Emil Dimanchev
@emildimanchev.bsky.social
Researching energy systems and climate policy. Postdoc at Princeton ZERO Lab. Research Affiliate at MIT CEEPR. Consulting for Good Judgment. 0th-gen immigrant. Writings: dimanchev.com.
Then we should surely see The Silmarillion. static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...
September 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Then we should surely see The Silmarillion. static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...
We find that the long-run emissions associated with EVs are lower than the emissions by implied by short-run metrics, especially when EVs are charged flexibly.
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We find that the long-run emissions associated with EVs are lower than the emissions by implied by short-run metrics, especially when EVs are charged flexibly.
This question came up again - is removing wind/solar subsidies, like Congress has done, bad? Shouldn't markets reflect "the full cost"? Here is a succinct answer 👇
August 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This question came up again - is removing wind/solar subsidies, like Congress has done, bad? Shouldn't markets reflect "the full cost"? Here is a succinct answer 👇
An important consequence of the House tax bill is that it will likely increase energy bills for households and businesses.
May 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
An important consequence of the House tax bill is that it will likely increase energy bills for households and businesses.
Nemik: "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident." #Andor
May 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Nemik: "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident." #Andor
“Let’s just take it 1 part per million at a time.” - Kim Stanley Robinson
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Let’s just take it 1 part per million at a time.” - Kim Stanley Robinson
Wait, how come "Trump Defies Supreme Court" is not on the front page of our major newspapers? What am I missing?
April 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wait, how come "Trump Defies Supreme Court" is not on the front page of our major newspapers? What am I missing?
Not in the 11 billion number:
March 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Not in the 11 billion number:
More details from the Washington Post article:
March 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
More details from the Washington Post article:
If you go to the Library of Congress in DC and look up, this is what you will see.
Science is one of the greatest things about our country. The current administration’s attacks on science are attacks on who we are as a nation.
Science is one of the greatest things about our country. The current administration’s attacks on science are attacks on who we are as a nation.
February 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If you go to the Library of Congress in DC and look up, this is what you will see.
Science is one of the greatest things about our country. The current administration’s attacks on science are attacks on who we are as a nation.
Science is one of the greatest things about our country. The current administration’s attacks on science are attacks on who we are as a nation.
One of the richest countries in the world having a meltdown about electricity prices that would be considered low in many parts of the world. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
February 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One of the richest countries in the world having a meltdown about electricity prices that would be considered low in many parts of the world. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
How quickly we decarbonize depends a lot on how we allocate risk. In an article out today by the Danish national broadcaster, I argued that government policy should de-risk renewables, and explained how this can benefit both developers and consumers.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide... 🔌💡1/5
www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide... 🔌💡1/5
February 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How quickly we decarbonize depends a lot on how we allocate risk. In an article out today by the Danish national broadcaster, I argued that government policy should de-risk renewables, and explained how this can benefit both developers and consumers.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide... 🔌💡1/5
www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide... 🔌💡1/5
Multiple market failures are causing us to under-invest in clean energy, including inefficiencies in financial markets.
New report by Ecologic provides a good synthesis, and details ways to improve industrial policy in the EU. www.ecologic.eu/19908 #EnergySky #ClimateSky
New report by Ecologic provides a good synthesis, and details ways to improve industrial policy in the EU. www.ecologic.eu/19908 #EnergySky #ClimateSky
January 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Multiple market failures are causing us to under-invest in clean energy, including inefficiencies in financial markets.
New report by Ecologic provides a good synthesis, and details ways to improve industrial policy in the EU. www.ecologic.eu/19908 #EnergySky #ClimateSky
New report by Ecologic provides a good synthesis, and details ways to improve industrial policy in the EU. www.ecologic.eu/19908 #EnergySky #ClimateSky
This book by Desai's will probably change the way you think about finance, and increased my own appreciation for it. Ultimately, finance is a set of tools for taking risk. Desai relates it to our lives, and not with trivial daily anecdotes like many pop books, but through examples from literature!
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
This book by Desai's will probably change the way you think about finance, and increased my own appreciation for it. Ultimately, finance is a set of tools for taking risk. Desai relates it to our lives, and not with trivial daily anecdotes like many pop books, but through examples from literature!
