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"You might feel despondent after reading news reports about countries doubling
down on fossil fuels to cope with energy price spikes.
Don’t. It’s a blip. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a
temporary fossil fuel resurgence, it also accelerated Europe’s renewable
ambitions. And the United States and Australia have finally passed climate
bills. This week, federal energy minister Chris Bowen announced “Australia is
back” on climate action.
There’s better news too. In March this year, the world hit one terawatt of
installed solar. By 2025, the world’s polysilicon factories are predicted to
bounce back from supply shortages and churn out enough high-purity silicon for
almost one terawatt of solar panels every year.
Coupled with major growth in wind, pumped hydro, energy storage, grid batteries
and electric vehicles, the solar boom puts zero global emissions within reach
before 2050.
Best of all – Australia could show the world how to add solar to their grid.
You might not suspect it, but we’re the global leaders in finding
straightforward solutions to the variability of solar power and wind. We’re
showing that it’s easier to get carbon emissions out of electricity generation
than many predicted."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics