Assaad Razzouk

“In addition to permafrost thaw, wildfires, are increasing in frequency. In 2024, the combination of wildfires and permafrost thaw in the Arctic tundra meant that, for the 1st time in millennia, the region emitted more carbon than it stored”

www.ft.com/content/2ffa...

2025 EV Share of New Car Sales, Top 10 Countries
1 Norway 97%
2 Nepal 73%
3 Denmark 69%
4 Sweden 61%
5 Iceland 57%
6 Finland 56%
7 Netherlands 56%
8 China 53%
9 Singapore 47%
10 Belgium 43%

EVs are now mainstream across much of the world

www.visualcapitalist.com/ev-share-new... (SG data added)

>Secret Sauce: Huge investments in utility-scale batteries and the new Goyder South wind farm (the state’s largest) are the primary drivers displacing expensive gas generation

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For context:
>Wholesale electricity prices in South Australia fell by 30% in the final quarter of 2025
>State is on track to reach 100% net renewable energy by 2027 or sooner
>Prices were negative 48% of the time in late 2025 because the State produced more clean energy than it could consume

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...

You want lower electricity prices? Check our South Australia where these are down 30% in 1 year as the State nears 100% renewables - proving to the world that relying on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap

www.newscientist.com/article/2514...

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

“E pur si muove”

- Galileo Galilei, 1633

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

The clean energy transformation isn't just a climate goal; it’s a powerful economic engine.

Exhibit 1: Clean energy - mostly EVs, batteries, and solar - fueled 1/3 of China’s 2025 GDP growth. Without it, growth would have slumped to just 3.5%

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...

To understand how serious China is about decarbonization and energy independence, check out its aluminum industry: China literally moved 30% of its aluminum production from its coal-rich North to renewables-rich areas. And it's just getting started

www.ft.com/content/1e6e...

Market economics, not mandates, drove this shift - which is accelerating

In Texas, if it’s cheaper, it wins. It helps that it's also better, healthier and more reliable.

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Businesses: Rates significantly lower than the national average. Businesses that can shift their heavy operations to solar hours (midday) seeing big wins

Citizens: Prices flat. Solar and BESS prevented catastrophic price spikes during the record-breaking heat of 2025

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Texas has at least $30b in planned solar & storage investment through 2027
>Decoupling growth from emissions
>Keeping a lid on prices

The sun is now the most reliable hedge against price volatility in the Lone Star State

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During the record-breaking Summer of 2025, ERCOT issued zero conservation alerts

Why? Solar and batteries performed with nearly 99% availability during peak demand hours and kept the grid stable while traditional plants struggled with thermal stress

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Texas now also has over 15 GW of operational battery storage which acts as the shock absorber for solar when the sun sets, capturing midday solar surplus and discharging during the critical 7-9 PM evening ramp

Texas is taming the Duck Curve in real-time

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>Texas solar exploded to 40GW+, or 14%+ of total power, pushing coal into the rearview mirror in the ERCOT mix (14% vs 13%)
>Texas now leads the US in utility-scale solar capacity, moving past California's long-standing reign

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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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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...

China Ramps Up Energy Boom Flagged by Musk as Key to AI Race New data on China’s relentless energy installations underscore warnings from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang that the nation’s world-beating power network will deliver a major advantage over the US in the ...

Absolutely staggering data in this article: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China figured out the AI race is an energy race. If you want the data centers, you need the terawatts. If you don't have the renewables, you don't have the future. Simple

The fossil fuel dinosaurs are busy protecting their 19th-century business models while China eats the 21st century for breakfast

Since 2021, China has added more power capacity than the US has built in its ENTIRE HISTORY. Read that again while we waste time debating "gas as a bridge" or waiting 20 years for 1 nuclear plant
>China just dropped 543GW in just ONE year
>China is building 6x more capacity than US over next 6 years

Europe EV Sales — Record Month! - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! BEVs reach 28% market share! EVs had another strong month in Europe, with a record 453,0...

The move to electric cars, isn't just happening, it's accelerating: In December, EVs in Europe exploded 57% YoY to a massive 28% market share

Meanwhile, Petrol (down 18%) is cratering and Diesel (down 23%) is in a total death spiral

cleantechnica.com/2026/02/02/e...

Major health risks linked to plastics emissions set to soar by 2040 A new study has highlighted the extensive health issues associated with plastics

It’s not just a litter problem; it’s a toxic extraction and production problem. We’re literally suffocating on 83 million years of lost life just so Big Oil can keep pumping

Source: www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Plastic = Fossil Fuels in a cheap suit

New study: Plastic-linked health disasters are cutting 83m years of healthy population life

Recycling won't save us. Only a total system overhaul and production bans will. Everyone: kindly wake the hell up!

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13 US: Federal court rules Trump transportation pause of $5b EV charger funds violated law, orders resuming distributing money
14 Netherlands: Amsterdam defies last-minute lobbying to become first capital city to ban fossil fuel ads

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10 EU: EIB in record 60% of €100b in annual financing directed to green projects
11 US: California grid operator emissions down 9% in 2025
12 Netherlands: Court orders government to set binding targets within 18 months, laid down in law, to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.

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5 US: 4 of 5 wind power projects stopped by US in December back on
6 Global: Green tech investments hit record $2.3tn in 2025
7 UK: 37% y-on-y growth in solar installations
8 China: Green finance accelerated over past decade to $6tn from $1tn
9 Australia: New renewables milestone of over 50%

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Good climate news this week
1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030
2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025
3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea
4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW

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Historic: Renewables delivered 51% of electricity in Australia's National Energy Market System for 1st time ever, up from 46% in the previous 3 months

So many said it can't be done, or it's impossible to be done, or renewables are unreliable, and so on

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Poland is crushing it with 160% growth in EV sales, and Türkiye just zoomed past Norway to become Europe’s #4 EV powerhouse! Diesel is also dying a deserved death -sales in Türkiye alone halved in 2 years

The "EV slowdown" is a myth peddled by fossil fuel dinosaurs

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

It's happening, inexorably: "Sales of EVs beat those of petrol-only vehicles in the EU for the first time ever"

It's only going to get worse for petrol-cars from here

www.reuters.com/business/aut...