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Energy News - Some of It Good [1]
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Date: 2025-07-18
"This year, $2.2 trillion will be invested in clean energy, efficiency, and electrification globally, according to the International Energy Agency — double the $1.1 trillion that will flow toward fossil fuels."
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/global-investment-fossil-fuels-2025
A Vision for Implementing the Circular Economy in the Solar and Storage Industry
https://seia.org/research-resources/a-vision-for-implementing-the-circular-economy-in-the-solar-and-storage-industry/
Solar leads EU’s power mix for first time ever
https://www.canarymedia.com/.../record-power-eu-clean-energy
Authoritarians and climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/18/climate-crisis-fossil-fuels-autocracies-authoritorian-countries
Russia, Iran & Saudi Arabia are the world’s 4th, 7th and 10th biggest emitters
China is currently on the renewables road
China energy transition and climate status in numbers presentation:
https://www.agora-energiewende.org/news-events/china-energy-transition-and-climate-status-in-numbers
Slide deck:
https://www.agora-energiewende.org/publications/china-energy-transition-and-climate-status-report
Trmp's USAmerica is going forward into the past -
coal with about 50,000 jobs
over
solar with 275,000 (wind with 175,000)
with wind technicians and solar installers the fastest growing jobs over the last decade
Krugman on renewables and the manosphere
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/real-men-burn-stuff
Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, according to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/sheldon-whitehouse-fossil-fuels
Clear solar power “windows” now being adapted to greenhouse food production:
“During the 2024 grow season, nine different plant species, including beans, leafy greens, tomatoes, and snow peas,
saw growth yields increase by up to 93% in rooms fitted with ClearVue’s solar glass compared to regular glass”
while producing 40% of the energy needed to power the greenhouse itself
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/14/clearvue-update/
Earlier:
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/23/clearvue-its-solar-glass-come-home/
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/06/its-happening-see-through-solar-windows-kick-fossil-energy-to-the-curb/
Company website:
https://www.clearvuepv.com/
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