The Halfway Mirage: Renewable Capacity vs. Systemic Reality

Renewable energy capacity reached 49.4% globally in 2025, but fossil fuel generation also increased. See why this matters for your energy bills and the environment.

#RenewableEnergy, #FossilFuels, #EnergyTransition, #GlobalPower, #ClimateChange

https://newsletter.tf/global-renewable-capacity-vs-fossil-fuel-generation/

Global renewable energy capacity is now 49.4%, but fossil fuel generation went up too. This is different from last year's trend.

#RenewableEnergy, #FossilFuels, #EnergyTransition, #GlobalPower, #ClimateChange
https://newsletter.tf/global-renewable-capacity-vs-fossil-fuel-generation/

#Google to tap into gas plant for #AIDatacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

#Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco

Dara Kerr, Thu 2 Apr 2026

"According to Crusoe’s 465-page permit application, the power plant would emit as much as 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide, a primary driver of climate change, per year. For comparison, the entire city of San Francisco emits about 4m tons of carbon dioxide annually."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/google-ai-datacenter

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/wZFzr

#GoogleSucks #AISucks #Datacenters #ClimateChange #ClimateDenial #FossilFuels #FossilFools

People watch as smoke billows from an oil warehouse in the Kani Qirzhala area on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, after a suspected drone strike.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Iraq
#oil
#FossilFuels

German municipality heating planning advances as mid-year deadline looms

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-municipality-heating-planning-advances-mid-year-deadline-looms #heating #districtheating #renewables #fossilfuels #natgas

Fossil fuel exit is key to resilient and affordable German energy supply – NGOs

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/fossil-fuel-exit-key-resilient-and-affordable-german-energy-supply-ngos photo: LEAG #energytransition #industry #fossilfuels #renewables