Reader David Toke

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Trump rages against ‘windmills’ thetimes.com/uk/environment… But in campaigning against green energy Trump is damning the US to trail behond China in new technology. See ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-is…

China effectively bans uber and other app based taxi companies from using petroleum driven cars - another pressure for EV purchases. cnevpost.com/2025/07/22/bei… See also ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-is…

self-deluding anti-solar culture wars from Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2… It’s not slave labour that has made Chinese solar cheap it’s advanced robotics and AI that See ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-is…

self-deluding anti-solar culture wars from Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2… It’s not slave labour that has made Chinese solar cheap it’s advanced robotics and AI that See ‘Some data on how Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-is…

Desay Battery unveils proactive safety-focused energy storage technologies: The company’s Active Safety AI Cell has been designed to increase battery cycle life by up to 15%. Desay also unveiled its UPS 2.0,… dlvr.it/TM6BY2 #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

How civil nuclear power funds nuclear weapons – video theguardian.com/world/video/20…

UN: Five reasons why switching to renewables is ‘smart economics’ carbonbrief.org/un-five-reason…

In Argentina people are losing access to cancer drugs after state cutbacks. Will the same now happen n the UK after the next General Election as Badenoch vows to copy Argentina's cuts? See theguardian.com/politics/2025/… and compare with ap.org/news-highlight…

In Oz ‘Household battery rebate smashes forecasts’ reneweconomy.com.au/household-batt… But in UK buildings based battery is held back by inaccurate bias by economists. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-economis…

In California solar curtailment fell by 12% this year despite an increase in of 18% in solar generation - because of batteries mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbo… See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheaper-…

Exponential growth of renewables in India continues in 2025 reneweconomy.com.au/india-adds-rec… See also: ‘Renewables provided over 90 per cent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables-p…

News from Oz - ‘Home battery installs outpace rooftop solar in “milestone” changing of the guard’ onestepoffthegrid.com.au/home-battery-i… See also ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-economis…

More stupid ‘it’s red tape’ excuses for nuclear construction failure from Times op-ed thetimes.com/business-money… See ‘It's money that has stopped nuclear power, not planning problems’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/its-money-th…

Miliband shelves plans for zonal electricity pricing theguardian.com/business/2025/… Good move Ed! See also: ‘How exaggerated claims about payments for wasted wind power are being used to push renewables towards a free market horror show’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-exaggera…

‘EDF reduces stake in Sizewell C to 12.5%’ (UK Government takes the rest) https://energyvoice.com/renewables-ene… The UK taxpayer is taking a big hit for Sizewell C for no discernable gain in balancing renewable energy. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-new-nucl…

Rather than zonal electricity pricing the Govt is set to reform national pricing including how NESO can mobilise batteries for grid balancing’ gov.uk/government/new…:~ See also: ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheaper-…

Increased need for air conditioning should be a spur to incentivise reversible energy saving heat pumps thetimes.com/uk/environment… need for air conditioning s also a good match for solar PV - now the cheapest form of electricity in the world! See davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables-p…

‘The Nuclear Mirage: Why Small Modular Reactors Won’t Save Nuclear Power’ theenergymix.com/the-nuclear-mi… See also ‘Why small modular reactors do not exist - history gives the answer’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-small-mo…

Empty threats by Reform to cancel renewable energy contracts being awarded this year. They will be backed by the law and protected from cancellation by comon law against retrospective changes renews.biz/101883/reform-…

orward march to 100% renewables says Oz Electricity Market Operator! - solar, wind and batteries that are both grid scale and at home. See reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-puts-grid… Also see ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheaper-…