James Norman
@jamesnorman.bsky.social
Research Analyst at Global Energy Monitor | PhD in energy meteorology | Energy transition and climate impacts
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Here's a sneaky peak the next release of the GB Renewables Map, or should I say the GB Not Just a Renewables Map…
That's right, all types of power assets are coming to the map! Plus a whole bunch of other improvements.
That's right, all types of power assets are coming to the map! Plus a whole bunch of other improvements.
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Here's a sneaky peak the next release of the GB Renewables Map, or should I say the GB Not Just a Renewables Map…
That's right, all types of power assets are coming to the map! Plus a whole bunch of other improvements.
That's right, all types of power assets are coming to the map! Plus a whole bunch of other improvements.
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India's solar is making a solid contribution to daily generation, even in the middle of winter.
(In fact the insolation minimum is during the monsoon season.)
(In fact the insolation minimum is during the monsoon season.)
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
India's solar is making a solid contribution to daily generation, even in the middle of winter.
(In fact the insolation minimum is during the monsoon season.)
(In fact the insolation minimum is during the monsoon season.)
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Africa recorded its fastest solar growth on record in 2025, driven by a surge in utility-scale projects
Africa Solar Capacity Seen Rising Sixfold After 2025 Record
Africa recorded its fastest solar growth on record in 2025, driven by a surge in utility-scale projects, and could add more than six times last year’s annual capacity by 2029, according to a new industry report.
bloom.bg
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Africa recorded its fastest solar growth on record in 2025, driven by a surge in utility-scale projects
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🔆China electricity consumption to grow 5%-6% in 2026
said China Electricity Council in its latest 2025-2026 analysis and outlook report
For 2026, it also expects power peak load to rise to 1570-1630 GW, and Solar capacity to take over Coal
said China Electricity Council in its latest 2025-2026 analysis and outlook report
For 2026, it also expects power peak load to rise to 1570-1630 GW, and Solar capacity to take over Coal
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🔆China electricity consumption to grow 5%-6% in 2026
said China Electricity Council in its latest 2025-2026 analysis and outlook report
For 2026, it also expects power peak load to rise to 1570-1630 GW, and Solar capacity to take over Coal
said China Electricity Council in its latest 2025-2026 analysis and outlook report
For 2026, it also expects power peak load to rise to 1570-1630 GW, and Solar capacity to take over Coal
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Our upcoming data release on February 10, 2026, will include +35k wind and +103k solar assets worldwide — all part of our open-access energy infrastructure datasets. The updated wind & solar data and briefing drops Feb 10 via @globalenergymon.bsky.social #renewables #wind #solar 🧪💡☀️💨
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Our upcoming data release on February 10, 2026, will include +35k wind and +103k solar assets worldwide — all part of our open-access energy infrastructure datasets. The updated wind & solar data and briefing drops Feb 10 via @globalenergymon.bsky.social #renewables #wind #solar 🧪💡☀️💨
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Today's @carbonbrief.org explainer on gas in China featured @aiqun.bsky.social: "With the rapid expansion of renewables and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, I don’t foresee a bright future for gas power.” 🔌
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy - Carbon Brief
While gas could play a role in decarbonising some aspects of China’s energy demand, multiple factors would need to change
www.carbonbrief.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Today's @carbonbrief.org explainer on gas in China featured @aiqun.bsky.social: "With the rapid expansion of renewables and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, I don’t foresee a bright future for gas power.” 🔌
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
Does India really need new coal plants—or can clean power additions and higher utilisation of existing fossil capacity do the job?
Power consumption in emerging economies is growing at a headlong pace, so renewables will have to move fast just to keep up
India’s Coal Revival Looks Impossible to Achieve
Almost everywhere on the planet, the great surge of coal power that fueled two centuries of industrialization is receding.
bloom.bg
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Does India really need new coal plants—or can clean power additions and higher utilisation of existing fossil capacity do the job?
Always an interesting compilation. The battery storage headlines particularly eye catching!
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Always an interesting compilation. The battery storage headlines particularly eye catching!
