#renewable #energy #datacenters
By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
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By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
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Renewables, ‘Electrostates’, and other Myths of the Green Transition
The start of this month marked the publication of the 75th edition of the Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, the flagship publicly available dataset on global energy productio...
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September 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
#renewable #energy #datacenters
By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
"The central problem is not the pace at which renewables are being added, but the social & economic system that determines trajectories of global energy use.
A real transition can only happen through the rapid & permanent reduction in the absolute consumption of coal, oil & gas..."
#ClimateCrisis
A real transition can only happen through the rapid & permanent reduction in the absolute consumption of coal, oil & gas..."
#ClimateCrisis
Renewables, ‘Electrostates’, and other Myths of the Green Transition
The start of this month marked the publication of the 75th edition of the Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, the flagship publicly available dataset on global energy productio...
www.versobooks.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"The central problem is not the pace at which renewables are being added, but the social & economic system that determines trajectories of global energy use.
A real transition can only happen through the rapid & permanent reduction in the absolute consumption of coal, oil & gas..."
#ClimateCrisis
A real transition can only happen through the rapid & permanent reduction in the absolute consumption of coal, oil & gas..."
#ClimateCrisis
By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
Renewables, ‘Electrostates’, and other Myths of the Green Transition
The start of this month marked the publication of the 75th edition of the Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, the flagship publicly available dataset on global energy productio...
www.versobooks.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
By Adam Hanieh: "Globally, the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
Great chart, but one thing that it misses, are the coal reserves, which when unchecked, will surely create more electrostates and yet warm the planet.
September 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Great chart, but one thing that it misses, are the coal reserves, which when unchecked, will surely create more electrostates and yet warm the planet.
Petrostates versus electrostates…
I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people.
September 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Petrostates versus electrostates…
It’s not an ecomomic crisis that is looming - it is a fossil fuel induced economic crisis. China is demonstrating now that being on the way to being an #Electrostate immunizes against the worst effects. Future crises will be very different, more harmless for Electrostates.
September 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It’s not an ecomomic crisis that is looming - it is a fossil fuel induced economic crisis. China is demonstrating now that being on the way to being an #Electrostate immunizes against the worst effects. Future crises will be very different, more harmless for Electrostates.
"Let's electrify" war der Ausruf von Ursula von der Leyen am Ende des Kapitels zu Energie und Klima. Aus meiner Sicht ergibt sich daraus eine Art Vision für die EU als "Commonwealth of Electrostates" - es ist an der Zeit, dass auch Deutschland sich klar dazu bekennt, #Elektrostaat werden zu wollen.
September 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"Let's electrify" war der Ausruf von Ursula von der Leyen am Ende des Kapitels zu Energie und Klima. Aus meiner Sicht ergibt sich daraus eine Art Vision für die EU als "Commonwealth of Electrostates" - es ist an der Zeit, dass auch Deutschland sich klar dazu bekennt, #Elektrostaat werden zu wollen.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/electrostates-vs-petrostates-the-us-china-and-the-hormuz-energy-shock/
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the […]
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the […]
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September 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/electrostates-vs-petrostates-the-us-china-and-the-hormuz-energy-shock/
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the […]
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the […]
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“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy”
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy”
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, China, and the Hormuz energy shock | Brookings
The U.S. has ramped up oil and gas production, but China has sharply reduced oil imports while surging cleantech exports.
www.brookings.edu
September 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy”
“Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy”
A potential China-Europe energy entente represents a shifting geopolitical order where China functions as the world's first electrostate — replacing fossil fuels with massive electrification — while Europe seeks rapid decarbonization.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
The EU in a Petrostates and Electrostates World
In a world increasingly shaped by US-China energy bipolarity, the EU must reduce its strategic vulnerability to both fossil-fuel exporters and clean-technology powers by recalibrating its regulatory a...
nationalinterest.org
September 1, 2026 at 4:46 AM
A potential China-Europe energy entente represents a shifting geopolitical order where China functions as the world's first electrostate — replacing fossil fuels with massive electrification — while Europe seeks rapid decarbonization.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
hab noch nich ganz durch aber möchte schon mal empfehlen. bin auch sehr gespannt auf sein neues Buch (kommt Anfang nächsten Jahres)
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Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
Podcast-Folge · The LRB Podcast · 5. August · 1 Std. 15 Min.
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August 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
hab noch nich ganz durch aber möchte schon mal empfehlen. bin auch sehr gespannt auf sein neues Buch (kommt Anfang nächsten Jahres)
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Dispatches from the new ecological Cold War of electrostates v petrostates — as with the first Cold War, this one also centers on the choices of middle powers and the Global South.
