Energy

With fast rising gas prices, it’s time to rid ground transportation out of oil

With four to five billion USD spent per day on oil for road transportation globally, transforming the ways we move around to use no more oil is a key issue that will have multiple effects on our societies.

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The European Union has slashed its greenhouse gases emissions by 40% since 1990

Some positive news for a change : it has been officialized last week that the European Union has cut its emissions by 40 percent between 1990 and 2024. Renewables and energy efficiency played major roles.

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Why I look forward to a post fossil fuels world

With yet another war in the Middle East taking place, I am increasingly looking forward to a world where most if not all of our energy will come from renewables. Let us have a look at all of the implications this would have.

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Developing countries are going all-in on solar

For decades, access to electricity was either impossible or very expensive for billions of people. The current glut of solar PV panels produced in China is changing all this, bringing home and light to millions.

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Renewables have beaten coal for global electricity generation

This is it ! Renewables have beaten coal as the first electricity source globally in the first half of 2025. Solar, wind, hydro and other renewables accounted for 34.3% of global electricity consumed during the first semester of 2025.

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Video : What are grid forming inverters and how they can help power our world

Solar and wind are great, cheap, clean energy sources and they just don’t provide grid stability and inertia like hydro, nuclear or fossil fuels. That’s why grid forming inverters are needed. More on this in today’s article.

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Five energy efficiency solutions to hasten the global energy transition

The World Economic Forum released earlier this year some great research that could help us all slash energy consumption by 30 percent and save us 2 trillion USD a year.

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The European Energy Transition is well underway and accelerating

Despite what nay-sayers think and write all around, the energy transition in the European Union is well underway and it’s accelerating faster and faster.

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Video : Energy efficiency’s time has finally arrived

A great Youtube video by the channel Just Have A Think shows how energy efficiency’s time has come. Let’s review all the facts and be optimistic for a while.

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Can China’s emissions actually peak in 2024 ?

As the world’s largest greenhouse gases emitter, China’s actions on climate change are paramount to our common survival. Lucky us, not only things are trending in the right direction, they are also accelerating in both energy generation and transportation.

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