86% of new coal-fired power capacity planned to begin operating in 2026 will be in China giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
China pushes coal-fired power projects alongside renewables
Vast majority of 104 electricity-generating units set to start operation worldwide this year are in China
giftarticle.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:54 AM
86% of new coal-fired power capacity planned to begin operating in 2026 will be in China giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
India’s 2025 renewable power build was impressive⚡
☀️ 38 GW solar
🌬️ 6.5 GW wind
🌊 4 GW large hydro
Solar +55%, wind +85% above the previous record year (2024).
Coal also set for a bumper year: already +7 GW added by November, with December data still to come cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3716e1b8c6c...
☀️ 38 GW solar
🌬️ 6.5 GW wind
🌊 4 GW large hydro
Solar +55%, wind +85% above the previous record year (2024).
Coal also set for a bumper year: already +7 GW added by November, with December data still to come cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3716e1b8c6c...
cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
India’s 2025 renewable power build was impressive⚡
☀️ 38 GW solar
🌬️ 6.5 GW wind
🌊 4 GW large hydro
Solar +55%, wind +85% above the previous record year (2024).
Coal also set for a bumper year: already +7 GW added by November, with December data still to come cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3716e1b8c6c...
☀️ 38 GW solar
🌬️ 6.5 GW wind
🌊 4 GW large hydro
Solar +55%, wind +85% above the previous record year (2024).
Coal also set for a bumper year: already +7 GW added by November, with December data still to come cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3716e1b8c6c...
from giga to terawatts on the y-axis in this latest forecast, a sure sign of progress!
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January 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
from giga to terawatts on the y-axis in this latest forecast, a sure sign of progress!
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India’s total electricity generation up just ~1% in 2025 and record solar+wind deployment (+35GW/6GW as of November). Extra solar+wind, plus strong monsoon hydro, more than covered the total generation increase, and pushed coal generation down 3%. Hasn't fallen like that before (outside Covid era)
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
India’s total electricity generation up just ~1% in 2025 and record solar+wind deployment (+35GW/6GW as of November). Extra solar+wind, plus strong monsoon hydro, more than covered the total generation increase, and pushed coal generation down 3%. Hasn't fallen like that before (outside Covid era)
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1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
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A crystal ball for solar in China? The production minus exports of solar cells tends to predict new installations with a lag. While installations predictably slumped since May with new pricing policy, production has been strong for two months, suggesting pick up in installations.
October 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A crystal ball for solar in China? The production minus exports of solar cells tends to predict new installations with a lag. While installations predictably slumped since May with new pricing policy, production has been strong for two months, suggesting pick up in installations.
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A new Nature article using GEM data (@globalenergymon.bsky.social) found that the top 250 oil and gas firms own just 2% of the world's renewable power. #renewables 💡🧪
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A new Nature article using GEM data (@globalenergymon.bsky.social) found that the top 250 oil and gas firms own just 2% of the world's renewable power. #renewables 💡🧪
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Even more ways to slice through Global Energy Monitor's extensive power sector data! @globalenergymon.bsky.social
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
🌍 GEM's Global Integrated Power Tracker interactive dashboard updated!
🔎 Explore power facilities worldwide, tracking operating, construction & in-development capacity, w/downloadable data summaries.
🏭 Now including facility ownership & fleet age summaries.
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
🔎 Explore power facilities worldwide, tracking operating, construction & in-development capacity, w/downloadable data summaries.
🏭 Now including facility ownership & fleet age summaries.
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Even more ways to slice through Global Energy Monitor's extensive power sector data! @globalenergymon.bsky.social
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
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⚡️ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 is now available online !
🔗 www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclea...
📊 Follow the live presentation from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J54...
🔗 www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclea...
📊 Follow the live presentation from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J54...
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) 2025
YouTube video by Kyoto Club
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
⚡️ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 is now available online !
🔗 www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclea...
📊 Follow the live presentation from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J54...
🔗 www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclea...
📊 Follow the live presentation from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J54...
