Assaad Razzouk

Renewables’ unstoppable march: 1 Solar became the #1 source of electricity in the EU for the 1st time in June 2025 at 22.1% of the electricity mix. Not stopping there. 2 Solar became the #1 source of electricity In California, generating 83.1 terawatt-hours in the 12 months…

EVs take over slowly, then suddenly. In June: >Norway EVs at 97.7% share of sales >Sweden EVs at 65.3% >Ethiopia EVs at 60% >China EVs at 53% >UK EVs at 35.9% >Germany EVs at 28.4% >France EVs at 24% >Australia EVs at 15% The Age of Electricity is here, move over Age of Oil

Olive oil: Up 50% after Spain droughts Onion: Up 89% in India last year Cabbage: Up 70% in Korea Rice: Up 48% in Japan Vegetables: Up 30% in China Vegetables: Up 80% in California and Arizona in 2022 after droughts Weather events behind these price increases “completely…

The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza. Among them are 1 million children. Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

“Insurers just marked the costliest first half of the year since 2011” It has a reason, and the reason has a name: CLIMATE CHANGE cnbc.com/2025/07/18/ins…

Battery energy storage latest: > Installations up 54% in first half of 2025 > June capacity breaks records, up 20% from May to 7.95GW. China was 54% of deployment, Saudi 35%, the US 9%, Australia 5% June’s 7.95GW is 160% of all of installations in 2020 ess-news.com/2025/07/15/wor…

Indonesia wants to go 100% renewables by 2035 instead of 2040, says its President: “We are planning to achieve 100% renewable energy within the next 10 years” Indonesia can do this even if it were sleepwalking: it’s a vast archipelago straddling the Equator which passes through…

World's biggest crude oil importer is ditching Big Oil, fast: Electric-powered heavy trucks' sales soared 175% year-on-year to 76,100 in the first half of 2025, hitting a 25% market share Transport sector on track to cut its diesel demand 40% reuters.com/sustainability…

With solar and also with batteries, get used to seeing “first time ever” until renewables are close to 100% of all electricity consumption, by 2035 then energy consumption - probably by 2040 The last “first time ever”, at the latest by 2050, will be when they are 100% of both

China is building a stunning 74% of all current solar + wind, will achieve energy over-abundance in about 5 years China held superpower status for 1,600 of the past 2,200 years. Achieving energy super-abundance first = leapfrogging any other superpower globalenergymonitor.org/report/chinas-…