Germany's electricity mix, 2000 vs 2025:
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas.
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Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas.
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May 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Germany's electricity mix, 2000 vs 2025:
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas.
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Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas.
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How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Nuclear’s too slow, too expensive, and will stop us hitting our climate targets.
It was a really valuable experience to be a member of the parliamentary nuclear committee. We heard from the experts, industry and investors. They want certainty in the energy transition.
Nuclear’s not the answer.
It was a really valuable experience to be a member of the parliamentary nuclear committee. We heard from the experts, industry and investors. They want certainty in the energy transition.
Nuclear’s not the answer.
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Nuclear’s too slow, too expensive, and will stop us hitting our climate targets.
It was a really valuable experience to be a member of the parliamentary nuclear committee. We heard from the experts, industry and investors. They want certainty in the energy transition.
Nuclear’s not the answer.
It was a really valuable experience to be a member of the parliamentary nuclear committee. We heard from the experts, industry and investors. They want certainty in the energy transition.
Nuclear’s not the answer.
nuclear's comeback.........er
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
nuclear's comeback.........er
ONE. MORE. TIME. FOR. THE. HARD. OF. THINKING.
I. WILL. TELL. THE. CRAB. STORY. WHEN. I'M. GOOD. AND. READY.
Also.
When Scottish Nuclear's super injunction expires.
I. WILL. TELL. THE. CRAB. STORY. WHEN. I'M. GOOD. AND. READY.
Also.
When Scottish Nuclear's super injunction expires.
I’m assuming your bouillabaisse COMES WITH CRAB?*
* No, I haven’t forgotten.
* No, I haven’t forgotten.
January 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ONE. MORE. TIME. FOR. THE. HARD. OF. THINKING.
I. WILL. TELL. THE. CRAB. STORY. WHEN. I'M. GOOD. AND. READY.
Also.
When Scottish Nuclear's super injunction expires.
I. WILL. TELL. THE. CRAB. STORY. WHEN. I'M. GOOD. AND. READY.
Also.
When Scottish Nuclear's super injunction expires.
IMO "What do you think about nuclear's place in a racial justice lens" should also be asked of hydroelectricity
July 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM
IMO "What do you think about nuclear's place in a racial justice lens" should also be asked of hydroelectricity
#Solar and #wind outpacing nuclear globally.
Report highlights #nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting with rapid #renewables and battery expansion.
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
Report highlights #nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting with rapid #renewables and battery expansion.
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
www.worldnuclearreport.org
September 29, 2026 at 10:06 PM
#Solar and #wind outpacing nuclear globally.
Report highlights #nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting with rapid #renewables and battery expansion.
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
Report highlights #nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting with rapid #renewables and battery expansion.
www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnis...
Pffft. Scientists…what would they know ? Barnaby Joyce was saying only this morning that nuclear is much cheaper.
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Pffft. Scientists…what would they know ? Barnaby Joyce was saying only this morning that nuclear is much cheaper.
behold Westhinghouse Nuclear's "bertha"
Introducing Westinghouse AI for Nuclear Energy
YouTube video by WestinghouseNuclear
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
behold Westhinghouse Nuclear's "bertha"
Milestone: 51% of all electricity produced in the Netherlands last year was from renewables! In 2015, it was only ~12%.
Nuclear's share last year was 3%, leaving 46% for fossil generation (mostly gas).
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
Nuclear's share last year was 3%, leaving 46% for fossil generation (mostly gas).
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
March 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Milestone: 51% of all electricity produced in the Netherlands last year was from renewables! In 2015, it was only ~12%.
Nuclear's share last year was 3%, leaving 46% for fossil generation (mostly gas).
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
Nuclear's share last year was 3%, leaving 46% for fossil generation (mostly gas).
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
#Solar , #wind outpacing #nuclear globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025
Nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrast with rapid renewables, battery expansion.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/s...
Nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrast with rapid renewables, battery expansion.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/s...
Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time - pv magazine Global
Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow gro...
www.pv-magazine.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
#Solar , #wind outpacing #nuclear globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025
Nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrast with rapid renewables, battery expansion.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/s...
Nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrast with rapid renewables, battery expansion.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/s...
Small reactors just had their “best year ever.” Solar is already doing what SMRs hope to do: mass production at scale.
Keep developing clean energy—but solar isn’t waiting for 2050, and neither is the world ☀️
#Solar #CleanEnergy
youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
Keep developing clean energy—but solar isn’t waiting for 2050, and neither is the world ☀️
#Solar #CleanEnergy
youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
youtube.com
September 30, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Small reactors just had their “best year ever.” Solar is already doing what SMRs hope to do: mass production at scale.
Keep developing clean energy—but solar isn’t waiting for 2050, and neither is the world ☀️
#Solar #CleanEnergy
youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
Keep developing clean energy—but solar isn’t waiting for 2050, and neither is the world ☀️
#Solar #CleanEnergy
youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
@drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Breaking News: SMRs are still pants and always will be
youtu.be/zrNa9k6sSlg?...
Breaking News: SMRs are still pants and always will be
youtu.be/zrNa9k6sSlg?...
