3/3 Common Sense edition. "A 55-kW solar project on the roof of a California church has saved a congregation of about 150 people tens of thousands of dollars in just two years." If you have a big roof...just sayin' 🔌💡 www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/sola...

2/3 Common Sense edition. @jeffstein.bsky.social "Gov. Newsom’s administration has proposed ending a program that’s brought a gigawatt of grid relief online. Lawmakers want to know what will replace it." Might I suggest common sense! 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...

1/3 Common Sense edition. Given the current events of the world this would seem to be..."There has been tax credit reinstatement talk among Republicans in Congress recently." 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/03/23/e...

3/3 Metal Monday. "China’s aluminum industry is going green is through recycling. Producing secondary aluminum requires only about 5% of the energy needed to produce primary aluminum, meaning that carbon emissions are typically up to at least 80% lower." 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

2/3 Metal Monday. Think Zinc. "Red Dog is completely off grid in a remote area of Northwest Alaska, hundreds of miles from the gas-, coal-, and oil-fired plants that power urban areas." Currently "Red Dog burns — roughly 40,000 gallons (diesel) each day". 🔌💡 www.northernjournal.com/one-of-alask...

1/3 Metal Monday. From Dr. Pablo Ribeiro Dias - "Technology shifts can reduce silver per watt". "Modern solar panels often contain silver at concentrations comparable to—or higher than—many mined silver ores." Panel design as metallurgist strategy. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/27/t...

4/4 4 for MCR. And our main message has been - it's common sense. ""Look at Texas, deep red Texas, which doesn't even believe in climate change, all of their new generation has been renewable," said state Sen. Peter Harckham, a Westchester County Democrat" 🔌💡 www.governing.com/management-a...

3/4 4 for MCR. Green energy means jobs, has been a big message from our team. For geothermal "ultimately, ​“You’re making a hole in the ground, you’re putting some plastic pipe down there, and you’re sealing the hole,” said Fleming." 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

1/4 4 for MCR. @mcresearch.bsky.social we promote certain themes at MCR. Our article focus has been NEM3 and the dynamics of our home power bills. This article has a nifty guide for each region. 🔌💡 grist.org/energy/power...

2/4 4 for MCR. My travels indicate that this should work: Investment: $0 upfront cost for the property owner. Term: 20–25 year fixed contracts. Ideal site: 30K+ sf of usable roof space. Property types: Industrial, distribution, flex, and large-scale retail. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/03/13/c...

1/4 4 for MCR. @mcresearch.bsky.social we promote certain themes at MCR. Our article focus has been NEM3 and the dynamics of our home power bills. This article has a nifty guide for each region. grist.org/energy/power...

3/3 Tuesday Tizzy. Google & Xcel Energy announced they will build “the largest battery project" in the world. "The 300 MW/30 GWh battery, built by Form Energy, will use iron-air chemistry to deliver multiday discharge during periods of high power demand" 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/worlds-...

2/3 Tuesday Tizzy "Right when the county finished approving the new rules, county supervisors say Google informed them they would instead pursue the same site, but have the city of Palo annex the land, allowing them not to follow the rules the county laid out." 🔌💡 cbs2iowa.com/news/local/p...

1/3 Tuesday/Tizzy Anyone else worried about things like this? "Amazon outbid PSE last month in an auction for a massive solar farm project in OR, leaving the utility concerned about a larger competition for resources with energy-hungry AI companies." 🔌💡 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

3/3 March Madness backlog. @elizouzts.bsky.social takes on the trust issue in this enjoyable and insightful read. Where she manages to: "Embrace my inner Jimmy Carter." 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

2/3 March Madness Backlog. I enjoyed this article from @maeveallsup.bsky.social & @latitudemedia.bsky.social. They are aiming high "Colby Hastings, Tesla’s head of residential solar...Affordable clean energy is the key to an abundant future for humanity” 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/teslas-...

1/3 March Madness backlog. Got involved in project so I am behind. I had flagged this one on March 5th but it is even more pertinent today. www.utilitydive.com/news/utiliti...

3/3 Western States @nevadacurrent.com "Nevada deployed 1.4 additional GW hours of battery storage in 2025... increasing the state’s total battery capacity to over 6.3 GW-hours. Nevada’s battery storage capacity now ranks 4th nationally, behind CA, TX, & AZ." 🔌💡 nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/25/n...

2/3 Western States. This is a follow up to the Salem Abraham vs Xcel story we posted a few weeks ago. Texas has put in place an "injunction requiring Xcel to inspect and replace its dilapidated and damaged utility poles". 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/xcel-mu...

1/3 Western States @montanafreepress.org Gives a nice overview the states power profile and says "Montanans are bullish on solar, natural gas and hydropower for electricity generation" 🔌💡 montanafreepress.org/2026/03/03/m...?

3/3 Monday Madness. MCR fave @jigarshahdc.bsky.social - "states should pursue an affordability roadmap that does 3 things immediately: increases utilization of existing grid assets; scales flexible capacity fast & ensures large new loads pay their fair share" 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/governo...

2/3 Monday Madness. MCR fave @jeffstjohn.bsky.social on how states are trying to defray risk. Rich content includes: "a startling 248GW of gas-fired power plants being planned across the US as of the 1st quarter of 2026, nearly 5x the amount planned in 2021"!🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...?

1/3 Monday Madness. I thought this was a cool concept. Jump to your state to see what is driving your power bill prices. Thanks @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

3/3 CA News. Courtesy of Blathnaid O'Dea: "UK-based Octopus Energy Generation is investing nearly $1 billion in clean technology innovation concentrated in California’s Bay Area." 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/19/o...

