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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · Sep 25

More and more international researchers I talk to are choosing not to visit the US in the current political climate. Over time, I think this will complicate information exchange between US and international researchers, slowing the process of scientific discovery.

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Sep 21

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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · Aug 27

Solar can deliver growth, competitiveness, and resilience all over the world #energysky -- via pv magazine global:

Solar can deliver growth, competitiveness, and resilience all over the world

Solar is so scalable, so versatile, that every single country in the world, every single human on the planet from the frozen North to the deepest rainforests, from the dry, arid plains of the Atacama to the buzzing metropolises of New York, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo.

www.pv-magazine.com

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Aug 13

Where fools dare to tread

RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Aug 13

The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen 11 advanced nuclear projects as the first tranche of its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program.
#energysky 🔌💡

See Full Story: ow.ly/NN8a50WEWM1
Writer: John Cropley

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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sunday reading: Sacramento's utility has remade the site of a shuttered nuclear reactor into a clean energy park. With power demand growing, the model could be replicated at retired or underutilized thermal power plants across the US www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/postcard-fro... via Quitting Carbon 🔌💡

Postcard from the future: Sacramento’s Rancho Seco clean energy park

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has remade the site of a shuttered nuclear reactor into a clean energy park. With power demand growing, the model could be replicated at retired or underutili...

www.quittingcarbonmedia.com

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Aug 9

Australians rushing to put batteries in their homes and businesses after their liberal government gave a 30% subsidy whereas when we had a liberal government in the USA that offered a 30% subsidy towards installing batteries Americans were ho-hum about it. 🔌💡
onestepoffthegrid.com.au/australia-ju...

Australia just installed 16,000 home batteries in 28 days. We need innovation to match - One Step Off The Grid

Cheaper Home Batteries is driving record uptake, but experts warn that without better deals for consumers, much of their grid-wide value could be lost.

onestepoffthegrid.com.au

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Aug 9

Regardless of the fact that Republicans are desperate to stop Americans from taking advantage of cheap energy from PV in order to help protect fossil fuel industry profits, when Trump first took office in January 2016, we got less than 1% from solar yet this January we got over 5% from PV. 🔌💡

Share of electricity generation from solar in United States
Percentage share

Data: Ember Electricity Data Explorer, ember-energy.org EMBER

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Aug 9

The Administration is stopping clean energy projects at a time of rising electricity demand because of AI. The result? Your electricity bills will be higher and there will be more pollution.

Suburban Dad @suburbandadstuff.bsky.social · Aug 9

WHY ARE THEY MAKING ELECTRICITY MORE EXPENSIVE

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Aug 9

In Texas, just an hour ago, the grid hit a 2025 peak demand record at 82,566 megawatts. Solar was providing 30% of the power, and wind was about 16%. The cost of wholesale power in Texas was $22 a MWh. No conservation alert, no shedding or shutdown – just abundant affordable power. Shine on.

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Jul 31

Eesh. That's not making me happy like your Cali posts

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · Jul 27

New graphs showing fossil gas use down 42.5% since 2023 and 24.3% since 2024 on CAISO grid

WWS up 16%, solar up 47.4%, batteries up 213% since 2023

162nd of 207 days in 2025 with >100%, for an avg of 4.7 h/day (v 1 h/d in 2023)

WWS has met 57.5% of demand in '25 v 48.7% in '23

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Jul 25

34GW!

Enerdata @enerdata.bsky.social · Jul 25

RVUNL aims to develop 34 GW solar capacity in Rajasthan (India) #EnergySky

RVUNL aims to develop 34 GW solar capacity in Rajasthan (India)

Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RVUNL), the state-owned power utility of the Indian State of Rajasthan, has invited bids from consultants to design land banks on government land, where…

www.enerdata.net

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · Jul 20

21% less fossil gas used in CA so far in 2025 than in 2024 & 40% less than in 2023

Demand also down 0.6% v 2024 & 0.8% v 2023

So much for claims that
1) We need more fossils to meet increase in demand due to AI
2) Grid can't stay stable unless we use unleash more fossils

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Jul 16

Awesome article @danjcass.bsky.social

theenergy.co/article/aust...

