We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale.

Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.

Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.

Probably getting a Rivian next for this very reason

"How Bidirectional Charging Kept the Lights On Amid Cold and Blackouts"

"The US now has more than 600,000 EVs that can feed power to houses during an emergency."

During blackout, “We were like, screw it. We got electricity and we can run all day long.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #energysky

UK EVs At 34.6% Share In 2025 - Tesla Model Y Best-Seller - CleanTechnica December saw plugin EVs at 43.8% share in the UK, up from 40.0% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 32.2% share. FY 2025 saw EVs at 34.6%.

UK December EV share just hit 43.8% 🇬🇧⚡
+3.8 pts YoY

(2025 full-year: 34.6%, +6.6 pts YoY)

🔋 BEVs: 32.2% (+1.2 pts)
🔌 PHEVs: 11.6% (+2.6 pts)

That’s real acceleration — December ran well ahead of the annual average.

Power to the Pomies 🇬🇧🔥
The curve is bending hard now. #Bettrification

China’s coal utilisation has been declining over the past two decades as rapid #wind and #solar expansion pushes coal to a flexible role ☀️🌪️

China's coal capacity utilisation peaked at around 75% in 2005 📉

ember-energy.org/lat...

#GraphicOfTheWeek: UK wind power set a new record in January 2026, generating 10.6 TWh in a single month.

#Wind is playing an increasingly central role in delivering affordable, low-carbon electricity to Britain's power system.

Explore other graphics: ember-energy.org/lat...

China’s Emissions Fell Last Year in First Decline Since 2022 China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell 0.3% in 2025, the first annual decline since Covid-era restrictions in 2022 — and more importantly, a reduction that’s happened even as energy demand growth remai...

Good morning with good news: China’s CO2 emissions "fell 0.3% in 2025, the first annual decline since Covid-era restrictions in 2022, and more importantly, a reduction that’s happened even as energy demand growth remains strong."

Solar, wind & EV are key
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

Why are Petrostate Supporters Desperate?

This graphic by @bistline.bsky.social shows US shift from new gas to solar, wind & batteries that took place from ~2010-2025.

US installed 54 GW in 2025, 96% clean!

The graphic (world is doing same) shows why Petrostate supporters are desperate. #energysky

Stunning Data!

"Solar power output increased by 43% year-on-year, wind by 14% and nuclear 8%, helping push down coal generation by 1.9%."

"Energy storage capacity grew by a record 75 gigawatts (GW), well ahead of the rise in peak demand of 55GW."
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky

Geely is next, probably this year or next year

Next up to overtake Ford: GEELY

#alwaysbecharging

Good morning with good news: Renewables and nuclear will generate 84% of European Union's electricity by 2030!

RE rises from 48% to 63%!

Coal plunges 16%/year thru 2030!

Gas falls 6%/yr thru 2030!

EU will reach 100% RE & nuclear.

When?

2040-2045?

P.44: www.iea.org/reports/elec...
#energysky

China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela But there is a basic question lurking behind the headlines. Who will actually need that oil in the years ahead? For years, China has been one of Venezuela’s

More than half of the world’s new electric cars are now plugging into Chinese sockets instead of lining up at gas stations. By 2024, it is estimated that China’s EV sales were growing about 40% year on year, even as some Western markets stumbled.

www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...

Don’t mess with Texas ... solar, or market economics!

In February 2026, Texas took the crown as the #1 state for utility-scale solar: Solar went from 2% in 2020 to out-generating coal

They said it couldn't be done in the land of oil and gas. They were (of course) wrong

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Electric Cars Are Simply Better — Subsidies Or Not - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Since we cover electric vehicles continuously and are often analyzing market trends, we ...

EVs don’t win because of subsidies. They win because they’re simply better. Quieter, faster, cheaper to run, charge at home, far less maintenance, better software, better driving experience. Subsidies just accelerate what’s already inevitable. #Bettrification makes everything better ⚡️🚗🔋

For the first time ever, wind & solar have overtaken coal in global capacity. That doesn’t mean generation has flipped yet (soon)— it means the world is now building far more future power from sun & wind than from coal. Capacity leads. Generation follows. Storage finishes the job. #Bettrification

Grid scale batteries are booming. The Middle East alone deployed almost 12GWh of battery storage last year.

Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records - Carbon Brief Coal power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, after each nation added record amounts of clean energy

Yes, coal still plays a very major role. But for the first time coal generation is down in China and is expected to decline further. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...

As big batteries take over Australia’s evening peaks, coal and gas are being relegated to increasingly rare, expensive cameo roles. The future grid - everywhere - doesn’t need them and won’t have them

reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels

Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...

Good morning with good news: Rooftop solar is a main reason that renewables generated, for the first time, more than 50% of Australia's main grid's electricity in Q4, 2025!

Rooftop solar alone has nearly met demand growth!

Coal fell 4.6% & gas 27% in Q4!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... #energysky

Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling
renewables — it is actively replacing gas
generation."

Batteries globally will jump 136 GW/350 GWh in 2026, ~2X 74 GW added in 2024!

More than 250 GW total was installed globally as of 2025
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene... #energysky

I know how the front seat works but we drive our grandkids around and I want to make sure we can get them out if needed

Carney Stakes Canada’s Auto Future on E.V.s as It Pulls Away From the U.S.

Canada celebrates its automotive independence from the US with a move to EVs. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several measures Thursday aimed at making Canada a global leader in electric vehicles and rescuing an industry ravaged by US trade policy.

Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry.

Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge reut.rs/3LQPkVC

Anyone have a solution for this? Can I get a window breaker or what?

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Good morning with good news: EV sales in China, for the first time, were greater than ICE autos in 2025, an historic milestone.

Sales of ICE autos fell for the eighth straight year and are back to their 2010 level! Wow!

When will China, world's largest auto market, be another Norway?
#energysky

China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity

Historic moment: China’s solar capacity overtaking coal matters. Capacity is destiny. But it’s #BESS + renewables that actually kill coal generation. Once storage scales, cheap electrons become firm power and coal loses its grid role. In China, that’s an easy path to ~2030. ⚡🔋 #Bettrification #LFP

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia as a battery storage powerhouse? Never going to happen many have thought.

Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.