s attacks on renewable energy: main driver of the slowdown. Cos began pulling back their investments shortly after the Nov 2024 election *Trump telegraphed:🚨he'd promote FFs over #renewables.
#ETTD #USPol
https://grist.org/politics/trump-2025-renewable-energy-investment-electric-vehicles/
Good morning! It's solar install day here at #DisOldHouse.
Feels pretty silly to be putting solar up top when the interior renovation isn't done and we still don't have a kitchen. We're not even sure if we'll stay here long term. AND we're two months late for amazing tax credits.
Terrible timing all around, but it's an act of resistance, and it feels amazing.
"UK added 2.6 GW of solar in 2025, record year for rooftop"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/29/uk-added-2-6-gw-of-solar-in-2025-record-year-for-rooftop/
swapping for PV all corn fields currently used for growing fuel would produce twice as much electricity as the US currently uses. Wow.
#PV #Renewables
"North Carolina may use batteries to give new life to old solar farms"
#US #USA #America #NorthCarolina #Batteries #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/north-carolina-may-use-batteries-old-solar-farms
"Clean energy surge leads to historic coal decline in China and India"
"Ukraine deploys 1.5 GW of solar in 2025"
#Ukraine #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/26/ukraine-deploys-1-5-gw-of-solar-in-2025/
"France installs 5.9 GW of PV in 2025"
#France #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/26/france-deploys-5-9-gw-of-pv-in-2025/
@bweller nodds in agreement
Not to mention more #decentralized and even #scalable, cuz #Solarthermal can really go into high gear.
- Now wait until the noon peak power is being used to produce easy-to-store and ship #fuel like #Methanol that can be used to cover both dark periods and also replace #Diesel in #Generators for emergency standby use...
#FossilFuels really cannot #compete without artificial barriers for #Renewables and #RenewableEnergy is the biggest growing sector of #Electricity and #PowerGeneration in "The #GlobalSouth" because of that.
- Like most people in impoverished areas can't pay for metered grid connectivity, but they most likely can afford a used car battery, solar charger, solar panel and USB car charger - if not individually then as a group - and do their own #EnergyKiosk where everyone can charge their #Smartphones and have a chat.
Maybe the #GlobalSouth crunched their numbers and most decide to "skip #nuclear" and other shite and go straight for #Renewables - just like most #digitalization there skipped #PC & #Laptop and straight towards #Smartphone...
- Progress in #Europe is due to maxing out capacity: There are only so many valleys one can turn into a hydroelectric dam...
https://www.dw.com/en/global-south-green-energy-transition-renewables-brics/video-74946561 via @dw_innovation
"Africa’s installed PV capacity estimated above 63 GW"
#Africa #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/africas-installed-pv-capacity-estimated-above-63-gw/
"Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/solar-met-61-of-us-electricity-demand-growth-in-2025/
"Solar generates record 13% of EU electricity in 2025"
#EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/23/solar-generates-record-13-of-eu-electricity-in-2025/
"Europe Now Generates More Power from Wind and Solar Than From Fossil Fuels"
European Commission welcome outcome North Sea energy summit:
- Countries to coordinate closely on the planning, cost-sharing and financing of cross-border offshore projects (Wind, H2) in the North Sea
- and on security of course, these days
"Chart: Solar is finally bigger than coal in Texas"
#US #USA #America #Texas #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/chart-solar-is-finally-bigger-than-coal-in-texas
"First Solar Power Plant in Kyrgyzstan Will Save 120,000 Tons of Carbon Emissions Every Year"
"Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records"
"Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction"
#Renewables push #China 's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/renewables-push-chinas-fossilfuelled-power-into-first-annual-drop-10-years-2026-01-19/
"Solar accounted for 7.24 million jobs in 2024"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/14/solar-accounted-for-7-24-million-jobs-in-2024/
"Romania installs 2.2 GW of solar in 2025"
#Romania #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/14/romania-installs-2-2-gw-of-solar-in-2025/
Another win for #climate:⚡"Dominion Energy can restart construction of a wind project off the coast of Virginia while it continues a legal fight over the Trump administration’s order to stop the $11 billion development, a federal judge ruled."
