Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition. A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal & nuclear as reliable baseload power.
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition. A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal & nuclear as reliable baseload power.
Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition. A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal & nuclear as reliable baseload power.
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition. A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal & nuclear as reliable baseload power.
Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition.
A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal ⅋ nuclear as reliable baseload power.
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https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2017526731184214303
A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal ⅋ nuclear as reliable baseload power.
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https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2017526731184214303
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Heat from deep underground could power the clean energy transition.
A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal ⅋ nuclear as reliable baseload power.
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https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2017526731184214303
A Stanford study shows advanced geothermal can cut land use, reduce wind/solar/battery needs, keep costs low—and even replace coal ⅋ nuclear as reliable baseload power.
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https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2017526731184214303
Thanks fir the glimpse! Denmark is wonderful! And the countries around the North Sea do have a great wind resource, not as much as Patagonia, but enough that it nears the old "baseload" function.
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Thanks fir the glimpse! Denmark is wonderful! And the countries around the North Sea do have a great wind resource, not as much as Patagonia, but enough that it nears the old "baseload" function.
The big drawback with wind and solar energy is they don’t produce any power when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. But that so-called “baseload” problem is melting away as a battery revolution… Bne IntelliNews #BatteryRevolution #RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #SolarEnergy #Sustainability
The battery revolution
The big drawback with wind and solar energy is they don’t produce any power when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. But that so-called “baseload” problem is melting away as a battery revolution is underway.
dlvr.it
January 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The big drawback with wind and solar energy is they don’t produce any power when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. But that so-called “baseload” problem is melting away as a battery revolution… Bne IntelliNews #BatteryRevolution #RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #SolarEnergy #Sustainability
AI’s always-on workloads are reshaping #energystrategy. Power is no longer a variable—it’s a structural requirement. As baseload demand returns, nuclear is quietly re-entering #AI infrastructure planning.
Read now- www.computeforecast.com/long-reads/a...
#NuclearEnergy #Sustainability
Read now- www.computeforecast.com/long-reads/a...
#NuclearEnergy #Sustainability
Renewables Hit a Wall—AI Forces Nuclear Rethink | COMPUTE FORECAST
How baseload power returns as AI compute pressures expose renewable energy system limitations in global infrastructure
www.computeforecast.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
AI’s always-on workloads are reshaping #energystrategy. Power is no longer a variable—it’s a structural requirement. As baseload demand returns, nuclear is quietly re-entering #AI infrastructure planning.
Read now- www.computeforecast.com/long-reads/a...
#NuclearEnergy #Sustainability
Read now- www.computeforecast.com/long-reads/a...
#NuclearEnergy #Sustainability
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr Long said. “We need to be forecasting the baseload power for the future around an industry that is data centre heavy; we should be leading that race.”
fllics.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr Long said. “We need to be forecasting the baseload power for the future around an industry that is data centre heavy; we should be leading that race.”
fllics.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Renewables ‘baseload power’ not enough to support AI infrastructure
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
Tech Expert Trevor Long says renewable energy and infrastructure are not ready for the artificial intelligence arms race. “In a data centre environment, you can’t make decisions about what you turn off and on; it has to be on,” Mr…
AfDB Approves $16.5M Financing for 35MW Geothermal Power Plant
https://www.europesays.com/africa/53947/
Kenya’s agenda to expand baseload power capacity through geothermal expansion is progressing, with the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
https://www.europesays.com/africa/53947/
Kenya’s agenda to expand baseload power capacity through geothermal expansion is progressing, with the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
AfDB Approves $16.5M Financing for 35MW Geothermal Power Plant - Europe Africa
Kenya’s agenda to expand baseload power capacity through geothermal expansion is progressing, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) approving a $16.5
www.europesays.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
AfDB Approves $16.5M Financing for 35MW Geothermal Power Plant
https://www.europesays.com/africa/53947/
Kenya’s agenda to expand baseload power capacity through geothermal expansion is progressing, with the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
https://www.europesays.com/africa/53947/
Kenya’s agenda to expand baseload power capacity through geothermal expansion is progressing, with the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
Australia needs stable baseload power
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/446542/
Australia’s energy demand will soar over the coming decades due to a combination of rapid population growth, the…
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/446542/
Australia’s energy demand will soar over the coming decades due to a combination of rapid population growth, the…
Australia needs stable baseload power - Australia News Beep
Australia’s energy demand will soar over the coming decades due to a combination of rapid population growth, the mass build-out of data centres, and the
www.newsbeep.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Australia needs stable baseload power
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/446542/
Australia’s energy demand will soar over the coming decades due to a combination of rapid population growth, the…
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/446542/
Australia’s energy demand will soar over the coming decades due to a combination of rapid population growth, the…
I'm not going to share the talk as it was mostly the usual, gendered language from the right about how weak, effeminate, unreliable renewables need to be held up by strong, firm, certain baseload power generation from nuclear and gas. It doesn't deserve oxygen.
