'Nighttime demand can be met by a combination of using batteries powered by daytime solar, offshore wind, shifting more hydropower production to night hours, and setting electricity prices so that demand shifts to daytime.'

The claim: We'll never be able to run the grid without fossil fuels because <technical grid service needs>

The reality: World's 6th-largest economy nears fossil-free grid operation, hitting record-low 2.4% this month

carbonbrief.org/analysis-fossi…

Main Topic: Personal #ClimateCrisis Thoughts Because of My Bout with #Sepsis
On The Extreme Temperature Diary- WED 4/24/2024
guyonclimate.com/2024/04/24/ext…
+new #climate , record temp + #weather links
Prof Michael E. Mann Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Brian McHugh 🌏🏳️‍🌈 Prof. Peter Strachan Gavin Schmidt Zack Labe

'Michael Mann and colleagues predict a record-breaking 33 named storms for the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season. It is the highest count ever projected' via #PennToday (Penn Arts & Sciences Mann Research Group) @Penn News: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/2024-trop…

This solar energy farm in Australia is made up of more than 1 million solar panels. It will produce enough energy to power over 200,000 households.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

Denmark plans massive 10GW offshore wind tender to insure against “Putin’s black gas” reneweconomy.com.au/denmark-plans-…

This Tuesday, April 23, #WindWaterSolar met a peak of 122.16% of demand on the grid and exceeded 100% of demand for 7.67 hours.

This was the 39th of the last 47 days during winter and spring that #WWS supply exceeded demand.

The amount of CCS indeed didn't live up to the hype.

On top of this the % of CO2 captured has also been lower than planned in actual pilots.

It's almost as if fossil interest only like to use CCS as an argument to keep fossil power plants open instead of actually using it.

'Big 10: An Earth Day Eve checkup on the planet' by Jeff Dalessio for the The News-Gazette

news-gazette.com/news/big-10-an…

Main Topic: U.S. March 2024 Record Scoreboard and Climatological Review
On The Extreme Temperature Diary- TUE 4/23/2024
guyonclimate.com/2024/04/23/ext…
+new #climate , record temp + #weather links
Prof Michael E. Mann Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Brian McHugh 🌏🏳️‍🌈
Prof. Peter Strachan Gavin Schmidt Deke Arndt Zack Labe

Reading some of the media coverage you get the impression that EV sales are down.

See the pattern?

Source International Energy Agency iea.org/reports/global…

There's still time but as Prof Mann says we must act with urgency while we still have agency. And there's still time to read this great book if you haven't already. An essential read.

Nearly 1.7 METRES !! of rain fell in England in the 18 months between October 2022 and March 2024.

Just mind-boggling.

No wonder farmers are struggling. And this really is just the beginning.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Yet another poll showing climate policies are popular, actually.
businessgreen.com/news/4199396/p…

HOT OFF THE PRESS: New International Energy Agency Global EV Outlook is out today.

➡️Nearly one in five cars sold in 2023 was electric.

➡️Electric car sales remained strong in the first quarter of 2024, surpassing those of the same period in 2023 by around 25%.

iea.org/news/the-world…

Anti-fracking reunion at Kirby Misperton drillordrop.com/2024/04/22/ant… via Ruth Hayhurst

For those of us that study the Earth and its climate, every day is #EarthDay .

There are so many things we can do to make life better for people we’ll never meet and creatures we’ll never see.

Top 5: wind, solar, energy efficiency, stop deforestation, cut CH₄ emissions.

Extreme contrast.

April 2024 will go down as one of the most incredible flips on record in Europe. Summer to winter for some.

The warmth broke an enormous number of April records and the cold is now beating some late April records.

Sweden's First large-scale hybrid wind and solar farm under construction.

pveurope.eu/hybrid-generat…

A warming world
Losing biodiversity
#EarthDay