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Canon Alpha EREV Ute — Can It Be The #1 Big Shot?

Great Wall Motors has launched its answer to the BYD Shark in Australia — the Canon Alpha EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle). The ute (light truck) market in Australia is huge. In May 2025, one in eight vehicles sold in the country were utes (about 14,000). The top three best-selling … [continued] The post Canon […]

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Inside The Iberian Grid Collapse: What Really Went Wrong

On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a dramatic blackout. At exactly 12:33:30, a cascading failure disconnected the grids of Spain and Portugal from the wider European electricity system, plunging millions into darkness. We now have not the hot takes of the usual anti-renewables rabble, but the 192-page report … [continued] The post Inside […]

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Reclaiming Coal Country: 300 GW Solar Goldmine From Coal Mine Conversions

In a landmark report released this month, Global Energy Monitor reveals that converting recently closed and soon-to-be-retired coal mines into solar farms could boost global solar capacity by nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a 15% increase over today’s total installed solar base. The report, titled “Bright Side of … [continued] The post Reclaiming […]

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