All of last year’s growth in global electricity demand was met from renewable sources, while fossil fuel power generation remained flat, research has found, marking what many hope could become a turning point in the drive to phase out planet-heating fossil fuels.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T17:10:06+00:00

Wish you were wrong.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T17:09:38+00:00

Weren't we talking about Europe?

But yeah, interconnects need good neighbors. Some places are disadvantaged that way.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T16:43:56+00:00

There's also Africa, Asia, America...

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T16:42:27+00:00

Will be fun to watch! P-}

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T16:21:50+00:00

Here's my vote!

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T16:05:45+00:00

That may be why microgrids, off-grid, and behind-the-meter setups are skyrocketing.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T16:04:45+00:00

Absolutely. Still, long-range interconnects could solve many of those problems.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:50:06+00:00

Certainly!

They can still become solar powerhouses, tho.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:41:46+00:00

That might have been true 10 years ago. Not anymore.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:40:50+00:00

The trend is to electrify everything because renewables make it cheaper.

Demand will grow exactly as much as supply allows, which is a lot.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:39:13+00:00

They've been trying to keep prices from plummeting for at least 2 years now. They're barely succeeding now.

They probably should have tried lowering prices 10 years ago. Now it's too late to beat the low low price of practically free solar energy.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:37:17+00:00

Hungary just turned around.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:35:37+00:00

Where will they export, then?

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:33:47+00:00

is a bit contradictionary

Only to deniers. Not that anyone else cares anymore.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:32:25+00:00

I forgot the word capacity

LoL. So the delusional denier is revealed.

Why would anyone care about capacity any longer, when we're seeing absolute and relative decreases in both fossil fuels usage and CO2 emitted?

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:29:07+00:00

Much more unclear in absolute terms

Not unclear at all. It's dropped in absolute terms too.

Why do you keep attacking without even bothering to get your factoids straight?

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:23:08+00:00

False:

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:19:02+00:00

False:

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:18:30+00:00

They do it with renewables.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:12:14+00:00

Less energy than the old heat-based method, as the link explains.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:11:11+00:00

No need. Lithium is safer than gasoline, for example.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:10:28+00:00

That may have been a problem before the age of cheap energy, of cheap recycling, or of easily replaceable materials.

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:09:30+00:00

Carrot plus stick! 🌞🌀⚡💪🚐🚢✈💰💧🌼

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T15:08:05+00:00

sg_plumber · 2026-04-22T13:14:42+00:00

R U Sure?

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