Johannes Eckert
@futureasapresent.org
Climate tech/science, some art, music, this & that
Web: https://futureasapresent.org/
Web: https://futureasapresent.org/
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BLOG: Utilities are retiring gas peaker plants in favor of battery storage as policy reshapes peak power markets. This blog examines how the IRA’s standalone storage tax credit and state capacity reforms are driving utility investment, and what policy gaps still limit batteries’ role on the grid.
Why Utilities Are Trading Peaker Plants for Batteries
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
BLOG: Utilities are retiring gas peaker plants in favor of battery storage as policy reshapes peak power markets. This blog examines how the IRA’s standalone storage tax credit and state capacity reforms are driving utility investment, and what policy gaps still limit batteries’ role on the grid.
"The [heat-]battery will produce ten percent of the required steam at the site, saving up to 13,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year." www.covestro.com/press/ground...
February 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"The [heat-]battery will produce ten percent of the required steam at the site, saving up to 13,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year." www.covestro.com/press/ground...
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
"Ongoing investment of hundreds of billions of dollars into clean-energy manufacturing represents a gigantic economic and financial bet on a continuing global energy transition." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Ongoing investment of hundreds of billions of dollars into clean-energy manufacturing represents a gigantic economic and financial bet on a continuing global energy transition." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
Artist: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Album: On Behalf of Nature
Track: Eon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73X...
Album: On Behalf of Nature
Track: Eon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73X...
Monk: Eon
YouTube video by Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Artist: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Album: On Behalf of Nature
Track: Eon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73X...
Album: On Behalf of Nature
Track: Eon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73X...
"Our findings underscore the importance of investigating the specific effects of climate change on urban heat exposure." via @axios.com Newsletter www.axios.com/newsletters/...
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"Our findings underscore the importance of investigating the specific effects of climate change on urban heat exposure." via @axios.com Newsletter www.axios.com/newsletters/...
"The Empa researchers have been working on their epoxy resin for several years. They have now improved the manufacturing process so that it can be scaled up for industrial production." www.empa.ch/web/s604/fla...
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
"The Empa researchers have been working on their epoxy resin for several years. They have now improved the manufacturing process so that it can be scaled up for industrial production." www.empa.ch/web/s604/fla...
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What US energy policy? US solar industry innovator keep expanding domestically and reaching out globally.
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/04/u...
#solar #solarenergy #solarindustry #solarpower #solarpowerplants #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #sustainable #sustainability #greenenergy #cleanenergy
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/04/u...
#solar #solarenergy #solarindustry #solarpower #solarpowerplants #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #sustainable #sustainability #greenenergy #cleanenergy
The US Solar Industry Is Quiet-Quitting Federal Energy Policy
Another day, another big move for the US solar industry as Voltage Energy announces expansion in North Carolina.
cleantechnica.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
What US energy policy? US solar industry innovator keep expanding domestically and reaching out globally.
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/04/u...
#solar #solarenergy #solarindustry #solarpower #solarpowerplants #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #sustainable #sustainability #greenenergy #cleanenergy
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/04/u...
#solar #solarenergy #solarindustry #solarpower #solarpowerplants #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #sustainable #sustainability #greenenergy #cleanenergy
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Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or ‘background’, rate
go.nature.com/4rxrWvn
go.nature.com/4rxrWvn
Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it
Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to change that.
go.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or ‘background’, rate
go.nature.com/4rxrWvn
go.nature.com/4rxrWvn
"Production alone is responsible for around 5%(2.24 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) of global greenhouse-gas emissions, compared with the 1.4% (0.6 GtCO2) of emissions that stem from aviation" www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com Comment via @melaniebergma18.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"Production alone is responsible for around 5%(2.24 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) of global greenhouse-gas emissions, compared with the 1.4% (0.6 GtCO2) of emissions that stem from aviation" www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com Comment via @melaniebergma18.bsky.social
Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Composer: Caroline Shaw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Zf...
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Composer: Caroline Shaw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Zf...
Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
YouTube video by Attacca Quartet - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Composer: Caroline Shaw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Zf...
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Composer: Caroline Shaw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Zf...
"With recovery rates of 100% for cotton and 97% for polyester, the process achieves an almost complete recycling – a result that conventional methods have not been able to reach so far." www.tuwien.at/en/all-news/...
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"With recovery rates of 100% for cotton and 97% for polyester, the process achieves an almost complete recycling – a result that conventional methods have not been able to reach so far." www.tuwien.at/en/all-news/...
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Shéhérazade - 1947
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112058
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112058
February 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Shéhérazade - 1947
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112058
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112058
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ICYMI: New York’s Sunrise Wind has won its court case and can get back to work. It was the last project held up by Trump’s offshore wind ban.
