Jacint Enrich

Las empresas de combustibles fósiles tan solo controlan el 1% de los proyectos de energías renovables del mundo Las 250 mayores compañías de petróleo y gas del mundo, responsables del 88% de las emisiones, tienen solo 3.166 proyectos de renovables.

L'altra cara de la moneda és que gràcies a les renovables, la propietat de la producció d'energia està més repartida, reduint així la gran concentració del sector!

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It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

“It’s not about climate politics anymore, it’s about climate economy”. And, although it is hard to be optimistic, clean tech can bring an end to energy poverty globally...

Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement

US fossil fuel companies receive $31bn a year in subsidies. Add that to the ~$600bn handed out globally in consumer fossil fuel subsidies every year, and then let's discuss whether renewables can survive without subsidies...

China is quietly saving the world from climate change Giving credit where credit is due.

China is quietly saving the world from climate change

‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says

“For too long, emerging economies have faced what seemed like a stark trade-off between growth and sustainability. The Chinese dominance of clean-energy industries is challenging that assumption".

Climate change made heat and dryness that fueled Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds A new study says climate change has made extreme weather conditions, like those fueling wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula, 40 times more likely.

"Without climate change, similar ten-day spells of hot, dry and windy conditions would be rare, expected once every 500 years, the World Weather Attribution group found."

Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025 - Carbon Brief Clean-energy growth helped China’s CO2 emissions fall by 1% in first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.

Even if China's emissions fall in 2025 as expected, it is bound to miss multiple important climate targets this year, such as a reduction in carbon intensity and curbing coal use.

Huge thanks to the dozens of climate scientists who sent us their rebuttals to the catalogue of outright falsehoods and misleading claims in Trump's new 'critical' climate report.

This factcheck is the longest article CB has ever published - 27,500 words already and likely to keep growing...

How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.

"In 2015, the Chinese government announced 'Made in China 2025', providing companies in 10 strategic industries with large, low-interest loans from state-owned investment funds, help in acquiring foreign competitors and subsidies for scientific research."
The results of Industrial Policy in graphs!

As Europe’s Heat Waves Intensify, France Bickers About Air-Conditioning

Sad that a useful tool to adapt to climate change has been dragged into a sterile political debate

How a Carbon Tax Plan in Europe Survived (Mostly)

"The rebate payment was a compensation to maintain disposable income, but when it was sent to Austrians, the money remained in savings accounts and didn't go to consumption.” A nice real-world policy experiment on the effectiveness of the tax-rebate instrument!

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

“Over the expected lifetime of these products, their manufacturing emissions will be offset almost 40-fold, with cumulative CO2 savings reaching 4.0GtCO2” (or around 10% of world annual emissions)

As U.S. Retreats on Climate, China and Europe Pledge to Go Green Together

“In the absence of robust U.S. climate action, the EU and China still recognize the imperative of working together to confront a shared existential threat.”
A much needed signal in these dark times…

U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says

“Solar power had seen plunging costs of production, making it all the more alluring not just from a climate-change standpoint but also from a national-budget one.”
Now add the staggering battery cost decline already underway and the missed opportunity hits even harder…

When Ideology Trumps Economic Interests Dani Rodrik sees an crucial lesson for students of political economy in the United States’ rollback of green subsidies.

“Interests are shaped by ideas. In order to figure out whether we gain or lose from a particular policy, we need to know how the policy will play out in the real world, and also what would happen in the absence of the policy. Few among us have the ability or inclination to figure it out.”

The Ethics of Carbon Pricing Peter Singer examines the moral and strategic reasons for estimating the cost of human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions.

The Trump administration stops estimating the most important number you’ve never heard of…

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

“The U.S. will champion a fossil fuel economy, and China will become the leader of the low-carbon economy. The question for the U.S. now is, where do you go from here?”
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They're* calling it the blackout bill. With new demands from AI, hotter temperatures, and the return of U.S. manufacturing, pulling back on clean energy deployment puts our electricity system at risk.

*ok it's just me but still

The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. 🔌💡

Flying on Frying Oil - Marginal REVOLUTION The ever-excellent Matt Levine points us to the amusing economic policies that connect the international jet-set to Malaysian street hawkers of fried noodles. The EU and the US have created strong eco...

"If intervention is necessary, a uniform carbon tax beats a patchwork of production-specific subsidies. A price is a signal wrapped up in an incentive. Send everyone the same signal and the same incentive to ensure that the cheapest emissions are cut first".

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Coal and Gas Plants Were Closing. Then Trump Ordered Them to Keep Running.

“The costs to keep the plants open, which could total tens of millions of dollars, are expected to fall on consumers”… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/c...

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

A Letter to Europe You’re stronger than you think. Act like it.

“The message for Europe is to stand up for yourself. In trade, in GDP, in everything but the most advanced technology, you are no more dependent on the US than the US is on you. There is nothing compelling you to cater to the delusions of America’s mad king”

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Taming the hydrogen hype Team Electron takes on the hydrogen hype and its underlying motivations.

Very useful @volts.wtf episode on setting the right expectations about hydrogen, including a list of its dumbest uses!
Bottom line: Green hydrogen is getting cheaper… but that's precisely because its competitor — electricity — is too.

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A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.

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What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero.

The most important number you’ll hear about is now supposed to be zero…

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How to do without the Donald Face-eating leopard or tantrum-prone toddler? It would be nice to know the answer, because it would tell us how much attention we need to pay to Donald Trump’s latest outburst. (I don’t know what t…

“The realm of national and international events is important, but it is not a place in which to live. It’s a place to visit.” Bon consell per començar el cap de setmana!

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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

Well, then they can't really complain when we apply the CBAM assuming high emission intensity factors, I guess...

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How Tariffs Could Upend the Transition to Cleaner Energy The levies are expected to drive up costs for U.S. companies that rely on renewable energy technology from abroad and scramble supply chains worldwide.

“I wonder if this moment marks the effective conclusion of the Biden energy transition strategy, which was the attempt to create a domestic green energy industry that could compete with China’s.”

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