Growth in utility-scale solar generation in CAISO has picked back up in a big way so far in 2024.

Solar provides a predictable daytime power supply that batteries rely on to complement solar ramps at the beginning and end of the day.

New The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL analysis confirms since 2010 central government spending cuts to local authorities were highest in areas with lower life expectancy and more health inequalities, further harming health in these places @MichaeMarmot @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP

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California crosses 10 GW battery storage threshold: California is adding massive amounts of battery energy storage, and the project pipeline shows no sign of slowing down. Batteries are playing an… dlvr.it/T6GTr4 #EnergyStorage #GridsIntegration #UtilityScaleStorage

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The 2.2GW Talatan Solar Park is the second largest solar installation in the world. It also accidentally greened the desert. Before the panels arrived starting 2012, it was a barren landscape, 98.5% desert, and so windy the swept-up…

The astonishing growth of renewable energy. At current rates of growth renewable energy will constitute all energy consumption in around 2047. See open.substack.com/pub/davidtoke/…

'Julia Pyke: #SizewellC has been ‘heavily de-risked’ for pension funds'. What? At whose expense? Ours!! We'll all pay for this nightmare. Tell the ONE pension fund still considering the investment to back out now! 👉action.stopsizewellc.org/goodpension-uss
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Solar power in South Africa has significatly helped counter and eliminate load shedding and grid failure. Solar boom is the last two years.

Didn't twitter-perts claim solar would kill the grid, not save it?

Agrivoltaics for cucumbers: Scientists in Israel have tested three different PV technologies to power a greenhouse hosting 400 cucumber seedlings. Their analysis has revealed that the PV module cover… dlvr.it/T68YGJ #CommercialIndustrialPV #ModulesUpstreamManufacturing

340MW battery to replace coal fired power plant in Western Australia to balance solar pv reneweconomy.com.au/neoens-collie-…

Former head of US nuclear regulation (NRC) co-authored report stating SMR designs produce more radioactive waste than large nuclear ...

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The expansion of the Synchronous Condenser market is one of underreported stories in energy, primarily because it's about spinning bits of metal hidden in sheds with no exciting planning battles involved. /1

Triple-junction solar cells have technical potential to reach 44.3% efficiency pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/04/10/tri…

“The more you use unreliables, the more you need gas”

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'The astonishing growth of renewable energy'
by David Toke open.substack.com/pub/davidtoke/…

Producing and recycling solar with solar is the real game changer. Then energy becomes really abundant and sustainable.

And now we have these in Brum …

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'Electricity generation from wind and PV, however, is growing rapidly. The expansion over just 3 years (2021 to 2024) will generate as much electricity annually as all nuclear power plants worldwide combined.'

Ten years ago today the US State of Michigan switched the city of Flint from their clean water source to the Flint river. It led to residents being exposed to high levels of lead. My film 'Thirst For Justice' follows residents struggle for clean water. vimeo.com/ondemand/thirs…