It was super-fun to work with Alissa Ganter on this paper. Substantial amounts of potential wind and solar generation is being curtailed in Europe. This generation capacity could potentially be used to make hydrogen, substituting for hydrogen now made with fossil gas. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

We are organizing a meeting where a small group will discuss contrasting viewpoints, identify reasons for disagreement, and explore how much of that disagreement is due to differences in empirical beliefs, decision-making frameworks, or values. If you have any suggestions, please reply to the post.

As Ken explains below, we are organizing a meeting where a small group will discuss contrasting viewpoints, identify reasons for disagreement, and explore whether or how much of that disagreement is due to differences in empirical beliefs, decision-making frameworks, or values.

A fascinating thread examining the internal perspective at a high-profile journal, Science, which addresses some of the common narratives and myths surrounding the publishing world. Thanks, @jeremymberg.bsky.social for your openness and transparency.

If you are interested in a Stanford postdoc position in these areas, and like doing stylized studies, please contact me. I value skills and a track record of achievement more than domain knowledge, and have had great success working with physicists. scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

We did our most important coral work at One Tree Island. It has been one of the best protected reefs in the Great Barrier Reef. www.nature.com/articles/nat... www.nature.com/articles/nat... agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

We reduce emissions to reduce long-term damage from climate change. We adapt to reduce near-term damage from climate change. New open access paper discussing how emissions mitigation and climate adaptation are complementary approaches to reducing climate damage: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

The 1/6 of the world's population living in Africa lives on less than 1/40 of the world's income. (The 1.3 billion people living in Africa are represented by the green area in the upper left of this figure. The United States has about 1/4 of this population.) www.voronoiapp.com/economy/-How...

Thanks, @paulijllo.bsky.social, for giving us a nice tour of her workplace, the US Capitol Building. Paulina is going to have a front row seat to a lot of crazy that is about to happen. With Emily Zuetell, @lfreese.bsky.social , @edgarvirguezr.bsky.social, and @jadowling.bsky.social

Excited to present our energy storage portfolios paper at AGU in D.C. on Monday! #EnergySky Paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Research Brief: img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/65... With my mentee Anna X. Li now a PhD student at Princeton, @edgarvirguezr.bsky.social, @kencaldeira.bsky.social, & more!

"We need to do hard work to bring the climate impact of our modern economy down to zero. But while we are trying to do the hard stuff, we can also grab some low-hanging fruit — no matter how high in the sky it may be."

🧵 How did Texas interconnect ~70% more capacity than any US market btwn 2021-2023? The answer explains, in part, why 25 parties just filed w/ FERC supporting streamlined interconnection service (ERIS), with no clear opposition—signaling a promising area for bipartisan reform. (1/15) #EnergySky

This is a useful summary (though the main factor determining PV generation is still just... how sunny it is, and the figure of 6-20% module efficiency is from 2015 and is now more like 20-23% for modern crystalline silicon modules).

The global carbon budget 2024 is out

Huge shoutout to @timlatimer.bsky.social and @jessejenkins.bsky.social for landing on the Time Climate 100! time.com/collection/t...

See y’all today. Summary of my presentation/career: we don’t know anything but we can still act

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Here's a starter pack for electric grid & power systems - lmk if you want me to add your account! (Omissions 100% unintentional, still finding folks here :-) 🔌💡 go.bsky.app/RwCBCab

🙋Does your research focus on decarbonisation in the Global South? If so, consider submitting to Environmental Research: Energy's latest focus issue iopscience.iop.org/collections/... Led by @edgarvirguezr.bsky.social, June Lukuyu, Krishnapriya Perumbillissery, Myriam Shiran

Designing reliable and cost-efficient wind-and-solar-based electricity systems requires more weather years for analysis than are customarily used. Research Brief: climateenergylab.org/researchbrie... Underlying Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out our latest paper!

Research Brief: "Switching from CO2-emitting oil to carbon-neutral wind and solar can reduce electricity costs on islands" #climate #energy climateenergylab.org/researchbrie... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out our latest paper. Key findings: - Curtailed power may provide opportunities for low-efficiency H2 storage systems - Underground H2 storage may provide value in deeply decarbonized systems - Existing underground gas storage facilities may provide ample H2 energy storage at a national scale

We are starting to create little 2-pagers describing key results of recent work. The first two are on long-duration storage in wind-and-solar-reliant electricity systems. climateenergylab.org/researchbrie...

“In our group, we like to do geophysical studies that are relevant to energy systems. We chose steady power because we wanted this to be a geophysically-oriented study focused on basic principles and methodology.” climateenergylab.org/people/

Where are the abundant and reliable winds? Please have a look at this blog post that explains our recent study. kencaldeira.com/2024/03/wher...

If you want to build and run a PyPSA (pypsa.org) network with little programming knowledge, give Table PyPSA a try! You can build the network from an Excel table, and it returns main outputs in an Excel table. Especially suitable for teaching and stylized analyses with limited network complexity.

Electricity systems heavily reliant on wind and solar generation require firming technologies to reliably meet electricity demands. A new study by @aliciawongel.bsky.social indicates that a broad range of technologies could potentially play this firming role. findingspress.org/article/9039...

The Climate Energy Lab will participate at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) with a delegation of 11 members, engaging in 18 events (10 posters, 5 oral talks, 2 panels, and 1 session chair). We hope you visit one of our talks or posters!

Some adaptation responses to flood risk. Move up, move over, build cheap. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu... iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

An early consensus appears to be emerging on next steps for US interconnection reform. The central dilemma is that existing US processes tilt heavily toward "deliverability," which results in inefficient use of grid. UtilityDive's @ethanhowl.bsky.social explores: www.utilitydive.com/news/connect...

Bumping to EnergySky