I finally got around to getting off of Substack and I just published my weekly list of #CleanEnergy, #Climate, and #Sustainability Jobs on Ghost for the first time. Happy to move to a platform that doesn’t directly support nazis.
As bald-faced as it gets: Trump promises to give Big Oil whatever it wants on Day 1 if they raise $1 bn for his re-election campaign: removing regulations, halting the #energytransition, more drilling, etc. https://wapo.st/3UARA3p [Gift link]
@annajanejoyner
One major climate message that we've really got to elevate above all others is that addressing global warming is way, way, way, way less expensive than ignoring it!
The cost of solar power has dropped around 90% over the past decade, and battery storage costs dropped 85% during the same period.
I despair that Canadian first nations might put equity into unconventional nuclear. They are being poorly advised.
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“It’s not going to happen twice. So, we demand to be a part of the small modular reactors opportunity. We see tremendous opportunity and growth with this new technology.”
— Jim Ward, general manager, North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council
After its last #coal power plant shut in 2021 Portugal has shown real leadership in the #energytransition with 91% of its energy coming from renewables and having the lowest power prices in Europe. https://buff.ly/3Uui8n3
Batteries are growing on the grid to handle evening power use surges when solar peters out. California just hit 7GW out of 10GW capacity. Our house is battery powered from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will be part of a virtual power plant soon.
Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, the climate is a good reason to replace your gas stove with an induction cooktop. But health risks could be even more motivating. Pollution reaches bedrooms. Asthma and death rates rise. And I bet you don't use your fume hood much.
Really interesting discussion of China's green/sustainable financing mechanisms (especially relative to the IRA In the US). Favorable financing for things you want, unfavorable for the things you don't. Financially it's a lot like a tax, but it's implemented by a different institution and paid far away from consumers. You can see how it might be politically different from a tax.
Hard to express just how impressed I am with the breadth and depth of the CFS operations, manufacturing, and planning that I glimpsed of here at the #CFSShowtime all-hands. Mind 70% expanded, mind 30% blown. #fusion#fusionenergy#power#EnergyTransition
In July 2022, the price of a used Tesla Model Y (2021 model year) was $71,000. Today, it’s $32,000, reports Edmunds. Most remarkably, a used Tesla Model 3 is now cheaper than the average used gasoline vehicle.
Because of sophisticated cooling hardware and management software, most batteries are expected to outlive their car. Replacing the battery is unlikely to pay the full price of $6,500 to $20,000 cost. Warranty policies generally cover batteries when they fall below 75% of original capacity
Another periodic reminder that if you aren't campaigning to help get Joe Biden reelected than you're a climate science denier.
Because of Joe Biden's success towards decarbonizing the U.S. economy the first sodium ion battery factory in America opened in Michigan on Monday.
Natron's sodium-ion batteries have an enormous cycle life, practical power density, excellent safety and super-fast charging, without using any lithium.
It's very clear how desperate green tech advocates are to paint the current developments as a win for the climate. But by doing so they only reinforce the status quo.
"Lithium-ion battery prices have declined from USD 1,400 per kilowatt-hour in 2010 to less than USD 140 per kilowatt-hour in 2023, one of the fastest cost declines of any energy technology ever, as a result of progress in research and development and economies of scale in manufacturing."
Did you know that putting floating solar on only 10% of the surface of all the reservoirs that humans have built could provide 110% of the electricity that we now are producing? Well, now you do.
The USA 🇺🇸 Now Has a Fast #EV-Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations | Implication - ⛽️ demand in the transport segment is only going 1 way - downwards 📉 https://buff.ly/3xJg7vj#OOTT#EnergyTransition
*Except if you are getting your #solar cells from Korea.
Given that we make exactly zero solar cells in the United States at present, the latest solar trade case seems to have less to do with protecting U.S. manufacturing and more to do with QCells and First Solar shutting their competitors - including other American manufacturers - out of the market.
And every time we do this, it incrementally slows the #energytransition.
Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely
"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."
Continuing the theme - why despite hitting #Pakistan's rooftop #solar target half a decade early the Gov is being forced to somehow put brakes on the renewables transition.
" this rapid growth in rooftop solar is creating costs that have to be passed on to poorer segments of the population"