Delwyn Dickey
@delwynd.bsky.social
Freelance writer & ag/hort journalist: Climate change, farming, space, science and environment. Closet apanthropist. Auckland, New Zealand.
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
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LA Times article already dated - numbers from CAISO
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
California Energy Storage System Survey
www.energy.ca.gov
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
LA Times article already dated - numbers from CAISO
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Solar panels and batteries.
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Batteries are going to get a lot cheaper
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Solar panels and batteries.
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
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Going electric absolutely works for us. Here’s our grid today.
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Going electric absolutely works for us. Here’s our grid today.
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
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More large scale solar are coming on line.
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
More large scale solar are coming on line.
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
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This isn’t going to change things over night esp as heavy farm equipment has a long life - several decades.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This isn’t going to change things over night esp as heavy farm equipment has a long life - several decades.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
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There are other brand elec tractors available now.
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There are other brand elec tractors available now.
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
John Deere releasing its mid size elec tractors 2026!🎉 >130HP, 8hr run time & 1/2hr for 80% recharge.
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
The future of electric farming is taking shape at John Deere [video]
Energy independence and cost control are top of mind for farmers, and John Deere is signaling that it intends to lead that revolution.
electrek.co
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
John Deere releasing its mid size elec tractors 2026!🎉 >130HP, 8hr run time & 1/2hr for 80% recharge.
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
#Iran arrests #marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab - "violation of public decency".
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran arrests marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab
Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#Iran arrests #marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab - "violation of public decency".
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kinda weird what gets people going. The reaction to this post is a little … unexpected.
#EV #batteries #energysky
#EV #batteries #energysky
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Kinda weird what gets people going. The reaction to this post is a little … unexpected.
#EV #batteries #energysky
#EV #batteries #energysky
This #EV database is really interesting. So much information about each car. I was interested in the towing ability as well as the range.
#agsky #energysky
#agsky #energysky
thanks for ping
my reply:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#ICE #PHEV #EVs #BEV
WLTP vs real world data
Great resource for EVs owners and wannabe EV owners doing their research available here:
ev-database.org/cheatsheet/r...
my reply:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#ICE #PHEV #EVs #BEV
WLTP vs real world data
Great resource for EVs owners and wannabe EV owners doing their research available here:
ev-database.org/cheatsheet/r...
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This #EV database is really interesting. So much information about each car. I was interested in the towing ability as well as the range.
#agsky #energysky
#agsky #energysky
#SpaceDebris strike sees a cracked window on the crew capsule docked to the #ChineseSpaceStation: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
A crack in the window of a Chinese space capsule is the latest incident involving debris.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#SpaceDebris strike sees a cracked window on the crew capsule docked to the #ChineseSpaceStation: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
FYI: #FreeFarmed is not the same as #FreeRange.
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Do you want 100,000 pigs? New Zealand's largest pig farm for sale
The North Canterbury farm produces roughly 100,000 finished pigs each year.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
FYI: #FreeFarmed is not the same as #FreeRange.
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Do you want 100,000 pigs? New Zealand's largest pig farm for sale
The North Canterbury farm produces roughly 100,000 finished pigs each year.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Good read.
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels - Offrange
In a farming community that has accepted residential solar but isn’t sure about large commercial facilities, the Thanksgiving meal is coming directly from the solar industry.
ambrook.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Good read.
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
Critics say the government has placed short-term economic growth ahead of the long-term consequences.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Marketing BS.😠
Road tests find no EV in Australia that lives up to its claimed range on a single charge – but one brand came close
#EV #renewables #energysky #greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Road tests find no EV in Australia that lives up to its claimed range on a single charge – but one brand came close
#EV #renewables #energysky #greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Road tests find no EV in Australia that lives up to its claimed range on a single charge – but one brand came close
MG4 only managed 281km of its claimed 405km range, while Tesla Model Y came closest to matching expectations
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Marketing BS.😠
Road tests find no EV in Australia that lives up to its claimed range on a single charge – but one brand came close
#EV #renewables #energysky #greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Road tests find no EV in Australia that lives up to its claimed range on a single charge – but one brand came close
#EV #renewables #energysky #greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NZ Govt accused of breaching Paris climate deal after Willis rules out buying credits
#energysky #renewables #ParisAgreement
newsroom.co.nz
#energysky #renewables #ParisAgreement
newsroom.co.nz
Homepage
Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site covering politics, business, climate change and more.
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NZ Govt accused of breaching Paris climate deal after Willis rules out buying credits
#energysky #renewables #ParisAgreement
newsroom.co.nz
#energysky #renewables #ParisAgreement
newsroom.co.nz
The mysterious black fungus from #Chernobyl that may eat #radiation.
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation
Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The mysterious black fungus from #Chernobyl that may eat #radiation.
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Aussie smashing it out of the park!
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Aussie smashing it out of the park!
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
Good grief.
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
The mechanic claimed nothing was wrong with Sarah’s stalling car. He was in on a sinister tactic
Abusers are remotely accessing cars to track their partners’ movements, lock them out of a vehicle, and stop the cars from travelling outside a perimeter.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Good grief.
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
Good read.
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Frozen rewrote the Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
It wasn't just a box office success - Frozen introduced a new type of Disney princess: one who was strong, flawed and uninterested in romance.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Good read.
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
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DON’T EAT THE POTATOES
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
DON’T EAT THE POTATOES