We've made an interactive map with data US Treasury collected that shows at the ZIP code level for 2018-2022 what US homeowners paid for insurance, what % of policies weren't renewed, and more. @brookings.edu Hutchins Center. www.brookings.edu/articles/hom...

This new state-led energy system modeling paper by @gmmouat.bsky.social @katiehjordan.bsky.social @paulijllo.bsky.social @jxjohnson.bsky.social is incredible, I literally want to sit down and have a cup of coffee with every figure. Let's take a tour shall we ☕? 1/🧵 HT @kevinjkircher.com

🚨Job Alert🚨Johns Hopkins' Sustainable Energy Institute is hiring a fellow/post-doc (PhD, JD or equivalent experience) to support our work on interregional transmission, state engagement, and offshore wind planning! #energysky Details & application available: apply.interfolio.com/168478

New in Nature Communications: "State-led climate action can cut emissions at near-federal costs but favors different technologies" We used an open-source energy system optimization model to explore what happens if 23 U.S. states pursue net-zero without federal coordination. 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

“Given that there is little expectation the Trump administration will promote a national effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change, we think there is significant value in assessing what kind of difference state-led efforts could make.” @jxjohnson.bsky.social

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 In the largest multi-model study of U.S. decarbonization strategies to date, we explore technology and policy implications for reaching net-zero emissions using 14 energy-economic models. A thread of key takeaways in 10 charts...

Winter peaking of power systems would change planning and operations. Former PhD student Adi Keskar wrote a great paper on this topic a couple of years ago. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...

Systems thinkers know that "you can't just do one thing." The abatement cost of swapping gasoline for an EV is impacted by other mitigation measures like solar adoption. In our new pub, an energy systems model captured such interactive effects to estimate marginal CO2 abatement cost in the US.

NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

As cold weather pummels us here in the South, power systems are strained. If you’re looking for something that provides the status, risks, and policies that may influence winter peaking power systems, check out my former PhD student Adi Keskar’s paper.

go.bsky.app/Ji7z8yc Trying to link up and create visibility for AEESP (Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors) members. Reply if you’d like to be added! Abstract deadline for our spring conference is Jan 6: aeesp2025.duke.edu

There is a wide array of future technology choices that allow us to achieve a net-zero energy system at *near* optimal cost. ⏰ New Paper in Nature Comms with colleagues at NC State and Carnegie Mellon where we use modeling to generate alternatives in an energy system optimization model. ⏰

If you're an author or technical contributor on the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment and would like to be included in this starter pack, reply with your chapter or DM me. I'm very grateful to be part of this. go.bsky.app/EZeELH7

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There is a wide array of future technology choices that allow us to achieve a net-zero energy system at *near* optimal cost. ⏰ New Paper in Nature Comms with colleagues at NC State and Carnegie Mellon where we use modeling to generate alternatives in an energy system optimization model. ⏰

I’m a nonpartisan election official in North Carolina. Take it from me: vote at early voting (One-Stop). They can fix ANYTHING. They can register you on the spot, even. Take your ID, go midweek to early voting, and you won’t have to stress. On Election Day, your and my options are limited. #voting

“Wind turbines generated more electricity than coal-burning power plants across the United States in March &April, outstripping the dirtiest fuel for two consecutive months for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration…the latest milestone in the country’s energy transition”

“New satellite data confirms that every corner of the earth has the incorrect quantity of water,” the report read in part, noting that even though the total amount of water on the planet seemed to be about right, the distribution of that water across the globe was “way off.”

Take my money

Holy moly. Quite a significant upwards revision of projected power demand in the US commercial sector thanks basically entirely to new data centres, it seems www.eia.gov/outlooks/ste...

"So, where'd you go to college?" "Oh, near Boston."

"Dear Editor, I have incorporated all suggestions from reviewer 2, and I hope you find the changes an improvement to the manuscript as a whole."

A collection of open access energy system coursework, from the Macro Energy Systems folks: 🔌💡 www.macroenergysystems.org/open-access-...

One of the biggest obstacles to expanding clean energy in the U.S. is a lack of power lines. Building new lines can take a decade or more because of permitting delays and local opposition. But there may be a faster, cheaper solution. Here’s what to know.

Change can be slow, until it’s really fast.

I bet you are, Eversource.

Today at 12pm ET! Join us for a panel discussion on communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems.

Breaking News: The EPA tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade.

Panel alert! I’ll be moderating a session on “Communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems to decision-makers” with Clean Air Task Force’s Leslie Abrahams, EIA’s Joe DeCarolis, and EPRI’s Naga Srujana Goteti. Wednesday, Feb 7 at 12:00pm ET. Register at: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Panel alert! I’ll be moderating a session on “Communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems to decision-makers” with Clean Air Task Force’s Leslie Abrahams, EIA’s Joe DeCarolis, and EPRI’s Naga Srujana Goteti. Wednesday, Feb 7 at 12:00pm ET. Register at: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I wrote a blog article to expand on my recent thoughts about the delay in approving new LNG terminals. Check it out: www.cmu.edu/energy/key-i....

Keeping an eye on the NY offshore wind auction. Can the industry regain some its momentum?

Interested in winter peaking power systems, Taylor Swift references, and bad jokes? Check out my blog post at the Scott Institute. @openenergyoutlook.bsky.social

Demand response from commercial buildings can provide valuable flexibility as we decarbonize the power system. But buildings are tricky, so my collaborators and I are calling for an “experiment first” approach. Michigan ECE: ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/livi... Joule: www.cell.com/joule/fullte...

Vineyard Wind is now producing some power! The project’s first (of 62) offshore wind turbines goes online near Martha’s Vineyard. Incredible potential in the Northeast. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/c...

Excited to share a new paper in ES&T! In short: using supercritical CO2 for geothermal heat extraction can support geologic CO2 storage while providing clean energy.  Led by PhD student Lily Liu, with Ohio State and Michigan, and funding from the Sloan Foundation. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...