Unclear funding stalls German tech

Scholar power: 7.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	4%	39	7.5%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

51.0%

24.9 h

1

7.5%

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0.006

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

A funny thing happened on the way to Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy: solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States, with green electricity generation growing 109% worldwide last year
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...

Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging » Yale Climate Connections

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

yaleclimateconnections.org

February 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Innovation: High-Tech Agenda: The wrangling over the funding billions

The government wants to make Germany the leading technology hub. But how the billions for it should be distributed is unclear — that is delaying the matter.

Reposts 0 1d

by Paul Dorfman

8%

Scholar power: 8.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Paul Dorfman	11%	6	8.1%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

46.0%

32.2 h

0

8.1%

Ranking score

0.008

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Paul Dorfman

8%

Scholar power: 8.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Paul Dorfman	11%	6	8.1%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

51.0%

32.2 h

17

8.1%

Ranking score

0.006

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Dr Paul Dorfman

@drpauldorfman.bsky.social

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...

Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging » Yale Climate Connections

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

yaleclimateconnections.org

February 8, 2026 at 10:25 AM

Handelsblatt

Renewable energies: Less wind power despite expansion – Weather slows generation

More wind turbines were built, but wind power production fell in Germany in 2025, especially onshore due to weak winds

Reposts 0 1d

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Bottom of the standings: Technology Excites

Not everything is going badly in Germany. Ms. Dröge from the Greens has great news about the energy transition. If the state stays out of it, technology will work.

Reposts 0 1d

by Mark Z. Jacobson

35%

Scholar power: 35.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Z. Jacobson	11%	116	35.5%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

50.0%

48.6 h

23

35.5%

Ranking score

0.021

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Mark Z. Jacobson

@mzjacobson.bsky.social

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

Clean energy is surging — with or without Trump
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...

Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging » Yale Climate Connections

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

yaleclimateconnections.org

February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM

by Mark Z. Jacobson

35%

Scholar power: 35.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Z. Jacobson	11%	116	35.5%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

45.0%

48.6 h

1

35.5%

Ranking score

0.02

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

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Scholar power: 8.1%

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Renewable energies: Less wind power despite expansion – Weather slows generation

Bottom of the standings: Technology Excites

Scholar power: 35.5%

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