John Hanger

Battery deployment boosts solar.

“As costs continue to drop, we expect battery storage to strengthen solar project revenues, support broader renewable deployment and accelerate the shift toward storage‑led system balancing over fossil-fuel‑based peaking capacity,” said BNEF's Vasdev. #energysky.

Good morning with good news: Battery costs plunged 27% in 2025, a bigger fall than 11% forecasted 2025 decline!

Global battery deployment jumps 33% in 2026 to 122.5 GW in 2026!

Battery costs fall 25%; solar costs 30%; onshore wind 23% & offshore wind 20% by 2035!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

100 MW / 870 MWh Ebor battery wins long storage NSW tender Ebor battery storage system developers US-headquartered Energy Vault and Queensland’s Bridge Energy have been awarded a Long-Term Energy Service Agreement under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Road...

8-hour batteries becoming common in Australia!

First, it was 1-hour, then 2-hour and 4-hour battery systems.

Now 8-hour systems operate.

This 100 MW/870 MWh system is on track to operate in 2028.

www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/02/10/1...

Good morning with good news: Solar capacity in the Middle East North Africa region will double from 76 GW in 2024 to 154 GW in 2026 and double again to 343 GW by 2029!

Solar surges ~5X from 4% to 19% of MENA's power in 2029!

Solar is 45% & wind 40% in 2060!
www.dnv.com/energy-trans... #energysky

UK's wind and solar generation passed the 100 TWh milestone in 2025, reaching 105.6 TWh, up from 98.1 TWh in 2024.

W&S generated 36.1% of UK's electricity in 2025, up from 34.5% in 2024 and 23.2% in 2019.

W&S gained ~2 points/yr of market share.

They could be 50% by ~2032.

#energysky

Good morning with good news: UK Plug-In EV sales skyrocketed 40% in 12/2025, compared to 12/2024, reaching 43.8% of auto sales!

Full-Electric's hit 32.2%!

As UK nears 50% EV sales, UK's electricity was 52.1% RE & 12.4% nuke in 2025!

Decarbonization!
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/16/u... #energysky

ACME Solar secures 301 MW renewables with 1,204 MWh storage in SECI peak power tender With the latest addition, ACME Solar’s overall contracted renewable energy portfolio has crossed 8 GW across solar, wind, firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE), round-the-clock (RTC), and hybr...

India's solar & battery plant meet "minimum availability requirements of 70% on a monthly basis and 85% annually."

This 301 MW solar & 1204 MWh battery produces electricity at ~6.9 cents/kWh.

New solar/battery plants often have lower costs than new coal.
www.pv-magazine-india.com/2026/02/06/a...

India installs record 36.6 GW solar in 2025 Large-scale projects accounted for nearly 81% of the total solar capacity additions in the year 2025.

Good morning with good news: India's solar installations rose 43% in 2025, compared to 2024, to 36.6 GW, up from 25 GW in 2024!

2025 was the first year India passed the 30 GW level.

India's solar output rose 39% in December 2025 over 12/2024!
www.pv-magazine-india.com/2026/02/13/i... #energysky

I powered my home with an EV for a week. Here's how it went. When the lights went out, we used our truck's battery to power our home. It's a potential solution as the power grid buckles.

More and more EVs will have the capability of powering homes and even sending power to the grid.

More of the Vehicle-To-Grid EVs will be networked into Virtual Power Plants and actually support the grid during peaks & emergencies.

See also: www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2... #energysky

"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

Solar & Wind generated 46.2% of Chile's electricity in December 2025, up from 42% in December 2024!

S&W's share is up 5 times from their 9.39% of Chile's electricity in December 2016.

S&W production went up 6X to 3.47 TWh from 0.59 TWh

S&W gained ~4 points/yr of grid share for 9 years! #energysky

Gabriela solar & battery project is at 3,000 meters, one of the highest solar projects in the world.

Phases 1-4 are now fully operating!

The project will be a massive 2 GW & 11 GWh upon operation of Phase 7!
#energysky

En Chile, Grenergy anuncia la energización de Gabriela, 272 MW fotovoltaicos y 1,1 GWh de almacenamiento Se trata de la Fase IV del proyecto Oasis de Atacama vendida en septiembre pasado a fondos gestionados por CVC DIF. Se prevé que alcance una capacidad total de 2 GW solares y 11 GWh de almacenamiento ...

Good morning with good news: Chile's Gabriela is 2 GW solar & 11 GWh battery project being built in 7 phases!

Phase 4 (272 MW solar & 1.1 GWh battery) just energized.

