Irina Slav on energy
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Energy Realities
Short sharp news
Random rants
Sit-down comedy
According to Fros
Archive
Leaderboard
About
Headlines: January 2026
We’re just two weeks into 2026 and we can already call it the Year of the Unravelling with a solid dose of confidence.
21 hrs ago
•
Irina Slav
61
26
4
Portugal slows solar and wind post blackout
Portugal has slowed the addition of new wind and solar capacity considerably following last April’s blackout, while boosting gas generation.
Jan 15
•
Irina Slav
6
2
How to spend other people's money
In the week when a fictional TV character shattered the pronoun nonsense in under five minutes, a group of non-fictional people won the Transition…
Jan 14
•
Irina Slav
54
19
4
BP to lose $4-5 billion from green business
BP says it will book impairment charges of between $4 and $5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2025, “mainly related to its energy transition…
Jan 14
•
Irina Slav
4
1
American emissions on the rise!
“U.S.
Jan 13
•
Irina Slav
7
1
Most Popular
View all
We told you so
Jul 29, 2024
•
Irina Slav
95
35
6
Chris's little bitch
Nov 12, 2025
•
Irina Slav
80
28
2
The end of the line
Dec 18, 2024
•
Irina Slav
71
43
2
Green rot
Oct 28, 2024
•
Irina Slav
68
26
5
Better dead than proven wrong
Oct 29, 2025
•
Irina Slav
71
35
6
Smelters versus data centers
Jul 1, 2025
•
Irina Slav
68
13
5
Latest
Top
Discussions
Red metal blues
Silver’s through the roof, gold’s through the roof, and now, copper’s through the roof as well in what is shaping up to be a Metal Year.
Jan 12
•
Irina Slav
37
20
2
Yours are terrorists, ours are freedom fighters
“Sorry. Couldn’t resist it.” They stared at the road. “Maybe some terrorist—?” Aziraphale began.
Jan 9
•
Irina Slav
84
37
7
Germany in critical condition
Certain industries in Germany are in “very critical condition”, according to the country’s chancellor.
Jan 8
•
Irina Slav
7
3
1
Unplug those data centres
Data centres in the United States are turning into such a drain on the grid that there is an idea to — are you sitting down?
Jan 8
•
Irina Slav
6
1
2
The name's Crisis. Al Crisis.
The most recyclable metal in the world is in such short supply it can kill yet another industry in Europe.
Jan 7
•
Irina Slav
56
36
2
Epic fail: German emissions only fall modestly in 2025
CO2 emissions in Germany fell only marginally last year, by 1.5%, which is setting the country for failure to hit its 2030 reduction targets.
Jan 7
•
Irina Slav
6
1
1
Speed and cost beat emissions
“The energy sector in 2026 will be shaped by the massive, unprecedented explosion in energy demand in advanced economies as a result of the AI race…
Jan 6
•
Irina Slav
5
3
See all
Irina Slav on energy
All things energy. Challenging the dominant narrative because facts matter.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 30
Energy News Beat
Stu Turley
Pitchfork Papers
Pitchfork Papers
eugyppius: a plague chronicle
eugyppius
environMENTAL
environMENTAL
Nuclear Barbarians
Emmet Penney
Irina Slav on energy
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