#Wind #Renewables #Environment #Courts #Judges #USPol
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-16/dominion-energy-can-resume-wind-project-trump-halted-judge-says
"US would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at current pace"
#US #USA #America #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/us-would-reach-100-renewable-energy-by-2148-at-current-pace/
As Eby tours India today touting #BCLNG as the solution to their smoggy skies, reality is much —much— different. He appears to be selling gas to a country that is actively leaving it.
"Coal use declined in both countries even as electricity demand continued to rise”
" non-fossil energy sources grew fast enough in both countries to meet rising electricity demand.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/india-china-coal-power-renewables-b2899298.html
And from this article:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/india-solar-one-bengaluru-new-delhi-b2761414.html
"Renewable energy is now the most economical option.
Solar is now half the cost of power from new coal-powered plants. Shah added that dropping costs for energy storage, in the form of batteries, means that renewable power will be the “new normal," even when the sun doesn't shine”
Neither of these articles even mention natural gas.
A quick look at the "Electricity Sector in India" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India ) shows that the absolute amount of electricity generated by Natural Gas in India has dropped from 93TWh in 2011-12, to 56.6TWh in 24-25.
At the same time, *just* Solar has gone from 4.6TWh in 2014-15 (the first year with separate numbers) to 144TWh in 24-25? Renewables in total including traditional Hydro have gone from 181-403TWh.
Who is BC actually selling LNG to?
#BCLNG #ClimateAction #BCPoli #EndFossilFuels #ABPoli #Canada #LNG #Renewables #Solar
Coal just blinked. For the first time in decades, China and India both reduced coal generation while demand kept growing. Renewables filled the gap. This isn’t policy theater — it’s structural disruption. Power is being re-architected around solar, wind and batteries. ⚡🔋 #Bettrification #Renewables
"Wind is now one of the world’s biggest electricity sources. So why are we switching turbines off?"
"Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows"
Wind and solar would like a word...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/30/so-much-winning-for-renewable-energy-that-is/
#renewableenergy #renewables #energy #windenergy #solarenergy #solarpower #solarpowerplants #solar #offshorewind #usenergy #energypolicy #trump #trumpfail #sdg7 #energytransition #greenenergy #cleanenergy
"Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it."
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/clean-energy-renewables-charts-2025
I live in a country with zero nuclear energy, by best estimates it would take us 30 years to bring one online. In the meanwhile 74% of our power is renewables with 300 days in a year on full renewables. By 2027 we will be fully 100% renewable.
FULL RENEWABLE POWER.
Why would we even want nuke power?
And I've just put my house on a 16KW Bat PV system thus NOT paying any power bills for at least 10 years.
Which nuke lobby group did you pull these numbers from?
Wanna show your work?
Currently illegal to build nuclear power in Australia, so going by the average build time it's 22+ years plus. Saudis build one in 13 years, an outlier as you say.
The 30 year estimate is from the SMR tech because apparently only an idiot would build an OTS nuke station now.
Critical reports stress that SMRs are still “too expensive, too slow and too risky” to play a relevant role in the energy transition.
There is apparently something seriously wrong with YOUR country if you have to use inflated, worst case scenario to argue for nukes, especially where "outliers" like SA exist.
All it took for an "outlier" like ours to be created is 13 years of government NOT in the pocket of polluters. You too can do it if you use actual real numbers.
If your argument is based on patently exaggerated data, you must know it's not a strong one.
You're arguing in bad faith.
This may be considered #HotTakes by some, I consider these #based: (no ragebait inteded!)
If you have a problem with these, please kindly fuck off in silence!
This list is non-exhaustive...
- #NoHumanIsillegal: #FerriesNotFrontex!
- #PNCHNZS! Being a racist, fascist or otherwise shit person is a choice. People can choose to deradicalize, but not 'choose' not to be targeted by Neonazis!
- #NSAfDverbotSofort - no excuses!
- #TransRightsAreHumanRights
- #HousingFirst, cuz #HumanRights are not negotiable, but precondition to even consider negotiations!
