What mattered this week

War: Asia shifts back to coal

Panic? Yes. Japan: No Gulf LNG coming? Burn Australian coal. Across Asia, coal prices up 13% and power plants being switched back on.
Reality? No-one is abandoning renewables - they’re opening old plants while under short-term stress.  
Read more: AP News

War: UK clean power records smashed. Gas drops to 2.4% of UK grid

How big? Wind got to 24GWe and 10GWe solar - in March. Domestic, clean power that no-one can blockade.
Read more: ReNews; Bloomberg (£)

One thing to worry about

We’re only feeling 9% of the warming problem. The other 91% is being stored. In the oceans.

The WMO’s annual report is hard reading. 11 hottest years ever - all since 2015. Carbon emissions still rising. Real impact on humanity, today.

Watch this 58-second video for the highlights.

One thing to be optimistic about

Clean energy doesn’t stop wars. It just makes them less relevant.

• EVs are already displacing 70% of the oil affected by the Iran war, and sales are accelerating hard across Europe and Asia

• China is saving $28B in oil imports this year alone.

Ember published a special report. Bottom line? Every country can become energy independent with today’s tech.

We just need to build.

If you’ve got more time…

While everyone argues about the transition… this is what it looks like.

A quick 3-minute look at a real UK project coming back to life: Gladsmuir.