THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026
* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market
New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader
Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here
And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol
New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader
Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here
And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Apr 02, 2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026
📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month
⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-wind-and-solar-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1bn-in-march-2026
📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month
⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-wind-and-solar-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1bn-in-march-2026
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Apr 02, 2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Plug-in solar panels could save a typical UK home £1,100 over their lifetime, after paying back the initial investment within 5 years
By my colleague Ho Woo Nan
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-plug-in-solar-can-save-uk-homes-1100-on-energy-bills/
By my colleague Ho Woo Nan
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-plug-in-solar-can-save-uk-homes-1100-on-energy-bills/
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Simon Evans
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Mar 31, 2026
OOPS! GB News owner Paul Marshall tried to rebut Christian leaders, who criticised his channel's dodgy climate coverage…but in the process he made 25 dodgy claims of his own 🫠
Impressively, he packed the 25 dodgy claims into just 340 words 👏
Receipts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fy9lZS4WG0KUNbb2Uock7x3PVBroWv1utC4r9w_Zp8Y/edit?tab=t.0
Impressively, he packed the 25 dodgy claims into just 340 words 👏
Receipts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fy9lZS4WG0KUNbb2Uock7x3PVBroWv1utC4r9w_Zp8Y/edit?tab=t.0
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Simon Evans
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Mar 16, 2026
Now seems like a good time to remember that global clean-energy investment is nearly double fossil fuels
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Mar 16, 2026
The new wind and solar capacity contracted at the UK's latest renewable auction will avoid the need for 78 LNG tankers-worth of imports each year, worth roughly £4bn at current gas prices
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
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Mar 13, 2026
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?
Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of-electricity-and-is-there-an-alternative/
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Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of-electricity-and-is-there-an-alternative/
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Mar 11, 2026
ANALYSIS: Badenoch and Farage might not want to admit it, but Conservative and Reform plans to scrap net zero whilst boosting the North Sea would actually make the UK even more reliant on gas imports 🤔
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
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Mar 11, 2026
Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by (much) more than North Sea drilling
The latest debate over new licenses has been lacking one key ingredient: Perspective
Here's our take in chart form – and I'm happy to debate the numbers
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
The latest debate over new licenses has been lacking one key ingredient: Perspective
Here's our take in chart form – and I'm happy to debate the numbers
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-clean-energy-will-cut-uk-gas-imports-by-more-than-north-sea-drilling/
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Mar 11, 2026
Hive mind: Has anyone seen (ideally recent) data on the marginal fuel in European countries?
The Zakeri and Staffell paper from 2023 gets cited a lot but it's from a few years ago, data for 2021
The Zakeri and Staffell paper from 2023 gets cited a lot but it's from a few years ago, data for 2021
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Mar 06, 2026
😬I'm sure this will be fine😬 "Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study"
https://www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-global-warming-has-nearly-doubled-since-2015-study-says/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-global-warming-has-nearly-doubled-since-2015-study-says/
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Mar 05, 2026
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.
All the details in our article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/
All the details in our article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Mar 02, 2026
UK & European gas price benchmarks have both hit 12-month highs, jumping ~50% today after Qatar paused production in the face of Iranian attacks
But it's worth putting this in perspective – we're a long way off the insane spikes we saw after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
But it's worth putting this in perspective – we're a long way off the insane spikes we saw after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 28, 2026
FT's Gillian Tett on Trump's "mad" energy policy
"[His] 'drill, baby, drill' mantra makes him reluctant to embrace renewables…Last [yr] energy dept terminated a $4.9bn loan guarantee for an 800-mile…power line to take wind power from Kansas to Illinois & Indiana. This is mad."
"[His] 'drill, baby, drill' mantra makes him reluctant to embrace renewables…Last [yr] energy dept terminated a $4.9bn loan guarantee for an 800-mile…power line to take wind power from Kansas to Illinois & Indiana. This is mad."
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 27, 2026
FUN FACT: The UK has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as fuel pumps
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comparing-fuel-pumps-to-electric-vehicle-public-chargers/comparing-fuel-pumps-to-electric-vehicle-public-chargers
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comparing-fuel-pumps-to-electric-vehicle-public-chargers/comparing-fuel-pumps-to-electric-vehicle-public-chargers
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 25, 2026
Vivid and very sad, this is a great piece from the Sunday Times
But it's quite weird that it somehow doesn't mention climate change
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/floods-ruined-our-street-so-the-council-is-knocking-it-down-x5t27nqkj
But it's quite weird that it somehow doesn't mention climate change
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/floods-ruined-our-street-so-the-council-is-knocking-it-down-x5t27nqkj
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 13, 2026
SPACE-BASED SOLAR?! Sounds like an Elon Musk fantasy – but UK govt just published a study on the idea.
Yes, it would be wildly expensive, at up to £595/MWh in 2030 (!!)
But the study says it could be cost-competitive by the 2040s…🤔
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698f167c7da91680ad7f43ad/SBSP-enabled-pathways-to-net-zero-final-report-raf036-2425.pdf
Yes, it would be wildly expensive, at up to £595/MWh in 2030 (!!)
But the study says it could be cost-competitive by the 2040s…🤔
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698f167c7da91680ad7f43ad/SBSP-enabled-pathways-to-net-zero-final-report-raf036-2425.pdf
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 13, 2026
FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this")
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 12, 2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Donald Trump has overseen more coal closures than any other US president
That must be why he was just crowned "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” (10/10 no notes, I am not making this up)
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-has-overseen-more-coal-retirements-than-any-other-us-president/
That must be why he was just crowned "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” (10/10 no notes, I am not making this up)
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-has-overseen-more-coal-retirements-than-any-other-us-president/
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Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Feb 12, 2026
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months/
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months/
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