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My latest at Quitting Carbon: Enlisting your EV for double duty as a battery that can power your home when the grid goes down is part of the...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...My latest at Quitting Carbon: Enlisting your EV for double duty as a battery that can power your home when the grid goes down is part of the new climate reality, argues climate advocate (and my friend) @Guay_jg: https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/the-next-frontier-for-an-energy-transition-pioneer-bidirectional-ev-charging/
12.3.2025 15:38My latest at Quitting Carbon: Enlisting your EV for double duty as a battery that can power your home when the grid goes down is part of the...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"Pressure is mounting on Australia's energy market rule maker to shield consumers from carrying the cost of an unregulated and...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."Pressure is mounting on Australia's energy market rule maker to shield consumers from carrying the cost of an unregulated and mismanaged gas network death spiral," reports Rachel Williamson: https://reneweconomy.com.au/gas-network-death-spiral-pressure-mounts-to-protect-consumers-from-cost-of-stranded-assets/
12.3.2025 14:47"Pressure is mounting on Australia's energy market rule maker to shield consumers from carrying the cost of an unregulated and...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
EIA: US cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26GW in 2024. Capacity growth from battery storage could set a record in...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...EIA: US cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26GW in 2024. Capacity growth from battery storage could set a record in 2025 as operators report plans to add 19.6GW of utility-scale battery storage to the grid: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64705&utm_medium=email
12.3.2025 14:24EIA: US cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26GW in 2024. Capacity growth from battery storage could set a record in...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"What we don’t want to do is drive ourselves to only one solution — that being a gas-fired solution — that’s now more expensive...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."What we don’t want to do is drive ourselves to only one solution — that being a gas-fired solution — that’s now more expensive than it ever has been in its history,” NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum told @timmcdonnell: https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/11/2025/nexteras-john-ketchum-thinks-trump-is-misguided-about-data-centers?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=net+zero&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered1#c
11.3.2025 15:18"What we don’t want to do is drive ourselves to only one solution — that being a gas-fired solution — that’s now more expensive...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"A growing number of House Republicans are urging the party to preserve the clean energy tax credits in Democrats’ climate law —...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."A growing number of House Republicans are urging the party to preserve the clean energy tax credits in Democrats’ climate law — and warning they may oppose the party’s budget bill if those incentives get axed." https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/house-republican-clean-energy-tax-breaks-00218126 via Josh Siegel and James Bikales
10.3.2025 16:04"A growing number of House Republicans are urging the party to preserve the clean energy tax credits in Democrats’ climate law —...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
IEA: Global grid expansion is struggling to keep pace with surging demand for electricity as procurement lead times and costs for essential...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...IEA: Global grid expansion is struggling to keep pace with surging demand for electricity as procurement lead times and costs for essential parts have nearly doubled since 2021: https://www.iea.org/news/rising-component-prices-and-supply-chain-pressures-are-hindering-the-development-of-transmission-grid-infrastructure
10.3.2025 15:24IEA: Global grid expansion is struggling to keep pace with surging demand for electricity as procurement lead times and costs for essential...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"The U.S. is set to plug over 18 gigawatts of new utility-scale energy storage capacity into the grid in 2025, up from 2024’s...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."The U.S. is set to plug over 18 gigawatts of new utility-scale energy storage capacity into the grid in 2025, up from 2024’s record-setting total of almost 11 GW, per Energy Information Administration data analyzed by Cleanview." https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/chart-us-is-set-to-shatter-grid-battery-records-this-year via Dan McCarthy
7.3.2025 20:16"The U.S. is set to plug over 18 gigawatts of new utility-scale energy storage capacity into the grid in 2025, up from 2024’s...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"If Texas’ leaders can just stay out of their own way, the state is on track to dominate the renewable energy economy for generations...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."If Texas’ leaders can just stay out of their own way, the state is on track to dominate the renewable energy economy for generations to come," writes @dangearino : https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06032025/inside-clean-energy-texas-leads-renewable-generation/
6.3.2025 22:30"If Texas’ leaders can just stay out of their own way, the state is on track to dominate the renewable energy economy for generations...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
Developer Hecate's proposed solar + storage project at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation "is expected to generate up to 2,000...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...Developer Hecate's proposed solar + storage project at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation "is expected to generate up to 2,000 megawatts of electricity ... and store 2,000 more in a large battery installation at a total cost of $4 billion." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/business/hanford-nuclear-site-solar-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.SdYo.0nssvVcspwHD&smid=url-share by Keith Schneider
6.3.2025 19:27Developer Hecate's proposed solar + storage project at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation "is expected to generate up to 2,000...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
American Clean Power Association: "The clean energy industry shattered records in 2024, deploying an unprecedented 49 GW of...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...American Clean Power Association: "The clean energy industry shattered records in 2024, deploying an unprecedented 49 GW of capacity—a remarkable 33% increase over the previous record of 37 GW set in 2023." https://cleanpower.org/news/market-report-2024-snapshot/