Solar (31.1%) & wind (15.1%) generated 46.2% of Chile's power in Dec. 2025.
www.pv-magazine-latam.com/2026/02/09/e... #energysky

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

Musk dropped fully his White Nationalist mask in January.

He continues his push for more sales in the KKK, Nazi, and White Supremacist populations.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #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

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

China deployed AGAIN in 2025 record high amounts of new solar and wind, yes wind!

China's deployment of batteries is skyrocketing.

China leads the world in building new nuclear and new hydro.

China also put on the road record high number of EV autos and EV heavy trucks in 2025. #energysky

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

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

Electric Motorcycles Reach 15.3% Market Share Of New Registrations In Kenya In 2025 - CleanTechnica We have an exciting update from one of the key markets in this electric mobility transition -- Kenya! Registrations of electric motorcycles surged again in 2025 following a breakthrough year in 2024.

Kenya's motorcycles are going EV!

EV motorcycles jump to 15.3% share in 2025, up from 7.1% in 2024!

EV motorcycles were at 3.6% in 2023; 2.8% in 2022 & 0.5% in 2021.

EV jump in market share is extra impressive, as the motorcycle market rose 145%.

cleantechnica.com/2026/02/09/e... #energysky.

Renewables and nuclear will be 50% of global electricity by 2030, up from 42% in 2025.

They gain ~1.6 points of market share per year from 2025-2030.

Coal falls from 34% to 27% of global electricity by 2030.

Who says?

IEA in its Electricity 2026 Report.
www.iea.org/reports/elec... #energysky

UK secures 6.2GW of onshore wind and solar in latest clean power auction The UK government has awarded 6.2GW of new onshore wind and solar projects in CfD Allocation Round 7, taking total CfD-backed capacity to more than 50GW.

UK contracts for another 6.2 GW of solar and wind!

Contracts include a record 4.9GW of solar and 1.3GW of onshore wind capacity.

Solar projects were awarded contracts at £65.23 per MWh and wind at £72/MWh.

UK total capacity was ~72GW in 2024.
bmmagazine.co.uk/news/uk-cfd-... #energysky

At those record low prices, solar will continue to skyrocket in Turkey.

Solar generated 10.5% of Turkey's electricity in 2025, more than double the 4% solar generated in 2021.

#energysky

Saudi Arabia to Invest $2 Billion in Turkish Solar Projects Saudi Arabia will invest around $2 billion to build solar power plants in Turkey, in the first stage of a broader renewable-energy deal between the countries. Turkish energy stocks rose on the news.

Good morning with good news: Solar PV prices fall to a record low for Turkey at 2.79 cents/kWh and 2.37 cents/kWh!

Prices are for 25-year power purchase agreements for 2 GW at Sivas and Karaman solar projects.

The solar projects will cost $2 billion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

Essay: Decoding Bad Bunny's triumphantly Puerto Rican Super Bowl halftime show Puerto Rican journalist Tatiana Tenreyro unpacks the most Puerto Rican moments of Bad Bunny's monumental Super Bowl halftime show — and his urgent calls for Pan-American unity in the face of oppressio...

Decoding Bad Bunny!

This essay is brilliant, as was Bad Bunny.
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

Canada Eyes Joint Venture to Build Chinese EVs for Global Export Canada’s government is working to land a Chinese-Canadian auto plant that will export electric vehicles globally, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said.

Odds that China and Canada partner on EV manufacturing in Canada are growing!

Chinese-Canadian EV partnership is a direct result of Trump's tariffs on North American auto industry and threats to Canada.

More boomerang for Trump's petrostate supporters.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

IRENA data show cost of key solar supply chain/manufacturing costs/components will fall PLUS solar efficiency and power increase thru 2030.

Solar gets cheaper to make & more efficient!

Solar & batteries become more competitive vs. gas & coal generation.
www.irena.org/-/media/File... #energysky

True.

Africa's solar additions in 2025 jumped 54% to 4.5 GW.

Africa likely adds ~6.9GW of solar in 2026 and ~31GW by 2029.

Africa's solar capacity likely exceeds its coal capacity of ~52GW.

Africa's hydro is ~47GW.

Solar attacks energy poverty.
app-eu1.hubspotdocuments.com/documents/14... #energysky

Solar does more to solve global electricity poverty than any other technology.

Fossil fuel promoters often profess concern about global energy poverty, while the cost of oil imports alone crush many poor nations.

Solar and batteries now are low-cost solutions to energy poverty. #energysky