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Support decarbonization, zero-CO2 generation & competitive markets. Former Commissioner of PA PUC, Secretary of PA DEP, Secretary of Policy & Public Advocate for consumers of Philadelphia's municipal utilities. Law degree.
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Good morning with good news: California's first 48 days of 2025, compared to 2024, feature surging solar and battery production and plunging gas burning. Solar generation surged 33.8% Battery output skyrocketed 78% Gas usage plunged ~28% www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c... #energysky #greensky

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

US RE capacity has nearly tripled from 163 GW to 481 GW from 2012 to 2024! Annual RE additions: 2024: 54 GW 2023: 42 GW 2022: 33 GW 2021: 37 GW 2020: 36 GW 2019: 22 GW 2018: 18 GW 2017: 18 GW 2016: 22 GW 2015: 16 GW 2014: 12 GW 2013: 8 GW #energysky #greensky bcse.org/market-trend...

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Good morning with good news: US RE capacity rose 12.7% in 2024 to 481 GW! RE generation rose 10.2% to 1063 TWh. Utility-scale solar jumped 31.4% to 216 TWh & rooftop solar grew 15% to 85 TWh. Wow! RE will jump from 22% of US electricity in 2023 to 27% in 2026. bcse.org/market-trend... #energysky

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Revealing and awful! This just might be the most revealing right-wing attack yet on EVs. It is Luddite, attacking modernity and public goods. It reveals fear. Just as King Canute couldn't stop the tide, President Trump can not stop the incoming EV tsunami! electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...

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EV Range Jumping! Mercedes is road testing EVs with 600 miles range & solid-state battery. BMW's new EVs on sale this year will drive at least 373 miles on a full charge, with some models capable of up to 570 miles. electrek.co/2025/02/20/m... insideevs.com/news/751373/... #energysky #greensky

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Good morning with good news: US added a record 49 GW of solar in 2024. Rooftop was ~10 GW of solar total! 54 GW of Renewables came online in 2024, a new record high! New RE was up 23% from 2023. New Battery storage was up 55% in 2024 to record 11.9 GW #energysky #greensky bcse.org/market-trend...

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Expensive, dirty Utah bill mandates Pacific Corp to add new gas/coal plants if adding wind or solar. Awful: a disaster for consumers & environment! Competitive markets build capacity. See Texas. Competitive markets don't protect gas & coal plants. utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/02/19/u... #energysky

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Fears of a global trade war, instigated by President Trump, push "safe haven" gold demand, and gold prices rise to record high. Everyone loses in trade wars. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/t... #energysky

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Tesla Going Down in China! "Tesla (4.5%) continues its slow descent into irrelevance, having slipped from 7.8% in January 2023 and 6% a year ago to its current 4.5%." Model Y sales in China were also down 14% in January. cleantechnica.com/2025/02/19/g... #energysky #greensky

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Good morning with good news: China's plug-in sales are likely to reach 65% or more of auto sales in "a couple of months in the last quarter" of 2025. Wow! January 2025 sales were up ~10%. 2025 EV sales could reach 55% or more, up from 48% in 2024. cleantechnica.com/2025/02/19/g... #energysky

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Good morning with good news: Solar generated 15% of Germany's 2024 electricity, up from 12.3% in 2023 and 7.5% in 2019. Germany's solar capacity passed the 100 GW milestone in 2024! Solar production rose ~16% from 61 TWh in 2023 to 71 TWh in 2024. #energysky www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/18/g...

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Good morning with good news: Arizona's solar generation skyrocketed 44% in November 2024, compared to November 2023, and was up 37% in July 2024. AZ July Solar Generation 2024: 1733 GWh 2023: 1265 GWh 2018: 829 GWh 2013: 194 GWh Solar up ~9X since 2013! ember-energy.org/data/us-elec... #energysky

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Renewables generating 60% of ERCOT's load (most of Texas) right now! Solar keeps setting records in ERCOT. Solar hit yesterday 24,307 MW. - Previous record was 22,305 MW - A year ago, solar record was 16,668 MW www.gridstatus.io/live/ercot #energysky H/t @mcresearch.bsky.social #greensky

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Good morning with good news: PV & battery keeps booming. Big Texas 300 MW solar plant begins operating. www.pv-tech.org/invenergy-30... Arizona goes bigger, with 300 MW solar plus 300 MW/1200 MWh battery storage plant that will operate in 2027. www.pv-tech.org/invenergy-30... #energysky #greensky

