Category Archives: Renewables

Stumbling ever deeper into the Pyrocene

Posted on August 5, 2026 by John Gibbons

I ran the below analysis piece in the Irish Examiner at the start of August, to coincide with Europe’s fourth heatwave of the crazy summer of 2026. Europe is heating at more than twice the global average, for a number … Continue reading →

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Forty shades of misinformation around solar energy

Posted on May 21, 2025 by John Gibbons

What better time to write about the wonders of solar energy than during the ultra-sunny month of May 2025? Some 6.5% of total electricity production in Ireland that month was from solar, amounting to 173,000 MWh. This a new record, … Continue reading →

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