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RATE MY “COAL COMEBACK” 🫵
8 government announcements are being repeated in the media as evidence of a “return to coal”.
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But how consequential are they.. really?!🧵
Dave Jones
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Dave Jones
@CleanPowerDave
Co-founder @Ember_Energy💚 Chief analyst tracking global electricity transition👍 Electricity analyst since 2000, still learning🤓
- Q: Why have batteries become so cheap? A: Because many no longer need expensive minerals. The rise of the LFP battery means 40% of all EV batteries globally (higher in China), do not contain any nickel or cobalt…
- This graphic is going viral. This is how it was calculated... let's get geeky🤓...
- this image will live with me for a long time, i can't stop thinking about it. it's just so mindboggling in so many ways...
- This graph blows my mind.. 63% of solar panels and 65% of wind turbines installed last year were installed in China 🤯
- Just think about it... more money will be spent installing solar panels this year than total investment into oil. Isn't that a little bit cool?! 😎🌞
- NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria🇩🇿 solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia🇿🇲 x7 in Botswana🇧🇼 x6 in Sudan🇸🇩 x3 in each of Liberia🇱🇷, DRC🇨🇩, Benin🇧🇯, Angola🇦🇴, Ethiopia🇪🇹 🧵
- I had to triplecheck this because I didn't believe it... All of the world's discovered reserves of fossil fuels = the same energy as just 5 days of sunlight hitting the Earth🤯 Solar power is basically unlimited🤷♂️
- Today's @IEA report is the first time they've mapped energy jobs, and.... WOW.. *already* clean jobs outnumber fossil jobs in almost every region...
- This is how many diesel-only or petrol-only cars were sold in Norway last month👏😍: 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗
- This graphic is insane.. Roman Abramovichs yacht alone apparently has more CO2 emissions than the total footprint of any billionaire, except Roman himself 🤯