How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
youtu.be
September 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
@drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Breaking News: SMRs are still pants and always will be
youtu.be/zrNa9k6sSlg?...
Breaking News: SMRs are still pants and always will be
youtu.be/zrNa9k6sSlg?...
At last. Our national scientific institution not cowed by “politics.”|
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM
At last. Our national scientific institution not cowed by “politics.”|
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We were told nuclear's cost problem resulted from not building enough reactors to the same design. Sizewell C - if it goes ahead - would be the 7th and 8th of EDF's EPR design. Any ecomodernists out there want to hazard a guess as to what N is needed to deliver Nth-of-a-kind cost savings?
when the FT revealed in January that the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear plant had risen to around £40bn they all denied it
now we can reveal the actual price tag - to be announced this week - and it is £38bn
www.ft.com/content/d431...
now we can reveal the actual price tag - to be announced this week - and it is £38bn
www.ft.com/content/d431...
Ministers set to admit Sizewell C nuclear plant pricetag has soared to £38bn
New official estimate reflects surging construction inflation and contingency costs
www.ft.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We were told nuclear's cost problem resulted from not building enough reactors to the same design. Sizewell C - if it goes ahead - would be the 7th and 8th of EDF's EPR design. Any ecomodernists out there want to hazard a guess as to what N is needed to deliver Nth-of-a-kind cost savings?
How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
The federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors. So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
The federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors. So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?
How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM
How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
The federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors. So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...
The federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors. So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?
Wind & solar don't need to individually match nuclear's or coal's capacity factor if they're paired with sufficient storage. The relevant metric increasingly becomes the utilisation and reliability of the combined generation + storage system, not the generator alone. #Bettrification #SWB
June 30, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Wind & solar don't need to individually match nuclear's or coal's capacity factor if they're paired with sufficient storage. The relevant metric increasingly becomes the utilisation and reliability of the combined generation + storage system, not the generator alone. #Bettrification #SWB
Germany's electricity mix has changed dramatically since 2000.
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Fossil fuels fell over the same period.
www.linkedin.com/posts/janros...
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Fossil fuels fell over the same period.
www.linkedin.com/posts/janros...
Germany's electricity mix has changed dramatically since 2000.
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas...
Germany's electricity mix has changed dramatically since 2000.
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Fossil...
www.linkedin.com
May 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Germany's electricity mix has changed dramatically since 2000.
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Fossil fuels fell over the same period.
www.linkedin.com/posts/janros...
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was largely filled by renewables, not coal or gas. Fossil fuels fell over the same period.
www.linkedin.com/posts/janros...
“CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life”
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:02 PM
“CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life”
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#Nuclear's cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream p.dw.com/p/5AhHt?at_m...
Nuclear's cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream
Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is potentially staggering.
p.dw.com
March 20, 2026 at 10:24 AM
#Nuclear's cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream p.dw.com/p/5AhHt?at_m...
Renewables have left nuclear in the dust. In 2024, renewables supplied 14.8% of global primary energy vs nuclear’s 3.9%—a near 4:1 lead. Nuclear peaked two decades ago and is fading, while renewables are compounding up the S-curve. The race isn’t close. Renewables won. #EnergyTransition #Solar #Wind
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Renewables have left nuclear in the dust. In 2024, renewables supplied 14.8% of global primary energy vs nuclear’s 3.9%—a near 4:1 lead. Nuclear peaked two decades ago and is fading, while renewables are compounding up the S-curve. The race isn’t close. Renewables won. #EnergyTransition #Solar #Wind
the thing a lot of people dont get about nuclear's "mutually assured destruction" is that it isnt just a threat to stop the nukes from flying
it also stops any intervention at all in nuclear armed countries because if their corrupt govts lose; we all lose.
it also stops any intervention at all in nuclear armed countries because if their corrupt govts lose; we all lose.
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
the thing a lot of people dont get about nuclear's "mutually assured destruction" is that it isnt just a threat to stop the nukes from flying
it also stops any intervention at all in nuclear armed countries because if their corrupt govts lose; we all lose.
it also stops any intervention at all in nuclear armed countries because if their corrupt govts lose; we all lose.
France isn't just building offshore wind, it's building long-term energy security. EU-approved support for 11.1 GW will generate almost 48 TWh a year, around 10% of France's electricity demand. Speed is money, cost always wins, and nuclear's share of the mix is shrinking. #SWB #Bettrification #Wind
July 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
France isn't just building offshore wind, it's building long-term energy security. EU-approved support for 11.1 GW will generate almost 48 TWh a year, around 10% of France's electricity demand. Speed is money, cost always wins, and nuclear's share of the mix is shrinking. #SWB #Bettrification #Wind
Draft CSIRO GenCost confirms solar & wind still best options. Even after billions are spent on nuclear reactors they would need substantial re-investment to survive the 80yrs Peter Dutton is claiming & no commercial small modular reactors exist. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life
National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Draft CSIRO GenCost confirms solar & wind still best options. Even after billions are spent on nuclear reactors they would need substantial re-investment to survive the 80yrs Peter Dutton is claiming & no commercial small modular reactors exist. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...