I don’t have a theme for today. We are just keeping on keeping on. So do the nuclear idiots and denialists and those in the AI asset bubble, but they are gradually yielding to our pushback. Don’t let up, just as we have reached Peak Carbon and started down toward Net Zero.
The Good News
🎩 bilboteach
Offshore wind farm makers aren’t giving up and are suing the Trump regime.
And another 🎩
Strong “green tariff” law comes into effect in the Eurozone.
This is what tariffs are supposed to be for. Policy, not vengeance.
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Meralco attracts 15 bidders for 200-MW clean energy supply
Fifteen power generation companies have expressed interest in supplying renewable energy to Manila Electric Company (Meralco), underscoring strong competition for the country's largest electricity distributor as it seeks long-term clean…
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— 2daystream.bsky.social (@2daystream.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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From conservative counties embracing electric school buses to clean energy providing income for farmers, the #CleanEnergyGeneration is making progress every day here in the rural Southeast. Take a look at just six of the many signs of progress ➡️ ow.ly/OIX950XSA5A 🔌💡
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— Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (@cleanenergy.org) January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This Is The First EV With Solid-State Batteries You'll Be Able To Buy In America
- The world's first all-solid-state battery on a production motorcycle will be available in the U.S. this year, Verge Motorcycles claims.
- Developed by Finland-based Donut Lab, the battery gets 400 watt-hours per kilogram of energy density.
- Donut says it can charge in just five minutes and is not prone to fires.
The first vehicle in the U.S. that you can actually buy with an all-solid-state battery isn’t any long-promised electric vehicle from a legacy automaker. Apparently, it’s a high-end electric motorcycle from Europe.
One of the most dramatic developments of 2025 was the collapse in tariffs to levels that stunned the industry. Standalone 2-hour BESS tariffs fell from INR 2.21 lakh/MW/month in early 2025 to just INR 1.48 lakh/MW/month by year-end in APTRANSCO’s tender. Solar-plus-4-hour BESS projects saw tariffs drop to INR 2.70–2.76/kWh, with more than 50 new bidders entering the market and intensifying competition.
IESA highlighted March 2026 as a crucial test, when Adani is expected to commission one of the world’s largest single-location BESS projects—a 1,126 MW/3,530 MWh facility in Gujarat. January will see Rajasthan’s tender for India’s largest solar-plus-BESS project at Pugal Solar Park, while the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment is beginning to emerge following Juniper Green Energy’s pioneering 60 MWh merchant BESS installation in December.
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this is transforming the wold, ie ordinary people in Pakistan have taken advantage of dirt cheap solar panels so much that it is changing the energy profile of the country
to the point the gov will have enough to pay off national debts rather than spend on subsidising oil
youtu.be/Z8JFCJP70rg?...
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— YD (@inertyd.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Big news! Sunrun and HASI are teaming up for a $500M venture to boost home power plants in the US. Think of it as your energy's superhero duo! https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/06/sunrun-hasi-form-new-500-million-joint-venture-to-accelerate-distributed-power-development/
— Climate Change Solutions (@climatechange.solutions) January 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Some of those who don’t listen to us do take occasional notice of reality. Please, may I have some more?
Global Warming Catastrophes
Bloomberg Green Daily e-mail
A year after Los Angeles’ tragic fires, recovery is beginning to take root. Houses are under construction — and in at least one case, already finished — some residents are still struggling to make ends meet and speculators are circling for deals on land to develop.
…the rebuild will cost Ching about $350,000 more than her insurance will cover. To close the gap, she has joined a class-action lawsuit against utility Southern California Edison, whose power lines are suspected to have sparked the blaze.
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#stayinformedcc Arctic Sea Ice Volume as of 12/20/25 - Currently at record low levels #icefreearctic #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateReport #ClimateAction #climateemergency #heatwaves #wildfires #drought #floods #blueoceanevent polarportal.dk/en/sea-ice-a...
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— #stayinformedcc (@stayinformedcc.bsky.social) December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#Indonesia #Aceh #Floods #ExtremeWeather #ClimateAnomalies
#climate #anomaly #climatecrisis #weather #climatechange
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Severe flooding in Aceh Province, northern Indonesia, has caused significant damage to bridges, seriously disrupting connections between local communities.
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— tali-deu.bsky.social (@tali-deu.bsky.social) January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
No New Nukes
How many hours of prep does it take for this system to produce 10 seconds of power?
When they can build fusion plants that run for hours at a time, at lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) than renewables + storage, get back to me.
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#BO-O-O-O-OGUS!!!
This is nowhere near commercial fusion, but it is an excellent device for extracting $$Real Money$$™ from Greater Fool investors and corrupt governments.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC_(...
SPARC (tokamak) may be capable of achieving up to 140 MW of fusion power for 10-second bursts
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— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
...home to multiple ventures, all of them bogus.
Trump administration announces $2.7B to bolster nuclear energy
The Trump administration is awarding a total of $2.7 billion to three companies to support uranium enrichment for nuclear energy.
American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter and Orano Federal Services will receive $900 million each. General Matter is reportedly backed by billionaire Peter Thiel.
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™
Birds, whales, national security...Wait, I know! Golf courses!
A Different Level of Idiocy
Trump is the biggest Fossil Fool on the planet, against fierce competition.
Or you could clean up your own life. EVs, induction cookers, electric tools, heat pumps, and now
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The Shine 2.0 is a compact wind turbine for your next camping trip
As power gets more dicey, personal energy generation only gets more appealing. Shine’s compact turbine isn’t going to power your house any time soon (though the company’s co-founder told me they have plans in that direction) but it…
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— Toolcome (@toolcome.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Where to Find Me
- Monday, The Pushback Chronicles
- Tuesday, Renewable Tuesday, with disasters and denial
- Wednesday, Diabetes News, including spammers and quackery
- Thursday, The Best of the Best, with much of what I used to put into GNRs
- Friday, Renewable Friday, with disasters and denial
- Saturday, my day off from DK posting, maybe
- Sunday, the koan of karma in This Suffering World
