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🫠 where is the lowest hanging fruits that renewables could claim in the US energy market. I was thinking it would have a bigger share in transportation by now.
Perhaps there an opportunity to push renewables to be majority or at least 50% share in commercial energy use, and totally displace any remain share of petroleum and coal in the sector.
I really want to see renewables become the majority at something 😮💨
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/rfh01-us-energy-use/
Perhaps there an opportunity to push renewables to be majority or at least 50% share in commercial energy use, and totally displace any remain share of petroleum and coal in the sector.
I really want to see renewables become the majority at something 😮💨
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/rfh01-us-energy-use/
for real!!!
"...Outages are so common that the utility companies have stopped trying to keep track of them."
Incredibly sad reality of the electrification infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa 😓
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/every-generator-is-a-policy-failure/
Incredibly sad reality of the electrification infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa 😓
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/every-generator-is-a-policy-failure/
My job is to deploy this amazing energy resource and I absolutely love it!! Although it kicks my ass. Very challenging industry
This paper was way ahead of it's time. Amory Lovins advocacy for "Soft Energy Paths" would directly translate to everything we are advocating for in web3.
Developing energy infra that encourages energy to be consumed in the form & location of it's production, is an underprioritized goal of our modern society.
https://nonuclear.se/files/E77-01_TheRoadNotTaken.pdf
Developing energy infra that encourages energy to be consumed in the form & location of it's production, is an underprioritized goal of our modern society.
https://nonuclear.se/files/E77-01_TheRoadNotTaken.pdf
The good news is Elon isn’t the only person trying to decarbonize our electric future. Call me beep me if you want to reach me and talk Distributed Generation and Adaptive Load Management 🤓
But otherwise vibing and crying with my AC on in October is the mood
But otherwise vibing and crying with my AC on in October is the mood
PSA: how solar panels work
I have the cutest colleagues in the biz
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It’s me, hi, I’m the curvy, interesting yet hard to understand, conundrum that is solar energy here to clean up our grid ☀️🔋
Great article on Microsoft’s AI products that are being custom built for Oil & Gas companies and how it directly contradicts Microsoft’s ESG commitments
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/microsoft-ai-oil-contracts/679804/?gift=lhL3dXSYCcu9vqTqEbg0OHfJiu_TRdq079IHN4QaSAE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/microsoft-ai-oil-contracts/679804/?gift=lhL3dXSYCcu9vqTqEbg0OHfJiu_TRdq079IHN4QaSAE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
The way this hits me so hard ….. let me do my job please 🙏☀️
Blackouts are in the news again 👀
I have the coolest job!! Makes it even better when I get calls from happy clients gushing over their mid-construction progress photos ☀️☀️☀️✨
A few months ago, I read a report on the LNG market outlook by the excellently named Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis (“IEEFA”). The data was at odds with what I had seen elsewhere, which was why I was interested. But something about the tone of the report rubbed me the wrong way. It just seemed ‘preachy’?? Like, no pretense to objectivity.
So I read the bios of the authors. Everyone. EVERYONE. at IEEFA has a renewable energy background.
Today, I read a respected African economic journal quoting verbatim from that report.
And that, ladies and gents is my first time seeing the power of a lobby in action.
So I read the bios of the authors. Everyone. EVERYONE. at IEEFA has a renewable energy background.
Today, I read a respected African economic journal quoting verbatim from that report.
And that, ladies and gents is my first time seeing the power of a lobby in action.
What are the best energy podcasts/newsletters? I’ve got Doomberg and SuperSpiked. Any others?
I always read these articles hoping for a balanced analysis. I’m always disappointed.
The past few months California has been meeting 100% of its electricity demands with renewables during peak sunlight hours.
Not sure if you energy people would like to see this, but my roof used to be old tar and gravel. It was replaced with fairly cheap and lightly insulated reflective TPO. Here are the before and after on comparable days.
Heating and cooling is almost a quarter of all global energy consumption.
Heating and cooling is almost a quarter of all global energy consumption.
Do refrigerators and grain silos make food cheaper or more expensive?
Does geologic storage make natural gas cheaper or more expensive?
Do batteries make electricity cheaper or more expensive?
Does geologic storage make natural gas cheaper or more expensive?
Do batteries make electricity cheaper or more expensive?
A very unsatisfying thing I sometimes hear is that people who worry about climate change just want to “restrict the freedoms” of others. This has proved time and again to be a very strong signal that there’s no real interest in a conversation. Note to self. Don’t be this person.
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