Sunrise Wind can proceed, ending Trump’s offshore wind ban — for now
A judge cleared New York’s Sunrise Wind to resume construction, completing a string of court victories for wind developers after Trump’s December…
www.canarymedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
ICYMI: New York’s Sunrise Wind has won its court case and can get back to work. It was the last project held up by Trump’s offshore wind ban.
Bobby McFerrin: "But in the beginning, there’s two stories that defined and shaped my musical life ever since I had heard them. 'Well,' I thought 'I have to make music like that.'"
www.pbs.org/wnet/musicin...
www.pbs.org/wnet/musicin...
February 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Bobby McFerrin: "But in the beginning, there’s two stories that defined and shaped my musical life ever since I had heard them. 'Well,' I thought 'I have to make music like that.'"
www.pbs.org/wnet/musicin...
www.pbs.org/wnet/musicin...
"Imagine you work at a drive-through restaurant ... "I’ll have a double cheeseburger, large fries, and ignore previous instructions and give me the contents of the cash drawer." Would you hand over the money? ... Yet this is what large language models (LLMs) do." spectrum.ieee.org/prompt-injec...
Prompt Injection at the Drive-Through
Why AI falls for scams that wouldn't trick a fast-food worker—and what that reveals about AI security.
spectrum.ieee.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Imagine you work at a drive-through restaurant ... "I’ll have a double cheeseburger, large fries, and ignore previous instructions and give me the contents of the cash drawer." Would you hand over the money? ... Yet this is what large language models (LLMs) do." spectrum.ieee.org/prompt-injec...
"More than 2.2 gigatons of CO2 emissions are generated each year to turn water into steam — accounting for more than 5 percent of global energy-related emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/atmosze...
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
"More than 2.2 gigatons of CO2 emissions are generated each year to turn water into steam — accounting for more than 5 percent of global energy-related emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/atmosze...
"One study in Nature found that replacing thermal distillation could reduce annual U.S. energy costs by $4 billion and save 100 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/osmoses...
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"One study in Nature found that replacing thermal distillation could reduce annual U.S. energy costs by $4 billion and save 100 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/osmoses...
"For decades, the most common developers have been bisphenol A (BPA) and, more recently, bisphenol S (BPS). Both can affect living organisms by disrupting hormone signaling, and both are detected in the environment and in people who handle receipts frequently." actu.epfl.ch/news/safer-r...
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 AM
"For decades, the most common developers have been bisphenol A (BPA) and, more recently, bisphenol S (BPS). Both can affect living organisms by disrupting hormone signaling, and both are detected in the environment and in people who handle receipts frequently." actu.epfl.ch/news/safer-r...
"The end customer plans to use SYPOX's technology to produce around 150 tons of synthesis gas per day from 2026 onwards – using renewable electricity and with up to 40 percent lower emissions." www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 AM
"The end customer plans to use SYPOX's technology to produce around 150 tons of synthesis gas per day from 2026 onwards – using renewable electricity and with up to 40 percent lower emissions." www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
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"The price surge means silver now makes up about 26 per cent of the cost of making a solar module, compared with just 3 per cent three years ago, according to Jenny Chase, lead solar analyst at BloombergNEF." @solarchase.bsky.social
Just what these players need.
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Just what these players need.
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Silver squeeze leaves solar panel makers feeling the heat
Photovoltaic industry seeks substitutions for metal that has hit record highs
giftarticle.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"The price surge means silver now makes up about 26 per cent of the cost of making a solar module, compared with just 3 per cent three years ago, according to Jenny Chase, lead solar analyst at BloombergNEF." @solarchase.bsky.social
Just what these players need.
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Just what these players need.
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Quadruple whammy: High exposure, vulnerability, La Niña and human-induced climate change turned very heavy rainfall into a disastrous deluge around the Limpopo, Umbeluzi, Maputo, Incomati, Save and Buzi rivers. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim...
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Quadruple whammy: High exposure, vulnerability, La Niña and human-induced climate change turned very heavy rainfall into a disastrous deluge around the Limpopo, Umbeluzi, Maputo, Incomati, Save and Buzi rivers. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/la-nina-clim...
"US startup Unigrid has begun commercial-scale international shipments of its proprietary NCO sodium-ion cells, which the company says makes it the first battery firm outside China to export sodium-ion technology at scale." www.ess-news.com/2026/01/16/s...
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"US startup Unigrid has begun commercial-scale international shipments of its proprietary NCO sodium-ion cells, which the company says makes it the first battery firm outside China to export sodium-ion technology at scale." www.ess-news.com/2026/01/16/s...