Ketan Joshi
Clean energy analyst/author focusing on wind, solar, grid batteries (BESS), and transitions off fossil fuels.
Norway's Final Coal Mine Shuts, Atmosphere Remains “Fine”
The last coal mine in Norway (in Svalbard) just closed. Pretty ironic choice of words here: "the atmosphere is fine" (they mean the mood among people) https://en.highnorthnews.com/business/end-of-norwegian-mining-on-svalbard-as-norways-last-coal-mine-closes/1110556
Australia’s Coal‑heavy Grid Thwarts Data‑centre Green Ambitions
I saw someone recently claim that Australia should be a 'data centre superpower' (🫠 ) because if they don't, the tech companies would just build their project on America's dirty grid instead. Probably a good time to remind everyone that Australia...
Tax Windfall Oil Profits to Fund Climate Escape
Welcome to blood profits season: where every major fossil fuel company announces windfall profits thanks to mass murder and the 2nd global fossil fuel price crisis this decade. We cannot stay trapped in this cage. Time to escape. New Al Jazeera...
Data Center Boom Keeps Emissions Rising in Top States
The power grid emissions trajectory of America's four biggest data centre development states: all either rising or stagnant Plonking new data centre demand on top of electrification, cooling, heating makes it even harder for new renewables to cut down on...
Data Centre Overdevelopment, Not Infrasound, Threatens Communities
As someone with plenty of battle scars from the "wind turbine syndrome" debates of the 2010s, I have something to say about the rising fears around "infrasound" from data centres. Namely: how the panicked over-development of data centres is the...
No Point of No Return: Emissions Cuts Still Matter
There is no such thing as a "point of no return". We do not deny that emitting greenhouse gases causes climate change, so we shouldn't deny that *not* emitting them stop it from getting worse. We are not even close...
AI Rush Ignoring Climate, Risks Environmental Fallout
"Leaders in the sector say the sheer pace of the AI race leaves little room for climate considerations right now" Yep, couldn't have said it better myself. They'll burn everything down if it means satisfying their anxiety-driven panic-build https://www.axios.com/2026/04/30/data-center-deal-carbon-removal-ai
Data Centers Now Rely on Massive New Fossil Power
Truly though, just a few years ago numbers like for new fossil fuel plants for data centres were unfathomable and absurd, and now every day there's a new announcement that looks like this https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/electrigen-to-build-and-operate-18gw-behind-the-meter-gas-platform-for-data-center-development-in-texas/
Exposing AI's Greenwashing Playbook in Big Tech
THANKYOU for having me to chat about my new investigation in big tech and greenwashing, JD Shahel at Anxiety.eco 😍 https://www.anxiety.eco/p/ai-greenwashing-playbook-ketan-joshi
Old Oil Field Powers New 1MW Data Centre
👏👏👏👏👏👏 A hearty congratulations to Pilot Energy + Kala Data in Western Australia who have successfully plugged a cute little 1 megawatt data centre into some spluttering fossil fuel turbines located at a decaying, dying oil field run by...
Australia’s Data Centers Match US at 50% Grid Growth
Australia's data center lobby insists it is nothing like the US. But a new report shows data centres drove 50% of the past year of demand growth in Australia's biggest grid: exactly the same proportion as the US. Quick new...
Gas Turbine Firms Admit Europe Will Resist Fossil‑Fuel Data Centers
What a STUNNING quote, from a company selling fossil gas turbines at a data centre conference in Europe: “I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here....it just will take a...
Fossil Fuel Capitalism Threatens Humanity’s Survival
“There is inertia in the power and the economy of this archaic form of energy – fossil fuels – that lead to death. Undoubtedly, that form of capital can commit suicide, taking with it humanity and [other] life" TAFF https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/capitalism-colombia-climate-summit-gustavo-petro
Ending Fossil Fuels Starts by Halting New Projects
"Stop making the problem bigger by banning new gas and coal projects. The most direct way to end fossil fuel production is to stop expanding it" Louise Morris is at Colombia's fossil phase-out conference, where real work is being done to...
Ireland Locks in Gas for Data Centres, Worsening Climate
"Ireland’s energy policy is going in the wrong direction and this case is seeking to press pause on that. Instead of cutting fossil fuels, which are driving the climate change Irish people are experiencing with floods and storms, we’re locking...
