AkshayConsumers going green due to oil shock? Let’s hope so!
#Green #Hormuz #FossilFuels #EV #Renewables #Climate #Energy #Cooking #HeatPump
Ecoflap Home DraughtproofingThe World, the Universe and Us: Why The Iran War Is Speeding The End Of The Fossil Fuel Era
Episode webpage: https://www.newscientist.com/
Primo Natura"Greece receives 12.2 GW of merchant battery applications for 4.7 GW program"
Greece receives 12.2 GW of merchant battery applications for 4.7 GW program
Investors have submitted applications for 12.15 GW of utility-scale, standalone merchant battery storage projects in Greece, far exceeding the 4.7 GW the country plans to approve. But with wrestling over financing and key policy details still unresolved, the path to construction remains unclear.
"US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan"
#US #USA #America #Energy #Renewables
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/trump-administration-wind-project-plan
Fucina FibonacciLe misure straordinarie per gli idrocarburi sono costate, nel 2023, 145 miliardi di euro, contro i 100 investiti sulle rinnovabili. Cambiare spacciatore non risolve il problema della dipendenza. Lezione da #Hormuz: gli errori dell’#EU sulla sicurezza energetica - la Repubblica https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2026/03/24/news/lezione_da_hormuz_gli_errori_dell_ue_sulla_sicurezza_energetica-425242916/
The Japan TimesConsumers are responding to one of the largest disruptions in global oil markets by embracing low-carbon technologies that promise to lower gas and power bills. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/03/26/energy/iran-war-consumers-fossil-fuels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran #oil #fossilfuels #electricvehicles #renewables #saudiarabia #straitofhormuz
Tina M CaseyMore offshore wind power for the US, Trump or no Trump.
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/25/trump-fails-to-stop-cvow-the-biggest-offshore-wind-farm-in-the-us/
#cvow #offshorewind #offshore #wind #trump #us #utilities #dominion #renewableenergy #renewables #windenergy #windpower #cleanenergy #greenenergy #windturbines #windfarms #sustainable #sustainability #esg #investors #investing #finance
Tina M CaseyMore offshore wind power for the US, Trump or no Trump.
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/25/trump-fails-to-stop-cvow-the-biggest-offshore-wind-farm-in-the-us/
#cvow #offshorewind #offshore #wind #trump #us #utilities #dominion #renewableenergy #renewables #windenergy #windpower #cleanenergy #greenenergy #windturbines #windfarms #sustainable #sustainability #esg #investors #investing #finance
Ramesh #NotGoingBack>> #European leaders should announce a national #mobilisation effort to build distributed #renewables - incl European production of #solar panels. Build on gov and military sites. Subsidise homes.
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Meanwhile, a European #WindEnergy company has decided to take a billion dollars of #US money from #Trump and run with it.
Unrestrained #greed ALWAYS gets the better of #laissezFaire. That's why good #government intervention is necessary in #capitalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/world/europe/iran-trump-hormuz-europe-dilemma.html
Trump’s Threats to Europe Put Its Leaders in a Double Bind Over Iran
European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis.
IEA analyses clean energy supply chains and China dependence:
“Each of the [Clean Energy Technology] key supply chains analysed contains at least one step where less than one-quarter of demand outside of China could be met with supply outside of China, posing risks to the resilience of the entire supply chain.”
—> rather than blaming China, other countries need to step up!
#CleanTech #Industry #Trade #Energy #Climate #Renewables #Batteries #China #Geopolitics