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Highlights Federal election has been called this morning – for 3rd May 2025 Budget – not much climate or energy information in the budget, perhaps there’s more to be announced during the election. BYD’s amazing stats. Matt Pollard’s oped in RenewEconomy. 120,000 R&D staff!!! EV momentum Tim shares overall EV market stats, perhaps a lowlight for Tesla. Caroline’s Wang work on electricity generation stats. Highlighting the first two months of 2025 performance. Harry Martin’s International Solar PV and Bess Manufacturing Trends. See Climate Energy Finance report. Read more

Tim shared some good news from Canberra with the Climate Capital Forum, joining a delegation to meet with upper and lower house politicians across the spectrum and spread a positive message on the need for the energy transition and reindustrialisation. Read more

Tim Buckley returns with Grant McDowell to guide us through Spark Club Podcast’s usual segments: Highlights, Lowlights, The Main Story, and What’s Coming Up. This episode kicks off with some positive news from the Middle East, where large-scale solar and battery storage deployments are setting new records. Tim also covers the $2bn Green Aluminium production tax credits, Labor’s 2025 ‘Build Australia’s Future’ plan, and impressive global numbers for large-scale BESS installations. Also discussed was China’s headline energy and economic growth numbers for 2024 Read more

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Tim Buckley on the Energy Transition Show podcast on China’s stunning transition and decarbonisation progress in Australia and India: Read more

Tim’s recent report The Green Capital Tsunami. You’ll hear the genesis for the idea and how a new theme is emerging in China’s approach to the global energy transition. The report is available for free at Climate Energy Finance. Read more

The global dynamic in the energy transition focuses on Australia, Europe or the US, with occasional reference to China. The capacity and deployment stats coming out of China are staggering, and not well reported. The good news is there is indeed a clear and consistent voice on China, based here in Australia. Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance is a banking analyst with deep experience on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs. Tim follows the data points closely and observes trends not cutting through elsewhere. Read more

Tim Buckley speaks to the Spark Club podcast on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs. Tim follows China closely and observes trends we’re not seeing published in the broader media outlets or our podcast feeds. Part of a fortnightly conversation, sharing some of the staggering stories and stats coming out of China, starting with recent highlights, then digging into a big story and ending with a prediction or two. Read more