🧵A few recent slides comparing Democrats and Republicans on the economy. First, Biden has the lowest average unemployment rate of any president from LBJ to present. 1/

Electric school buses aren't just cleaner than diesel buses. They can also earn money as grid batteries to reduce reliance on dirty peaker power plants. Startup Zum's 74 EV bus fleet in Oakland, Calif. is testing that V2G proposition at a grand scale: canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

Delighted with the outcome of this #renewableenergy auction, which demonstrates a significant boost in investment confidence for UK projects. I very much look forward to see how #GreatBritishEnergy with our partner, the The Crown Estate can support the successful bidders in

Loved this piece from Maeve Allsup for Latitude Media on what's going on with Northvolt -- and what it means for the start-up it acquired. latitudemedia.com/news/how-north…

Gansu's spot power market is now officially operational (I was there!) Fun fact: Gansu Province currently exports power to 25 different provinces in China, via a network of over 20 high-voltage and ultra high-voltage transmission lines.

Momentous: The UK, home to the world’s first coal power station in 1882, will stop using coal to generate electricity this month, the 1st G7 country to do so Coal supplied 80% of UK electricity in 1990. Remember: they said it couldn't be done ft.com/content/516418… #climate

Spare a thought for Lubov Chernukhin, the wife of Russian's former deputy finance minister, who gave a whopping £70,000 to Priti Patel's leadership campaign... only to see her knocked out in the first round of voting...

It's almost like people recognise the consequences if she doesn't win. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They don’t want you to know about this

I'm afraid this week the standard (bifacial PERC) solar module price fell to $0.095/W. What a world we live in.

"US gasoline demand, the world’s single largest pool of oil consumption, has almost certainly peaked for good." Yup Liam Denning bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

This is a great read, and an important one, from Liam Denning

So, just to be clear. Playbook had room for 4 pars previewing [checks notes] Hunter Biden's court appearance but not [again] Judge Chutkan's hearing on US v Trump? politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Tim folded like a lawn chair

It’s better in a union…

please will someone commission me to review this, I beg you x.com/NadineDorries/…

GB Energy Bill passed by 348 to 95, govt majority 253