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The Yanco battery project is supported by the local community, is grounded in evidence, offers benefits for grid stability and the energy transition, and is in line with departmental advice that reflects the best available evidence and serves the public interest


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Car bloat vehicles increases road deaths, especially vulnerable road users (pedestrian deaths up 27.3% in Australian 12 months to Jul 2025) More dead people not conducive to productivity🤯 (reduces workforce participation and economic output🤔) ping @ozprodcom

ProfRayWills's tweet image. Car bloat vehicles increases road deaths, especially vulnerable road users (pedestrian deaths up 27.3% in Australian 12 months to Jul 2025)

More dead people not conducive to productivity🤯
(reduces workforce participation and economic output🤔)

ping @ozprodcom
ProfRayWills's tweet image. Car bloat vehicles increases road deaths, especially vulnerable road users (pedestrian deaths up 27.3% in Australian 12 months to Jul 2025)

More dead people not conducive to productivity🤯
(reduces workforce participation and economic output🤔)

ping @ozprodcom

If introducing a #road user charge for #electric vehicles is the best we can do out of the Productivity Summit, then God help this country.. thedriven.io/2025/08/22/is-…



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Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever. Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts. Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been <2.5c/kWh all day.

douglewinenergy's tweet image. Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever.

Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts.

Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been &amp;lt;2.5c/kWh all day.
douglewinenergy's tweet image. Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever.

Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts.

Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been &amp;lt;2.5c/kWh all day.
douglewinenergy's tweet image. Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever.

Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts.

Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been &amp;lt;2.5c/kWh all day.

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If you're struck by a car at speeds of over 50 km/h, you will likely be killed At speeds of less than 30km/h, you are very unlikely to be killed, though you still may be seriously injured What should speed limits be in urban areas? And on open roads, how careful should you be?

ProfRayWills's tweet image. If you&apos;re struck by a car at speeds of over 50 km/h, you  will likely be killed

At speeds of less than 30km/h, you are very unlikely to be killed, though you still may be seriously injured

What should speed limits be in urban areas?
And on open roads, how careful should you be?

Two women have died after being struck by a car on a freeway on the outskirts of Melbourne. Both women were taken to hospital but could not be saved. 📌 DETAILS: 7news.link/3VlWpyB @phoebeworthley_ #crash #kangaroo #humehighway #craigieburn #melbourne



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One solar panel of 30 kg replaces 8 tonnes of coal (or 40 barrels of oil) and 25 tonnes of CO2 Let me show you: Every solar panel has a number of wattpeak or Wp, that indicates what it produces in "ideal" (1000W/m2) sunshine conditions. So in ideal conditions it would produce…

AukeHoekstra's tweet image. One solar panel of 30 kg replaces 8 tonnes of coal (or 40 barrels of oil) and 25 tonnes of CO2

Let me show you:

Every solar panel has a number of wattpeak or Wp, that indicates what it produces in &quot;ideal&quot; (1000W/m2) sunshine conditions.

So in ideal conditions it would produce…

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PGS selects thyssenkrupp nucera as preferred supplier for 1.4 GW electrolyzer for flagship green iron project in near Geraldton, in the mid-west of Western Australia thyssenkrupp-nucera.com/pgs-selects-th… @thyssenkrupp More on PGS: green iron powered by renewables pgsjv.com.au/projects/#gree…

ProfRayWills's tweet image. PGS selects thyssenkrupp nucera as preferred supplier for 1.4 GW electrolyzer for flagship green iron project in near Geraldton, in the mid-west of Western Australia
thyssenkrupp-nucera.com/pgs-selects-th… 
@thyssenkrupp
More on PGS: green iron powered by renewables
pgsjv.com.au/projects/#gree…

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Africa needs clean energy, too Trolls say Africa can't afford clean energy >>> The trolls are wrong <<< Africa can afford clean energy Also, Africa can't afford not to have clean energy x.com/ProfRayWills/s… 🧵

🥁OUT NOW | The first signs of Africa’s solar take-off are in, as the continent’s solar panel imports SURGED by 60% in the last 12 months☀️ While South Africa led the 2023 rise in solar panel imports, 20 other countries lead the way this time around 📈 ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

ember_energy's tweet image. 🥁OUT NOW | The first signs of Africa’s solar take-off are in, as the continent’s solar panel imports SURGED by 60% in the last 12 months☀️

While South Africa led the 2023 rise in solar panel imports, 20 other countries lead the way this time around 📈

ember-energy.org/latest-insight…


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Driver assist technology saves lives. So why do so many people turn it off? I've a different headline: Driver assist technology saves lives, so why do we allow people to turn it off? Ought it not be mandated? And peeps fined or lose their car if mods are applied to turn it off


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Many outlooks on EV adoption have been too bearish 🤔 x.com/ProfRayWills/s… Which is worse? Is it better to underestimate by a lot, saying it won't happen? Or overestimate knowing it's possible, then highlighting govts/business/lobbyists have acted to put the brakes on?