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Chrysta Freeland, Candidate for Canadian Prime Minister: "So, one of the things I am proposing is a 100% tariff on Teslas, and I am inviting all the countries in the world that would be affected by these tariffs to join us." Trade war is ugly for everyone! www.rawstory.com/musk-canada/ #energysky

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14 Years! What is driving the average age of a car from about 8 years to 14 years? Is it better quality? Is it affordability? Both? Something else? EVs enter the market, when a lot of cars are old. EVs will need to achieve mass adoption by 2035 to convert fleet by 2050. #energysky #greensky

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Good morning with good news: Chile is using wind and solar to rapidly decarbonize its grid. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 5.50% of Chile's electricity in January 2016 to 42.93% in January 2025! Jan 2025 43% Jan 2022 31% Jan 2019 14% Jan 2016 5.50% Rapid decarbonization! #energysky #greensky

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Sheryl Crow “My parents always said… you are who you hang out with. “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla. “Money donated to [NPR]..." Toxic Musk! www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

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Good morning with good news: Global share of RE & nuclear generation is forecast to increase from 41% in 2024 to 47% in 2027! How? Solar generation grew 30% in 2024! RE generation is forecast to rise 10%/yr & nuclear 2.3%/yr from 2025-2027. #energysky iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/e54b8...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Big! This $100 million investment in a 1756 MW plant (2 units) will increase its production by 10%. What is an equivalent? The uprate will generate an amount of electricity equal to about a 700 MW solar plant! More Zero CO2 power. Wonderful! #energysky #greensky www.ans.org/news/2025-02...

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Historic! US wind capacity will exceed US coal capacity in early 2026, about 12 months from now! EIA Data: Coal falls from 173.8 GW in 2024 to 162.7 GW in 2025 and 158.9 GW in 2026. Wind grows from 152.9 GW in 2025 to 161.8 GW in 2025 to 172.2 GW in 2026. www.eia.gov/outlooks/ste... #energysky

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Good morning with good news: USA will add 16.8 GW of battery storage and 36.6 GW of renewable generation from December 2024 to December 2025. Fossil fuel capacity drops 3.5 GW, with retirements of 8.9 GW exceeding capacity additions of 5.4 GW. www.eia.gov/electricity/... #energysky #greensky

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US Solar will continue to surge in 2025 and 2026, adding another 29.4 GW in 2025 and 25.5 GW of utility-scale projects, according to EIA. US Utility-scale solar capacity skyrocketed ~15X from 8 GW to 124 GW from 2014-2024. It will reach ~179 GW in 2026. www.eia.gov/outlooks/ste... #energysky

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Good morning with good news: 17 solar & battery projects at Appalachian coal mines & 15 community solar projects in Maine showcase 2 superpowers of solar: 1. Solar is built quickly anywhere in sizes from 5 KW to 1 GW. 2. Solar redevelops brownfields. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/02/11/c... #energysky

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New Paper! James Hansen: "Global warming has accelerated since 2010 by more than 50% over the 1970-2010 warming rate of 0.18 °C per decade." "Global temperature leaped more than 0.4°C (0.7°F) during the past two years." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #energysky @thebti.bsky.social #greensky

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“It is not a crisis. There is no explosive electricity demand at the national level.” That's Jonathan Koomey, an expert on energy and digital technology who has extensively studied data centers. Data show Koomey is probably right. #energysky H/t @gregor.us www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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"Warming is not just increasing, it is accelerating" January 2025 was the warmest January on record! Berkley Earth finds it was up 1.64 degrees centigrade. La Nina conditions make the record even more troubling. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky #greensky @hausfath.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning with good news: Global EV sales jump 18% in January 2025, compared to January 2024. US/Canada EV sales were up more! EV sales Jan. 2025 versus Jan. 2024 US/Canada Plus 22% Europe Plus 21% China Plus 12% Rest of World Plus 50% electrek.co/2025/02/11/g... #energysky #greensky

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Important! Down! "China’s refiners imported 11.1 million b/d of crude oil and processed 14.2 million b/d." China's 2024 oil imports and refinery runs fell from record levels in 2023, when China imported 11.3 million b/d of oil and processed 14.8 million b/d. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky

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