De Wet Taljaard
@dwtaljaard.bsky.social
Renewable Energy Enthusiast | Solar PV professional. Wine drinking, sports watching amateur | Proudly South African 🇿🇦
#energytwitter transplant
**Views posted are my own**
#energytwitter transplant
**Views posted are my own**
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In the US? Want to become a solar expert? Consider joining my team.
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BloombergNEF US Solar Analyst
bloomberg.avature.net
June 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the US? Want to become a solar expert? Consider joining my team.
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How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
May 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
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Let me give you what you have all been waiting for, my 38-man British and Irish Lions 🦁 squad:
(This is the squad I would pick, not what I predict Andy Farrell picks)
(If injured, alternate player in bracket)
☘️ 15
🏴 11
🏴 8
🏴 4
Captain: Maro Itoje 🏴
(This is the squad I would pick, not what I predict Andy Farrell picks)
(If injured, alternate player in bracket)
☘️ 15
🏴 11
🏴 8
🏴 4
Captain: Maro Itoje 🏴
a group of people are sitting at a table with bottles of water and a sign that says abc
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table with bottles of water and a sign that says abc
media.tenor.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Let me give you what you have all been waiting for, my 38-man British and Irish Lions 🦁 squad:
(This is the squad I would pick, not what I predict Andy Farrell picks)
(If injured, alternate player in bracket)
☘️ 15
🏴 11
🏴 8
🏴 4
Captain: Maro Itoje 🏴
(This is the squad I would pick, not what I predict Andy Farrell picks)
(If injured, alternate player in bracket)
☘️ 15
🏴 11
🏴 8
🏴 4
Captain: Maro Itoje 🏴
Goals right here...
Eldest child now regretting asking me ‘do you know anything about the Industrial Revolution?’
May 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Goals right here...
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🆕 report: The World installed 600 GW of solar in 2024, could be installing 1 TW per year by 2030 🌅
🌍 Our latest GMO report reveals a 33% surge from 2023, after the world crossed the milestone of 2 TW total solar in late 2024.
Read the PR👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
🌍 Our latest GMO report reveals a 33% surge from 2023, after the world crossed the milestone of 2 TW total solar in late 2024.
Read the PR👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
May 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🆕 report: The World installed 600 GW of solar in 2024, could be installing 1 TW per year by 2030 🌅
🌍 Our latest GMO report reveals a 33% surge from 2023, after the world crossed the milestone of 2 TW total solar in late 2024.
Read the PR👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
🌍 Our latest GMO report reveals a 33% surge from 2023, after the world crossed the milestone of 2 TW total solar in late 2024.
Read the PR👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releas...
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The world installed a record 597 GW of solar power in 2024 ☀️🌍
🚨 This marks a new record for annual installed solar capacity, a 33% surge from 2023.
Read the full report 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out... #GlobalSolarOutlook25
🚨 This marks a new record for annual installed solar capacity, a 33% surge from 2023.
Read the full report 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out... #GlobalSolarOutlook25
May 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The world installed a record 597 GW of solar power in 2024 ☀️🌍
🚨 This marks a new record for annual installed solar capacity, a 33% surge from 2023.
Read the full report 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out... #GlobalSolarOutlook25
🚨 This marks a new record for annual installed solar capacity, a 33% surge from 2023.
Read the full report 👉 www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out... #GlobalSolarOutlook25
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We have to tell a positive story of South Africa consistently. 🇿🇦
April 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We have to tell a positive story of South Africa consistently. 🇿🇦
Now this is a big deal.
Alongside the recently released ITP regulations, things are starting to move on transmission infrastructure development in SA.
(Slowly but surely, hopefully)
m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/edf-...
Alongside the recently released ITP regulations, things are starting to move on transmission infrastructure development in SA.
(Slowly but surely, hopefully)
m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/edf-...
EDF Renewables commissions South Africa’s first IPP-built main transmission substation
Renewable-energy company EDF Renewables has commissioned South Africa’s first main transmission substation built by an independent power producer (IPP), in the Northern Cape. The Koruson 400/132 kV su...
m.engineeringnews.co.za
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now this is a big deal.
Alongside the recently released ITP regulations, things are starting to move on transmission infrastructure development in SA.
(Slowly but surely, hopefully)
m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/edf-...
Alongside the recently released ITP regulations, things are starting to move on transmission infrastructure development in SA.
