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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 2h

Big manly tech bros seem to have some fragile egos.

ZhaoXin1975 @zhaoxin1975.bsky.social · 3h

Kamala Harris says Biden made 'big mistake' by not inviting Musk to EV event in 2021

www.foxnews.com/politics/kam...

Well… why not invite Justin Sun and other crypto innovators to White House? Why not hydrogen fuel cells industrialists? Why only lithium based EV industry should be on spotlight?

Kamala Harris says Biden made 'big mistake' by not inviting Musk to EV event in 2021

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Joe Biden made a "big mistake" when he did not invite Tesla CEO Elon Musk to an electric vehicle event in 2021.

www.foxnews.com

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 2h

That’s not a picture of Sardinia.

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 3h

🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~16% of New Zealand electrical power generation (17GWh). Solar power was ~1% (1.3GWh). Hydro power was ~56% (57.3GWh). Geothermal power was ~24% (25.1GWh).

Source: EM6

#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing New Zealand power generation for 2025-10-18: Battery 0%, Cogeneration 2%, Gas 1%, Geothermal 24%, Hydro 56%, Solar 1%, Wind 16%

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 3h

🇫🇷 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~8% of France electrical power generation (113GWh). Solar power was ~7% (93.4GWh). Hydro net of pumping was ~8% (104GWh).

Source: RTE

#France #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing France power generation for 2025-10-18: Biomass 0%, Gas 3%, Oil 0%, Hydro run 5%, Hydro storage 3%, Nuclear 73%, Solar 7%, Waste 1%, Wind offshore 1%, Wind onshore 7%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 3h

🇺🇸 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~5% of California electrical power generation in CAISO's territory (28GWh). Solar power was ~29% (152GWh). All hydro power was ~5% (27GWh). Geothermal power was ~3% (18GWh).

Source: CAISO

#California #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy #geothermalenergy

Pie chart showing California power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-18: Solar 29%, Wind 5%, Geothermal 3%, Biomass 1%, Biogas 1%, Nuclear 5%, Gas 28%, Hydro 5%, Net Imports 22%

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🇫🇮 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~28% of Finland electrical power generation (69GWh). Hydro power was ~13% (32GWh). Solar power was ~1% (2GWh).

Source: ENTSO-E

#Finland #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing Finland power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-18: Biomass 8%, Gas 1%, Hard coal 0%, Oil 0%, Peat 2%, Hydro 13%, Nuclear 40%, Other 2%, Other renewable 0%, Solar 1%, Waste 0%, Wind 28%, Net imports 5%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🗽 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~5% of New York electrical power generation (15GWh). Hydro power was ~17% (54GWh). Other renewable power was ~3% (8GWh).

Source: GridStatus

#NY #windenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing New York power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-18: Dual fuel 20%, Hydro 17%, Gas 30%, Nuclear 26%, Other renewables 3%, Wind 5%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🇮🇪 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~71% of Ireland electrical power generation (64GWh). Solar power was ~1% (0.6GWh).

Source: EirGrid

#Ireland #windenergy #solarenergy

Pie chart showing Ireland power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-18: Other 26%, Wind 71%, Solar 1%, Net imports 2%

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~28% of Great Britain electrical power generation (199GWh). Solar power was ~2% (14GWh). Hydro power was ~1% (8GWh).

Source: NESO

#GB #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing GB power generation for 2025-10-18: Nuclear 13%, Storage 0%, Hydro 1%, Imports 18%, Gas 29%, Other 2%, Biomass 7%, Wind 28%, Solar 2%

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🇿🇦 Two days ago wind power accounted for ~7% of South Africa electrical power generation (42GWh). All solar power was ~4% (21GWh). All hydro power was ~0% (2GWh).

Source: Eskom

#SouthAfrica #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing South Africa power generation for 2025-10-17: Coal 82%, Nuclear 4%, Hydro 0%, Wind 7%, Solar 3%, Solar thermal 1%, Other renewables 0%, Diesel 0%, Net imports 2%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 5h

🇵🇹 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~14% of Portugal electrical power generation (17GWh). Solar was ~15% (19GWh). Net hydro was ~2% (2GWh).

Source: REN

#Portugal #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing Portugal power generation for 2025-10-18: Solar 15%, Wind 14%, Gas 18%, Other Thermal 0%, Biomass 6%, Net imports 46%, Net battery 0%, Net hydro 2%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 19h

Who is it that you think is making this argument?

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 19h

4.4MW installation in #NewJersey

The country’s largest floating solar system keeps water clean

Installing a floating solar system in the United States is still a novel effort. The first “floatovoltaic” array in the world was installed a decade ago

www.solarpowerworldonline.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RESEARCH: Yet another independent study (now approaching 65) finds that hydrogen for heating is not a viable pathway. This time from @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social.

