Global solar deployment in 2024 shattered records, with nearly 600 gigawatts (GW) installed worldwide, a massive increase driven primarily by China, followed by the U.S. and India. 2025 will shatter that record, hitting over 800 GWs, despite the glass-half empty reporting out of the USA.

We are finishing out 2025. Any guesses on: - The biggest plot twist - The breakout star  - The best villain  - The most underrated storyline

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We are finishing out 2025. Any guesses on: - The biggest plot twist - The breakout star  - The best villain  - The most underrated storyline

Dave Roberts produces so much interesting content every year. Just last week alone, hearing about @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s kick-ass clean energy affordability bill was worth the $300 annual investment that renewed automatically today.

Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

I've been struck by how grateful I am to many of you out here for how much I've learned from you and how much you have impacted my thoughts and actions. In no particular order, and in no way meant to be an exhaustive, or even a complete, list, here's a thread of thanks from me:

🎤Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu discussed with US cleantech pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social the necessary ingredients for achieving this leadership: demand creation, including with carbon pricing, financing and a stronger trade policy.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

ThunderSaidEnergy: "World deployed 1,500 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2024 1,000 GWh for EVs 175GWh for grid-scale storage. 140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"

What a treat to listen to @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and the good folks from Constructive at lunch today. And how fortunate to sit next to Brussels' Mr. Geothermal @changesanjeev.bsky.social while we discussed the opportunities and challenges of geothermal.

Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries. US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.

11) Open Circuit @open-circuit.bsky.social Discussions about major dynamics and developments in US climate policy. Can include guests! Weekly episodes 🔌💡 @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social @cleangridview.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

If they wanted to be an energy superpower in nuclear they could actually do that. But right now they are not on track to leveraging their $100B in nuclear investments to accomplish that.

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation. We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power U.S. data centers. Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can strengthen the power grid, trim electric bills, and help curb emissions.

@jigarshahdc.bsky.social you shared this on LI, is this something 🇨🇦 do their own liftoff report series on? My concern is that there's no coordination of getting these operation regs. Stakeholders like Gov, regulator(s), IPE, etc should get this into the curriculum, equivalency.

Epic rant from @jigarshahdc.bsky.social on Bill Gates. If you think you’ve heard enough about the memo already, you probably have. But you should listen to this. Deploy. Deploy. Deploy. (13:20 start) overcast.fm/+ABNVEX5fJfc

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation. We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

HELLO. REALLY SPECIAL JOB ALERT at @climatecabinet.org We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know. Details here 👇👇👇

More of this please! Great example of how an emissions mitigation investment can also help with adaptation and resilience.

Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs. This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...

"Bill Gates can get f*cked and we should stop listening to him on climate." True - and no billionaire can try to dictate form any longer. A reckoning of centralised versus decentralised power is coming.

This is an absolute banger of a takedown of Bill Gates' latest memo from an apoplectic @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, who brought a box full of receipts. [tl;dl version - 'Bill Gates can get f*cked and we should stop listening to him on climate'] It's my fave so far of a lot of excellent reax. 1/n

Billie Eilish. "Why are you a billionaire?" Damn good question Billie, damn good question.

Sunday 11/9 at 10am on Climate Chat "What Politics Can & Can't Do for climate" with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social. We will cover a wide range of topics from new energy sources to why administrations find it so hard to act on climate. #ClimateCrisis #ClimatePolitics youtube.com/live/P7W2aAN...

The Light Won't Dim | Solar Power & Clean Energy Documentary – with leaders like Senator Bernie Sanders, climate activist Bill McKibben, clean energy innovator Jigar Shah, revealing both obstacles and growing momentum for clean energy — resilience, equity, future hope www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDK-...

This week on Open Circuit, Stephen Lacey, Jigar Shah and Caroline Golin, CEO of Envision Energy Advisors, explore a surprising trend: in some states, big new loads have actually lowered retail electricity rates. Can data centers do the same? 🎧 Listen here: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

easy to miss in the punditry about Musk's pay package: he only becomes a trillionaire if he meets *a bunch* of milestones payouts begin at $2 trillion market cap + other conditions here's a handy graphic www.wsj.com/business/aut...

@jigarshahdc.bsky.social please do a podcast with Tim Echols. Do an odd couple style thing. It would be great!

🗳️ It's election day on Tuesday! This may be an an off-off-cycle year, but there are still a handful of important races for the climate. @emilypont.bsky.social points out a handful for you to pay attention to tomorrow ⤵️:

Excellent from @jigarshahdc.bsky.social: “Why Commercial Real Estate Must Lead on Electricity Affordability” www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-co...

Interesting take on Gates from a real insider: this comparison between China's deployment-focused approach and Western innovation focus (pushed by Gates) paints a real picture for why the two countries have looked so different in terms of, well deployment.

Illinois will becoming the 5th state to eliminate local parking requirements for new development projects near transit, after: —California (assembly bill 2097, 2022) —Colorado (house bill 24–1304, 2024) —Oregon (Land Conservation and Development Commission, 2022) —Washington (house bill 1491, 2025)

Bill Gates wrote an... odd letter about how we don't need to focus on climate change anymore. @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social and Rachel Cleetus from @ucs.org dismantle his straw man arguments: www.fastcompany.com/91432291/bil...

www.nprillinois.org/government-p... Illinois passes bill that boosts battery storage and energy efficiency, and also lifts the moratorium on large nuclear reactors.

I have via @jigarshahdc.bsky.social. HIs point is that on the second half Gates could have done more harm reduction and carbon reduction via deployment for the last two decades.

The contrast with SNAP is deafening. The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.

Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.

What's happening with electricity prices?? @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I broke it down this week. Check it out ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/posts/jigars...

The White Sox may have the Pope, but the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East has Cubbies' fans' back @jigarshahdc.bsky.social 😏

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Great conversation here with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @climatecabinet.org's @spears.bsky.social !

Pakistan’s grid is going solar — fast! But why? @jigarshahdc.bsky.social dives into the details of the market-driven phenomenon revolutionizing Pakistan's energy mix: 🔗 bit.ly/476wYHC #Solar #Pakistan #EnergyCrisis #WRI

It's been a while since I've done a non-political nerd thread. And I wish I could do them more often! So let's do a palette cleanse to talk about this article from WaPo that is technically true, but deeply misinformative about US electric markets. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

How much should we blame data centers in VA/NJ? Regional pressure: New Jersey and Virginia both sit in PJM, where the 2026/27 capacity auction cleared at a record $329/MW-day — double the cost from two years ago - 10X from a few years ago.

What is going on with Electricity Bills? Three main parts of a bill: energy (generation), delivery (transmission & capacity), distribution (getting to your house). Delivery and distribution dwarf energy as cost drivers.

How much should we blame data centers in VA/NJ? Regional pressure: New Jersey and Virginia both sit in PJM, where the 2026/27 capacity auction cleared at a record $329/MW-day — double the cost from two years ago - 10X from a few years ago.