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- World Energy Outlook 2025 - As risks multiply in a world thirsty for energy, diversification and cooperation are more urgent than ever - "With climate risks rising, WEO-2025 shows the world surpassing 1.5°C of warming in any scenario, including those with very rapid emissions reductions. The energy sector will need to prepare for the security risks brought by higher temperatures, but there is still scope to avoid the worst climate outcomes. The updated scenario in which the world reaches net zero emissions by mid-century brings temperatures back below 1.5°C in the long term." - International Energy Agency (IEA) iea.org/news/as-risks-multiply

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@Byrnejmf CATL has recently doubled down on Sodium Ion battery tech increasing energy density, once again, to compete for larger EV's, and completely replacing Lithium in battery storage - and that includes solar/wind storage.

Lithium requires far more extensive mineral byproducts for mass production, where Sodium does not, and is far more temperature sustainable.

For the world's largest battery producer to go directly against the technology that has brought them to prominence, is a major shift in the movement. SMR's are only as feasible as liquid Thorium reactor tech because of the far greater availability of solid fuels for Plutonium enrichment, and the liquid form adding more heating options for industrial applications - including desalination and Sodium Ion battery production.

This tech has been available for development since the 1970's, but has suffered continued suppression by US fossil fuels interests, as well as the Cold War push for nuclear bombs. China has recently refueled its Thorium reactor live, without shutting down, unlike hard fuels and larger reactors in pressurized water applications - some of which SMR's are now utilizing.

But don't bet on the US in investing in this at all - especially with retiring politicians that are at the beckon call of fossil fuels.

China leads all other nations combined, in .

China just passed a historic milestone — over half of all new cars sold in Oct were NEVs. BEVs soared +31.7% YoY to 1.1 M units, while PHEVs rose just 3%. The shift is unmistakable: the world’s biggest car market is now majority electric, powered by lithium.

China NEV sales hit new record...

CnEVPost · China NEV sales hit new record of 1.715 million units in Oct, CAAM data showBEV sales reached a record 1,109,000 units in October, up 31.7 percent year-on-year.

China’s CO₂ emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months — a stunning milestone as solar & wind power surge. With 240 GW of new solar added this year alone, the world’s largest emitter may have already peaked — years ahead of 2030.

China’s CO2 emissions have bee...

The Guardian · China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis findsVon Amy Hawkins
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Interesting real world data, on 1GW firm power supply.

Masdar UAE - solar + batteries.
Cost USD 6 billion.
Construction time 2 years (caveat, not sure if this is a tranche or all of it)

Hualong One
Cost USD 3 billion (from actuals)
construction time 5 years

So purely on construction cost, large scale firm solar is twice the price of Chinese nuclear.

Note, fuel, op costs, water needs, llife time, site cleanup etc not accounted for.

#nuclear#solar#batteries

“‘E-Trucking is the future’? Nah mate — it’s already here. A 36-tonne Windrose just smashed a 480 km delivery on one charge, ~70 % cheaper than diesel and ~12 % quicker, shaving about 40 minutes off the trip. This is why E-Trucking is NOT the future — it’s TODAY.

Record-breaking electric truck...

Big Rigs · Record-breaking electric truck delivery beats diesel equivalentThe stakeholders said the electric prime mover was able to reduce the total trip time by 20 minutes each way compared with the diesel equivalent.

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I spent over five hours yesterday in a big meeting about for @ucl@threads .net and how to achieve it. It was a delight to discover that the two senior consultants (one of them an architect of the governments' very interesting district heating policy) came out with many of the things that I've been repeating for the last three years. It also included project management and finance. It was a remarkably positive meeting. I just hope we can turn this into action.