I suspect Trump is going to start talking shit about eBikes

‘triple junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell…efficiency of 28.7% on a device with 1-cm2 aperture area…introduced 3-ammonium propionic acid (3A⁺) into the perovskite lattice, forming multiple ionic and hydrogen bonds’ Don’t know what that means - but triple junction cell is cool.

‘Energy use is way up in Texas but power prices have bucked the national trend and actually declined over the summer, mostly due to solar + storage records. VPPs are also growing in Texas and beginning to put a downward pressure on prices, too.’ - Doug Lewin www.douglewin.com/p/solar-stor...

climate change green emissions energy transition sustainability/sustainable clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’ Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies They should also ban: Right wing snowflakes Scared of reality Can’t do math

‘JV targeting 100,000 tonnes of LCE per year…That’s close to 10% of today’s global production…with 20,000 bbl/d single-well flow rates and concentrations like these, ~25 producers plus ~25 injectors would be needed. At 8,000 ft and ~$250/ft drilling costs, the wells alone could exceed $100MM.’

“Finding a few bucks in your pocket is cool, finding a few hundred is irresponsible” - me, a few years back when I found too much money in my pocket. Just like with solar - underestimating some is mature, safe, and logical, however - being decades off is…irresponsible maybe.

Funny, but the post on it was censored… “Fuck”

Digging the dirt, putting down stone, lots of fabric, conduit going into place, progress progress

Interesting to see the spread between China and international get slightly tighter. Wonder if the world and China both see a potential for some convergence. Wonder if the world has an appetite for more expensive, geopolitically priced poly. Wonder wonder… www.linkedin.com/posts/bernre...

We will learn. 1. Baseload batteries. First off, we will need batteries for much more and so we will push pricing up to some degree with filling those units. 2. Transportation. Every charger should be dynamic, aligned to fill as soon as pricing dips. 3. Industrial loads, buffered with batteries…

'South Korea cannot provide the US with $350 billion in cash' Delivered how? In briefcases, Sunday at 3 AM, under the bridge, to my friend Benny from the Lower end?

“The things you see every day in the o@m field are hilarious! Like, the new corkscrew solar array setup, it’s like something out of a sci-fi movie!” - Dennis www.linkedin.com/posts/dennis...

Permit came through just now, so Friday ended on a high note...

‘utility-scale 4.9 GW/14.9 GWh - up 63%/36%…CCI 38 MW/85 MWh - 70% IL/NY…residential 708 MW/752 MWh - 132% increase year-over-year…Texas, California and Arizona added more than 1 GW each…Florida and Georgia saw major forecast upgrades…U.S. storage will reach 87.8 GW by 2029, but could lose 16.5 GW’

So much depth in the technical knowledge within the solar industry: ‘single-junction silicon impacts of spectral distribution negligible, <0.5%…tandem perovskite-silicon ~6% expected…current mismatch btwn perovskite & silicon cell…albedo value 50% to compensate for Brazilian atmospheric conditions’

“perfect examples are family man, the guy who runs local chamber, owner of a local diner where all the old white guys go for morning coffee & chat…doesn’t really matter who, as long as they have credibility within the community.” “we can’t have a developer, a guy with long hair and an earring”

‘among most attractive regions in Europe for BESS investment…ancillary service markets through the roof…Russia’s power system historically provided Baltic power system w/flexibility…over last 3-4 years, generation capacity in Baltic region increased 60% almost exclusively from solar/wind generation’

‘Chinese turbine maker Mingyang reported that its fleet of 1,345 offshore wind turbines “remained intact”…the OceanX twin-headed floating offshore wind prototype platform “weathervanes” 360° in the direction of the typhoon, keeping its rotor aligned with the wind and reducing stress on the machine.’

All right, maybe today will be ok

Agrovoltaics is like implementing #Solarpunk in the real world. It's a tech that genuinely makes me happy for the future.

#agrivoltaics #perennialwheat "Kernza" '342MW-dc Eldorado Solar project, southeast Illinois... Nextracker utilizing predominantly U.S. steel, and SOLV Energy...Sol Systems...Establish pollinator habitat; Test row-crop performance, Kernza planting Fall 2025. apigateway.agilitypr.com/distribution...

‘Verbally abusing children, boycotts of a farming business, painting threatening messages on roads…directly correlated with the increase in misinformation and disinformation circulating through digital platforms…Many of the submissions claim the government is the biggest purveyor of these campaigns’

'allegation by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee that Waaree was mislabeling solar cells that originated in China as coming from India to avoid tariffs on Chinese solar products'

'Ant International built blockchain infrastructure directly linked to banks (ex HSBC & Standard Chartered). Tracks all transactions btwn Ant & banks,uses digital tokens to validate legitimacy of transactions—a very elaborate form of an IOU. Process ~30 seconds,then money paid to merchant in local $'

Woo hoo - the solar @solarindustry.bsky.social boss was talking to Bill nye the Science Guy!