6.3.2025 00:08American Clean Power Association: "The clean energy industry shattered records in 2024, deploying an unprecedented 49 GW of...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
ICYMI: My latest column at Quitting Carbon: The Musk DOGE-led General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...ICYMI: My latest column at Quitting Carbon: The Musk DOGE-led General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square feet of Department of Interior office space. Who will be left to help Trump achieve “energy dominance”? https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/musks-doge-wrecking-ball-could-topple-trumps-energy-dominance-agenda/
5.3.2025 17:43ICYMI: My latest column at Quitting Carbon: The Musk DOGE-led General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
Trump is permitting Musk's unaccountable, shadowy DOGE squad to make cuts that actually could threaten the abundance of American energy...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...Trump is permitting Musk's unaccountable, shadowy DOGE squad to make cuts that actually could threaten the abundance of American energy technologies Trump loves (and loathes). Is Trump really going to allow Musk to derail one of his biggest campaign promises? https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/musks-doge-wrecking-ball-could-topple-trumps-energy-dominance-agenda/ by me at Quitting Carbon
4.3.2025 22:26Trump is permitting Musk's unaccountable, shadowy DOGE squad to make cuts that actually could threaten the abundance of American energy...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
A pair of new bills introduced in the California State Legislature would create a climate superfund. UCLA Law's Sabrina Ashjian writes...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...A pair of new bills introduced in the California State Legislature would create a climate superfund. UCLA Law's Sabrina Ashjian writes about how it would work: https://legal-planet.org/2025/03/03/making-polluters-pay-for-climate-consequences/
4.3.2025 19:30A pair of new bills introduced in the California State Legislature would create a climate superfund. UCLA Law's Sabrina Ashjian writes...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
My latest column at Quitting Carbon: Musk's DOGE team at the General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...My latest column at Quitting Carbon: Musk's DOGE team at the General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square feet of Department of Interior office space. Who will be left to help Trump achieve “energy dominance”? https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/musks-doge-wrecking-ball-could-topple-trumps-energy-dominance-agenda/
4.3.2025 18:03My latest column at Quitting Carbon: Musk's DOGE team at the General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
New York state is one step closer to banning fossil fuels in new buildings: https://nysfocus.com/2025/02/28/new-york-gas-ban-green-buildings...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...New York state is one step closer to banning fossil fuels in new buildings: https://nysfocus.com/2025/02/28/new-york-gas-ban-green-buildings via @colinreports
3.3.2025 18:15New York state is one step closer to banning fossil fuels in new buildings: https://nysfocus.com/2025/02/28/new-york-gas-ban-green-buildings...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
"Does Trump, floating as always on the surface of understanding, realize that his government’s effective policy has changed since...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe..."Does Trump, floating as always on the surface of understanding, realize that his government’s effective policy has changed since 2017? If so, he’s not acting like it," writes @robinsonmeyer https://heatmap.news/politics/trump-austerity
2.3.2025 19:34"Does Trump, floating as always on the surface of understanding, realize that his government’s effective policy has changed since...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
My latest at Quitting Carbon: A quick weekend read: Even more savings from LEDs, Trump's EV purge, solar and batteries displacing gas in...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...My latest at Quitting Carbon: A quick weekend read: Even more savings from LEDs, Trump's EV purge, solar and batteries displacing gas in California, and more: https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-reading-even-more-savings-from-leds-trumps-ev-purge-solar-and-batteries-displacing-gas-in-california-and-more/
1.3.2025 19:24My latest at Quitting Carbon: A quick weekend read: Even more savings from LEDs, Trump's EV purge, solar and batteries displacing gas in...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
My latest at Quitting Carbon: More highlights from what I've been reading with research from DNV, stories from Rob Stumpf,...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...My latest at Quitting Carbon: More highlights from what I've been reading with research from DNV, stories from Rob Stumpf, @nickhedley.bsky.social, and Peter Johnson, and my appreciation of former DOJ environmental attorney John Cruden: https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-reading-even-more-savings-from-leds-trumps-ev-purge-solar-and-batteries-displacing-gas-in-california-and-more/
28.2.2025 23:53My latest at Quitting Carbon: More highlights from what I've been reading with research from DNV, stories from Rob Stumpf,...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
This new Sammy Roth column nicely complements one I published in December...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...This new Sammy Roth column nicely complements one I published in December (https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/soaring-electricity-rates-threaten-climate-action/). "Politicians need to stop promising they’ll confront these challenges and start doing it," he writes: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2025-02-27/column-time-for-california-to-get-serious-about-cheaper-cleaner-energy-boiling-point
27.2.2025 19:44This new Sammy Roth column nicely complements one I published in December...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...
Wake up California, Trump is coming for your offshore wind industry! I wrote in my latest column. Subscribe to Quitting Carbon to get all my...
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...Wake up California, Trump is coming for your offshore wind industry! I wrote in my latest column. Subscribe to Quitting Carbon to get all my columns, reporting, and Q&As delivered to your inbox: https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/wake-up-california-trump-is-coming-for-your-offshore-wind-industry/#/portal/signup
27.2.2025 18:31Wake up California, Trump is coming for your offshore wind industry! I wrote in my latest column. Subscribe to Quitting Carbon to get all my...https://mastodon.green/@JustinGe...