Clayton Warren
@claytonwarren.bsky.social
Renewable energy, EVs, weather, Dallas Mavericks, Arsenal FC, Ukraine. Urban gardener. Dog guy.
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thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
It’s the weekend everyone, so you know what that means. Time to drink two polar seltzers and do a thread on the power transformer shortage. Without transformers, we don’t get a clean energy transition. And as energysky knows, there’s been a shortage due to covid, supply chain, & labor constraints 🔌🔋
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
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Two new solar records today in Texas/ERCOT:
🏆 first time over 30,000 megawatts
☀️first time over 58% of supply
Quite the progression:
2015: 500 megawatts
2017: 1,000 megawatts
2021: 5,000 megawatts
2022: 10,000 megawatts
2024: 15,000 megawatts
Feb. 2026: 30,000 megawatts!!
@douglewin.bsky.social
🏆 first time over 30,000 megawatts
☀️first time over 58% of supply
Quite the progression:
2015: 500 megawatts
2017: 1,000 megawatts
2021: 5,000 megawatts
2022: 10,000 megawatts
2024: 15,000 megawatts
Feb. 2026: 30,000 megawatts!!
@douglewin.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Two new solar records today in Texas/ERCOT:
🏆 first time over 30,000 megawatts
☀️first time over 58% of supply
Quite the progression:
2015: 500 megawatts
2017: 1,000 megawatts
2021: 5,000 megawatts
2022: 10,000 megawatts
2024: 15,000 megawatts
Feb. 2026: 30,000 megawatts!!
@douglewin.bsky.social
🏆 first time over 30,000 megawatts
☀️first time over 58% of supply
Quite the progression:
2015: 500 megawatts
2017: 1,000 megawatts
2021: 5,000 megawatts
2022: 10,000 megawatts
2024: 15,000 megawatts
Feb. 2026: 30,000 megawatts!!
@douglewin.bsky.social
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One expects California to set winter solar records - but damn man - 117% of demand being met by solar in …checks notes…FEBRUARY!
It's the dead of winter, and California just supplied a peak of 117% of its demand with solar alone and 136% of its demand from WindWaterSolar and over 100% of demand for 6 hours.
Gas output down 58% and batteries output up 303% in 2025 v '2023
Solar+batteries replacing gas
Gas output down 58% and batteries output up 303% in 2025 v '2023
Solar+batteries replacing gas
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
One expects California to set winter solar records - but damn man - 117% of demand being met by solar in …checks notes…FEBRUARY!
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❗️Tonight, kamikaze drones attacked the 🇷🇺Redkinsky Experimental Chemical Plant in the settlement of Redkino, Tver region — a major enterprise of the Russian chemical industry.
February 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
❗️Tonight, kamikaze drones attacked the 🇷🇺Redkinsky Experimental Chemical Plant in the settlement of Redkino, Tver region — a major enterprise of the Russian chemical industry.
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Imagine! How could wind and solar ever compete with fossil fuel electricity across an entire year, across an entire block of 450 million people!?😉
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Imagine! How could wind and solar ever compete with fossil fuel electricity across an entire year, across an entire block of 450 million people!?😉
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The average driver in the US spends around US $1,900 a year on gasoline (13,700 miles).
We spend about $320 charging our EV at home.
leahy.substack.com/p/my-non-fos...
We spend about $320 charging our EV at home.
leahy.substack.com/p/my-non-fos...
My Non-Fossil Car Experience
Very few EV drivers ever go back
leahy.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The average driver in the US spends around US $1,900 a year on gasoline (13,700 miles).
We spend about $320 charging our EV at home.
leahy.substack.com/p/my-non-fos...
We spend about $320 charging our EV at home.
leahy.substack.com/p/my-non-fos...
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EVs are spreading to more and more countries.
Look at Indonesia - in December 2025 these are the shares of new car sales:
- 35.3% battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
- 1.7% plug in hybrids
- 63.0% ICE vehicles
Now on steep slopes of the S-curve.
Source @leraffl.bsky.social
Look at Indonesia - in December 2025 these are the shares of new car sales:
- 35.3% battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
- 1.7% plug in hybrids
- 63.0% ICE vehicles
Now on steep slopes of the S-curve.
Source @leraffl.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
EVs are spreading to more and more countries.