2/3 CA News. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, "The UCSB material instead stores energy chemically, functioning more like a rechargeable fuel that can hold sunlight for later use." Fascinating. 🔌💡 ktla.com/news/califor...

1/3 CA news. "The State of California was to some degree powered directly by solar and indirectly via batteries, starting at 4:05 am on January 31st through February 2nd at 12:30 am for a total of 44 hours and 25 minutes straight." Check out the charts. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/17/w...

3/3 Deep takes. Xcel plans to spend up to $430M for deploying 200MW, well above typical costs for grid batteries & more costly than Xcel's planned gas-fired ​peaker in MN. DOE’s new report states typical VPP capacity can be more than 40% cheaper than peakers. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...

2/3 Deep takes. "Nearly two years ago, a damaged utility pole owned by Xcel sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history, killing two people, scores of livestock and charred more than a million acres." Salem Abraham insists Xcel has to go. 🔌💡 www.texastribune.org/2026/01/08/s...

1/3 Deep Takes. Poland is preparing for the death of coal. Adam Drobniak from Poland’s University of Economics in Katowice & labor unions, local officials, & industry leaders on a ​“just transition” plan w/o "destroying the livelihoods of thousands of people" 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...

4/4 Inverter blitz. "A primary concern for first responders during a residential fire is the presence of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) on the roof." Microinverter “all-AC” design ensures that HVDC is restricted to the back of the solar module itself. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/29/f...

3/4 Inverter blitz. "A grid-forming inverter works by holding “its own frequency & voltage constant,” Andy Hoke, principal engineer at NLR. When an outage occurs the grid-forming inverters restore grid strength. Increasingly important as battery % grows. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/12/g...

2/4 Inverter blitz. An import, APSystems EZ1-LV plug-in microinverter is designed for use with “balcony solar” and other plug-in solar installations". Remember right now, "the legality of using plug-in solar devices is something of a regulatory grey area." 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/10/a...

1/4 Inverter blitz. “These shipments reflect our commitment to delivering U.S.-manufactured excellence to customers around the world,” - Pascal de Boer, GM for Europe at SolarEdge (SEDG). 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/29/s...

3/3 Farm Friday. Wind farms South Fork Wind and Vineyard Wind stepped up. Katie Dykes, commissioner CT DoE & EP.“Variable resources like wind & solar, when they’re operating during these cold weather periods, they’re actually helping to keep a lid on prices” 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

2/3 Farm Friday. Spain gets it. "The results of the survey were presented in “Assessing the social perception of agrivoltaic systems in vineyards. A case study of an integrated trellis-based configuration in South-eastern Spain". Solar trellises...bueno. 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/12/a...

1/3 Farm Friday. It would be cool to work with our friends at mbdart.org on something like this here in Monterey County. Chemitek Solar has created "a new cleaning solution designed explicitly for drone-based cleaning of agrivoltaic systems." 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/02/12/c...

3/3 OTOH in WY from @cowboystatedaily.bsky.social: Rancher "Hendry pointed to Converse County as an example, saying that prior to wind towers showing up there, the county was “damn near broke.” Now, he said,“They’re feeling pretty good in Converse County.” 🔌💡 cowboystatedaily.com/2026/02/05/r...

2/3 @dangearino.bsky.social & @ajbeamer.bsky.social tell us how Iowa is planning to deal with higher electricity costs & demand...hint: Not well. "There is a disconnect in the market when demand is surging while wind power development is slowing" 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/win...?

1/3 From @dianadigangi.bsky.social - the grim reality of electricity rates: "Per kilowatt-hour, 46 states & the District of Columbia saw higher rates in November, EIA said. On a national basis, electricity rates rose 6.8% year over year" 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/gas-ele...?

2/2 Two for Tuesday. Similarly EnergyStar also received full funding. "More than 1,200 organizations lobbied Congress last year to save EnergyStar" Those clever organizations claimed "its elimination would damage the real estate sector". 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/energy-...

1/2 Two for Tuesday. 2 programs that @mcresearch.bsky.social profiled last year LIHEAP and WAP have survived into 2026! I am 😲 and 😃 at this turn of events. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/federal...

3/3 Farm Friday. And in Canada from a Western University study; growing lettuce in the shade from agrivoltaic systems showed “Lettuce yields increased by over 400% compared to unshaded control plants, and 200% relative to national average yields". 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/30/a...

2/3 Farm Friday. @canarymedia.com Meanwhile in Missouri, farmers like Dane Reed fight for "our fundamental right to choose our most profitable crop. And right now, solar energy generates twice the revenue of any other crop we can produce.” 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...

1/3 Farm Friday. From @solaranne.bsky.social David Norbut's farm "pairs regenerative farming with solar energy generation, thus supporting working farmers, improving soil & biodiversity" Strengthening, rather than displacing, local food systems. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/29/t...

3/3 Balcony Power - UL steps up. "UL Solutions has released design standards for balcony solar, also known as plug-in pv, along with whitepaper highlighting three main risk categories of balcony solar in the US consumer market." 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/28/h...

2/3 Balcony Power stalled in the US but help is on the way. "Bills have been introduced in at least 24 states to allow residents to install and use plug-in devices with outputs of up to 1,200 watts — without utility company permission." pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/30/w...

1/3 Balcony power! "Millions of balcony solar systems have been deployed in countries like Germany, which regulates the technology. But only about 5K have been installed in the US" "plug-in solar has remained in the shadows due to a lack of safety standards" 🔌💡 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

2/2 Similarly in Texas, Base Power developed a network of distributed batteries that lets The Farmers Electric Cooperative "keep costs affordable for its members by using the batteries to shave system peak and perform energy arbitrage" Power to the people. 🔌💡 www.ess-news.com/2025/12/11/b...