We expect that in 2024:

▶️ #Solar will provide 41% more electricity than in 2023
▶️ #Wind generation will grow by 5%
▶️ #Hydropower will grow by 6%

eia.gov/outlooks/steo/… #STEO

Special thanks to U.S. Department of Energy Director Jigar Shah for leading a discussion for legislators today to help us understand ways we can maximize federal funding for CA's clean energy initiatives 💡 🌎 🌱

✓What we heard: CA must leverage this once in a generation federal investment to…

We talk abstractly about 'clean firm power' as a resource class, but there is a frighteningly small pool of techs with the potential to actually deliver it at scale before 2050: next-gen geothermal, advanced nuclear, and (with methane leakage mitigation) Allam-cycle gas

We continue to have an outdated utility model that views “cost recovery” as the 1980s approach to how you run a utility.

Utility pays for Generation, T&D, and expect cost recovery regardless of performance.

liftoff.energy.gov/innovative-gri…

'On Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced $78 million for 19 clean energy projects in rural communities from Alaska to Alabama, for installing everything from solar and batteries to power lines and heat pumps.'

canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

Just finished this great piece from ⁦Kai Ryssdal⁩ and ⁦Heather Long⁩. We have 500 new and expanded facilities under construction. Most of the near-term jobs are in construction— union halls are pulling folks from neighboring States. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…

Single button, neck jacket line good, shoulders fit well - Jigar and clean energy with the fit

TVA was originally launched to invest in energy infrastructure that the market considered too financially risky. Now, there are both challenges and potential for TVA leading deployment of new nuclear power. Comprehensive article by Alexander Kaufman huffpost.com/entry/tva-nucl…

On Fox today trying to explain power demand and the need to plan for it! (Only 2mins 20sec allowed here)

Wow. We’ve have invented a camera so fast it captures light traveling. This is the fastest a camera will ever have to be in our universe.

In 2022, short on electrical grid inertia and long on renewable power, Ireland installed the world's largest flywheel, 130 spinning tons.

Why did we do something so preposterous?

And are there other, better storage technologies? Let's find out.

It's the grid storage thread!