Doing the work under the ground on a very protected site, which will have a lot of conduit, a lot of copper, an 80 by 80 volume of earth moved, layers of rock, dirt, fabric, other rocks, and a 73,000 pound Megapack being supported. Plus of course control systems, solar inverters, transformers, etc.

And a little thing like that could easily be zero reduction…

‘Trump administration seeking 10% stake in Nevada’s upcoming lithium mine, operated by Lithium Americas (LAC)…company secured a $2.26 billion government loan, now renegotiating…LAC’s stock surging by as much as 80%…General Motors, holds 38% stake in company & right to buy the lithium from the mine’

‘stole 50 km of copper cable…capacity of 11 MW…commissioned in 2010, was one of the largest ground-mounted systems at the time…Police estimated the value at about €100,000, with repair costs likely to be higher…occurred between 2 p.m. (CEST) on Sept. 17, and 7 a.m. on Sept. 18’ O&M team like wtf?

If Xi meant 3.6 TW *additional*capacity, that would line up with current deployment capacities.

‘SPE estimates production costs for fully EU-based supply chain vs a mix between China & Southeast Asia, would be ~€0.128/Wp higher (~double); resulting cost for a European module utility-scale solar installation would result in €0.608/Wp vs €0.5/Wp for a Chinese system - with LCOE 14.5% higher’

‘off-grid lithium mine…average of 81 per cent renewables for its power supply over last year…30 MW of wind capacity, 17 MW of solar & a 17 MW, 19 MWh battery, 26.4 MW of gas capacity, 5 MW of diesel and three small synchronous condensers…times where we run solely on renewable power for a day or so’

‘Townsite Solar facility in Boulder City, Nev., Sept. 24, 2025, following a lithium battery fire the night before. The second unit ignited while crews were monitoring the scene…procedures call for protecting the area around the fire but allowing the affected battery to burn…Tesla Megapacks’

“Atlas does not provide any funding” “Atlas has reimbursed travel expenses to its US and Asia events” It’s so easy to lie. You can do it two sentences in a row. Most folks pride their polite society actions, and ignore the lie. These people are criminals all the same.

‘installed on wooden & metal poles…supports Level 2 charging, up to 9.6 kW per port…with a retractable cable system to protect against weather damage and vandalism…one or two chargers per pole’ Buttt.., ‘can pay with the app or by tapping with a credit card’ How does tapping part work? :)

A bit earlier this morning, a large percentage of the state had water falling on it from the sky. Much like. Except for the four ongoing construction projects I’ve got…

‘1MW energy generation capacity….12 micro generators…made of carbon fiber …weight of one system is less than 2,204 pounds…wind flows roughly three times faster at 4,921 feet (1,500 meters) above ground than it does on land, which means it could increase the power output by approximately 27 times’

Which storage technologies have passed through to the next round of Ofgem’s Long Duration “Cap and Floor” auction? Hard to see anything other than variants of lithium dominating at 8 hours. Source: modoenergy.com/research/gb-...

The people are the data centers :-)

Wind and solar at 3.6 TW of capacity by 2025. As of this summer, they are about 1.4 TW of capacity - meaning 2.1 TW to go. That's 10.5 years, and suggests about 200 GW a year. This would actually be a pull back in capacity deployed on an annual basis versus recent years.

Fresh SMART 3.0 documentation just dropped! Get your fresh spreadsheets! And check out this sweet energy storage calculator! Hoping for some cents baby! www.mass.gov/info-details...

One of the ways Putin has gained individual wealth is that he forced Russian companies to give him percentages of ownership. I’ve seen documents suggesting hundreds of billions a decade or more ago. Course, he has far greater wealth in that he controls the still formidable might of Russia.

This is an SEL installed on a pole. It's about a $40k box of metal that probably will never get used...but they are ALL OVER the state associated with solar power projects.

Next time there's a global oil crises, its financial affects(effects?) will be muted in China. Financially, the US will feel it at the pump - but will also earn it at the well. Strategically, China will also be in a different position - but I'm not sure what it means yet.

This is truth - residential demand charges will hammer EVs.

‘1.8 GW offshore PV demonstration project…investment CNY 14.4 billion ($2.20 billion)…17 sq km of sea area…four sub-projects…fixed bottom attachments…connect via submarine cables to self-built 220 kV booster stations, then feed into Qin Hai Guang 500 MW boost station…by 2030, marine solar >100 GW’

That’s the US energy system - plenty of aluminum, just got some tariffs on it these days

‘layoffs include 348 jobs in Cumberland County and 169 jobs in Buncombe County…large portion of over 700 employed by the company…Founded in 2021…website lists 14 states with projects under construction with 1.2 GW of projects actively being built…reports it has built 8 GW of solar nationwide’

The life the life the life is calling