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“It's like expecting a trumpet to play a drum line — it's just not going to work. It's not the right tool. But if you put all the tools together, then you can get an orchestra,” Rhodes said. via @clairehao.bsky.social @houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

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Super cool map showing electricity, data, and datacenter infrastructure from NREL has been updated: www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2...

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Been out for a bit to welcome this new addition to our family, really excited to be a dad! He is doing great, just working on what sleep means now ;)

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ICYMI: amazing and timely map by Billy Roberts at NREL showing electricity and data infrastructure across the US!

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lolz

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Rhodes: “And that can make a big difference for a rancher or a landholder to have that revenue. … A lot of landowners talked about wind and solar being like a drought-proof crop. It doesn’t have to rain to still get paid.” yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/Clea...

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A huge jump in the ERCOT solar peak generation record today at 12:20 pm. New record = 26,321 MW Old record = 25,015 MW - set just 10 days ago. Note: Solar share of total generation was 56.3% when the record was set. Crazy! Source: www.gridstatus.io/records/erco... #energysky

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Can you believe these wind turbines? 🤣

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“AI is not going to wait for 2030 to come. It is going to be won or lost in the next few years,” Rhodes said. “And the things you can build today are wind, solar and storage.” www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

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We just hit 25 GW of solar power output for the first time! ☀️☀️☀️ #yetanotherrecord

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Figure 1: Figure showing the percent net electricity imports (imports less exports) as a percentage of regional annual demand for regions that border Canada. Note that positive values denote imports. data: www.eia.gov/electricity/...

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Another sentiment check on our neighbors to the North torontosun.com/news/provinc...

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ICYMI: Texas issues its first deep geo-pressured, geothermal well. #drillbabydrill www.rigzone.com/news/rrc_ann...

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ERCOT got 99 problems and figuring out fact from fiction is one www.ercot.com/calendar/022...

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Great read from @joshdr83.bsky.social

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#EnergySky - Over the past decade, ERCOT has managed to both GROW its electricity generation by 36% and CLEAN it up, nearly doubling its share of carbon free energy from 23% to 42%! This is the way - load growth and clean growth. If Texas can do it, so can the rest of the US.

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ERCOT fuel mix from 2006 to 2024 now available: - Natural gas above its 19-year running average of 43% to 44% in 2024. - Solar hitting 10% of total energy generated. - Wind holding steady %-wise, but up in absolute terms. - The ERCOT grid is now 42% clean energy!

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Huge Benefits! TX wind, solar & battery plants (current & expected) will pay: $29.5 billion to landowners $20.2 billion in local taxes 75% of TX counties get taxes. @joshdr83.bsky.social authored a great report documenting benefits. static1.squarespace.com/static/652f1... #energysky #greensky

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Hey y'all! Check out our latest report on the impact of renewables & storage in TX! tl;dr - The current & expected fleet of renewable & energy storage projects is expected to pay almost $50B in lifetime landowner payments & local taxes! 👇 static1.squarespace.com/static/652f1...

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Excited to be joining @volts.wtf & Julian Spector along w/ @douglewin.bsky.social, & Dr. Emily Beagle @ the LBJ School @utaustin.bsky.social to talk energy @ the Canary Media x Volts at UT-Austin event on January 28! See free registration link👇🏼 if you can make it! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-med...

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High Speed Charging Stations spread across the USA. Installation of new charging stations in Q4 2024 (766) were nearly 100% higher than in Q4 2022 (386). More EV stations encourage EV sales, which encourage more EV stations. Wonderful! #energysky www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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ERCOT demand looking like a fun roller coaster tomorrow! things should be fine

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“Right now the big energy story is how are we going to power these data centers,” said Joshua Rhodes, a research scientist at [UT] Austin who studies the power sector. “Drill baby drill might turn into power baby power.” Look I tried, ok? 🤣 www.eenews.net/articles/soa...

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ERCOT hit a new wind record yesterday! via @gridstatus.io

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This is an important point. Slow chargers are useless in places where you’ll park occasionally (malls, libraries, etc.). But at work or home, even a 120V outlet can be all you need to make the leap to an EV.

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Sort of neat! Basically methane pyrolysis with a microwave, and you get graphene! Pretty interesting way to avoid point source capture with a (potentially) high value byproduct! Wonder how capital intensive the process will ultimately be. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

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Happy Birthday, world! 😘

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Check out my latest op-ed in the @dallasnews.bsky.social — lmk what you think! “As the world faces growing uncertainty, the U.S. has a unique opportunity to reinforce its position as a reliable, influential energy provider.” www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

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Come on dude

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ChatGPT is down, does anyone remember how to work?

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Merry Christmas y’all!

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Batteries are reshaping ERCOT’s ancillary services procurement Battery generation capacity has made up 50%+ of awards for reg up and responsive reserves since 2022. In these, coal and gas regularly account for <20% of capacity. #energysky 🔌💡

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Members of Congress should get an annual pay raise. Better yet, raise their salaries to match the President’s salary ($400k/yr), prohibit any individual stock purchases or sales while in office, and put in a lobbying ban after office.

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