Senior Research Fellow (formerly Reader), University of Aberdeen, author of 'Energy Revolutions', substack blog see davidtoke.substack.com/
Joined December 2010
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29 May 2024
Announcing!
Energy Revolutions: Profiteering versus Democracy
by @DaveToke
Available to order now: plutobooks.com/9780745349251…
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New Nuclear Is Too Late and Too Costly for the Climate Crisis.
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Good morning with good news: Biggest solar cell factory in US history starts making solar cells and every major piece of a solar panel!
Qcells will annually make in Georgia 8.6 GW of modules and 3.3 GW of cells, ingots & wafers.
It will employ 4,000!
electrek.co/2026/06/11/georg…
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Jun 13
Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands plan to build four artificial islands to quadruple offshore wind in the North Sea – the equivalent of 30 nuclear reactors.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #tech #GreenNewDeal
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⚡Electrification is a win-win opportunity for countries around the world. As solar & wind have become cost-competitive in many regions, #renewables can provide 92% of global electricity generation by 2050, meeting growing #energy demand while transitioning away from fossil fuels. 👉 irena.org/Publications/2026/…
#COP31
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Jun 11
If you are interested in joining an expert network to promote cutting edge solutions to advance large-scale solar deployment around Europe, get in touch abdn.ac.uk/people/david.toke. We've won a grant from the EU to do this. See abdn.ac.uk/socsci/research/p…
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‘Passive home batteries deliver “enormous benefits” to the grid, says AEMO – even if not orchestrated in VPPs’reneweconomy.com.au/passive-…
See also: ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how…
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Jun 8
Why are Reform Councils taking down Ukraine solidarity flags? Does this mean that a Farage Government would withdraw support for Ukraine? theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
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Jun 8
While so many countries are paralyzed with fragmented grids, zoning headaches and 5-year waiting lists just to plug in 1 solar farm, China has already built 46 UHV (Ultra-High Voltage) transmission lines spanning over 60,000 kilometers (enough high-tech wires to circle the Earth 1.5 times)
The rest of the world combined has built exactly two.
>Standard high-voltage lines bleed 10% of their electricity over long distances
>China’s UHV lines operating at a massive 1,100kV slash that loss to basically nothing
>This allows large volumes of clean, zero-marginal-cost electrons in the Gobi Desert to drop instantly into the industrial heartlands of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen over 2,500 kilometers away
>Just 1 of their new lines from Xizang to Shenzhen carries 10GW of capacity, delivering 43 billion kWh of clean power every single year. (That's the equivalent output of 10 massive nuclear reactors flowing down a wire)
The most arresting thing is that China is not slowing down any of it
>Under the newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), its State Grid is spending $550b (a 40% capex hike) to build 15 more UHV lines
>This will expand cross-provincial clean energy transmission capacity by another 35%, allowing renewables to take over the majority of energy use in the world’s manufacturing superpower
Wires chewing pipelines - fast
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Jun 6
California, che differenza fanno 5 anni
Alla faccia dei bronto-nucleofossili che sanno solo dire no no no
How Batteries, Solar and Wind are pushing gas out of California
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Jun 4
"This flight, for about an hour, will cost us about $8 in energy"
"The electric plane can charge in about 50 minutes"
"the aircraft can travel more than 300 miles on a single charge"
"Plus, as the plane descends, the force of going down actually recharges the battery."
"two versions of its aircraft, one that can lift off and land vertically like a helicopter and another that takes off on a traditional runway"
abcnews.com/GMA/Travel/takin… @BETA_aircraft
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Jun 4
Over a million workers now depend on the UK’s net zero economy – report eciu.net/media/press-release…
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Renewables replaced Coal now they are replacing Gas.
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May 29
‘Batteries have saved GB consumers £188 million since December 2024’ modoenergy.com/research/en/g… See also How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how…
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‘Poland adopts regulations to facilitate wind turbine repowering’ renewablesnow.com/news/polan… repowered schemes will not usually need new permits. But in the UK 😡 See ‘Onshore wind is still largely banned in England, despite what the Government says’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/ons…
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May 26
European Commission €400 million ($465.7 million) to 65 industrial heat decarbonization projects across 10 European countries, targeting electrification and renewable heat technologies in energy-intensive industries.
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Good morning with good news: Fortescue starts construction of 690 MW solar and 650 MWh 8-hour battery.
The solar farm will be Australia's 2nd largest.
Fortesecue is building a "Real Zero" grid by 2030 that includes 1.4 GW of solar & 800 MW of wind.
reneweconomy.com.au/fortescu…
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South Korea plans 3 GW of reservoir floating solar by 2030 pv-magazine.com/2026/04/29/s…
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May 25
Australian electricity bills to fall even further than predicted in state as renewables share nears 50%.
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May 22
Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April: At 531 TWh, electricity generated from wind and solar reached a new global record in April 2026, according to… dlvr.it/TSgJR6 #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy
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May 21
Para esto se necesitan los robots y la IA, no para pintar cuadros y escribir canciones.
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