Simon Evans

Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022

Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor
@CarbonBrief

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Website: www.carbonbrief.org
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Last Notes

2026-07-28 16:29:52 CEST

Wind and solar have just overtaken fossil-fuel power in Germany
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wind-and-solar-power-overtake-fossil-fuels-in-germany-for-first-time-ever
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2026-07-06 15:37:54 CEST

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A more accurate accounting for the “eco” upgrade is the net upfront cost
(fossil-fueled minus low-carbon)
But this is only £15,000, BORING!
Next, we would look at the running cost savings, which are in fact £1,800, not £1,200
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2026-05-01 12:54:50 CEST

THREAD: A heat-pump tumble dryer could save households more than £700
Lots of overblown reaction to govt phasing out standard dryers – reminds me of when 2009 Mail frontpage wailed about "beloved" incandescent bulbs
But heat pump dryers are just a much better technology
1/5
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2026-04-20 07:00:05 CEST

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%
1/10
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2025-03-18 18:41:20 CET

FACTCHECK: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK's net-zero goal
In which I take a look at the evidence contradicting Badenoch's speech, from the science on the 2050 target to fact gas is causing high electricity prices + much much more
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-conservative-leader-kemi-badenoch-is-wrong-about-uks-net-zero-goal/
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2025-03-12 13:26:45 CET

📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-6-in-2024-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-since-1666/
1/9
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2024-11-24 20:26:57 CET

I'm so proud of the Carbon Brief #COP29 team for finishing our big summary of the talks
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–NCQG
–Stocktake
–Article6
–China
+Much more
…delivered in record time after a brutal fortnight of sleep deprivation!
https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku
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