But...
But...
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I'm not going to share the talk as it was mostly the usual, gendered language from the right about how weak, effeminate, unreliable renewables need to be held up by strong, firm, certain baseload power generation from nuclear and gas. It doesn't deserve oxygen.
But...
But...
Covid lead to a baseload of mortality throughout the year
As with other viruses, one has now to assume that there is some under-reporting (my least bad guess is two at the moment)
But it is not enough to off-set the overall negative excess throughout the year
5/
As with other viruses, one has now to assume that there is some under-reporting (my least bad guess is two at the moment)
But it is not enough to off-set the overall negative excess throughout the year
5/
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Covid lead to a baseload of mortality throughout the year
As with other viruses, one has now to assume that there is some under-reporting (my least bad guess is two at the moment)
But it is not enough to off-set the overall negative excess throughout the year
5/
As with other viruses, one has now to assume that there is some under-reporting (my least bad guess is two at the moment)
But it is not enough to off-set the overall negative excess throughout the year
5/
.. what a difference 17 years makes.
Previous peak day in Victoria - (29 Jan 2009) - virtually no wind and solar. 🔌💡
Previous peak day in Victoria - (29 Jan 2009) - virtually no wind and solar. 🔌💡
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
.. what a difference 17 years makes.
Previous peak day in Victoria - (29 Jan 2009) - virtually no wind and solar. 🔌💡
Previous peak day in Victoria - (29 Jan 2009) - virtually no wind and solar. 🔌💡
I mean the basic reason British electricity prices are uniquely high is we have done exceptionally well at decarbonising our grid *without* building large amounts of net-zero baseload power sources.
January 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I mean the basic reason British electricity prices are uniquely high is we have done exceptionally well at decarbonising our grid *without* building large amounts of net-zero baseload power sources.
UAE’s massive solar-plus-storage project set to redefine baseload power, says Wood Mackenzie #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
UAE’s massive solar-plus-storage project set to redefine baseload power, says Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie highlights a groundbreaking 5.2 GW solar-plus-storage project in the UAE capable of delivering 1 GW of continuous baseload power, signaling a potential shift in renewable energy deployment despite high costs. The report also forecasts strong global solar growth through 2030, including the rise of residential “balcony solar” in the U.S. and expanded solar shares in Asia Pacific and the U.S.
www.pv-magazine.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 PM
UAE’s massive solar-plus-storage project set to redefine baseload power, says Wood Mackenzie #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
When winter storms hit, American communities need reliable dispatchable baseload power.
Keeping these plants online is critical for times like these when demand surges and intermittent energy sources like wind and solar fall short.
www.foxbusiness.com/economy/coal...
Keeping these plants online is critical for times like these when demand surges and intermittent energy sources like wind and solar fall short.
www.foxbusiness.com/economy/coal...
Coal plants step up as historic winter storm pushes US power grid to the brink
Winter Storm Fern has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages, though the electric grid has remained stable in part due to coal power plants boosting supply.
www.foxbusiness.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
When winter storms hit, American communities need reliable dispatchable baseload power.
Keeping these plants online is critical for times like these when demand surges and intermittent energy sources like wind and solar fall short.
www.foxbusiness.com/economy/coal...
Keeping these plants online is critical for times like these when demand surges and intermittent energy sources like wind and solar fall short.
www.foxbusiness.com/economy/coal...
New 4MW Fuel Cell Project From Dispatch Energy Will Harden Connecticut's Grid And Enhance Baseload Power Generation www.poweronline.com/doc/new-mw-f...
