Very interesting. Would be interesting to find out what drove the need for higher frequency reserves in Australia, but batteries crushed that growth and then some. Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!

By raising electric bills and increasing power outages during hurricanes and heat waves, the Big Ugly Bill deserves a new name:   🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫 **sponsored by Big Oil and Gas

Tell your Reps not to vote for the blackout bill. Tell them you like cold drinks & air conditioning and if they vote for this they are taking those away from you & making energy more expensive. With all the new demands on the grid from AI, now is not the time to raise taxes on American clean energy.

The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

In Oakland, cross streets to the march were uncontrolled, except for volunteers in yellow vests and their cargo bikes. Useless against a maniac in a F150 or cargo van. This was negligence on the part of the OPD and just dumb luck something similar or worse didn’t happen.

Great commute bonus the last few days on the Bay

Great article on this topic in @canarymedia.com today. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #EnergySky

Cause aside for a moment, the ability to black start a massive, nearly islanded system in less than a day is very impressive — especially doing so on a very IBR heavy system. Thoughts? #energysky

Sorry everyone I broke it

Post a warning

Heard - and acted on - this rumor earlier today. #energysky, have any details or confirmation including timing come to light in the last several hours?

If you see this, quote with flowers

Happy Winter Solstice! These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure. Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice. The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds

As a huge Krampus enjoyer, this thread broadened my horizons. 10/10

Uh-oh here we go

Long overdue super 🧵on why residential grid-interactive V2X is not (yet) a thing in the US. 1) Interconnection (IX) 2) Rate design 3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption #energysky

Fascinating deep dive on the history of the lithium-ion battery and a compelling illustration of the ‘wiggly way’ that true technological advancement often demands.

Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.

Yes! Only quibble with this is to revise: “When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much” To: “more important than”

#energysky “Balcony Solar” - a hot topic! The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here! I may have some answers! A 🧵

Fun fact about older diesel engines - other than the starter motor, they are entirely mechanical. So once running, the only way to stop them is to cut off the fuel. Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.

Good news everybody! Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!

People of Bluesky! Quote a favourite film using gifs only. I'd like to encourage newbies to participate. This is how Bluesky has a little fun.

OK that’s fun * Transfer ionosphere research data from tapes to disk on an IBM minicomputer 📼 * Pizza delivery driver 🍕 * Wind tunnel intern 🌬️ * Energy efficiency consultant ⚡️ * Building integrated PV product development ☀️ * Utility scale solar variability analysis ⛅️ * Energy IoT 🛜

Interesting fact that popped for me on V2X — in the US there is currently about 10X the battery capacity (GWh) in EVs on the road today, than deployed as stationary batteries (utility, C&I and resi). Also, over the next 10 years, we expect both to increase ~10X.

‘“From the time we closed in at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 2, until the mobile weas installed at 10 a.m. on the 8th, downtown did not lose power. We powered it completely on solar and batteries.” 2 MW solar+4.4 MW battery storage…plus microgrid controllers…$14.5 million…lower price than new distribution line’

Been learning a lot about about the future of air source heat pump innovation, and it makes me optimistic about space heat electrification. Here's a 🧵 on 5 innovations that can solve cold climate electrification challenges, in order or least to most important.