- #UBI instead of #MeansTesting; Cuz survival is not optional!
- #Education is a #HumanRight and should be provided to anyone without any paywalling or charges. This includes access to #Textbooks, which should be provided #DRM-free. All education material should be publicly available and it's creation and updates be paid by the public just like schools.
- #ClothesHaveNoGender
- #PublicTransport should be #free, #accessible and publicly funded and run.
- All #infrastructure is a natural monopoly and should be publicly run and financed solely by either transit fees or public spending.
- #accessibility should be mandatory without exceptions. Paywalling it should be criminalized as a hatecrime.
- Every #home should have access to #DrinkingWater, Sewage Handling, #electricity and #fiber #internet. IDGAF if it's at some remote island or desert oasis!
- #HealthCare is a #HumanRight, not a commodity!
- #Politicans should have to obey the same #laws re: secondary income as #PublicServants and be barred from recieving any other #compensation, #bonuses or have any other income beyond the compensation for their post.
- #Politicans should only be paid #MinimumWage!Wage
- Everyone should have to contribute to #SocialSecurity programs and in return, everyone gets eligible. That means no exceptions for #billionaires and other rich people. If I have to afford ~ 20% of my paycheck for #healthcare then so can all the #Banksters!
- #MinimumWage must be able to afford not mere survival, but actually be sufficient to afford #downpayment on a #home and not just #rent. It should also be automatically be adjusted with #inflation and not be a political bargaining chip!
- Denying people access to legal #work is a crime against humanity. People should have a right to fair and non-discriminatory access to employment regardless of legal status.
- #StockTrading should be regulated as #Gambling.
- Advertising Gambling or using Gambling / #PayToLoose / "#PayToWin" / #P2W mechanics to minors should be as illegal as advertising cigarettes and liquor to them.
- Banning or age restricting #LGBTQIA* content as "#AdultContent" should be illegal. #QueerErasure is indefensible. If you're to prudish to accept that #LoveIsLove then that's a "You" Problem!
- #Cyberfascism needs to be outlawed and Corporations like #Palantir need to be disbanded, their assets stripped and their employees jailed for crimes against humanity. They are morally indefensible!
- #BanBillionaires, strip them off their assets and wealth and redistribute it. #Billionaires should be sentenced to #CommunityService for life as means to (at least partially) undo harm caused.
- #SuperUselessVehicles should be disincentivized and instead any #incentives and #subsidies should be given only to #PersonalLightVehicles of classes #L2e, #L5e, #L6e & #L7e.
- #SexworkIsWork!
- #CSAM is indefensible and authorities that shutdown Pedo Forums should be mandated to #delete [and report] all such content at the hosters and get them to delete it. This includes Kiwi Farms which got fired by Gandi [french registrar] for hosting CSAM!
- It should be illegal to enforce foreign laws overseas. Yes this includes "#Embargos" from the #USA!
- #Trump is a fascist POS and a bootlicker of #Putin!
- #FuckICE
- #MethanolFuelcell > #LithiumCobaltBattery
- #Tabs > #Spaces
- #TSV > #CSV > #MicrosoftExcel
- #Markdown > #RTF
- #OpenDocument > #OOXML
- #PDF > #MicrosoftWord
- #git > #subversion
- #IRC & #Mumble, #MailingList > #discord
- #XMPP+#OMEMO > any proprietary messenger
- #PGP/MIME acceptance should be mandatory per law for all #eMails in #business and towards public offices
- Every System that has a #clock inside has to self-adjust it correctly without user intervention. I don't care if it uses a time signal like DCF77, GNSS or NTP. Computers must syncronize their hardware clock to [Unixtime](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) regardless of the used OS
- #Police should only be allowed to carry and use what law-abiding citizens are to. If you don't trust your neighbour with a #gun, why would you trust a stranger who doesn't even have to evidence proper storage, training, proficiency and isn't subject to due diligence?
- #QualifiedImmunity is #PoliceState horeshite and must never be allowed and retroactively canned. If you don't want #accountability or #consequences for those in power, you are a bootlicker.