New 4MW Fuel Cell Project From Dispatch Energy Will Harden Connecticut's Grid And Enhance Baseload Power Generation
Dispatch Energy LLC, a full-service, customer-focused provider of distributed energy solutions, today announced the energization of its Bridgeport project at Bunnell Block in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
www.poweronline.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New 4MW Fuel Cell Project From Dispatch Energy Will Harden Connecticut's Grid And Enhance Baseload Power Generation www.poweronline.com/doc/new-mw-f...
How I am studying nuclear vs renewable arguments:
"BASELOAD, RESIDUAL LOAD, WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN, REDISPATCHING?! WHY DONT WE HAVE PUBLIC POWER, I HAGE PG&E I HATE SCE I HATE THE ENERGY MONOPOLIES"
"BASELOAD, RESIDUAL LOAD, WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN, REDISPATCHING?! WHY DONT WE HAVE PUBLIC POWER, I HAGE PG&E I HATE SCE I HATE THE ENERGY MONOPOLIES"
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
How I am studying nuclear vs renewable arguments:
"BASELOAD, RESIDUAL LOAD, WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN, REDISPATCHING?! WHY DONT WE HAVE PUBLIC POWER, I HAGE PG&E I HATE SCE I HATE THE ENERGY MONOPOLIES"
"BASELOAD, RESIDUAL LOAD, WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN, REDISPATCHING?! WHY DONT WE HAVE PUBLIC POWER, I HAGE PG&E I HATE SCE I HATE THE ENERGY MONOPOLIES"
Tell me again how we need "reliable" baseload power sources. Sources that will often fail when the weather gets serious.
#energytransition
#energytransition
Coal + gas fail once again during a winter storm.
20GW of generation went offline in America's largest grid during Winter Storm Fern.
DOE's policies to keep old coal plants running + expand gas dependency make our grid LESS RELIABLE + risk MORE BLACKOUTS
thepowerline.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...
20GW of generation went offline in America's largest grid during Winter Storm Fern.
DOE's policies to keep old coal plants running + expand gas dependency make our grid LESS RELIABLE + risk MORE BLACKOUTS
thepowerline.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil Fuels Failed During Winter Storm Fern
Power plant outages in America's largest grid show we can't depend upon fossil fuels
thepowerline.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Tell me again how we need "reliable" baseload power sources. Sources that will often fail when the weather gets serious.
#energytransition
#energytransition
nLighten Germany signs renewable power agreement with Uniper for baseload hydropower supply #damnews #dam
nLighten Germany signs renewable power agreement with Uniper for baseload hydropower supply
The contract introduces a baseload hydropower component and hourly, third-party-certified tracking of renewable electricity supply. The post nLighten Germany signs renewable power agreement with Uniper for baseload hydropower supply appeared first on International Water Power. The contract introduc… (Source: www.waterpowermagazine.com)
dlvr.it
January 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Firm, baseload power from abundant surplus hydro, blah blah. Incredible how the first week has validated every skeptical argument people have made about relying on this project for decarbonization for the last decade-plus. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/b...
New power line provided little juice to New England during Sunday’s storm, frigid temperatures - The Boston Globe
The New England Clean Energy Connect has essentially been missing in action since late Saturday, as Hydro-Québec kept electricity for its own needs.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Firm, baseload power from abundant surplus hydro, blah blah. Incredible how the first week has validated every skeptical argument people have made about relying on this project for decarbonization for the last decade-plus. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/b...
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off - EUROPE SAYS
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market balances, igniting explosive basis moves
www.europesays.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off - EUROPE SAYS
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market balances, igniting explosive basis moves
www.europesays.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Winter’s Wrath Spikes Bidweek Natural Gas Prices as Trading Kicks Off
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
https://www.europesays.com/2733416/
Baseload prices surged on the first day of February bidweek trading Monday as cold weather sharply shifted market…
So, if the UAE had spent the same $32B they spend on the Barakah NPP on solar and storage today, they would get a much better deal; 5.32GW of baseload AND 27.66GW of nameplate capacity generation.
And the rapid advance of renewables and storage means that deal's only going to get better.
And the rapid advance of renewables and storage means that deal's only going to get better.
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
So, if the UAE had spent the same $32B they spend on the Barakah NPP on solar and storage today, they would get a much better deal; 5.32GW of baseload AND 27.66GW of nameplate capacity generation.
And the rapid advance of renewables and storage means that deal's only going to get better.
And the rapid advance of renewables and storage means that deal's only going to get better.