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Good morning with good news: USA will add ~500 GW to 600 GW of RE from 2024-2030! That's 2.5X and 5X more than US added in the previous two six-year periods. RE may generate ~45% of US electricity in 2030. RE & nuclear may be then ~62% of US electricity! iea.org/reports/renewa…

Awful! 110 degrees in Phoenix for now 70 days and rising. 2024 has the most 110-degree days with 70, and 2023 is second with 55 days.

Good morning with good news: Global EV sales soared 30.5% in September, compared to September 2023! EV bashers call that a slowdown. More EVs, 1.7 million, were sold in September than in any month ever. Plunging battery costs mean more and better EVs. insideevs.com/news/737401/ev…

“Everybody around us was completely dark at like five in the morning, and you see the lights on in our houses. So, it really was a test of why we did this.” Solar plus batteries kept lights on at Net Zero, stormproof Hunters Point during Milton & Helene! cnn.com/2024/10/12/cli…

Amazon signs agreement that will build 4 SMRs for total of 320 MW of new nuclear capacity! Good to see market solution to moving SMRs forward. IRA also provides key support for new and existing nuclear. This would help to reduce gas burning & CO2! aboutamazon.com/news/sustainab…

Good morning with good news: EV sales are skyrocketing in Thailand, Vietnam and Costa Rica and parts of the Global South! EV 2023 Auto Market Share Thailand 18% Vietnam 12% Costa Rica 12% Lower cost & better batteries spurs EV adoption in more nations. rmi.org/insight/poweri…

EV already 35% of GLOBAL bus market and 20% of auto market. Wonderful!

Good morning with good news: Solar's energy payback period is ~10x faster than 25 years ago. Why? Innovation & scale leading to better, cheaper solar. Amount of silicon used cut ~88%/watt. Below is rooftop. Payback may be faster for utility solar. Credit Jesse Peltan

"...global EV sales rose 26%, and preliminary data suggests sales increased around 30% in September." 2023 EV sales grew 33%. Snark: "EV sales plunge." Nope! EV sales up to ~16.7 million in 2024, from 13.9 million in 2023. Credit Colin Mckerracher bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

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Great (and scary) visualization of 2024 daily temperatures compared to prior years by the BBC today. Evocative of the iconic Joy Division album cover from 1979: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Pennsylvania's 2024 competitive residential electricity supply/generation prices averaged 34% to 46% lower than monopoly utility supply/generation rates were in 1996! My White Paper on PA Electricity Competition from 1996-2024 is available here: tinyurl.com/HangerPaper25

Much Higher! Pennsylvania's 1996 monopoly generation rates were much higher than 2024 prices of competitive utility default supply or of electricity suppliers. 2024 prices, with no inflation adjustment, were lower than in 1996 in some areas. tinyurl.com/HangerPaper25 #energysky