- Long-lasting peace in the #MiddleEast will most likely only happen if a unified #laicist nation compromising of #Israel and #Palestine gets built. It's just currently not intended to happen by both sides!
- #Ukraine is the #LitmusTest for #EU & #NATO. If Ukraine doesn't win beyond the #StatusQuoAnteBellum (1994-2011) and doesn't get EU & NATO membership it'll either be destroyed by #Russia in Putin's neo-czarist ambitions and thus will legitimize & normalize the Russian #CrimeOfAggression, which will then focus on #Baltics and espechally #Finland. Already the western #cowardice of not following through on the #BudapestMemorandum puts the #NPT and the trustworthyness of the USA, #UK and The West in general into question.
- A #TotalEmbargo against Russia is long overdue - including a #SeaBlockade, not just against the #ShadowFleet which poses a statistically inevitable risk for the #envoirment!
- #NuclearPower is not #renewable and using precious radioactive elements to boil water to spin a turbine is an insult to #physics! #Renewables should be mandatory and we can talk about #Fusion once #ITER actually evidently works and is able to sustain net positive energy output into the grid.
- "#AI" is #WastefulComputing and should be considered an #EnvoirmentalCrime and #CrimeAgainstHumanity, with all the prosecution it entails!
- The only people that have a 'right' to be 'proud' of their #citizenship are those that actually had to put in effort to get #naturalized. People who won the #BirthLottery are disqualified.
- Also anyone who is "proud" of their citizenship by birth evidently has achieved nothing on their own worth to be proud of! Even if it's just graduating school, driving license, forklift certification or some kind of art.
- We need #RightToRepair, not only but espechally for #electronics! This includes tight mandates to provide #parts, #tools, #documentation and #support under #FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] terms.
- #Patents on #Software, espechally #GameMechanics, should be illegal. No #patent should be issued without evidence of it being a genuine, new #invention with a demonstrable prototype. If #Kickstarter wouldn't accept it, then neither should any #PatentOffice!
- #Patents of lifeforms and DNA have to be outlawed.
- #Copyright to something should cease the moment the copyright holder refuses to offer the copyrighted work under FRAND terms. If buying isn't ownership than #piracy isn't #theft. Also #OneTimePurchase options [for a specific version] should be mandatory by law and #subscriptions only be allowed for products and services that actually incur costs to upkeep (i.e. bandwith and storage for hosting/streaming). Designing something as "#LiveService" when it has no reason (i.e. refusing to sell physical copies) to should be deemed a fraudulent circumvention of it.
- "#ClientsideAnticheat" is #malware and needs to be prosecuted as such. Any "#AntiCheat" should be Server-Sided only.
- #PriceGouging must be prosecuted harder, espechally when it comes to #utilities.
- Just like #FuelPrices at a #GasStation, so should #ChargingStations be mandated to publish their pricing publicly in realtime and not discriminate customers!
- Everyone should have a #RightToBanking without discrimination. Any closure of accounts must be legitimized by actual criminal activity (i.e. money laundering, fraud, terrorism financing, ...) and go through due process with appeals.
- Everyone should have a right to free, unseizeable #ID documents without mandating #biometrics or other privacy invasions! These should be eligible as Travel #Passport and people should have global #FreedomOfMovement only restricted by an actual, individual judge ruling that went through proper oversight and appeals. Duplicate Issues to avoid Visa Conflicts (with duplicate Serial Numbers!) should be offered and granted upon request.
- #Gender does not belong into ID documents! Just like weight, hair colour, religion, occupation and address don't!
A Republican Governor goes conspicuously AWOL in the fight to save offshore wind from the Trump chopper (shocker!).
#offshorewind #cvow #virginia #glennyoungkin #wind #windturbines #trump #windfarms #renewableenergy #renewables #offshorewindfarms #windpower #windenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #trumpchopper #energytransition #sustainable #sustainability
Clean energy is DOMINANT in the US!
