Madalsa
@madalsa.org
Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology. I study and teach carbon-constrained energy systems. Views mine, many interests.
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Madalsa
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I'm hiring PhD students to start in Fall 2026!
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Gave the Orin Foster Environmental Lecture today at U Buffalo and spoke to some amazing students!
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Gave the Orin Foster Environmental Lecture today at U Buffalo and spoke to some amazing students!
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Based on very cool analysis by @benkeys.bsky.social and Philip Mulder @nber.org
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Based on very cool analysis by @benkeys.bsky.social and Philip Mulder @nber.org
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
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NYT: “.. high insurance costs are cascading into the broader real estate market, suppressing home values by an average of $44,000 in the top 10 percent of U.S. ZIP codes most vulnerable to hurricanes and wildfires ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NYT: “.. high insurance costs are cascading into the broader real estate market, suppressing home values by an average of $44,000 in the top 10 percent of U.S. ZIP codes most vulnerable to hurricanes and wildfires ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The only public charger next to my house is free and two cars have been parked there since last night.
Price the power and idling.
Price the power and idling.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The only public charger next to my house is free and two cars have been parked there since last night.
Price the power and idling.
Price the power and idling.
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Wind was delivering 22.7GW during the evening peak on Nov 11, nearly 44% of power, equivalent to 22 million homes supplied
The System Operator said "our national grid can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain"
news.sky.com/story/new-re...
The System Operator said "our national grid can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain"
news.sky.com/story/new-re...
New record for wind-powered electricity in Britain
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has predicted Britain could hit another milestone in the months ahead by running the grid for a period entirely with zero carbon power, renewables and nuclea...
news.sky.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Wind was delivering 22.7GW during the evening peak on Nov 11, nearly 44% of power, equivalent to 22 million homes supplied
The System Operator said "our national grid can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain"
news.sky.com/story/new-re...
The System Operator said "our national grid can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain"
news.sky.com/story/new-re...
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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A short blog with some more details on our new project to create an analysis-friendly version of the huge @ferc.gov EQR electricity transaction dataset, with support from GridLab @ricoconnell.bsky.social #EnergySky #OpenData
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
Capturing the elusive FERC EQR - Catalyst Cooperative
With support from GridLab, Catalyst is creating a open, cloud-native version of the electricity market data recorded in the FERC EQR.
catalyst.coop
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A short blog with some more details on our new project to create an analysis-friendly version of the huge @ferc.gov EQR electricity transaction dataset, with support from GridLab @ricoconnell.bsky.social #EnergySky #OpenData
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
makes me sick to my stomach
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
makes me sick to my stomach
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Really nice figure from Holland et al showing that Coal continues to remain on the margin for significant number of hours in Midwest, Texas, and West.
(Yes yes yes, I agree future will shift this out, but as of now, it's there).
www.nber.org/system/files...
(Yes yes yes, I agree future will shift this out, but as of now, it's there).
www.nber.org/system/files...
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Really nice figure from Holland et al showing that Coal continues to remain on the margin for significant number of hours in Midwest, Texas, and West.
(Yes yes yes, I agree future will shift this out, but as of now, it's there).
www.nber.org/system/files...
(Yes yes yes, I agree future will shift this out, but as of now, it's there).
www.nber.org/system/files...
"On January 1, 2024, I embarked on a project I had had in mind since my retirement four years earlier: to spend a year without reading a single book, newspaper, magazine, learned journal, academic treatise". Wonderful essay by Dan Karlin on his experiment
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
Life beyond literature
On January 1, 2024, I embarked on a project I had had in mind since my retirement four years earlier: to spend a year without reading a single book, newspaper, magazine, learned journal, academic trea...
www.the-tls.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"On January 1, 2024, I embarked on a project I had had in mind since my retirement four years earlier: to spend a year without reading a single book, newspaper, magazine, learned journal, academic treatise". Wonderful essay by Dan Karlin on his experiment
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
this is paragraph written by olivia nuzzi
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
this is paragraph written by olivia nuzzi
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New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
A fire at a coal power plant in Wyoming and cascading shutdowns leave 93,000 without power. WECC frequency dips to 59.77 momentarily.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/13/m...
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/13/m...
Massive Outage Left 93,000 Customers Without Power Across Wyoming, Region
A massive power outage left most of northeast Wyoming in the dark Thursday, along with areas in Montana and South Dakota. Nearly 93,000 customers were…
cowboystatedaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A fire at a coal power plant in Wyoming and cascading shutdowns leave 93,000 without power. WECC frequency dips to 59.77 momentarily.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/13/m...
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/13/m...
I’m enjoying feral motherhood movies — ”if I had legs I’d kick you”, “die my love“ -- especially as most people fail to explain why fertility is falling across the globe. Maybe it’s because the world is deeply hostile to motherhood and perhaps a 2 hour can show you that
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I’m enjoying feral motherhood movies — ”if I had legs I’d kick you”, “die my love“ -- especially as most people fail to explain why fertility is falling across the globe. Maybe it’s because the world is deeply hostile to motherhood and perhaps a 2 hour can show you that
Worth your time
drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/oracles-fr...
drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/oracles-fr...
Oracles from the Pleroma of Data
Generative AI and the dawning new epistemology
drfrancisyoung.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Worth your time
drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/oracles-fr...
drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/oracles-fr...
Yet another grant rejected, so I'm caramelizing a kg of onions
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yet another grant rejected, so I'm caramelizing a kg of onions
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General psa: i've been using the (free version of) the insight timer app to get back into a longer daily meditation practice and I really recommend it. (An earlier me would be horrified that I'm using an app for this - but it's actually just the right level of interactivity to reinforce a habit.)
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
General psa: i've been using the (free version of) the insight timer app to get back into a longer daily meditation practice and I really recommend it. (An earlier me would be horrified that I'm using an app for this - but it's actually just the right level of interactivity to reinforce a habit.)
Also, what’s also makes it more accurate is the tons of good NESO data they incorporated. Real-time met weather data, site level PV data, distribution and transmission network. Good data on even simple models can do great.
The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Also, what’s also makes it more accurate is the tons of good NESO data they incorporated. Real-time met weather data, site level PV data, distribution and transmission network. Good data on even simple models can do great.
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If you care about US manufacturing, then you'll be glad to hear the coat was cut and sewn in Rochester, NY at a company that has been around since 1899. This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you care about US manufacturing, then you'll be glad to hear the coat was cut and sewn in Rochester, NY at a company that has been around since 1899. This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
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I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?