Coal-Killing Sodium-Ion Energy Storage Is Coming To Kill Your Coal Power Plants
The promise of a coal power revival is already being undermined by new energy storage technologies for wind and solar, including sodium-ion batteries.
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Long Duration BESS + Solar Replace Coal Mines & Gas Extraction
Recently, CleanTechnica published an update on Australia’s progress in transitioning to a grid fully powered by renewables. Batteries are an integral part of that to store and time shift Australia’s abundant solar resources. Here are some more good news stories from Down Under. Despite attempts by the newly elected conservative … [continued]
US Coal Exports Drop 11% — Tariffs & Lower Demand Top Reasons
Many people concerned about the climate crisis and pollution will be happy to hear that US coal exports dropped 11% in the first half of 2025. Proponents of sticking with fossil fuels despite the climate and pollution problems may be surprised to find out that much of the reason for … [continued]
Tax Fossil Fuel Profits to Reduce Exposure to Energy Price Spikes or End Subsidies
Fossil fuel companies made €180bn in taxable profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Fossil fuel companies made over €180bn in profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysis on behalf of T&E shows¹. T&E calls for excess profits … [continued]
CenterPoint Energy Announces Costly Intention to Backtrack on Coal Retirements, Keeping Expensive Culley Plant Online…
EVANSVILLE, Indiana – Today, CenterPoint Energy announced an intention to delay plans to retire Unit 3 of its F.B. Culley Generating Station, backtracking on their commitment to be entirely coal-free by 2027. In previous CenterPoint plans, the utility wrote that “Coal plants have not been able to consistently compete on short term marginal … [continued]
ERCOT Increasingly Meets Rising Demand with Solar, Wind, & Batteries
Since 2021, electricity demand within the Texas electricity grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has steadily increased. In the first nine months of 2025, electricity demand in ERCOT, which manages about 90% of the state’s load, reached a record high compared with the same period in … [continued]
Musings About The Dutch Electric Grid In 2050 — Part 1
This is something I never do. I am writing about a topic I know next to nothing about. But the world of 2050 is 25 years in the future and the next 25 years are expected to be very transformative. It is impossible to know anything with something approaching certainty … [continued]
The Cleantech Revolution Will Not Be Led By Petrostates
A reader made a comment a couple of days ago that really caught my eye. “The energy transition can not be stopped, but clearly it will not be led by petro-states .. funny in a way that we expected it to,” he wrote. Indeed. Yes, indeed. A lot of good … [continued]
Renewables Drive A Stake Through The Cold, Dark Heart Of King Coal
Ember reports that renewables provided more electricity to the world than coal in the first six months of the year.
US Government Shills For Big Coal
The US government has decided to waste taxpayer dollars on an expansion of coal mining on federal lands in several states.
