Renewable Transition Costs Less than Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Calling all politicians and economists and people who care about their children The annual cost of transitioning the world to 100% clean, renewable WindWaterSolar (WWS) energy for all purposes ($6.8 tril/y) is LESS than worldwide fossil-fuel subsidies alone of $7.4 tril/y (6.4% of world GDP) Subsidy cost https://www.imf.org/en/topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies @IMFNews Cost of transitioning world https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/150Country/150-CountriesEGS.pdf
California's WWS Hits Record 163% Demand, Solar 140%
WindWaterSolar breaks two more records in CA: WWS meets highest percent of demand ever (163.07%) and solar alone meets highest percent of demand ever (140.56%) on Sun May 24. Gas down 61%, batteries up 329%, and solar up 58% in '26 v...
EVs to Reach Half of Global Fleet by 2035
EVs marching to eliminate ICEs and oil for cars 28% (23 mil) of all cars sold worldwide in 2026 will be electric. This is an increase from 25% (20 mil) in 2025. By 2035, ~510 million EVs will be on the road, about...
First Fully Electric Cruise Ship Set for 2031 Launch
World’s first 100% battery-electric cruise ship (1,865 passengers, 275 meters, 82,000 tonnes) to operate by 2031. @meyerwerft https://t.co/WTSUDhF14C
Renewables Power 86% of California Demand, Gas Hits Record Low
Even if you are tired of seeing these plots, you want to see this. WindWaterSolar breaks two more records on May 16, supplying 80.75% of 24-hour demand and >100% of demand for 10.25 hours on the @CaliforniaISO grid Fossil gas also drops...
Electric Cars Save Thousands and Cut Pollution
What can you do if you are tired of wasting money on gasoline? Did you know that every 30 miles of driving a gasoline car, you spend three to five dollars more than driving the same 30 miles in an electric...
Enhanced Geothermal Potential Spans Most U.S. States
Here's a map of where enhanced geothermal could be built in the U.S. Most states have potential. https://t.co/s3j25eBdeu
Renewables Alone Can End Energy Crises, No Miracles
The world is suffering from high and rising fuel prices, wars over fossil-fuels and nuclear weapons proliferation, millions of air pollution deaths per year, and global warming. These problems are all related to our current energy infrastructure, which relies primarily...
Electric Cars Save up to $37,500 over 15 Years
Every 30 miles you drive a gasoline car, you spend $3-5 more than driving the same 30 miles with an electric car. That adds up to $22,500-$37,500 higher fuel cost for the gasoline car driving 15,000 miles per year for...
US Wind Growth Steadies as China Soars 23%
The good news so far about wind, despite U.S. federal efforts to squash it, is that the wind installation growth rate from 2024 to 2025 (4.0%) was slightly higher than from 2023 to 2024 (3.5%) and only slightly lower than...
California's Renewables Surpass Fossil Fuels, Meet 100% Demand
WindWaterSolar steamrolling fossil fuels in California. 40 straight days and 106 of 130 (81.5%) in 2026 with WWS meeting >100% of demand for an average of 4.5 h/day among all 130 days. Fossil gas down 61.1%, batteries up 328%, solar up 61%,...
China's EV Exports Outpace Gasoline for First Time
China shipped more electric than gasoline cars worldwide for the first time ever in April 52.7% of 769,000 cars exported were EVs, doubling EV exports from last April. More EVs because they save consumers $20,000-$40,000 in fuel costs if driving 15 y/15,000...
Pentagon Delays Stall Wind Projects, Urging Fossil Phase‑out
The next administration should learn from this and similar tactic to phase out then eliminate entirely the coal, oil, and gas industries for energy, which are no longer needed and responsible for killing millions every year from air pollution. More Than...
Amsterdam Bans Meat and Fossil‑fuel Ads, a Global First
Amsterdam is the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. https://t.co/uyJF2bP1Ay
Oil Shock Signals End of Fossil Fuel Era
Head of International Energy Agency: Fossil fuel era won't recover after global oil shock: -Countries increasingly turning to electrification and renewables -Long-held assumptions about the reliability of fossil fuels shattered -Confidence underpinning global oil and gas markets weakened -Fragility of fossil markets exposed -Expanding fossil...
Black Lung Rates Rise as Trump Stalls Protections
Death and destruction follows the current U.S. push for fossil fuels. Black lung surges in coal country as Trump slow-walks protections https://t.co/2EdKMSnGCC @MotherJones
World Wind Capacity Jumps 14% as Brazil Climbs to 5th
Great race Brazil passed Spain and the UK in 2025 to boast the 5th-highest onshore+offshore wind nameplate capacity worldwide. Plus, the UK now has more offshore than onshore capacity. World wind capacity grew 14% in one year. 1. China 640.6 GW (593.2 onshore/47.4 offshore) 2....
