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Energy Transition Economy - From Fossil Fuels to Clean Power
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3 Ideas for Better Habits
The Sun Is Ready
Climate activist and co-founder of 350.org Bill McKibben, focused on renewable energy and climate action.
“The sun, it turns out, is doing exactly what it always has-and at last, we’re ready to use it.”
Electric Future
Engineer and clean-energy innovator Saul Griffith focused on electrification of society and decarbonization.
“The electrified future can be awesome.”
Renewables Will Win
German policymaker and pioneer Hermann Scheer of global renewable energy development.
“Someday renewable energy will be the only way for people to satisfy their energy needs.”
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6 Opportunities to Accelerate the Global Energy Transition
Explore how scaling infrastructure, modernizing grids, and expanding access can unlock a faster shift to clean energy. Read more here.
Solar and Wind Overtake Fossil Fuels in the EU
A milestone moment as renewables surpass fossil fuels in Europe, raising new questions about grid readiness. Read more here.
Let’s Read the Wind
Windy - Advanced wind and weather forecasting used for renewable energy planning and analysis.
Let’s Power Smarter
Octopus Energy - Digital-first energy provider focused on renewable electricity and smart pricing.
What We're Reading
RaboResearch Energy Transition Newsletter - Provides expert analysis on global energy transition trends, including electrification, hydrogen, policy, and investment insights shaping future energy systems.
Canary Media Newsletter - Covers solar, wind, batteries, EVs, and grid transformation, focusing on real-world deployment of clean technology.
Brain Food
Today I Learned: Many countries are rapidly replacing coal power plants with renewable energy like solar and wind because they are becoming cheaper to build and operate. (Source)
Science: A key concept in the energy transition is Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), which measures the average cost per unit of electricity over a power plant’s lifetime. (Source)
Have a productive rest of your week,
The Smarter Brain Team
Resource Spotlight
Clean Energy Momentum, Market Shifts, and the Beginning of Fossil Fuel Decline
A signal-focused dispatch cutting through the noise-this one tracks a pivotal inflection point in the energy transition, where clean power isn’t just growing, but starting to outpace and replace fossil fuels in meeting global demand.
Fragmented Progress, Global Competition, and the Resilient March to 2030
A signal-over-noise dispatch unpacking the next phase of the energy transition-where momentum continues, but no longer moves in a single, coordinated direction. This piece explores how geopolitical tensions, policy divergence, and regional priorities are reshaping the transition into a more complex, uneven landscape.
The Energy Shift Is Underway - Electrification, Abundance, and Europe’s Uneven Transition
A systems-level dispatch exploring how Europe’s energy landscape is being reshaped by a dual force: rapid clean energy expansion and deeply embedded fossil fuel infrastructure. This piece moves beyond headlines to examine the structural tension between energy abundance on paper and energy constraint in practice.
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