Wind Energy

ChatGPT generated time-split panorama: sepia-tinted 1929 on the left (Ardnacrusha workers building the dam), glossy 2025 on the right (technicians installing grid-scale batteries and offshore cables)

Ireland’s Ardnacrusha Moment, Again: A Blueprint for Full Electrification

In recent months I’ve been assisting with strategy for a couple of emerging European NGOs on key decarbonization acceleration approaches, and one of the key participants asked me an interesting question this morning. This piece answers the question. The first NGO is Supergrid Europe, a Brussels-based organization which will be … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a cracked American flag made of silicon wafers, fiber optic cables, and EV batteries—all splintering at the rare earth seams

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech

In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements that don’t make headlines but without … [continued]

The red areas mark the highest concentration both on- and off-shore wind in South Luzon Philippines. (Image from World Bank)

Wind Energy in the Philippines Picks Up Speed in South Luzon

Batangas and Mindoro Emerge as Key Sites in Philippine Offshore Wind Energy Development The Philippines, driven by global climate change initiatives and the need for energy security, is rapidly advancing its renewable energy sector, with a shifting focus on offshore wind. Though the number of onshore and inland wind turbines … [continued]

Including workers in traditional dress handling solar infrastructure

Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy

Pakistan isn’t the first country you’d expect to crash the global solar party. But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year. That’s not a typo or a spreadsheet rounding … [continued]