South Korea Bids $3.5B for Offshore Wind, Boosting Energy Independence
Another country fostering energy independence and benefits to their economy. South Korea advances $3.5B offshore wind project bid https://t.co/CdkIyTOC1y
Renewables Cut Driving Costs Fourfold, Ending Gas Price Spike
High gas prices are simply a result of the energy insecurity brought about by fossil fuels, which are limited resources that must be drilled for daily. Eliminate this insecurity and lower the cost of driving your car by a factor of...
Expanding Small Modular Reactors Risks Global Nuclear Weapon Spread
Yes, but so long as you keep pushing nuclear electricity (especially small modular reactors), you will eventually have nuclear weapons in another country because nuclear electricity and weapons go hand in hand.
Geothermal Power: Mars' Viable Renewable Energy Option
Can clean, renewable energy sources be used on Mars? Mars is a cold, barren planet far from the sun, and with little atmosphere and no flowing water. If people were to live there, could they obtain their energy from clean, renewable...
California Grid Hits Record Renewable Surplus, Wind Peaks
Two more records set on the @CaliforniaISO grid on Mon, May 3, 2026: Minimum net load -7.871 GW at 1:20 PM Maximum wind output 7.707 GW at 12:45 AM (Tues morn) due to wind from SunZia project, which is part of the...
Renewables Beat DAC: Cheaper, Cleaner, Less Pollution
Yet another paper finding that Direct Air Capture is an opportunity cost that increases air pollution and climate damage relative to spending the same money on clean, renewable energy. https://t.co/Bz7EKLFqXf Some other papers: https://t.co/hWmyI1wXjo https://t.co/hWmyI1wXjo Preventing 1 tonne of CO2 from getting in the air...
Consistent Power Mix Cuts Gas, Boosts Renewables
Consistency 98 days (80.3%) so far in 2026 & 32 straight with WWS meeting >100% of demand on the world's 4th-largest economy's main grid for part of the day Fossil gas down 61%, batteries up 325%, solar up 61% in '26 v...
Myth‑Busting Videos Reveal Path to 100% Renewable Future
30 myth-busting short videos about transitioning to 100% renewables and the electrification of everything - from mining to land use to electricity prices to grid reliability - in the middle of this link https://t.co/irGIq6qRxE
Global 100% Renewable Roadmaps Cut Costs and Save Lives
Infographic map linking roadmaps for transitioning 150 countries to 100% WindWaterSolar for all energy purposes while reducing annual energy costs, social costs, energy use, and mortalities and morbidities. https://t.co/8j5oVvZeUu Here's the paper: https://t.co/yt6XQ531Fu
Hormuz Crisis Accelerates Global Shift to Renewable Self‑Power
Iran war, Strait of Hormuz closure forces embrace of renewable energy @RollingStone @thor_benson "The fact that countries must import fossil fuels from faraway regions subjects them to uncertainties. It is obvious that many countries want to reduce this reliance. The...
Electric Ferry Cuts Energy Use 88% With Zero Emissions
Battery-electric ferry reduced energy use 88% versus a diesel ferry during 16 months of operation in Norway, carrying 41,000 passengers per day back and forth over a river. Plus, 0 tailpipe or grid emissions from the BE ferry since Norway's...
Renewables Dominate Future Grids; Nuclear's Role Marginal
New paper: "Perspectives on nuclear power" Systems with renewable energy, storage, and demand response dominate least-cost future energy system options under realistic conditions. New nuclear contributes only marginally. Past studies of nuclear exaggerated its role by using unrealistically low overnight capital...
Renewables Dominate CAISO, Gas Share Drops 60%
To date in 2026, fossil gas has met only 16.7% of demand on the CAISO grid, versus 41.6% in 2023. -->Gas is down 60% since 2023. In 2026, WindWaterSolar has met 51.5% of demand, three times that of gas 23 straight...
Inspiring Students Toward 100% Renewable Energy Future
Delighted to speak to the 800 students at the Harker School high school on Earth Day about moving the world to 100% renewable energy. Thanks to Diana Moss for the invite. @harkerschool
Lithium Shortage Threatens 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Does the world have enough lithium to power all the electric vehicles and stationary batteries needed to transition the world to 100% clean, renewable energy and storage for everything? More info https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-lithium.pdf https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSStillNMN/StillNMN.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKBTnj1nTWo
Pennsylvania Turns Abandoned Wells Into Renewable Geothermal Power
Pennsylvania has up to 750,000 of inactive oil and gas wells. Now the state will use some of those wells to build a clean, renewable electricity source, enhanced geothermal. https://t.co/SGBLc8g4ck More on EGS https://t.co/yt6XQ52tPW
New Mexico Wind Project Powers California, Boosting 100% Renewable Goal
Largest renewable project in U.S. history - 3.5 GW of wind in New Mexico - begins delivering power to California and Arizona. @CaliforniaISO has taken operational control - will count as in-state wind Will speed up California's push for 100% WindWaterSolar https://www.eenews.net/articles/largest-us-renewable-project-begins-generating-electricity/
U.S. Set to Reach 6 GW Offshore Wind by 2027
Despite Trump, the U.S. will have 6 GW of offshore wind operating by 2027 All 5 developers have won court victories to complete their projects. 72% (4.3 GW) of the 6 GW are already installed or operational https://www.offshorewindca.org/maps
U.S. Grid‑Battery Output to Power All Renewables by 2026
U.S. grid-battery production has gone from 0 in 2024 to 145 GWh/year by the end of 2026, enough to provide batteries to support all wind and solar in the U.S. https://t.co/faeAUzMjZ8
CAISO’s Rapid Battery, Solar, Wind Build‑out Drives 100% Renewable Grid
In the one year between April 8, 2025 and April 9, 2026, @CaliforniaISO installed 4.656 GW batteries 1.534 GW solar 0.308 GW wind bringing grid totals to 16.04 GW/64.16 GWh batteries, 22.577 GW solar 8.681 GW wind The CAISO queue is 17.1 GW batteries 19 GW solar 0.8 GW...