Today on Volts: in 2008, physics professor Ramón Méndez Galain was made energy minister of Uruguay. Over the next 7 years, he led the country to a 98% carbon-free electricity system. With his nonprofit, Ivy, he's now attempting to export the model to other countries in the global South. We discuss.
He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
A conversation with Ramón Méndez Galain.
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August 22, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Dispatches from the new ecological Cold War of electrostates v petrostates — as with the first Cold War, this one also centers on the choices of middle powers and the Global South.
Awkward timing as well for Tooze's new book
Film: Adam Tooze · Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
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August 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Awkward timing as well for Tooze's new book
Is the U.S. becoming a "petrostate" and China an "electrostate"? Scott M. Moore argues the dichotomy is overstated, but warns China's dominance in EVs and clean tech could still give it a lasting edge as global demand shifts.
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, China, and the Hormuz energy shock | Brookings
The U.S. has ramped up oil and gas production, but China has sharply reduced oil imports while surging cleantech exports.
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August 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Is the U.S. becoming a "petrostate" and China an "electrostate"? Scott M. Moore argues the dichotomy is overstated, but warns China's dominance in EVs and clean tech could still give it a lasting edge as global demand shifts.
You’re welcome to follow the global economic requirements of that to its conclusion. But you can also just listen to this. youtu.be/gLnxzkiB-GI?...
Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
YouTube video by London Review of Books (LRB)
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August 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
You’re welcome to follow the global economic requirements of that to its conclusion. But you can also just listen to this. youtu.be/gLnxzkiB-GI?...
Allison Gocke and Ashley Deeks explore the advantages of China's electro-state strategy with respect to domestic resilience of electricity markets and coercive leverage over others. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elec...
Electrostates, Petrostates, and National Security
The U.S.-Iran war highlights the underappreciated national security benefits of China’s electrostate strategy.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Allison Gocke and Ashley Deeks explore the advantages of China's electro-state strategy with respect to domestic resilience of electricity markets and coercive leverage over others. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elec...
Scott Moore explores the electro-state vs. petrostate narrative of China and the U.S. While electr0-state overstates China's current direction, China has insulated itself from the oil shock of the Iran War and positioned itself well for the future. www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, China, and the Hormuz energy shock | Brookings
The U.S. has ramped up oil and gas production, but China has sharply reduced oil imports while surging cleantech exports.
www.brookings.edu
August 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Scott Moore explores the electro-state vs. petrostate narrative of China and the U.S. While electr0-state overstates China's current direction, China has insulated itself from the oil shock of the Iran War and positioned itself well for the future. www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
Scribe has won a four-way auction for Oxford Prof Jan Rosenow’s “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”: Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World. It’ll be published in May 2028.
August 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Scribe has won a four-way auction for Oxford Prof Jan Rosenow’s “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”: Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World. It’ll be published in May 2028.
Scribe (@scribeuk.bsky.social) has won a four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's (@janrosenow.bsky.social) “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”, Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World.
The book will be published in May 2028. 👇
The book will be published in May 2028. 👇
Scribe wins four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's 'urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era'
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August 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Scribe (@scribeuk.bsky.social) has won a four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's (@janrosenow.bsky.social) “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”, Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World.
The book will be published in May 2028. 👇
The book will be published in May 2028. 👇
It's official – I'm writing a book.
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Scribe wins four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's 'urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era'
Scribe has won a four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”, Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World.
www.thebookseller.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
It's official – I'm writing a book.
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, my ex-wife, and the Hormuz energy shock - Brookings
August 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, my ex-wife, and the Hormuz energy shock - Brookings
"Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy."
www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
Electrostates vs. petrostates: The US, China, and the Hormuz energy shock | Brookings
The U.S. has ramped up oil and gas production, but China has sharply reduced oil imports while surging cleantech exports.
www.brookings.edu
August 11, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Without bold policy action, the United States is positioned to benefit only from the immediate scramble for fossil fuels, while China is positioned to benefit from both the crisis and the gradual shift to clean energy."
www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
www.brookings.edu/articles/ele...
‘European theorists of green modernity were in a sense unaware of the geopolitical frame that sat so comfortably around them, and allowed them to relatively easily ignore the questions which are now so painfully inescapable.’
@adamtooze.bsky.social on the podcast:
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@adamtooze.bsky.social on the podcast:
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Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 5 August · 1hr 15min
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August 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
‘European theorists of green modernity were in a sense unaware of the geopolitical frame that sat so comfortably around them, and allowed them to relatively easily ignore the questions which are now so painfully inescapable.’
@adamtooze.bsky.social on the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
@adamtooze.bsky.social on the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...