Ketan Joshi
Clean energy analyst/author focusing on wind, solar, grid batteries (BESS), and transitions off fossil fuels.
IEA Chief Warns Permanent Fallout From Second Fossil Fuel Crisis
"The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come" IEA's head on the 2nd fossil fuel crisis this decade -> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol
US Weaponizes Gas Abroad, Fuels Climate Crisis, Needs Clean Energy
America is basically using gas as a weapon of war against Asia and Europe: their violent actions in the Middle East have pushed up the price elsewhere but *not* in the US. Fossil gas causes climate change AND it's an...
Wärtsilä's New Gas Turbine Emits Grid‑level Pollution
A warm congratulations to Wärtsilä, whose brand new fossil fuelled data centre gas turbine deal will pump out the same emissions each year as the entire power grid of Alaska, or New Hampshire (don't worry folks, the press release says "Wärtsilä...
Tiny Vessels Surge Through Strait of Hormuz During Brief Opening
Wild animation of the little shippies trying to race through the Strait of Hormuz during the few days it was "open" https://www.csis.org/analysis/strait-hormuz-8-charts
Convenient AI Fuels Hidden Fossil Infrastructure Expansion
“The logic is circular, but effective. Use drives demand. Demand justifies infrastructure. Infrastructure expands under the cover of inevitability. By the time the physical footprint becomes visible, the narrative has already done its work. For millions of people, that shows...
Clean Energy Future Depends on Near‑Term Decisions
"The data does not tell us that a transition to cleaner energy is impossible. It tells us that it is not yet inevitable – and that the difference between those two outcomes will be determined by decisions made in the...
Fossil Gas and Oil Power 2025 Emissions Surge
Fossil gas and oil were the two key drivers of global energy-related emissions growth in 2025, according to the IEA's latest report. Another reminder that we urgently need to get rid of these fuels because their use kills our life...
Google Declines Comment on Natural Gas, Clean-Energy Strategy
"Asked by Axios last week at an energy conference in Houston about how natural gas jives with the company’s clean energy goals and overall strategy, Google’s head of advanced energy, Michael Terrell, said: “We don’t have anything to say on...
Australia’s Energy Minister Stays Home Amid Fossil‑fuel Phase‑out Fallout
Australia's energy minister is skipping global meetings on accelerating the phase-out of fossil fuels because he has to stay in Australia to deal with the fallout from not phasing fossil fuels out fast enough.
New 2.7GW Data Center Emits 14 Mt CO₂
Another day, another massive Petrotech fossil-fuelled data centre. The "Kilby power plant", 2.7 GW of fossil gas, will be pumping out 14 megatonnes of CO2-e a year (about 4.3 million combustion cars worth). Still waiting for AI to solve climate...
Legacy Media Splits Fossil Crisis From Environmental Reality
One of the worst traits of legacy media (honestly worse in Australia than other places) is intense literal-mindedness and weird non-overlapping boxes used to sort and report information. Fossil fuel collapse ("energy crisis" in journalist-speak) is a thing. Environment is another...
Oil Giants Profit as War Fuels Human Suffering
Congratulations Equinor and all the fossil fuel companies raking in record profits thanks to bloodshed in the middle east while people in Asian countries have to line up for fuel and America's attacks have killed hundreds of innocent people https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/equinor-trading-profits-to-beat-forecast-as-war-spurs-volatility?taid=69e0a3517d0c9b00014185a2 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
Norway’s CCS Hype Misleads; Choose Cheap Clean Tech
Norway's been shopping around CCS PR in Australia, so I dug into the latest data and found that despite our reputation, we are really not a model for anyone to follow. Don't put your eggs into the fossil fuel basket,...
Tax Fossil Fuels to Phase Them Out, Not Fund Expansion
It is good that Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry. But it is extremely bad that we use that cash to help expand it, often in destructive ways and at great loss to ourselves. Like the tobacco industry, we should...
Microsoft’s New Data Centers Out‑emit 15 Smallest Nations
Fun new @stand.earth research just out. Microsoft's three new massive hashtag#Petrotech fossil-fuelled data centres will: - Increase Microsoft's emissions 160% - Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, New Zealand... - Have higher emissions than the...