New Lithium Finds Slash Battery Costs, Accelerate 100% Renewable Shift
With the discovery of 30% more world lithium resources in one year, battery-electric vehicle and stationary battery storage prices should continue to drop rapidly, facilitating world electrification and the inevitable transition to 100% WindWaterSolar across all energy sectors.
World Lithium Reserves Surge, Fueling Full EV Transition
New data: no shortage of lithium in the world for a 100% WWS transition. @USGS says known world lithium resources increased by 30% in one year, from 115.1 in 2024 to 150 million tons in 2025. That is enough for 19 billion...
Renewables Cut Fossil Energy Use by Over Half
The use of primary energy on the vertical axis is an old trick by the fossil fuel industry to mislead people into thinking that one unit of fossils = one unit of renewables. In fact, one unit of primary energy...
Nuclear Power Advocates Fuel Proliferation, Not Solutions
In this 2010 TED talk, I highlighted the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation due to the spread of nuclear energy https://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_mark_z_jacobson_debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy The response was denial, obfuscation, and attacks. Yet, the cause of the war with Iran today is to prevent them from obtaining...
Fossil Firms Favor GWP100 to Dodge Real Climate Action
Fossil companies support GWP100 over GWP20 because GWP100 allows them to do nothing about air pollution or global warming-to continue spewing BC, CH4 & O3 precursors & proposing fake solutions to CO2 (carbon capture, direct air capture, blue H2, electro...
Strong Climate Champions Crucial for Clean Energy Policy
Bill McKibben highlights the need for strong climate and renewable energy champions in this terrific article on the CA and NY governors races and how GWP20 v GWP100 plays into it Clean energy needs actual champions https://substack.com/redirect/a647db33-72bf-4a23-aafb-bbbb61eef92b
Wind‑Water‑Solar Combo Powers Record Demand, Cuts Gas
This is why we use a combo of WindWaterSolar Wind breaks new CAISO output record - when it is needed - at night - at 10:40 PM on 4/8: 6.699 GW Ignoring batteries, WWS also met the highest % of 24-h demand...
GWP20: Faster Climate Action for Methane Benefits Health
GWP20 for methane greenhouse-gas accounting is good policy in NY State & beyond, as Prof. Bob Howarth and I explain in a response (https://t.co/86Dm2bq6zw) to a recent claim that GWP100 should be used instead Both California and New York...
Electrify Canada: $182 B Annual Savings, 61% Demand Cut
No, Canada will save $182 billion/year in private energy costs by eliminating the use of fossil fuels for energy, electrifying all energy, and providing the electricity with WindWaterSolar alone (this will also reduce energy needs 61%) https://t.co/hsOANrg3KG Here are the data https://t.co/79QTBYtPSu https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO @AaronGunn
Electrify Canada: 61% Energy Cut, Zero Fossil, Nuclear
Can Canada eliminate fossil fuels and nuclear for all energy? Although Canada currently provides 63% of its electricity from wind-water-solar sources, electricity comprises only 21% of Canada’s total energy, so wind-water-solar provides only 13% of Canada’s total energy. However, if we...
Four-Hour Batteries Deliver 14-Hour Storage at 0.28¢/kWh
These data illustrate how concatenating 4-hour batteries, provides longer-term (in this case, 14 hours) of storage. In other words, 4-h batteries already provide long-duration storage, and the batteries are inexpensive (0.28 cents/kWh-grid-output for 15.8 GW/63.2 GWh of batteries)
Batteries Delivered 8% of California Grid, Costing 0.28¢/kWh
Yes, the sun does't shine at night, but batteries produced electricity every minute last night (4/4) as California set a new discharge record of 57.17 GWh/day. Batteries have met 8.01% of all main-grid demand in 2026 in the 4th-largest economy in...
South Korea Unveils Aggressive Renewable Energy Transition Plan
And here's the plan for South Korea to "swiftly transition to renewable energy" https://t.co/AapcezbDSL https://t.co/yt6XQ531Fu