While many outlooks were too bearish on EV adoption, the overly bullish ones haven’t aged well either.📊 Over the last decade, a steady stream of forecasters offered rosy views on EV adoption that simply haven’t come to pass. Worse, many of them were never revisited, leaving…

BloombergNEF's tweet image. While many outlooks were too bearish on EV adoption, the overly bullish ones haven’t aged well either.📊

Over the last decade, a steady stream of forecasters offered rosy views on EV adoption that simply haven’t come to pass. Worse, many of them were never revisited, leaving…


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I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100. Our paper is out today. 🧵

rahmstorf's tweet image. I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports:
for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran
past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper is out today. 🧵

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Gulp😳… “Methane emissions [in the boreal-Arctic region] were estimated to increase by ~31% under a moderate warming scenario (SSP2-4.5 by 2100), driven primarily by warming rather than permafrost thaw.”

ryankatzrosene's tweet image. Gulp😳…

“Methane emissions [in the boreal-Arctic region] were estimated to increase by ~31% under a moderate warming scenario (SSP2-4.5 by 2100), driven primarily by warming rather than permafrost thaw.”

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Deeply serious. We must go for swift Renewable-Plus now. Nuclear too late for climate crisis. 'Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds'. 'Rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout.' theguardian.com/environment/20…


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Yeah, nah (Translated from Australian, means 'I don't think so') Projections of my @FSS_Au global energy model from 2018, and comparing most recent from 2025 x.com/ProfRayWills/s… All generators have down times, and outages - batteries the only reliable supply

ProfRayWills's tweet image. Yeah, nah
(Translated from Australian, means &apos;I don&apos;t think so&apos;)
Projections of my @FSS_Au global energy model from 2018, and comparing most recent from 2025
x.com/ProfRayWills/s…
All generators have down times, and outages - batteries the only reliable supply

Meeting electricity demand from data centres will require a diverse range of sources. Half of global growth in data centre power use over the next decade is set to be met by renewables Natural gas & nuclear are also expected to play a key role 👉 iea.li/3G3pk5Y

IEA's tweet image. Meeting electricity demand from data centres will require a diverse range of sources.

Half of global growth in data centre power use over the next decade is set to be met by renewables

Natural gas &amp;amp; nuclear are also expected to play a key role 👉 iea.li/3G3pk5Y


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😳 “A bird’s nest incorporating fiber optic cable is a striking sign of how much debris from fiber-guided FPVs now litters the landscape of Ukraine. Other images show fields glittering with fibers like spiderwebs where dozens of drones have passed overhead”

Fiber drones are literally changing the landscape in Ukraine, and brining a new level of threat -- my take for Forbes in comments below

David_Hambling's tweet image. Fiber drones are literally changing the landscape in Ukraine, and brining a new level of threat -- my take for Forbes in comments below


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I posted the same clean tech facts on two platforms: one sparked discussion, the other, disinformation. linkedin.com/posts/raywills…


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🧵You often hear human induced climate change skeptics (especially those funded by fossil fuel lobby groups) say "CO2 is plant food" but this two part video explores what they deny about the damaging climate change impacts on food security and farms. Sources later in the thread.


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There are people among us who claim vaccines had nothing to do with the decline of measles cases

DrNeilStone's tweet image. There are people among us who claim vaccines had nothing to do with the decline of measles cases

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Legacy car companies put profit before planet and people Just like fossil fuel companies And cigarette companies

NEWS: The CEO of Mercedes criticised the European Union's plan to ban CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035. "We need a reality check. Otherwise we are heading at full speed against a wall," Mercedes CEO Ola Kaellenius said of the 2035 goal, adding that Europe's car market could…

SawyerMerritt's tweet image. NEWS: The CEO of Mercedes criticised the European Union&apos;s plan to ban CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035.

&quot;We need a reality check. Otherwise we are heading at full speed against a wall,&quot; Mercedes CEO Ola Kaellenius said of the 2035 goal, adding that Europe&apos;s car market could…


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Coastal erosion forces demolition of popular Lancelin lookout in WA Alternative headline not as sexy, just accurate: Sea level rise increasing erosion risk everywhere - especially buildings and structures along Western Australia's sandy coastlines abc.net.au/news/2025-08-1…

Sunday Times 2007 interview on sea level rise in #Broome, #Perth, #Rockingham & #Mandurah In 2007 I said we had to act by 2020 web.archive.org/web/2013061513… Sadly, in 2021, I am still right. In 2007 we actually still had time to #ActOnClimate Now it's a #ClimateEmergency #LeastWrong



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I checked the DOE claim that sea level is rising at a lower rate than predicted by IPCC: it is false. For 2030 the IPCC predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9). The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.

rahmstorf's tweet image. I checked the DOE claim that sea level is rising at a lower rate than predicted by IPCC: it is false.
For 2030 the IPCC predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9).
The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.

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