My meta-review of 54 studies now out of date but findings of new studies corroborate mine: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 23h

🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~16% of New Zealand electrical power generation (17.3GWh). Solar power was ~1% (1.1GWh). Hydro power was ~57% (61.3GWh). Geothermal power was ~24% (25.5GWh).

Source: EM6

#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing New Zealand power generation for 2025-10-17: Battery 0%, Coal 0%, Cogeneration 1%, Gas 0%, Geothermal 24%, Hydro 57%, Solar 1%, Wind 16%

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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 23h

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~5% of Great Britain electrical power generation (41GWh). Solar power was ~2% (17GWh). Hydro power was ~1% (11GWh).

Source: NESO

#GB #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing GB power generation for 2025-10-17: Nuclear 12%, Storage 1%, Hydro 1%, Imports 15%, Gas 55%, Other 1%, Biomass 7%, Wind 5%, Solar 2%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~4% of California electrical power generation in CAISO's territory (21GWh). Solar power was ~29% (157GWh). All hydro power was ~7% (35GWh). Geothermal power was ~3% (18GWh).

Source: CAISO

#California #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy #geothermalenergy

Pie chart showing California power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-17: Solar 29%, Wind 4%, Geothermal 3%, Biomass 1%, Biogas 1%, Nuclear 5%, Gas 26%, Hydro 7%, Batteries 0%, Net Imports 24%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🗽 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~2% of New York electrical power generation (6GWh). Hydro power was ~18% (58GWh). Other renewable power was ~3% (8GWh).

Source: GridStatus

#NY #windenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing New York power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-17: Dual fuel 25%, Hydro 18%, Gas 27%, Nuclear 25%, Other fossil 0%, Other renewables 3%, Wind 2%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇵🇹 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~4% of Portugal electrical power generation (5GWh). Solar was ~14% (20GWh). Net hydro was ~18% (26GWh).

Source: REN

#Portugal #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing Portugal power generation for 2025-10-17: Solar 14%, Wind 4%, Gas 19%, Other Thermal 0%, Biomass 5%, Net imports 41%, Net battery 0%, Net hydro 18%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇮🇪 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~28% of Ireland electrical power generation (28GWh). Solar power was ~2% (1.9GWh).

Source: EirGrid

#Ireland #windenergy #solarenergy

Pie chart showing Ireland power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-17: Other 54%, Wind 28%, Solar 2%, Net imports 16%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇫🇷 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~8% of France electrical power generation (106GWh). Solar power was ~7% (94.2GWh). Hydro net of pumping was ~8% (111GWh).

Source: RTE

#France #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing France power generation for 2025-10-17: Biomass 0%, Gas 5%, Oil 0%, Hydro pumped 0%, Hydro run 5%, Hydro storage 3%, Nuclear 72%, Solar 7%, Waste 1%, Wind offshore 1%, Wind onshore 6%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇫🇮 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~14% of Finland electrical power generation (33GWh). Hydro power was ~18% (43GWh). Solar power was ~1% (2GWh).

Source: ENTSO-E

#Finland #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing Finland power generation for yesterday, 2025-10-17: Biomass 10%, Gas 4%, Hard coal 0%, Oil 0%, Peat 3%, Hydro 18%, Nuclear 42%, Other 2%, Other renewable 0%, Solar 1%, Waste 1%, Wind 14%, Net imports 5%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇩🇪 Yesterday all wind power accounted for ~25% of Germany electrical power generation (316GWh). Solar power was ~8% (100GWh). Hydro power net of pumped was ~3% (31GWh).

Source: SMARD

#Germany #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing Germany power generation for 2025-10-17: Biomass 8%, Hydro 3%, Wind offshore 7%, Wind onshore 18%, Solar 8%, Other renewable 0%, Lignite 22%, Hard coal 11%, Gas 16%, Other conventional 3%, Net imports 4%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇳🇱 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~8% of Netherlands electrical power generation (32GWh). Solar power was ~11% (40.6GWh).

Source: NED

#Netherlands #windenergy #solarenergy

Pie chart showing Netherlands power generation for 2025-10-17: Wind onshore 4%, Gas 47%, Coal 12%, Solar 11%, Nuclear 3%, Waste 2%, Biomass 4%, Other 1%, Combo H&P 11%, Wind offshore 4%

altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 1d

🇿🇦 Two days ago wind power accounted for ~6% of South Africa electrical power generation (34GWh). All solar power was ~5% (25GWh). All hydro power was ~1% (7GWh).

Source: Eskom

#SouthAfrica #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy

Pie chart showing South Africa power generation for 2025-10-16: Coal 81%, Nuclear 4%, Hydro 0%, Wind 6%, Solar 3%, Solar thermal 1%, Other renewables 0%, Net pumped hydro 1%, Diesel 1%, Net imports 2%