(Slowly but surely, hopefully)
m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/edf-...
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NEW | Clean electricity surpasses 40% of global electricity generation
Our latest @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today! ⚡
Solar power is rising rapidly and doubled in the last three years ☀️
A (long) thread on the key trends in 2024... 🧵
Our latest @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today! ⚡
Solar power is rising rapidly and doubled in the last three years ☀️
A (long) thread on the key trends in 2024... 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
NEW | Clean electricity surpasses 40% of global electricity generation
Our latest @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today! ⚡
Solar power is rising rapidly and doubled in the last three years ☀️
A (long) thread on the key trends in 2024... 🧵
Our latest @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today! ⚡
Solar power is rising rapidly and doubled in the last three years ☀️
A (long) thread on the key trends in 2024... 🧵
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Good morning with good news: Global EV sales skyrocketed 49% in February! Wonderful!
Fully electric or BEV sales were up 58%!
Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) sales were up 35%.
While EV sales skyrocket, ICE vehicle sales were down 8%.
EV transition speeds up.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/04/03/g...
Fully electric or BEV sales were up 58%!
Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) sales were up 35%.
While EV sales skyrocket, ICE vehicle sales were down 8%.
EV transition speeds up.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/04/03/g...
Global EV Sales — 1.2 Million Units in February, 49% Growth YoY - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! EVs Now 19% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 49% in February 2025 compared to Fe...
cleantechnica.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good morning with good news: Global EV sales skyrocketed 49% in February! Wonderful!
Fully electric or BEV sales were up 58%!
Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) sales were up 35%.
While EV sales skyrocket, ICE vehicle sales were down 8%.
EV transition speeds up.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/04/03/g...
Fully electric or BEV sales were up 58%!
Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) sales were up 35%.
While EV sales skyrocket, ICE vehicle sales were down 8%.
EV transition speeds up.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/04/03/g...
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We've just published our 🆕 Flexible Buildings, Resilient Grids Paper
Our modelling shows that by 2030, smart solar building 🏢solutions could meet more than half of EU daily energy system flexibility 🤸♀️ needs
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
Our modelling shows that by 2030, smart solar building 🏢solutions could meet more than half of EU daily energy system flexibility 🤸♀️ needs
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
March 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We've just published our 🆕 Flexible Buildings, Resilient Grids Paper
Our modelling shows that by 2030, smart solar building 🏢solutions could meet more than half of EU daily energy system flexibility 🤸♀️ needs
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
Our modelling shows that by 2030, smart solar building 🏢solutions could meet more than half of EU daily energy system flexibility 🤸♀️ needs
Read the report 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/the...
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California's rise of the battery continues 🔋
⬆️ Batteries met 27.8% of the evening peak load on Sunday.
⬇️ Gas met 13.3%
Batteries are already outcompeting gas at peak times. Change is happening, and it's happening fast.
Source is gridstatus.io
⬆️ Batteries met 27.8% of the evening peak load on Sunday.
⬇️ Gas met 13.3%
Batteries are already outcompeting gas at peak times. Change is happening, and it's happening fast.
Source is gridstatus.io
March 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
California's rise of the battery continues 🔋
⬆️ Batteries met 27.8% of the evening peak load on Sunday.
⬇️ Gas met 13.3%
Batteries are already outcompeting gas at peak times. Change is happening, and it's happening fast.
Source is gridstatus.io
⬆️ Batteries met 27.8% of the evening peak load on Sunday.
⬇️ Gas met 13.3%
Batteries are already outcompeting gas at peak times. Change is happening, and it's happening fast.
Source is gridstatus.io
I can remember fishing in this dam while construction was taking place. Can confirm that I didn't catch anything 😅
Cool to fish while looking at a FPV plant though.
Cool to fish while looking at a FPV plant though.
A small floating solar array at a wine estate near Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo: SolarEdge
Photo: SolarEdge
March 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I can remember fishing in this dam while construction was taking place. Can confirm that I didn't catch anything 😅
Cool to fish while looking at a FPV plant though.
Cool to fish while looking at a FPV plant though.
