Robert Ingersol
@loneskum123.bsky.social
"The climate system is an angry beast and we are poking it with sticks."
- Wallace Broecker
Pinned
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Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
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Petrostates are freaked out by China!
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Good morning with good news: In next 5 years, China plans to accelerate building new energy system, replacing fossil fuels with non-fossil fuels!
Wind & solar will be 6X 2020 levels by 2035!
Oil consumption peaks in 2026.
Coal consumption peaks in 2027.
english.news.cn/20251124/515... #energysky
Wind & solar will be 6X 2020 levels by 2035!
Oil consumption peaks in 2026.
Coal consumption peaks in 2027.
english.news.cn/20251124/515... #energysky
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Petrostates are freaked out by China!
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
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Germany sets new record for largest solar carport!
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
German developer commissions nation’s largest solar carport
Germany has brought a 17 MW photovoltaic carport online in Riedstadt, Hesse, spanning 76,000 square meters. It is expected to generate about 17 GWh per year, according to project developer Nawasol.
www.pv-magazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Germany sets new record for largest solar carport!
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
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$113 Million & counting!
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
$113 Million & counting!
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
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Good morning with good news: Global battery system deployment skyrocketed 38% to 156 GWh in first 10 months of 2025, compared to 2024!
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good morning with good news: Global battery system deployment skyrocketed 38% to 156 GWh in first 10 months of 2025, compared to 2024!
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
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Operating!
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
Dominican Republic brings Caribbean’s largest solar plant online
The Dominican Republic has switched on the 162.6 MW Cotoperí Solar complex, developed by Acciona Energía and local investors. It is the largest PV installation in Central America and the Caribbean.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Operating!
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
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Good morning with good news: US utility-scale battery storage is on track to quadruple from 16 GW in December 2023 to 64 GW in December 2026!
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good morning with good news: US utility-scale battery storage is on track to quadruple from 16 GW in December 2023 to 64 GW in December 2026!
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
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'Trump can't have AI without renewables'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump’s Plan For AI Dominance Threatened by His Own Attacks on Solar, Wind Power
So far, the quickest and cheapest way to address the growing strains on the power grid is through renewable energy, data shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'Trump can't have AI without renewables'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Grid scale batteries are coming and fast.
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Grid scale batteries are coming and fast.
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
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A big CAES project. Good to see this technology becoming more viable.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
China advances 4.2 GWh compressed air storage project
Zhongchu Guoneng (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (ZCGN) says officials in Sanmenxia, Henan province, have cleared a 700 MW/4,200 MWh compressed air energy storage proposal that is designed to support l...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A big CAES project. Good to see this technology becoming more viable.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
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Nepal has become an electric vehicle leader - 80% of cars imported in December were battery electric.
This is leapfrogging par excellence.
This is leapfrogging par excellence.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Nepal has become an electric vehicle leader - 80% of cars imported in December were battery electric.
This is leapfrogging par excellence.
This is leapfrogging par excellence.
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Clean tech spending may hit record high in US this year—DESPITE the political climate.
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
Surprise: Cleantech Spending May Hit Record Despite Trump’s Carbon Push
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how AI is ushering in a new nuclear age and investing in developing nations amid a pullback in U.S. aid and private funding
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Clean tech spending may hit record high in US this year—DESPITE the political climate.
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
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Through Q3 2025, Solar and Wind together exceeded Global Demand Growth. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Through Q3 2025, Solar and Wind together exceeded Global Demand Growth. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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This is the way! 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
"Don’t let the federal push for petroleum keep you from making the switch. Heat pumps keep you warm in winter, cool in summer — and are a lot better for the planet."
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
How a heat pump transformed my Rhode Island home - The Boston Globe
After relying on oil heat, switching to a heat pump cut heating bills and stopped polluting the air, writes Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island attorney.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is the way! 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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The future will be electric. Fossil fuels and hydrogen are not cost competitive for transportation relative to renewable-powered BEVs.
🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The future will be electric. Fossil fuels and hydrogen are not cost competitive for transportation relative to renewable-powered BEVs.
🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
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The CEO of Australia's main grid says nearly 100% renewables possible by 2035-2040.
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The CEO of Australia's main grid says nearly 100% renewables possible by 2035-2040.
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
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Georgia voters ousted GOP utility commissioners last Tuesday over rising utility rates driven by Plant Vogtle, which raised Georgia Power rates a stunning 25% for a piddly 1,020 MWs of new capacity. See excellent blog by Kim Scott, ED of Georgia WAND for details.
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Georgia voters ousted GOP utility commissioners last Tuesday over rising utility rates driven by Plant Vogtle, which raised Georgia Power rates a stunning 25% for a piddly 1,020 MWs of new capacity. See excellent blog by Kim Scott, ED of Georgia WAND for details.
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
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Epic take-down of Roger Pielke Jr's appallingly shoddy academic "work", which he's used--as an attack dog of the Koch Brothers-funded think tank AEI--to discredit the case for climate action:
In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Epic take-down of Roger Pielke Jr's appallingly shoddy academic "work", which he's used--as an attack dog of the Koch Brothers-funded think tank AEI--to discredit the case for climate action:
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Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says @IEA
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says @IEA
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"The surge in storage is meeting with even faster growth of solar in the state. Together, solar+batteries have eliminated >37% of fossil gas use on the state’s main grid in just 2y"
@CAgovernor touts California's record battery energy gains at UN climate conference
www.latimes.com/environment/...
@CAgovernor touts California's record battery energy gains at UN climate conference
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Newsom touts California's record battery energy gains at U.N. climate conference
California has now reached 16,942 megawatts of available battery storage — about one-third of the estimated capacity needed to reach the state's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"The surge in storage is meeting with even faster growth of solar in the state. Together, solar+batteries have eliminated >37% of fossil gas use on the state’s main grid in just 2y"
@CAgovernor touts California's record battery energy gains at UN climate conference
www.latimes.com/environment/...
@CAgovernor touts California's record battery energy gains at UN climate conference
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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This is worth your time to listen to.
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One?
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One? #electriccar #renewables
YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is worth your time to listen to.
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Less and less solar as the year winds down, but still 100% WindWaterSolar for part of the 218th day this year (67% of all days)
53% of all '25 demand supplied by in-state WWS (v 49.7% in '24 & 45.7% in '23)
Gas down 16% v '24 & 37% v '23
Demand down 2.1% v '24 & 1.4% v '23 due to growth of roof PV
53% of all '25 demand supplied by in-state WWS (v 49.7% in '24 & 45.7% in '23)
Gas down 16% v '24 & 37% v '23
Demand down 2.1% v '24 & 1.4% v '23 due to growth of roof PV
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Less and less solar as the year winds down, but still 100% WindWaterSolar for part of the 218th day this year (67% of all days)
53% of all '25 demand supplied by in-state WWS (v 49.7% in '24 & 45.7% in '23)
Gas down 16% v '24 & 37% v '23
Demand down 2.1% v '24 & 1.4% v '23 due to growth of roof PV
53% of all '25 demand supplied by in-state WWS (v 49.7% in '24 & 45.7% in '23)
Gas down 16% v '24 & 37% v '23
Demand down 2.1% v '24 & 1.4% v '23 due to growth of roof PV
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A really nice explanation, which so many RE haters refuse to accept, of how PV and wind complement each other. Add storage to the mix and you get very, very high penetrations of renewables on the grid.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/21/i...
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/21/i...
Intermittent solar and wind complement each other for a more stable grid
A study finds combining wind and solar leverages their alternating peak periods, significantly boosting total generation capacity while providing a constant, predictable power curve critical for grid ...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A really nice explanation, which so many RE haters refuse to accept, of how PV and wind complement each other. Add storage to the mix and you get very, very high penetrations of renewables on the grid.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/21/i...
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/21/i...