retired MD, I write and lecture on energy, climate, grid, and epidemiology I post almost daily on science topics, dealing with energy systems, the climate system, the electric grid and epidemiology.

Renewable energy sources surpassed fossil fuels in monthly US electricity generation for the first time during March. Airports set to scrap boarding passes and check-ins in major travel shake-up ...

By comparison, data centres consumed 415 TWh in 2024, roughly 1.5% of the world’s total electricity consumption (see ‘Global electricity growth’). The projections focus mostly on data ...

2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global clean power transition. At first glance it might appear an unremarkable year, as global fossil generation increased for another year.

Global electricity generation from clean sources crossed a major milestone in 2024, with non-fossil sources—comprising renewables and nuclear—accounting for more than 40 per cent of the world’s total ...

Street Talk understands Ditmarsch – who ran the show at Carlyle Credit Opportunities for seven years – has joined American hedge fund giant, Connecticut-based Point72, to launch a new private ...

Carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases created by the burning of fossil fuels have heated the planet. The average global temperature increased by about 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2024 ...

The Fossil Study Rock and The Living Fossil Trees has announced that Oklahoma Geological Survey and Sam Noble Museum of Natural History will be at the Tahlequah Public Library Saturday ...

This growth in demand created a “small increase in fossil generation, driving up power sector emissions to an all-time high,” said global energy think tank Ember in their latest Global Electricity ...

More than 40 percent of the world's electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024, according to a new report from think-tank Ember. But carbon dioxide emissions, which warm the ...