Quite blunt from the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025: "Solar Adds Hundreds of Gigawatts,
Nuclear Remains Irrelevant in the Market" www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
Nuclear Remains Irrelevant in the Market" www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
www.worldnuclearreport.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Quite blunt from the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025: "Solar Adds Hundreds of Gigawatts,
Nuclear Remains Irrelevant in the Market" www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
Nuclear Remains Irrelevant in the Market" www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
A detailed rundown of the BRICS group and climate action. Particularly relevant in the run up to COP
NEW – Q&A: Will China and the BRICS fill the ‘leadership gap’ on climate change? | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @yixiansun.bsky.social Jennifer Allan @jamesnorman.bsky.social Beatriz Mattos @katelogan.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/WVyH1Y0
Read here: buff.ly/WVyH1Y0
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A detailed rundown of the BRICS group and climate action. Particularly relevant in the run up to COP
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New from us: India's power sector emissions fell for only the 2nd time in half a century, due to both economic and weather factors and record clean energy growth. The current drop is unlikely to be sustained but clean energy projects in the pipeline can peak power sector emissions well before 2030.
🇮🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #India’s power-sector #CO2 falls for only second time in half a century
The sector's CO2 could peak before 2030
Anubha Aggarwal
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/
@carbonbrief.org
carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-co2-falls-for-only-second-time-in-half-a-century/
The sector's CO2 could peak before 2030
Anubha Aggarwal
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/
@carbonbrief.org
carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-co2-falls-for-only-second-time-in-half-a-century/
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
New from us: India's power sector emissions fell for only the 2nd time in half a century, due to both economic and weather factors and record clean energy growth. The current drop is unlikely to be sustained but clean energy projects in the pipeline can peak power sector emissions well before 2030.
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Coal generation would be even lower if hydroelectricity wasn’t going through another of its drought years (though rainfall in August was a little better than the terrible numbers in July):
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Clear Skies Won’t Help China’s $167 Billion Dam
Beijing has managed to keep its emissions under control. Years of drought are threatening to undo that progress.
www.bloomberg.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Coal generation would be even lower if hydroelectricity wasn’t going through another of its drought years (though rainfall in August was a little better than the terrible numbers in July):
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Increasingly, during the tail end of summer, electricity on India’s power grid is getting sourced mainly by solar, wind, and hydro for an hour or two around midday. I don’t think that’s happened before in India
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Increasingly, during the tail end of summer, electricity on India’s power grid is getting sourced mainly by solar, wind, and hydro for an hour or two around midday. I don’t think that’s happened before in India
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⚡ Help map the world’s electricity grid! #MapYourGrid trains new & experienced mappers in OpenStreetMap.
Next trainings: Sept 3 & 10. Join & support the #EnergyTransition 👉 mapyourgrid.org/map-it/ (meeting links) & discord.gg/a5znpdFWfD (Discord community)
Next trainings: Sept 3 & 10. Join & support the #EnergyTransition 👉 mapyourgrid.org/map-it/ (meeting links) & discord.gg/a5znpdFWfD (Discord community)
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
⚡ Help map the world’s electricity grid! #MapYourGrid trains new & experienced mappers in OpenStreetMap.
Next trainings: Sept 3 & 10. Join & support the #EnergyTransition 👉 mapyourgrid.org/map-it/ (meeting links) & discord.gg/a5znpdFWfD (Discord community)
Next trainings: Sept 3 & 10. Join & support the #EnergyTransition 👉 mapyourgrid.org/map-it/ (meeting links) & discord.gg/a5znpdFWfD (Discord community)
Coal continues to lose ground in China’s power mix, dropping its monthly share to historic low of 51% in June 2025. But still new coal plants are permitted and built, 21 gigawatts in first half of 2025. More here 🔽
🇨🇳 NEW | China – Coal power biannual review – H1 2025
❗ China's clean energy boom has seen clean energy meet all new power demand growth in 2025 & emissions drop but new coal projects are highest in a decade
w/ @globalenergymon.bsky.social
📄 Read full report:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
❗ China's clean energy boom has seen clean energy meet all new power demand growth in 2025 & emissions drop but new coal projects are highest in a decade
w/ @globalenergymon.bsky.social
📄 Read full report:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
energyandcleanair.org
August 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Coal continues to lose ground in China’s power mix, dropping its monthly share to historic low of 51% in June 2025. But still new coal plants are permitted and built, 21 gigawatts in first half of 2025. More here 🔽
Slides and recording available here for this useful update on 'Current State of NDCs 3.0'
www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media...
www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media...
August 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Slides and recording available here for this useful update on 'Current State of NDCs 3.0'
www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media...
www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media...