Dave Jones
Build clean power + electrify⚡️ Chief analyst and co-founder of @emberenergy.bsky.social. Electricity analyst since 2000, still learning;)
- Reposted by Dave JonesMy main takeaway from the Intersolar / the smarter E Europe exhibition in Munich is that batteries are the new solar. 4 buzzing halls of products, trying to claim a differentiation that doesn't exist, in a rapidly growing market. 14GW of batteries built in Europe + Turkey last year.
- Africa's solar revolution is accelerating💫🌍 The latest data shows in the last 2 quarters, many countries are importing more solar panels, including: ☀️Algeria 400MW during Q1-2025 ☀️Nigeria 400MW ☀️Kenya 100MW ☀️Chad 100MW
- Reposted by Dave JonesRedefining Energy Ep177. The Transatlantic Power Cable #applepodcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... #spotify open.spotify.com/show/4FDIRo1... With co-founders Gerard Reid, Simon Ludlam and I addresses the North Atlantic Transmission One - Link project. More details are available at nato-l.org
- Battery storage in Europe has so far yet to come... 21.9GWh was installed last year, compared to around 60GW of solar --- that's only **20 minutes** of battery storage for the solar it installed. That's nowhere near enough to move solar out of lunchtime into the evenings.
- WHERE IS THE ACTION ON #METHANE? The lowest hanging fruit is going rotten🍏 This IEA report hits hard👊 "Energy-related #methane emissions have still not reached a definitive peak..
- Our Global Methane Tracker 2025 is out! It shows methane data & transparency are continuing to improve But methane emissions remain stubbornly high - even though measures to tackle them are widely available and often very cost-effective The report 👉 iea.li/4cZNOJC
- Reposted by Dave JonesOur Global Methane Tracker 2025 is out! It shows methane data & transparency are continuing to improve But methane emissions remain stubbornly high - even though measures to tackle them are widely available and often very cost-effective The report 👉 iea.li/4cZNOJC
- ChatGPT gets us🙏
- New offshore wind has come online in #Taiwan, boosting wind+solar to over a tenth of its electricity supply💪 (Progress at last.. although it still has one of the dirtiest grids in the world, with coal & gas supplying most of the rest of the electricity) ember-energy.org/data/electri...
- Where did a quarter of US electricity come from in April? Yes really, just wind and solar.. (April is always highest share from wind and solar, because of good sun and wind, and low elec demand from from heating/cooling)
- Solar is now SOOO global, that of all the solar panel installed during 2024, only 3% were in Germany, 2% in Spain, 1% in France and 0.4% in the UK... NEW great report out today from @solarpowereu.bsky.social www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out...
- The US used be a global leader in wind. But in 2024, it installed just 4% of the onshore wind capacity that was installed globally, and 2% of the offshore😢
- Reposted by Dave JonesThe #IEA-#UK Future of Energy Security summit kicks off today. We are fast heading to a mainstream #renewables, margin #fossils system. > 60 countries attending, showing the big appetite to talk about the energy transition & #energysecurity. Business and civil society have been very clear:
- "Hi, can show me a factoid of how wind and solar have ALREADY reached the scale globally to take on fossil fuels?". Sure>>> (This one blows my mind🚗🚗🚗🤯🤯🤯 )
- Reposted by Dave JonesThree quarters of the world's population lives in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels, according to @ember-energy.org. For today's episode of The Jolt, @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social joined me to discuss the think tank's analysis. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sVzoRL...
- Reposted by Dave JonesI was down on sodium-iom batteries a couple weeks ago, but CATL—who knows a bit more about battery tech than I do!—believe sodium-ion could eventually take up half of the market share that’s currently dominated by lithium, iron phosphate batteries. www.detroitnews.com/story/busine... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
- Reposted by Dave JonesNEW | 74% of the global population lives in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels. 12 countries supply 80% of net fossil fuel exports - with rising trade uncertainty, this puts much of the world at risk. 1/8 🧵 ember-energy.org/lat...
- Reposted by Dave JonesPoll of nearly 1500 business execs in 15 major global economies 52% of business leaders globally plan to relocate their operations if their government doesn’t transition to renewables Access to renewable power a top priority for 90% when deciding where to invest www.e3g.org/publications...
- Reposted by Dave Jones📊 New global poll of business execs across 15 countries reveals overwhelming (97%) support for a rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable-based electricity. ⏱️8 in 10 want it by 2035 🚫2/3 say skip fossil gas 🌍Half may relocate to access renewable power More 👉 powering-up-business-poll.com
- What's the one fact on #EnergySecurity that we think everyone should know? Almost three-quarters of the global population live in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel exporters, like the US+petrostates, do not represent the majority of the population.
- The battery giants really are battling it out.. Now CATL pushes past BYD with 520km on just five minutes of charging time. Incredible progress🤯 www.ft.com/content/b4c8...
