Clean Energy Gains Slow CO2 Rise, Fossil Power Reverses
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10 https://t.co/Z5VFUbqV05
SMR Funding Still Unresolved After Wylfa Announcement
SMRs: Before anyone gets too excited by the recent announcement on Wylfa, it's worth noting per this govt doc that "no decisions" have yet been made on how to actually fund these reactors https://t.co/jhE5DQlNXF https://t.co/T2PbJLTgjn
Sizewell C's £121/MWh Cost Sparks Cost‑reconciliation Debate
I'd missed this in Feb, DESNZ says Sizewell C will cost £82/MWh in 2012 money (£121/MWh today)… Thoughts anyone? How to square this with estimated cost of building it? https://t.co/PdHLuSqXVJ https://t.co/H8kpPCCy5s
UK to Scrap Carbon Price Support, Lowering Electricity Costs
NEW: The UK govt is scrapping its top-up carbon tax, the "carbon price support" from 2028 Brought in by Osborne to help get rid of coal Now it brings in Treasury revenue (£400m in 2024/25) + raises elec bills, but doesn't help...
EVs Could Slash $600 B Yearly Import Costs
"Replacing oil imports for road transport with EVs could save importers over $600 billion a year – the single largest lever any country has to cut its import bill." https://t.co/wrSnkZ0bKk
UK BEV Sales Surge 24% as Petrol
UK BEV sales jump 24% year-on-year in March 2026, the first full month since US/Israel attacks on Iran +47% PHEV in March (+47 YTD) +22% BEV (+15 YTD) +7% hybrid (+6) -6% diesel (-10) -11% petrol (-4) Petrol/diesel have lost 5 points of mkt share in...
Record Wind and Solar Cut UK Gas Imports £1bn
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current...
UK's Privatized Oil Depleted; Norway Retains Wealth
FACTCHECK UPDATE: No, the UK can't "be more like Norway" in the North Sea 🇬🇧 extracted most of its oil & gas after privatisation 🇳🇴 has much more left due to state stewardship 🤔Lawson spent UK windfall on tax cuts; Norway got a...
Plug‑in Solar Panels Repay in 5 Years, Save £1,100
NEW ANALYSIS: Plug-in solar panels could save a typical UK home £1,100 over their lifetime, after paying back the initial investment within 5 years By my colleague Ho Woo Nan https://t.co/i5ELgpMRk2
GB News Owner’s Letter to Guardian Riddled with Falsehoods
FACTCHECK: GB News owner Paul Marshall seems to dislike Christian leaders criticising his channel's attacks on climate action, so he made a rare public intervention But his letter to the Guardian (pic) makes 25 false, misleading or confused claims (!) Receipts in...
India's 2025 CO2 Growth Slowest in 20 Years
NEW ANALYSIS: India's CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in more than two decades 🏭power CO2 down 3.8% ☀️record clean-energy growth 🚗oil demand only up 0.4% 🏗️steel/cement up 8/10% By CREA for CB https://t.co/PbsujsYFN9 https://t.co/GMaOhXfXzR
Fact‑check Debunks False Claims in UK North Sea Debate
NEW FACTCHECK: There has been A LOT of debate in the UK on the North Sea Sadly much of it is built on false or misleading claims Team @carbonbrief tried to straighten things out (link in reply) https://t.co/mScWF3mEPr
Renewables and Heat Pumps Could Slash UK Gas Costs
😬UK gas prices just hit highest level since 2022😬 At current prices… * New wind & solar from latest "AR7" auction would cut the bill for UK gas imports by £5.5bn/y * A single (1) home heat pump would cut bill for gas...
Clean-Energy Investment Now Almost Twice Fossil Fuels
Now seems like a good time to remember that global clean-energy investment is nearly double fossil fuels https://t.co/bHhEwRKgy7
UK Auction Cuts 78 LNG Tankers, Saves £4bn Annually
The new wind and solar capacity contracted at the UK's latest renewable auction will avoid the need for 78 LNG tankers-worth of imports each year, worth roughly £4bn at current gas prices https://t.co/gSdA6f5Jco https://t.co/tUyJ47PBMW
Decoupling Gas From Electricity Prices: Reform Ideas
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative? Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn...