Stephenson has an incredible ability to write stories that revolve around science and scientists. In this case the stories comprise a grand and rich sweep of a period in time when science effected enormous changes in the world, featuring Newton and Leibniz amid Stephenson's own amazing cast!
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Stephenson has an incredible ability to write stories that revolve around science and scientists. In this case the stories comprise a grand and rich sweep of a period in time when science effected enormous changes in the world, featuring Newton and Leibniz amid Stephenson's own amazing cast!
Children of Memory wraps up Tchaikovsky's great far future trilogy. I've liked how much each of the 3 books stands on its own. This 3rd book extends stories and themes from the previous but also goes into some fun unexpected directions.
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Children of Memory wraps up Tchaikovsky's great far future trilogy. I've liked how much each of the 3 books stands on its own. This 3rd book extends stories and themes from the previous but also goes into some fun unexpected directions.
Newport's concept of slow productivity is "a philosophy for organizing knowledge work efforts in a sustainable and meaningful manner". It's helped me make space for deeper and more meaningful work.
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Newport's concept of slow productivity is "a philosophy for organizing knowledge work efforts in a sustainable and meaningful manner". It's helped me make space for deeper and more meaningful work.
Stewart's Pursuit of the Unknown is a pop math book that doesn't shy away from showing and talking about actual equations, a welcome rarity!
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Stewart's Pursuit of the Unknown is a pop math book that doesn't shy away from showing and talking about actual equations, a welcome rarity!
Agree it depends a bit on what's included. For research a few years ago, we used cost data from a 2017 INL report, which pegged a 6-charger station at $1,728,000. What's the source of the Tesla number? www.osti.gov/biblio/14847....
@donmackenzie.bsky.social would have insight to add here.
@donmackenzie.bsky.social would have insight to add here.
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Agree it depends a bit on what's included. For research a few years ago, we used cost data from a 2017 INL report, which pegged a 6-charger station at $1,728,000. What's the source of the Tesla number? www.osti.gov/biblio/14847....
@donmackenzie.bsky.social would have insight to add here.
@donmackenzie.bsky.social would have insight to add here.
3 mechanisms drive how risk impacts the investment mix: 1) uncertainty (e.g. in demand) that cannot be hedged implies a risk premium that increases a tech's cost of capital; 2) that raises total cost depending on capital intensity; 3) that changes investment depending on system-level interactions.
December 11, 2024 at 10:30 PM
3 mechanisms drive how risk impacts the investment mix: 1) uncertainty (e.g. in demand) that cannot be hedged implies a risk premium that increases a tech's cost of capital; 2) that raises total cost depending on capital intensity; 3) that changes investment depending on system-level interactions.
We ran quite a few different scenarios. Consistently, we saw QC hydro playing an important storage role for New England. (Figure is from the follow-up journal paper, not open access but I can share the pdf if of interest.) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 11, 2024 at 3:57 PM
We ran quite a few different scenarios. Consistently, we saw QC hydro playing an important storage role for New England. (Figure is from the follow-up journal paper, not open access but I can share the pdf if of interest.) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks Blake, yes, that's another proposed explanation for missing markets that I was (too vaguely) alluding to when I mentioned price caps. From the same work: (but he's written about it else where too)
December 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Thanks Blake, yes, that's another proposed explanation for missing markets that I was (too vaguely) alluding to when I mentioned price caps. From the same work: (but he's written about it else where too)
Also, what you quoted seems outdated: register.lowcarboncontracts.uk
December 9, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Also, what you quoted seems outdated: register.lowcarboncontracts.uk
P.S. My PhD thesis provides some more background on the problem of risk allocation, and its policy implications: ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/h...
December 9, 2024 at 11:23 AM
P.S. My PhD thesis provides some more background on the problem of risk allocation, and its policy implications: ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/h...
The social media equivalent of when a food product is proudly advertised to now contain more real food. This says so much about Threads, as well as X to which it also applies. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
December 8, 2024 at 6:38 AM
The social media equivalent of when a food product is proudly advertised to now contain more real food. This says so much about Threads, as well as X to which it also applies. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...