https://fixthenews.com/p/314-a-stake-through-the-cold-dark
"Last week was Climate Week, and we didn’t put out an edition. So now there’s a
backlog of excellent news, especially climate news, to get to you.
First, a moment we’ve been waiting for since we launched this newsletter:
According to Ember’s 2025 mid-year report, renewables have produced more power
than coal globally for the first time - a historic first. How? Solar output
jumped 31% from last year and wind added another 7.7%. Coal fell, led by
declines in China and India - the only two countries still commissioning
significant numbers of new coal plants. Ember
A decade after the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions are barely
rising, up just 0.3% a year since 2015, compared with 1.7% before.
Australia might get its first ever day without coal sooner than anyone
predicted, and analysts say 100% renewables is no longer theoretical. The
country’s ageing coal fleet is being rapidly replaced by wind, solar and
batteries, and the market operator says 90% of coal could be gone by 2035.
In the United States, new coal mines are fetching almost nothing at auction,
with the Trump administration’s latest bid selling for less than a penny a ton,
and New England just closed its last coal plant three years ahead of schedule.
India races ahead with record solar surge, installing 17.5 GW between April and
August 2025 - more than double last year’s pace. The boom, driven by cheap
modules, strong demand and a 143 GW project pipeline, makes it the world’s
fastest growing energy market - with demand increasingly being met by power
from the sun.
As the energy transition ramps up, a global philanthropic coalition has secured
$4.2 billion to expand renewables and energy access across Africa. There’s
genuine momentum here - the solar revolution is already lighting up Africa’s
biggest oil nation, Nigeria, long plagued by blackouts despite its oil wealth.
Imports of Chinese panels have jumped 60% this year, and Nigeria isn’t alone -
solar panels are pouring into the continent, improving energy access across the
continent, though the challenge of grid reliability remains."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
