My last hurrah as chair of AAG Energy is today as I formally hand over control of the empire (I mean EESG) to Ryan Stock as he heads the new leadership council. I couldn't think of a better person to lead this special group and I'm excited for the future of Energy Geography.

Tonight. 🌎🌉

Thank you Juliahj🖊️🎭 for a wonderful article about our Climate Action & Leadership course taught San José State University. sjsu.foleon.com/washington-squ…

Electricity needed to produce 1 ton of...

Refined aluminum at smelter: 12,000-17,000 kWh
Graphite negative electrode material via graphitization: 14,000 kWh
Solar polysilicon wafers (ingot-pulling + wafer slicing only): ~66,129 kWh

CO2 intensity in solar supply chain matters!

A new national lab survey shows broad support for solar projects from people who live within three miles. But beyond that topline, it gets complicated. My story:
insideclimatenews.org/news/16042024/… Sarah Mills Berkeley Lab

Big moment: Batteries all built in just the last 3 years were providing 3 Diablo Canyons worth of power last night, and were the main source for the CA grid.

(DC is the West coast’s last large nuke, irreplaceable in decades, with replacement cost easily in the 10s of billions)

Spot the banana slug?

The California case studies in this chapter are both on public lands.. so adding to this thread… Cases are Ivanpah Valley and Palen solar projects.

To placate solar companies, 40,000 acres has been shaved off the original Chuckwalla monument map in the past month to steer clear of solar development and transmission zones along Interstate 10.