Australia needs a smart COP playbook and it’s staring us right in the face

What if COP shifted the climate battle from global targets to consumer benefits?

theenergy.co

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jul 14

genuinely surprised this story hasn’t taken off on bluesky yet

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jul 14

over the weekend, france 🇫🇷 opened a criminal probe of x dot com over allegations of foreign interference and intentionally manipulating its algorithms to skew that nation’s democracy

France launches criminal investigation into Musk’s X over algorithm manipulation

The probe is based on complaints from a lawmaker and an unnamed senior civil servant.

www.politico.eu

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Jul 13

Srsly.

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Jul 13

i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · Jul 13

Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦‍♂️

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?

Cartoon of road jammed with cars between single detached homes in suburban, car-dependent sprawl.

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Dannyksfun @dannyksfun.bsky.social · Jul 12

The US has had an intent, which was strategically pursued by both parties for all of the century so far with subsidies, R&D support and so on. All the things you are pointing out China did for RE, US did for fracking. Of course we can do long term sustained central planning. We did. Still do.

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Ashanti Washington⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · Jul 11

The U.S. just had four 1-in-1,000 year storms…in one week.

This is the climate crisis, not coincidence. nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/flood-storms-climate-change-1-in-1000-year-rainfall-rcna217863

U.S. rocked by four 1-in-1,000-year storms in less than a week

Climate change is making severe storms both more common and more intense.

nbcnews.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Jul 11

IRENA: Global renewable power capacity surged by 15% 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4516191...

IRENA: Global renewable power capacity surged by 15 per cent in 2024

The global renewables boom is transforming energy markets, driving economies, and creating investment opportunities - but many regions are at risk of being left behind

www.businessgreen.com

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Gregor Macdonald @gregor.us · Jul 11

The trend towards lower oil demand growth, in place for some years now, looks very encouraging.

IEA in today's OMR:

"World oil demand growth is forecast to increase by 700 kb/d in 2025, its lowest rate since 2009, with the exception of the 2020 Covid year."

www.iea.org/reports/oil-...

Oil Market Report - July 2025 – Analysis - IEA

Oil Market Report - July 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

www.iea.org

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Yo DG @dgdela.bsky.social · Jul 10

Electric school bus summer continues for The Mobility House, as we celebrate 4 ribbon cuttings in just 3 months.

The Mobility House @mobilityhouse.com · Jul 10

A big thanks to our partners at Cummins for the call to deploy ChargePilot® to manage the EV charging at this site. Together, we are helping the district achieve significant savings through optimized charging using TOU rates.

Go Lake Shore Eagles! 🦅 🚍 ⚡
www.post-journal.com/news/local-n...

Leading The Charge: Lake Shore Unveils 20 New Electric Buses with $7.9M EPA Grant

ANGOLA — Lake Shore Central School District officially cut the ribbon Monday on 20 brand-new electric school buses, a milestone made possible through a $7.9 million grant from the U.S. Environmental P...

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · Jul 10

NEW: Clever tech that predicts when people need hot water could help water tanks balance the grid when renewables surge.

This idea has been around for a while - but making it work for everyone is tricky. Here could be a solution!

www.thereengineer.pro/p/want-a-bat...

Want a battery for your home? Your hot water tank is a great start

Save money and help balance the grid – with the thermal storage solution you might already own

www.thereengineer.pro

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Despite EV skepticism, EV models have proliferated. There are 75 models on sale in the U.S. this year, up from fewer than 20 on offer in 2020. There are twice as many incentives offered to buy EVs as exist for gas-powered cars…"

🔌💡🔌🚗

www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Has There Ever Been a Better Time to Buy an EV?

With federal tax credits for electric vehicles about to end, carmakers try rock-bottom pricing to spur sales.

www.wsj.com

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Jul 6

In 2024 EVs were displacing two million barrels of road fuel per day. That’s almost equal to how much the whole of South Korea uses in a single day.

The fossil fuel industry is in an existential battle to maintain their gravy train. That's why our fight is so hard. 🔌💡
insideevs.com/news/764730/...

EVs Will Decimate Big Oil. Even Without U.S. Tax Credits.

Electric vehicles are already displacing millions of barrels of oil per day globally. Oil demand is expected to fall spectacularly over the next decade.

insideevs.com

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