Polestar boosts battery circularity with recycled materials and refurbished batteries

Polestar to use refurbished batteries as replacements for Polestar 2 and Polestar 3, and announces all new batteries now contain at least 50 per cent recycled cobalt.

The Driven
Offshore wind power to save billions of dollars and kilometres of powerlines

Developing Victoria's wind power sector could save the state money and powerline infrastructure, while providing stability for Eastern Australia's power grid, a new report shows. 

All of our electricity is currently green!

*Proud smugface*

#EastOfEngland #EastAnglia #Norwich #Green #Renewables #RenewableEnergy

Cost of electricity in Spain right now -7 EUR MWh

#renewables #wind #solar #spain #electricity #power

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Tories ‘produce only 36 days of gas’...
#renewables #energysecurity

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/28/north-sea-oil-gas-licences-conservatives

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Tories ‘produce only 36 days of gas’

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

The Guardian

Good idea: floating power stations

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/29/a-floating-power-station-chinas-flying-wind-turbine-hits-milestone-with-grid-connected-tes

Wind power could soon come from the sky as China has successfully tested a megawatt-class airborne turbine that generates electricity while hovering 2000 metres up.
China has completed a test flight of what it says is the world’s first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system designed for urban deployment.

#renewables, #windpower, #solarpunk

A floating power station? China tests wind turbines in the sky

Wind power could soon come from the sky as China has successfully tested a megawatt-class airborne turbine that generates electricity while hovering 2000 metres up.

euronews
Leapmotors A10 Small Electric SUV is THOUSANDS Cheaper than BYD Atto 2

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“How India is charting a new path into the electric age”

“Solar module production has grown twelvefold to 120 GW, more than enough for self-sufficiency. Cell manufacturing, virtually absent a decade ago, has reached 18 GW. Battery and EV manufacturing are not far behind.”

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/03/how-india-is-charting-a-new-path-into-the-electric-age/

#India #Solar #Batteries #EV #Renewables #Electricity #Energy #Climate #Industry

If this system continues, it will keep funding violence and widening inequality. Ending dependence on oil is not just about climate, it is about ending a cycle of exploitation and control.

#OilWars #EnergyCrisis #Corruption #StopWar #Renewables
https://salmanmehdi.substack.com/p/oil-wars-accelerate-the-end-of-oil/

Oil Wars Accelerate the End of Oil

Solar panel prices do not rise when the Persian Gulf gets bombed, whereas oil prices do. The space between tells you all there is of the world we are in and where we must go.

The Independent Prism