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Finding the best ways to integrate all the energy things—wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear, hydrogen, CCS, transport, industry, buildings. Creator of Switch model—software to help with this. Global Policy Research at Energy Innovation. Opinions are my own.
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Outdated views on grid reliability and slow-moving institutions pose a far greater threat to a resilient grid than any single technology. We should stay focused on building a diversified electric grid capable of responding to a rapidly changing world. www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-diver...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

@sarabaldwin.bsky.social and I cover the basics of grid reliability and how clean energy can contribute to a reliable grid in a new report, which comes with a handy summary of key takeaways and policy recommendations. check it out here!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

If we are really willing to accept high prices to boost manufacturing, we should weaken the dollar rather than raising tariffs. Tariffs just get matched with other tariffs, launching a trade war that hurts everyone. But a weak dollar slows imports *and* boosts exports.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

The U.S. is moving into a leading position in solar panel manufacturing. We are now installing the equivalent of 27 Hoover Dams a year—and doing it all with U.S.-made panels. The U.S. is the third largest solar manufacturer in the world, with great jobs for 263,000 people. seia.org/news/united-...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

It makes sense to shift fixed costs from the per-kWh part of electricity bills to the base charge. But doing it only for solar customers is unfair and misses an important opportunity to encourage electrification. www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/01/vote...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

The headline on this (paywalled) article misses the main point: "The near-term solution is renewable energy and battery storage, [NextEra CEO John] Ketchum said. 'It is more important than ever to unleash all forms of electric generation starting with renewables, which are ready now.'"

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Spooky to see Github Copilot jump in with some fairly specific economic concepts as I write comments in my code. I was calculating willingness to pay for a bundle of power across several hours, and as soon as I wrote "relative wtp" it filled in a mostly correct description from scratch.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee (ITIAC) released our first report containing recommendations on how DOE can accelerate a transition to clean, competitive U.S. #manufacturing. Check it out at: www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

I think steel blast furnaces could use a solid oxide fuel cell to convert CO2 back to CO for reuse in the furnace. Somewhat similar to this project, but just recycling CO2, not producing synthetic fuels. Is there any reason this couldn't pencil out on a large scale? www.catalisti.be/en/news/esss...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

The problem with trying to catch up on academic reading is that each paper cites 3-4 other interesting-looking papers, which each cite 3-4 more interesting papers….

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Check out that drop in evening gas generation! Storage (+ solar) is crushing the evening peak in California. 🔌💡

submitted 54 days ago • 8 comments

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.

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Awesome induction range uses a battery boost to give full-power cooking from a normal wall outlet—a drop in replacement for a gas stove. Can’t wait till batteries get cheap enough to make this a little more competitive. (120V gas-replacement water heaters are also coming to market.)

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

I wish articles like this would point out that carbon dioxide removal only makes sense as a last-5% solution. We should do all the things that are cheaper first (e.g., 95% cleaner power, avoid contrails, decarbonize most steel). Then maybe use CDR for the last bit.🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments