Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

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#energypolicy #energy #electricityproduction

The Finnish diplomat said #Finland is faring well in using #RenewableEnergy sources as its #ElectricityProduction is already 90 percent #CarbonFree and the #Philippines could leverage their expertise in terms of shifting from fossil-based systems to greener alternatives. #Europe

PH to open #Helsinki embassy this year
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/232596/ph-to-open-helsinki-embassy-this-year

PH to open Helsinki embassy this year

The Philippines is planning to open an embassy in Helsinki, Finland, later this year—an important step to facilitate trade and bilateral relations between the two countries, according to a Finnish

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Yeah. Because nuclear is so "cheap", the French government needs to subsidize the price of electricity so nuclear can stay "competitive".

We can learn something from this: It's not alwas private capitalists that drive totally illogical decisions. Because of ideology and institutional inertia, state-owned companies* can result also in bad outcomes.

* ok, there are also quite a few private companies or joint ventures involved, but it is impressive how the French govt continuously redistributes money into an industry that has clearly shown to not be the solution.

#Nuclear #NuclearEnergy #EDF #France #EnergyTransition #SMR #Uranium #ElectricityProduction #EnergyPolicy
@NoelWauchope

@ptg Hum, source ? Just do a quick google search for "using solar to give back to the grid", and you'll see that the concept already exists.

For example : https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/sell-electricity-back-grid2.htm

Or this : https://diversegy.com/selling-energy-back-to-the-grid/

Granted, if everyone tried to sell back electricity to the grid tomorrow, we'd have a problem ;)

But it is possible.

#electricityproduction #solar #batteries

How to Sell Electricity Back to the Grid

Did you know that the sun shines more energy onto the Earth's surface than all of its inhabitants use in an entire year? Learn how to sell electricity back to the grid.

HowStuffWorks

Seems as if the #nordics have not yet achieved #greengrowth by #decoupling from #co2Emissions At least if you consider #bunkerFuels, #biomass imports for #electricityProduction and not use the largest #remainingCo2Budget .

Read more about it:

Accounting matters: Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921001592

Shoutout to @niclasoverby for the Danish article in @videnskabdk that covers the above article

French CGT labour union workers attend a demonstration against French government's pension reform plan in Nice as part of a day of national strike ...
France hit by second nationwide strike against pension reform
France hit by second nationwide strike against pension reform

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Just working on some trends and forecasting for national production of renewables. Example attached. Looking to produce a R/shiny dashboard, so you could select countries and types of renewable/non-renewable sources. Useful? Comments and suggestions welcome.

#RenewableEnergy #ElectricityProduction #Forecast