Hartmut Winkler

Developing nations achieve massive solar power growth Cheap panels from China help expansion, often by private citizens

Developing nations achieve massive #solar growth.
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SA goes for gas, nuclear: Ramokgopa unveils big electricity shift | News24 South Africa plans to ramp up electricity generation from gas and nuclear dramatically in the next 15 years, Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced on Sunday.

www.news24.com/business/cli...
This is not going to happen, but the nuclear, gas and coal lobbies will be celebrating as it stalls their otherwise imminent demise. The solar targets are far too modest given the trend elsewhere in the world and South Africa's superb solar potential

#China #nuclear power generation increased by 3.7 % but its share of total electricity output slipped for third year in a row to 4.5 %. While nuclear capacity grew by 3.5 GW, #solar capacity grew by 278 GW.
#climate #renewables
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...

MILESTONE | This September, EU solar generation already surpassed 2024's total.

In the whole of 2024, solar generated 301 TWh of EU power. By September 2025, it reached 312 TWh.

Get the latest data updates via Ember’s data explorer 🔍
https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/

A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

Profs Amory Lovins, Mark Jacobson, Steve Thomas and me.
#nuclear #renewables #climate #SMR #Trump #Starmer
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...

#France #EDF Flamanville #nuclear EPR reactor started up Dec 2024, 12 years later than planned, at a cost of US$25.6 billion, a staggering sixfold increase over the original US$4.3 billion estimate.
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...

China cleantech is shaping Africa's energy🌍

In August, for the first time, Africa imported more $ of EV's from China than it did solar panels🚗🚗🚗

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

China, Russia dominate NPP new-builds, but global growth pace slowing A record level of global nuclear power production in 2024 will be difficult to sustain without fresh investment as ageing fleets, project delays and competition from cheaper renewables bite, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report said.

A record level of global nuclear power production in 2024 will be difficult to sustain without fresh investment as ageing fleets, project delays and competition from cheaper renewables bite, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report said. Bne IntelliNews

YouTube video by Kyoto Club The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) 2025

⚡️ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 is now available online !

🔗 www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclea...

📊 Follow the live presentation from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J54...

Appeal court blocks Eskom’s giant Richards Bay power plant | News24 The SCA has set aside the 2019 environmental authorisation for the 3 000MW Richards Bay gas-to-power plant.

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A serious setback for South Africa's gas lobby

Poster for Global Launch Events of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 on 22 September 2025. Media Briefing (WNISR2025 Presentation) from 10:00 to 12:30. Public Event (WNISR2025 Presentation and Roundtable Discussion) from 14:00 to 17:30. Both held at Spazio Europa, Via Quattro Novembre, 149 – 00187 Rome, Italy.

REGISTER NOW! Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR2025)

📌 22 Sept. 2025

🕙10:00–12:30 • Media Briefing
🕑14:00–17:30 • Public Event

📍Spazio Europa • Via Quattro Novembre, 149 - 00187 Rome

🗣️ in English & Italian

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China installed 12 times more solar than the US in the first half of 2025.

🇨🇳 installed 256 GW of new solar capacity (67% of the global total).
🇺🇸 added 21 GW (around 6% of the total).

Read more:
https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/global-solar-installations-surge-64-in-first-half-of-2025

EU court rules Hungary’s funding of Paks nuclear plant illegal - Greenpeace European Unit The EU’s highest court has ruled that Hungary’s public funding of a nuclear power plant, after awarding the contract to the Russian state nuclear corporation, was illegal. The…

EU court rules Hungary’s funding of Paks #nuclear plant illegal.
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

Good morning with good news: "IRENA found that in 2024, the global average cost of electricity generated by solar PV was, on average, 41% lower than the least-cost new fossil fuel-fired power plant, as shown in the figure below."

Solar booms!
#energysky interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

Which 'country' is leading the world in solar PV and battery power - and why There's some surprising results

Which 'country' is leading the world in solar PV and battery power - and why
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Defects in metal tubes delay return to service of Koeberg unit 1 Defects detected in metal tubes have delayed the return to service of Koeberg nuclear power station's unit 1 until the end of August.

www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...
This means that the current Koeberg Unit 1 outage will be 7-month long. Unit 1 was also off line for virtually the entire 2023

The amount of down-time is scandalous, and Eskom should stop spinning this as 'proof of high safety standards'

Zambia launches 100MW solar plant supplying First Quantum Minerals This represents the country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant, built by PowerChina.

Zambia's latest and biggest solar plant (100 MW) has been completed
www.mining.com/web/zambia-l...

The world's future energy landscape keeps getting clearer. With storage costs coming down, the argument for nuclear, coal and gas 'baseload' becomes ever weaker

GREAT GREEN CONTRADICTION: Just Energy Transition: How consulting firms profit amid climate crisis challenges

As billions pour in for South Africa’s Just Energy Transition, a damning report by Open Secrets reveals how the very consultants advising top polluters are now reaping the profits from the country’s Just Energy Transition, and operating with little public oversight.

Solar in many African countries is starting to take off🚀🌍

[Includes new data to end-May!]

A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.

In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.

@ember-energy.org

Between R42-billion and R64-billion is expected to be needed for high-level nuclear waste disposal and decommissioning of the 1800 MW Koeberg nuclear power station.

No real money, securities or investments of any kind have actually been set aside.

www.eebi.co.za/articles/pos...

Important read, explaining the awful dilemma South Africa faces if it wants to keep its coal plants going

The quoted astronomical costs should be a wake-up call to those who believe "clean" coal is a viable option

Massive upscaling of renewables seems like the only reasonable solution

Dirty Fuels Part 2: PetroSA’s R11-billion ‘contaminated’ petrol deal

Who was behind the “contaminated” petrol sold in the Garden Route last year? AmaBhungane went digging and found PetroSA, it’s new bestie Nako Energy and a controversial chemical called N-methylaniline.

 

SA scientists want Musk's Starlink out of their space - TechCentral Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations.

Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Dirty fuels: Inside PetroSA’s shambolic diesel trading empire State-owned PetroSA is desperate to keep the inner workings of its diesel trading business a secret. The details that amaBhungane managed to extract show why.

More massive scandals behind the scenes of South African power crisis. As always, excellent investigative work by @amabhungane.bsky.social
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...