Scrapping Net Zero Increases UK's Dependence on Gas
ANALYSIS: Badenoch and Farage might not want to admit it, but Conservative and Reform plans to scrap net zero whilst boosting the North Sea would actually make the UK even more reliant on gas imports 🤔 https://t.co/gSdA6f5Jco https://t.co/wc4Dc5Vlnm
Clean Energy Cuts UK Gas Imports More Than Drilling
Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by (much) more than North Sea drilling The latest debate over new licenses has been lacking one key ingredient: Perspective Here's our take in chart form – and I'm happy to debate the numbers https://t.co/gSdA6f5Jco https://t.co/cGRgr5PrjG
Seeking Updated European Marginal Fuel Data Post‑2021
Hive mind: Has anyone seen (ideally recent) data on the marginal fuel in European countries? The Zakeri and Staffell paper from 2023 gets cited a lot but it's from a few years ago, data for 2021
Global Warming Rate Has Nearly Doubled Since 2015
😬I'm sure this will be fine😬 "Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study" https://t.co/YE6o3HghNp https://t.co/iTuNoluzul
UK Coal Use Hits 400‑year Low, Emissions Drop 2.4%
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the...
Gas Prices Jump
UK & European gas price benchmarks have both hit 12-month highs, jumping ~50% today after Qatar paused production in the face of Iranian attacks But it's worth putting this in perspective – we're a long way off the insane spikes we saw...
Trump’s “Drill, Baby” Stance Kills $4.9bn Wind Line
FT's Gillian Tett on Trump's "mad" energy policy "[His] 'drill, baby, drill' mantra makes him reluctant to embrace renewables…Last [yr] energy dept terminated a $4.9bn loan guarantee for an 800-mile…power line to take wind power from Kansas to Illinois & Indiana....
UK Public EV Chargers Outnumber Fuel Pumps Nearly Twofold
FUN FACT: The UK has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as fuel pumps https://t.co/eTmP6dF5Mi https://t.co/iplVZrJGcf
Chinese Clean‑energy Exports Cut Overseas CO2 by 1% in 2024
So @BradleyThomasUK wants to know about the CO2 impact of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing, having just asked a Q in parliament Which is lucky, cos we published detailed analysis on this last year: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas...
UK Must Become an Electrostate, Economics Drive Energy Shift
INTERVIEW: Chris Stark (@StarkClimate), head of UK govt "mission" for clean power by 2030 Over 40 mins he explains why UK shd be an "electrostate", why attacks on climate policy are "completely crazy" & why economics are driving the global energy...
UK Cuts Lynemouth Biomass Subsidies, Mandates Full Sustainability
Interesting – UK govt has signed a new 4yr deal with 420MW Lynemouth biomass plant, capping subsidies at ~1/2 current levels Similar to Drax deal, requires 100% "sustainable" feedstock & pushes Lynemouth towards peaking power https://t.co/l3ItPOgPpk 1/2 https://t.co/JbqhYPZq0p
Trump Presided over Record U.S. Coal Plant Shutdowns
NEW ANALYSIS: Donald Trump has overseen more coal closures than any other US president That must be why he was just crowned "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” (10/10 no notes, I am not making this up) https://t.co/eddrivj51U https://t.co/GCeGP8hv03
China's CO2 Em
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so...
UK’s AR7 Auction Shatters Record
NEW: UK's "AR7" renewable auction was the biggest ever – more than 50% larger than 2024's record AR7 = enough electricity to offset 3/4 of UK LNG imports Labour's AR6+AR7, combined, contracted more GW than all other rounds put together More: https://t.co/zbwhevxD6T https://t.co/am8sWQuqRd