- Reposted by Dave Jones“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis
- Reposted by Dave JonesRenewables were 92% of new power added in 2024. Low carbon sources now accounts for 41% of worldwide electricity. Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
- Both China and US got 24% of their total March electricity supply from wind and solar.. ☀️ Latest monthly data here: ember-energy.org/data/electri...
- Reposted by Dave JonesNEW | The upcoming 10th Three Seas Initiative Summit marks a crucial moment to strengthen the region’s energy security & economic growth Ember’s key recommendations include: ➡️ Advance interconnectivity ➡️ Avoid gas infrastructure overexpansion ember-energy.org/lat...
- Reposted by Dave JonesGOOD NEWS: 41% of global electricity is now from renewable energy sources or nuclear as Ember’s global electricity review shows.
- Reposted by Dave Jones“Historically, noise in a lot of locations is used as a means to say, ‘We don’t want that there’,” says Clare. Air source heat pumps, however, are not typically louder than a refrigerator. www.thereengineer.pro/p/i-measure-...
- Reposted by Dave JonesVast volumes of green electricity could be flowing through a 4,000-kilometre underwater powerline between Canada and Europe by 2040, if three UK-based investment bankers’ vision for a major new transatlantic energy artery becomes reality. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/07/a...
- The great new IEA AI report very usefully confirms 3 things all of us always suspected...
- Our special report on Energy & AI is out now! It shows AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres in the coming decade But it also offers the potential to transform how the energy sector works Read the first-of-its-kind analysis ⬇️ iea.li/3G4nOjY
- Reposted by Dave JonesToday on Volts: every year, the think tank @ember-energy.org does a comprehensive Global Electricity Review, with data on who's generating power, with what technologies, and how that's changing over time. I discuss the "megatrends" -- booming solar, rising demand, &, uh, China -- with the authors.
- Reposted by Dave JonesJust read this transcript, and it is *fascinating* -- and actually very reassuring!
- Today on Volts: every year, the think tank @ember-energy.org does a comprehensive Global Electricity Review, with data on who's generating power, with what technologies, and how that's changing over time. I discuss the "megatrends" -- booming solar, rising demand, &, uh, China -- with the authors.
- Reposted by Dave JonesNEW | World surpasses 40% clean power in 2024, driven by a RECORD rise in renewables 📈 Solar has DOUBLED in just three years, remaining the world’s fastest-growing source of new electricity and the engine of the energy transition ⚡ ember-energy.org/lat... #GER2025
- OUT TODAY: The global electricity transition in graphics...
- OUT TOMORROW: OUR FLAGSHIP GLOBAL ELECTRICITY REVIEW⚡️ Asia Pacific webinar: 7am London, 11.30am Delhi, 2pm Beijing, 3pm Seoul, 4pm Sydney Americas/Europe webinar: 2pm London, 9am Washington DC and Santiago, 3pm Brussels, 4pm Ankara REGISTER HERE: ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
- Just five more days to go for Ember’s sixth Global Electricity Review! 🗓️ On 8th April 2025, we will unpack the key findings of #GER2025 and discuss what this means for the #energytransition with our panel of energy experts It's not to be missed – sign up here: ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
- Reposted by Dave JonesHow are tariffs going to impact the solar market in the US? At Cleanview we just published a new dataset and dashboard to help folks understand the potential impact of the latest tariffs. Here are a few takeaways from the data: cleanview.co/content/sola...
- Reposted by Dave JonesThe 2025 US Electricity Special Report from EMBER shows that the US grid is getting cleaner as coal is displaced by renewables & gas displace coal. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
- Reposted by Dave JonesSome good news. Let’s accelerate this! www.reuters.com/business/ene...
- Reposted by Dave JonesThe Dutch electricity grids seem to be half empty again today: TSO TenneT is making 9 GW of additional capacity available for non-firm connection agreements. This is huge: for comparison, the current peak demand on the Dutch grid is 19 GW. www.tennet.eu/nl/nieuws/te...
- Reposted by Dave JonesCalifornia's rise of the battery continues 🔋 ⬆️ Batteries met 27.8% of the evening peak load on Sunday. ⬇️ Gas met 13.3% Batteries are already outcompeting gas at peak times. Change is happening, and it's happening fast. Source is gridstatus.io
- Reposted by Dave JonesPsst: this is the climate story of 2025.
- NEW DATA: China's wind+solar overtakes thermal capacity🙌 39GW of solar added in Jan-Feb - a million solar panels per day🤯+ 9GW of wind Thermal generation still dwarfs wind+solar, but new wind+solar (+nuclear+hydro) is broadly meeting elec demand growth, halting further rises
- Where's the Asia gas power boom? India hit a record low of 1.0%(!) of its electricity from gas in Jan-2025, and China has been steady at just 3%. Maybe...
