What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted!
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The election of Donald Trump is a gutting defeat for those working to accelerate the shift to clean energy. But it isn't "game over" in the climate fight. The next battle begins today. As we all process what happens now, here's my personal reflections @heatmap_news (link 👇).
Two observations on the UK's historic phase-out of coal-fired power:
1. The UK got the order of operations right (unlike 🇩🇪): first priority is to phase out coal (then gas and only then contemplate retiring old nuclear)
2. The UK did this WITHOUT expanding the role of gas in…
The distributed solar story in Pakistan is nuts!!
It's now the third largest importer of solar in the world and basically all of it isn't a part of the utility system.
All of this is in response to the central planners that run the national grid making decisions that ended up…
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