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Michael Powers

@terrawatts2010

Founding partner Stellar Solar. Brd member GENI.org Passionate re: #renewables. Committed to "global energy grid" reality. See also @terrawatts2010.bsky.social

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While the United States is hell bent on forcing its fossil fuels down the throats of other nations, Uzbekistan is showing the way toward a renewable energy future. cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/uzb…

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Last month, a study by the Rabat-based Imal Initiative for Climate and Development concluded that Morocco could install up to 28.6 GW of distributed solar, producing 66.8 TWh of electricity and creating a $31 billion market. pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/mor…

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Developers behind Project Jupiter have asked state environment officials to approve their plans to emit more greenhouse gases than the state’s two largest cities combined, and to generate as much electricity as the state’s largest power company. sourcenm.com/2025/12/05/dat…

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Chinese and African experts on Monday renewed calls for investments to spur uptake of clean energy that promotes climate action and guarantees sustainable livelihoods for communities. news.cgtn.com/news/2025-12-0…

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The Michigan Public Service Commission declined to take up DTE Energy’s power contracts for the Oracle and Open AI data center in Saline Township Friday, despite the utility’s statement that the project could be canceled if not approved by Dec. 5. apnews.com/article/data-m…

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The electricity interconnection between Greece and Cyprus, known as Great Sea Interconnector or #GSI, is one of the eight priority projects known as “Energy Highways”, presented as part of the European Grids Package by the European Commission on Wednesday. cyprus-mail.com/2025/12/10/gsi…

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Ageing electricity infrastructure and limited interconnection capacity across Europe create bottlenecks that are holding back fast progress on the clean energy transition. European Commission ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

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China's energy transition is evolving beyond simply adding clean megawatts. It is becoming a structural shift – the construction of a clean mega-system able to sustain renewables at scale and ensure supply reliability. lemonde.fr/en/environment…

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Good morning with good news: Australia reached 50% plus renewable electricity level for the second month in a row in November! Solar 28.2% Wind 17.4% Hydro 5.84% Bio 0.31% The isolated Western Australia grid did even better, reaching 55% wind & solar! reneweconomy.com.au/australia-tops…

Good morning with good news: Australia reached 50% plus renewable electricity level for the second month in a row in November!

Solar 28.2%
Wind 17.4%
Hydro 5.84%
Bio 0.31%

The isolated Western Australia grid did even better, reaching 55% wind & solar!
reneweconomy.com.au/australia-tops…
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Over the last two years, my team and I at Cleanview have spent thousands of hours mapping clean energy projects and data centers across the US. This week, we’re making a significant portion of this data available for free. I’m excited to announce the launch of Cleanview’s

Over the last two years, my team and I at Cleanview have spent thousands of hours mapping clean energy projects and data centers across the US. 

This week, we’re making a significant portion of this data available for free.

I’m excited to announce the launch of Cleanview’s
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Biggest US Power Auction Set to Deepen Affordability Concerns The outcome of what was, until recently, an obscure US power market auction will be the subject of intense interest this week for electric generators, regulators and consumers alike. The results due late Wednesday

Biggest US Power Auction Set to Deepen Affordability Concerns

The outcome of what was, until recently, an obscure US power market auction will be the subject of intense interest this week for electric generators, regulators and consumers alike.

The results due late Wednesday
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Last month, after I wrote my story about giga-scale data centers, two journalists at The Washington Post reached out to use Cleanview's data for one of their stories. Their piece just came out and it's a great read. Using our data, and a few other sources, Evan Halper and

Last month, after I wrote my story about giga-scale data centers, two journalists at The Washington Post reached out to use Cleanview's data for one of their stories. Their piece just came out and it's a great read.

Using our data, and a few other sources, <a href="/evanhalper/">Evan Halper</a>  and
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NREL's Map of U.S. data center infrastructure as of November 2025, showing operating, under-construction, and planned data centers sized by demand, overlaid with high-voltage transmission lines and major fiber-optic routes across states and metro hubs.

NREL's Map of U.S. data center infrastructure as of November 2025, showing operating, under-construction, and planned data centers sized by demand, overlaid with high-voltage transmission lines and major fiber-optic routes across states and metro hubs.
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I’m excited to share that I have joined Google's Energy Market Development team, leading energy strategy and market design work in Texas. Google is helping drive energy innovation at scale, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to join such a fantastic team. In this new role, I’ll be

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The positive effects of electrification on growth holds true across geographies — from India and China to most countries in Africa — and across time, from the late 19th century to today. Typically, the richer you are, the more electricity you consume. economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sust…

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It would, she said, also protect regular ratepayers, even as evidence mounts in various states that regular ratepayers are bearing the cost of new power plants and transmission lines to feed energy hungry data centers. finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-pave…

Jigar Shah (@jigarshahdc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just talked to a utility today that is expecting a lot of 8-16 hour batteries to accelerate data center connection to the grid.

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ACEG and Grid Strategies are excited to launch the High-Capacity Transmission Permitting Tracker! This tool tracks the permitting status of about 200 large-scale transmission projects, providing a comprehensive snapshot of progress. Check it out today!💡 ourgridfuture.org