Solar is the Newly-Affordable 24/7 Baseload

New groundbreaking new data on solar-plus-battery affordability, community-driven efforts to fight wildfire smoke, and the global decline of coal power. Brian prepares for a trip to London, and James shares his latest air quality observations from the smoky Canadian prairies. They also touch on some big global issues: India's indoor air pollution crisis, New York's unexpected plans for new nuclear power, and China's rapid solar and blimp tech progress. Plus, an update on fusion energy from a listener email and the usual dose of humour, clean tech insight, and righteous frustration. Support The Clean Energy Show on Patreon!  Episode Highlights: A Saskatchewan First Nation installs air scrubbers in homes to combat wildfire smoke Grid-scale batteries have become cheap enough to enable true 24/7 solar in sunny cities Ireland shuts down its last coal plant—only to convert it to oil New York State proposes a new nuclear plant amid rising demand from data centers Lightning Round Links: 🔋 Solar + battery now 24/7 cheap (Electrek) ⚛️ Fusion tech breakthrough (Latitude Media) 🏭 Ireland ends coal (Power Magazine) ⚡ Arctic lightning rising (Yale e360) 🍃 Electric lawn tools catch on (Canary Media) 🛩️ China's electric blimp (iThome) 🚗 Car ownership hits $12.3k/year (Bilello Blog) Contact Us [email protected] or leave us an online voicemail: http://speakpipe.com/clean Support The Clean Energy Show e-transfer [email protected] PayPal Donate offers one-time or regular donations. Store Visit The Clean Energy Show Store.