Cool to see China taking the lead integrating more renewable energy into its grid with smart transformation: amp.scmp.com/news/china/s...

Nice to see @volkswagen.bsky.social declare hydrogen passenger vehicles a waste of time and indicate all their new small cars will be electric. They can see the future China is bringing and they want to compete. electrek.co/2025/12/18/v...

Solar is nearly unstoppable. Canada should reduce the 154%-286% tariff we have on solar. Even in Texas solar is out producing coal.

Nice to see and American truck maker revealing three all-new medium-duty electric trucks powered by LFP batteries. insideevs.com/news/781391/...

Come on Canada, lets open the door to Chinese manufacturers having a presence and selling some of the amazing cars they make. Right now Tesla is the only one with next generation product.

Toyota is still the worst: electrek.co/2025/01/14/t...

I get the electrical bills (for research) from some Net Zero Homes I have helped over the years. Always makes me a little jealous, this is a family of 4 with an EV. They have a $8 credit in October. No gas bill! All in the rainy Pacific Northwest.

We need to see BYO Cord options in North America for EV charging. This is a charger/EVSE in Vancouver, it was public, but the cord got cut twice by a copper thief. Now it is in a locked cage, usable only by asking reception during limited M-F business hours. BYO Cord would solve this.

Wind power towers made in BC? Would employ 400 during construction and 300 during operations. www.biv.com/news/retail-...

This is cool. In about 4 years since Mike produced a report for Vancouver on single stair, it is allowed. I think I met Mike via @lanefab.com on twitter and I was exposed to his archipelago of good ideas. Credit also goes to my manager Sean who gave me budget and open ended direction to learn.

Jesse Peltan: "China built 3x as much solar cell production capacity in the past year as the rest of the world has in total." 🌞🌞🌞 #alwaysbecharging nitter.net/JessePeltan/...

Gas (methane) wholesale price jumps 70% due to LNG export and a cold snap: www.ft.com/content/2152...

Great to see talk of another BC-AB intertie. Site C would be a logical location given its proximity to the AB border. thehub.ca/2025/12/02/h...

Anyone have experience with Seattle's Solar Permit process? Should Vancouver copy it? Looks good to a layman like me. www.seattle.gov/DPD/publicat...

More easy cheap Balcony solar coming to America. Bills have been introduced in the legislatures in New York and Pennsylvania that would allow people to add balcony solar to their homes. Vermont, Maryland, and New Hampshire are expected to follow soon as well. cleantechnica.com/2025/12/01/m...

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

Nice to see solar replacing LNG for electricity generation in real time: cleantechnica.com/2025/11/28/p...

I saw this "Gas Guys" truck the other day and noticed it's a F150 Lighting (Electric). Cool to see the continued shift towards electric where options exist.

Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great to see the Yukon to BC grid connection added to the federal major project list. A BC grid connection would allow switching from diesel both on community and on new mine projects! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jesse: “China is just catching up” may have sounded plausible in 2000. That’s obviously not the case now. nitter.net/JessePeltan/...

Our electric utility gave us 6 months of free driving because we installed an EV charger that responds to peak power events. In addition they will pay us $50 a year as long as we participate. We can even opt out of a couple of events if needed. www.bchydro.com/powersmart/r...

Bring on the CO2 heat pumps from Europe!

Learning about the Alberta Electrical Grid. Gas fired cogeneration is inflexible and makes up 40% of the electric generation stack in Alberta.

Our local IKEA offers 2h free EV charging and has a large fleet EV truck charging area. Great to see the growth in electrified fleet's

I was reading a study of cold climate heat pumps vs standard. I was surprised to see the COP (coefficiency of Performance/ efficiency) was similar at most temps & the COP of the standard equipment was a little better for most temperatures Vancouver BC Canada sees. let me know if you want the report

China has exported $120 billion in green technology for the year-to-date. The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, has only sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

This is a cool solution

Cool to see these Jerry can, electric equivalent options for tow truck drivers coming to market: electrek.co/2025/09/26/e...

All good things come to an end. I got a free charge here 17 times last year. Hard to get because it was free, availability will improve now. Hopefully a still cheap price.

It would be great to remove the 100% tariff that Canada put on EV's from China. There is good public support. www.ctvnews.ca/business/aut...

It really is a dream and does so many things better than Seattle

Saw this all electric Candela C-8 is an hydrofoil boat hauling ass in howe sound today. Nearly silent.

Mexican watermelon selling well in the foreground. American watermelon is marked down but not moving. Canadians are avoiding American products when they can.

Another step forward for Churchill Falls and the future Gull Island project in signing a benefit and reconciliation agreement with the Innu Nation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Totally normal heat wave

Check out these curbside Electric Vehicle chargers in London (UK). I like how the one disappears when not in use.

Where Vancouver goes, North Vancouver is soon to follow. Nice to see these changes to single family zoning: www.northshoredailypost.com/district-of-...

We added 6 electric hot water tanks and 4 heat pumps into a 1960s 6 unit townhouse building. Using Canadian made Evectrix load management, they were able to avoid an upgrade to the original 200A 3 phase service. Today was the media event with Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix!

I caught someone stealing tonight. They did a break and enter in our neighborhood some weeks back. I recognized them, called @vancouverpd.bsky.social ,criminal tried to flee, I gave chase. VPD was on the phone and arrested them a few blocks away. They had an outstanding warrant, straight to jail.

Our electric utility just launched a flat and time of day rate option. They have a tool online to look at your two previous years of smart meter data. For our house the time of day rate saves a couple of hundred dollars if we shift EV charging and some dishwasher time to overnight.

The City of Vancouver has run an incentive program for Passive House @ipha.bsky.social and CHBA Net Zero @chbanational.bsky.social for the past 5 years and is considering an extension for 5 more years. Should the city go from 5% to 10% floor area for cert? council.vancouver.ca/20250603/doc...

Looks like IKEA Richmond has some big Electric Fleet plans! This in addition to their current offering on the customer side, where they give 2H free EV charging 24A@208V, $5/h after.

Every $1 spent on building grid interties between B.C. & Alberta would allow the two provinces to save $5. So why is the Alberta regulator not pushing for an intertie with Site C, just 60km from the AB border and a restoration of the southern intertie to its PATH rating? www.biv.com/news/resourc...

www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol... Thanks for sharing @devoncantwell.bsky.social

Classic Alberta headline

You love to see a more connected Canada! The proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would see a 1,200-kilometre line built through northern Manitoba to several Nunavut communities west of Hudson Bay that currently use diesel to generate electricity. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Electricity Camp was awesome!

There should be an option on hotel travel searches for "120v outlet provided". I was searching for a hotel in Banff, those with EV charging were 2x$. I went with a lower price option & 120v was enough over our 3 day stay. Outlets left over from Now removed old central vac system.