Without the IRA & strategic public investments, we won’t have as much or any: new nuclear power or new geothermal power, any CCS or DAC, we’ll lose the race on fusion, we’ll lose the race on advanced energy storage. Everything is at risk. 2050 is 25 years away. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/buildin...

Alternating posts of Trump saying he’d like to send US citizens to prisons in El Salvador and videos of celebs in VIP at Coachella. Good morning!

$20 breakfast buffet at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh Airport hotel. A nearby table of Trump foreign service officials sing the praises of Orban and Meloni, and do an accounting of which European countries “have the least Muslims.” Eddie Kendricks’ “My People…Hold On” plays in the background.

If there was any question, I can confirm that Trump admin policies 45 days in has led major renewable development companies to essentially cut GW targets ~in half, reduce budget for developing new projects, and at times abandon plans for taking on emerging techs like green hydrogen, etc.

What are the odds that Trump knows who Lech Walesa is? 10%?

A couple chapters into @edwardfishman.bsky.social ‘s new book “Chokepoints” I couldn’t recommend it enough. Riveting story that captures the evolution of the last couple decades of geopolitics. Tons of relevant lessons for understanding the current US/Russia/Ukraine dynamic: shorturl.at/uTGGD

Removing the ITC and PTC would stifle new generation, be inflationary for the economy and lead to higher electricity costs for everyday consumers. Let’s see how deep the admins animus towards renewables really goes

Parroting the Russian geopolitical “position” more every day! Go USA!

Finally a leader who understands how modern warfare works. Whichever side can deadlift more typically wins…

#energyemergency #abundance

From direct experience, this appears to be true. As Jael covers, this extends to projects that simply need the ACOE to issue a letter stating there is “No permit needed” from them for a project to proceed. Used to be an easy request. This could halt GWs of renewables development in its tracks.

What’s the political version of this Luka Doncic trade? Trump just like, suddenly decides to place heavy tariffs on our close ally, like Canada or something?

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

Time to update those forward looking curves

Hot start!

You love to see it.

Ok a 7.0 earthquake closely off the coast of nothern California seems like an event Bluesky would best be able to cover, given the movement of scientists over here. Is anyone giving quick thoughts on level of concern? Am I correct that 7.0 is the low end of what could potentially cause a tsunami?

At least from what I’ve seen in the industry, this is a novel approach to combine agrivoltaics with wine grapes. I expect to see a lot of clever jokes about this in developer circles this week, hopefully followed very quickly by plans to pilot this concept where possible

Happiness is the coffee shop playing The Radio Dept. on a sunny Saturday

*showing my hairstylist a pic* i need you to kill this person for me

This project benefiting trans charities is so good. Favs on first listen: •Bill Callahan / Hand Habits •Fleet Foxes / Cole Pulice / Lynn Avery •Benét / Faye Webster open.spotify.com/album/3ZbB4l...

Insightful article from this summer that considered what could happen to the IRA under an incoming Trump admin. Even if full repeal isn’t likely, look for the landmark Biden climate/manufacturing program to be reconfigured and neutered

trump is not invulnerable.

Huge get for this site that @remhq.bsky.social has fully moved over here. How about some reunion shows to celebrate? ;)

What does "energy dominance" mean? Drill baby drill or build baby build? What should we expect from the incoming Trump Admin & GOP Congress on energy? Listening to CSIS's Energy360 podcast's The Transition series w/ @josephmajkut.bsky.social is a great way to prepare open.spotify.com/episode/0ip0...

This almost certainly won’t be the last piece of the IRA that will get repealed for seemingly politically expedient reasons that will negatively impact US manufacturing

The same could be said for EnergyTwitter. The conversation happening here will very soon outpace anything on the other site. Great to see so many experts join and the momentum in dialogue. For folks interested in energy, highly recommend checking out @tnorris.bsky.social ‘s Starter Packs.