Data Centres Hijack Australia’s Green Energy Megaprojects
A few weeks back I wrote about how data centres are preying on what's left of Australia's dream of massive green energy exports https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/23/data-centres-renewable-energy-projects-sun-cable/ Now: Andrew Forrest's clean megaprojects are turning to data centres, too: https://reneweconomy.com.au/cheaper-and-faster-fortescue-to-spend-nearly-1-billion-on-new-green-grid-to-power-data-centres/
India's Solar Output Forms Heart on Valentine's Day
India's solar power generation making a big old lovely love heart shape on Valentine's day, February 14 2026 😍 https://robbieandrew.github.io/india/
Clarifying the Vague Demand for Baseload Power
When you ask someone to actually define what they mean when they say "we need baseload power"
Microsoft’s AI Pledge Lacks Independent Accountability, Exposing a Fact‑statement Gap
"Here again there is a gap between public statements and on-the-ground facts. Microsoft’s Community-First Initiative sounds great but does not have any form of independent accountability mechanism built in" https://newrepublic.com/article/209163/ai-industry-discovering-public-backlash
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...
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...
Michigan Data Centers Could Cost $119B in Damages
"under the existing laws, our analysis shows that the expected growth in data centers would lead to $118 billion in climate damages and $1.6 billion in health damages by 2050 due to air pollution and emissions from fossil fuel power...
AI Hype Won’t Solve Renewable Energy, Warns Carbon Removal Fallout
It remains oddly frustrating to see "we should piggyback off big tech's AI boom to fuel renewable energy" considering the outcomes of that same thinking for the carbon removal industry. https://heatmap.news/carbon-removal/microsoft-carbon-removal-pause
Climate Ambition Could Slash Oil Demand
If the world had followed ambitious climate scenarios, global oil demand would be at least 20% lower than it is today - about the same volume of oil that flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Fossil Fuels Must End: They Threaten All Life
A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us. If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended...
Oil CEOs Dump $1.4B Stock, Fastest in 15 Years
" In the first three months of this year, oil CEOs sold $1.4 billion worth of their own stock—the fastest pace of selling in 15 years. At a dozen companies, the selling broke all-time records" https://heated.world/p/chevrons-ceo-made-104-million-while
Data Centers and AI Won’t Fix Climate, Raise Bills
I will never understand how anyone can look at a situation like this and think "man, data centres and AI are really going to help solve climate change and incentivse renewable energy" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2026/04/03/the-supply-crunch-that-could-raise-your-electric-bill-00858418?_sc=MTA0OTY5MjQjMTM3OTQ%3D
IEA Tracker Reveals Policies Locking In Fossil Dependence
I hope the IEA can keep this updated - a massive global overview of policies enacted in response to the latest fossil fuel crisis. Terrifying how many of these will help lock in fossil fuel reliance, worsen climate pollution, suck...
Ex‑Shell Blogger Blames Renewables for Fuel Crisis
Amazing clip of former Shell employee and now right-wing News Corp blogger Liam Barlett blaming the fossil fuel crisis on renewables (while Australia's energy minister very patiently tries to ask him WTF he means) (for some reason News Corp decided to...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Tax Cuts, and Deregulation Restored
So now the strait is open all of the fossil fuel subsidies, fossil tax cuts and weakening of environmental regulations wil be set back to normal, right?
Second Fossil Fuel Crisis Threatens Rationing and Societal Collapse
Spoke to @trtworld about the consequences of the second fossil fuel crisis of the 2020s - including extreme limitations, rationing and probably major societal changes if this all keeps getting worse
Relying on AI for Facts Erodes Your Brain
I cannot emphasise this enough: if you are relying on generative AI as a source of information ABOUT ANYTHING - then YOU, yes, YOU are having your brain actively decayed by a technology corporation. I know you get a moment...
Delayed Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forces Sudden Overnight Shutdown
Cheers to everyone who delayed fossil fuel phaseout by saying "you can't switch off fossil fuels overnight" Because thanks to them everyone now has to face a situation where fossil fuels are switched off overnight 🙃🙃🙃
Voluntary Data‑Center Pledges: History Shows No Real
who among you is brave enough to take a guess what happened the last time tech companies made a voluntary pledge to protect the public from the harmful impacts of data centre over-development
Grid Batteries Displace Fossil Gas, Australia Leads
HEY FRIENDS A rare treat: I'm talking about something not only good but so good that it makes the cynics and climate delayers look amusingly silly. Big grid batteries are pushing dirty, expensive fossil gas out of the power grid,...