Through November, 92% of new power capacity added to the grid in 2025 came in the form of solar, wind, or storage! #renewables #climate #ClimateChange #energy #renewableenergy
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-new-wind-solar-batteries-2025-trump
Trump's war🚨on wind unhinged and totally illegal. Our project is Connecticut is almost totally built. And now we're going back to court - for a second time - to stop another illegal order.
All Trump is doing is💔killing jobs and driving up energy prices.
-Sen Murphy
#Renewables #Wind #Fascism #Economy #Jobs #Protest #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-offshore-wind-farms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.sEVK.e-bbywzuUPO3&smid=nytcore-ios-share
"Ireland reaches 1 GW of installed rooftop PV capacity"
#Ireland #SolarPower #Renewables #Energy
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/ireland-reaches-1-gw-of-installed-rooftop-pv-capacity/
"Metlen flicks switch on 120 MW of solar in Australia"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/15/metlen-flicks-switch-on-120-mw-of-solar-in-australia/
"EU installs 65.1 GW of solar in 2025"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/11/eu-installs-65-1-gw-of-solar-in-2025/
excellent news! Trump, Coal and Big Nuclear all failing to keep up with renewables/grid-battery
#trumpfailing #endfossilfuels #renewables #cleanenergy #nuclear
https://mstdn.social/@joeinwynnewood/115709260310850953
Some reporting on excellent news about:
the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.
and economically it was a smash hit
the cost of electricity production decreased by roughly half compared to fossil-fuel alternatives, and the country attracted $6 billion in renewable energy investments
Going forward,
He hopes to help 50 countries move to renewables over the next ten years. He said, "We want to prove that an energy transition can be possible in different geographies and can work in different national energy and political contexts."
#Queensland parliament has voted to kill its legislated #renewables targets, despite a last-minute attempt to rename it the “Propping Up #Coal and Delaying Renewables Amendment Act 2025”.
The bill also repeals a development approval for a #windfarm near #Gympie, the Forest windfarm. It replaces Labor’s targets with the #LNP’s energy policy, which would extend the operation of the state’s government-owned coal generators past their planned closure dates.
Maiwar MP #MichaelBerkman moved amendments to rename the bill, saying the government was “pouring literally billions of dollars into propping up ageing coal-fired #powerstations, keeping them on life support potentially beyond 2050”:
“The LNP is pitching their roadmap as pragmatism but I am pretty sure pouring billions more taxpayer dollars into keeping ageing #coalfiredpowerstations open for longer while delaying the #transition to renewable energy is not pragmatism, it is plain stupidity.”
During debate, assistant minister #BrysonHead [Dick to those who know him] told the parliament that he loved coal and accused #Labor and the #Greens of “propping up renewables”.
“The beauty about our plan is that the cheapest form of power will ultimately win … the beauty about a free market is that the cheapest and best value good always wins,” he said.
Berkman’s amendment was shot down and the bill passed just before 9.30pm, both on party lines.
"India installs 45,911 solar water pumps in Maharashtra"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/08/india-installs-45911-solar-water-pumps-in-maharashtra/
"US adds 21.2 GW of solar through September 2025"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/08/us-adds-21-2-gw-of-solar-through-september-2025/
"UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #WindTurbines #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/uk-soars-past-wind-power-generation-record-for-second-time-in-two-months/
You have to wonder whether some of the 'zombie' renewables projects in the UK were dreamt up by the fossil fuel industry with the explicit purpose of gumming up the works and preventing genuine green projects from proceeding?
"How to build giant solar plants in mountainous areas"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/04/how-to-build-giant-solar-plants-in-mountainous-areas/
"Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion"
"India posts record 4.9 GW of rooftop solar additions in first nine months of 2025"
"France deploys 1.5 GW of solar in Q3"
#France #SolarPower #Enegry #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/02/france-deploys-1-5-gw-of-solar-in-q3/
Trump admin strips ‘renewable’ and ‘energy’ from National Renewable Energy Laboratory name
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5630141-energy-lab-name-change/
When asked for their reasons, the most common responses were “contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions”; “local production of energy for local consumption”; and “enhancing disaster risk preparedness”.
In Japan, a record 74% of municipalities nationwide are promoting renewable energy under policies defined in ordinances and official documents: