Jaakko Haikonen

Onko Suomella tulevaisuudessa edelleen edellytykset tarjota kilpailukykyistä sähköä? @jaakkoha.bsky.social huolissaan esimerkiksi aurinkosähkön globaalista esiinnoususta, missä Suomi ei ole vahva. Pelkää myös, että vedystä ei tule odotetun kokoista alaa Suomessa.

I am not surprised. I mean, these people would have cooperated with nazis if they have had the chance.

43. Data centers are increasing power demand, but let's keep a sense of proportion. BNEF estimates total electricity demand from data centers of 373TWh in 2024 (1.2% of global generation) and expects this to increase to 1,596TWh (4.4% of global) in 2035. (www.bnef.com/themes/t0hlz... )

38. Ordinary people have no idea how much progress we’ve made. Tell people at parties that UK carbon emissions in 2023 were at their lowest level since 1879, for example. Most developed economies are now reducing carbon emissions without lowering quality of life.

1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.

Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.

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The New Yorker Radio Hour Uutiskommentaarit Podcast · Kahdesti viikossa · Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

This Zadie Smith interview was excellent.
Specially what she says about the limited imagination of US politics.

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Last new coal plant proposals cancelled or shelved in Thailand, Kenya, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan, Cambodia deciding not to build any new coal, Morocco committing to a 2040 coal phase-out, proposals for new coal power outside China at record low - lots of progress happening outside front page news.

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem

The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today

With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

As dreams of 1.5°C melt away, net zero’s reckoning is overdue People’s inability to see past net zero shows it is no longer fit for purpose

"they fail to link climate action with things that matter to people: food poverty, fuel poverty, air pollution, inequality, job insecurity, lack of housing, unfordable or non-existent healthcare... they are constrained by only being able to offer pragmatic, ‘politically feasible’ centrism?"

Contrast and compare. This is street light charging solutions in two different European capitals, but by the same company.

Weird, why such a massive box in one, and just a plug in the other?

The visible hand

USA is MIA and Europe is currently far behind China in clean tech industries.
Huge and growing markets, new industrial revolution and geopolitics are at stake.

Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are:

- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!

This Solar Farm in Alaska Provides Something Extra: Free Food

People seem to really really love agrivoltaics.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...

Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.

As the EU electrifies more end-use sectors, fossil demand will fall 3x faster than the rise in electricity use – cutting dependence on fossil imports.

Switching from fossil to electricity across energy end-uses boosts efficiency while decarbonising.

https://loom.ly/wss-sI0

Friedenspreis für Karl Schlögel: Europa muss von der Ukraine lernen

Der Osteuropahistoriker Karl Schlögel erhält den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels. In seiner Dankesrede fordert er den Westen auf, von der Tapferkeit und der Freiheitsliebe der Ukrainer zu lernen.

Die 10 wichtigsten Punkte aus der öffentlichen Anhörung der Nachrichtendienste BND, BfV und MAD: 🧵

”The Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN has endorsed an action plan to increase the share of renewable electricity to 45% of total capacity over the next five years, as part of its energy transition efforts.”

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Spain poised to lead advanced economies in growth for a second year in a row, with the IMF raising our forecast to 2.9%.

Investor confidence is surging, fueled by strong performance and a bright outlook. Our bold bet on green energy and digitalization of our firms is paying off.

Pääkirjoitus | Velkajarru vie talouskeskustelua uuteen aikaan Eduskuntapuolueiden sopimalla velkajarrulla on nopeammat vaikutukset talouskeskusteluun kuin talouteen.

Koska kuten Hesarin pääkirjoitus sen tässä hyvin tiivistää:

"Velkajarru sulkee oven sellaiselta talouspolitiikalta, jossa velanottoa perustellaan esimerkiksi investointina siihen tai tähän hyvään asiaan."

Eli käytännössä se sulkee vuosikymmeniksi ovet investoinneilta.

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Far-Right UK Activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ Says Elon Musk Is Funding His Latest Legal Fight Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
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Commission publishes Terms and Conditions for the first pilot auction for industrial heat decarbonisation with a budget of €1 billion For the first time, the Innovation Fund will launch an auction to decarbonise industrial process heat, awarding subsidies linked to carbon abatement and paving the way for the future Industrial Decarb...

WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIFICATION AUCTION: EU Commission releases final T&Cs for a €1B Innovation Fund pilot to decarbonise industrial process heat — scaling electrification & direct renewable heat, paving the way for the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...

Russian air strikes disable 60% of Ukraine’s gas production ahead of winter Moscow’s intensified drone and missile campaign seeks ‘to break our spirit’, says head of state energy group

Kiinnostavaa myös Suomessa: Ukrainan suurin energiayhtiö satsaa uusiutuvaan sähköntuotantoon huoltovarmuuden vuoksi. Hajautettu kapasiteetti on vaikeampi tuhota ohjusiskuin.

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

”Patenttidataa hyödyntävä tilastollinen analyysi kertoo, että Suomen nuorissa yrityksissä patentointi on ollut vahvassa kasvussa ja vanhoissa yrityksissä laskussa.”

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

🎁🔗: This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up >>> "Mr. Trump is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result." h/t @dailyrotation.bsky.social @shellital.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

To scare you.