Look at Indonesia - in December 2025 these are the shares of new car sales:
- 35.3% battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
- 1.7% plug in hybrids
- 63.0% ICE vehicles
Now on steep slopes of the S-curve.
Source @leraffl.bsky.social
Look at Indonesia - in December 2025 these are the shares of new car sales:
- 35.3% battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
- 1.7% plug in hybrids
- 63.0% ICE vehicles
Now on steep slopes of the S-curve.
Source @leraffl.bsky.social
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Will AI and data centres be the main drivers of future electricity demand?
No. The biggest drivers will be the electrification of industry, transport and buildings. When powered by clean electricity, the benefits are fundamental: vastly higher efficiency, dramatically lower emissions & cleaner air.
No. The biggest drivers will be the electrification of industry, transport and buildings. When powered by clean electricity, the benefits are fundamental: vastly higher efficiency, dramatically lower emissions & cleaner air.
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Will AI and data centres be the main drivers of future electricity demand?
No. The biggest drivers will be the electrification of industry, transport and buildings. When powered by clean electricity, the benefits are fundamental: vastly higher efficiency, dramatically lower emissions & cleaner air.
No. The biggest drivers will be the electrification of industry, transport and buildings. When powered by clean electricity, the benefits are fundamental: vastly higher efficiency, dramatically lower emissions & cleaner air.
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Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) overtook standard petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025, according to new figures released by industry group the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) overtook standard petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025, according to new figures released by industry group the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
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HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
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Gold just went above $5,000 per troy ounce. It only crossed $4,000 in October. For the first time since the debasement trade started, this coincides with Dollar weakness, which super-charges this rise. My piece from today on everything to know about gold:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
January 25, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Gold just went above $5,000 per troy ounce. It only crossed $4,000 in October. For the first time since the debasement trade started, this coincides with Dollar weakness, which super-charges this rise. My piece from today on everything to know about gold:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
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❗️Satellite images of the aftermath of the strike on the oil depot in 🇷🇺Penza.
One of the tanks has been completely destroyed, several neighboring ones appear to have been damaged by the two-day fire.
One of the tanks has been completely destroyed, several neighboring ones appear to have been damaged by the two-day fire.
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
❗️Satellite images of the aftermath of the strike on the oil depot in 🇷🇺Penza.
One of the tanks has been completely destroyed, several neighboring ones appear to have been damaged by the two-day fire.
One of the tanks has been completely destroyed, several neighboring ones appear to have been damaged by the two-day fire.
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“This probably WON’T happen but I’m going to share it with you anyway to ensure I get my engagement dollars.”
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“This probably WON’T happen but I’m going to share it with you anyway to ensure I get my engagement dollars.”
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A live picture of the Mavs 3-point shooters tonight #MFFL
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt is making a face .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt is making a face .
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 AM
A live picture of the Mavs 3-point shooters tonight #MFFL
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Electric vehicles with off-grid solar are competitive with or cheaper than old style petrol/gaslone vehicles in many African countries before 2030; and cheaper in all countries by 2040 - often by a wide margin. That's even allowing for (high) financing costs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 14, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Electric vehicles with off-grid solar are competitive with or cheaper than old style petrol/gaslone vehicles in many African countries before 2030; and cheaper in all countries by 2040 - often by a wide margin. That's even allowing for (high) financing costs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith claims that every single one of the Founding Fathers "by today's standards, would be labeled a far-right Christian nationalist."
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
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Two can play this game. Around 600,000 residents in Russia’s Belgorod region were left without electricity, heat, and water following a Ukrainian missile strike on the night of January 9, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Two can play this game. Around 600,000 residents in Russia’s Belgorod region were left without electricity, heat, and water following a Ukrainian missile strike on the night of January 9, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
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Russian channels report that UAVs struck a local oil depot in Stary Oskol, in Russia’s Belgorod region.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Russian channels report that UAVs struck a local oil depot in Stary Oskol, in Russia’s Belgorod region.
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Another oil facility has caught fire in the Belgorod region.
Presumably Ukrainian drones helped the fire show at the depot in Stariy Oskol.
Presumably Ukrainian drones helped the fire show at the depot in Stariy Oskol.
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Another oil facility has caught fire in the Belgorod region.
Presumably Ukrainian drones helped the fire show at the depot in Stariy Oskol.
Presumably Ukrainian drones helped the fire show at the depot in Stariy Oskol.