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A new South African power projects (above 5MW) tracker published today by UCT's Power Futures Lab
- installed capacity + technology mix at a glance. #energysky powerfutureslab.co.za/sa-ipp-data
- installed capacity + technology mix at a glance. #energysky powerfutureslab.co.za/sa-ipp-data
SA IPP Data
Power Futures Lab
powerfutureslab.co.za
March 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A new South African power projects (above 5MW) tracker published today by UCT's Power Futures Lab
- installed capacity + technology mix at a glance. #energysky powerfutureslab.co.za/sa-ipp-data
- installed capacity + technology mix at a glance. #energysky powerfutureslab.co.za/sa-ipp-data
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A typical photovoltaic module sold in 2024 was mono TOPCon with 22.7% efficiency, at a price below $0.10/W.
A typical solar module sold in 2012 was multi AlBSF with efficiency of 15.4% and a price of about $0.87/W.
A typical solar module sold in 2012 was multi AlBSF with efficiency of 15.4% and a price of about $0.87/W.
March 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A typical photovoltaic module sold in 2024 was mono TOPCon with 22.7% efficiency, at a price below $0.10/W.
A typical solar module sold in 2012 was multi AlBSF with efficiency of 15.4% and a price of about $0.87/W.
A typical solar module sold in 2012 was multi AlBSF with efficiency of 15.4% and a price of about $0.87/W.
Big ships turn slowly....
Two African countries, two totally different electricity systems.
Kenya generates nearly 90% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources. South Africa is still dependent on coal, using it to generate 82% of its electricity.
Kenya generates nearly 90% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources. South Africa is still dependent on coal, using it to generate 82% of its electricity.
March 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Big ships turn slowly....
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These books are available nationwide in major bookstores and ebook platforms.
— Finding Common Ground (2020)
— A Country of 2 Agricultures (2023)
— The Uncomfortable Truth About South Africa’s Agriculture (2025)
I am grateful for your support.
— Finding Common Ground (2020)
— A Country of 2 Agricultures (2023)
— The Uncomfortable Truth About South Africa’s Agriculture (2025)
I am grateful for your support.
March 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
These books are available nationwide in major bookstores and ebook platforms.
— Finding Common Ground (2020)
— A Country of 2 Agricultures (2023)
— The Uncomfortable Truth About South Africa’s Agriculture (2025)
I am grateful for your support.
— Finding Common Ground (2020)
— A Country of 2 Agricultures (2023)
— The Uncomfortable Truth About South Africa’s Agriculture (2025)
I am grateful for your support.
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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The solar module tiering team wishes it to be known that the BNEF tier 1 criteria have been updated. The main change is that from 2Q 2025, only solar projects over 10MW are relevant to tiering.
They are not seeking feedback on this change.
assets.bnef.com/public/tieri...
They are not seeking feedback on this change.
assets.bnef.com/public/tieri...
assets.bnef.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The solar module tiering team wishes it to be known that the BNEF tier 1 criteria have been updated. The main change is that from 2Q 2025, only solar projects over 10MW are relevant to tiering.
They are not seeking feedback on this change.
assets.bnef.com/public/tieri...
They are not seeking feedback on this change.
assets.bnef.com/public/tieri...
Shaun Pollock 🤝 Steven Kitshoff.
Giving us red heads the street cred we desperately need 😅
Who will take over the role now that Kitsie is retiring?
Giving us red heads the street cred we desperately need 😅
Who will take over the role now that Kitsie is retiring?
February 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Shaun Pollock 🤝 Steven Kitshoff.
Giving us red heads the street cred we desperately need 😅
Who will take over the role now that Kitsie is retiring?
Giving us red heads the street cred we desperately need 😅
Who will take over the role now that Kitsie is retiring?
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February 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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To help the farming economy of South Africa right now, the focus must remain on improving rural roads, rail, port efficiency, functioning of the municipalities, and various reforms at the Department of Agriculture. The sector has great potential and is hobbled by these issues.
February 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
To help the farming economy of South Africa right now, the focus must remain on improving rural roads, rail, port efficiency, functioning of the municipalities, and various reforms at the Department of Agriculture. The sector has great potential and is hobbled by these issues.
The more you look the more you'll find...
NEW: There’s now TWICE as much lithium in the world as assessed in 2018..
...according to the annual “Mineral Commodity Summaries” out today from the US Geological Survey
...according to the annual “Mineral Commodity Summaries” out today from the US Geological Survey
February 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The more you look the more you'll find...
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My annual decarbonization presentation is here.
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My annual decarbonization presentation is here.
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
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Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai