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nicknet.bsky.social
Systems integration, energy Systems Analyst & environmentalist in no particular order. Born: 328.13ppm
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Should we be setting a climate action level target like we set a NATO defense spending target? Say a target of 2% of GDP. As a security issue the same as the defense spending target? #energysky

submitted 47 days ago • 6 comments

I've been trying to understand why I feel the particular flavor of distressed that I do right now. I think it's because we can no longer discuss the lessons we should be learning from any kind of disaster without the worst chucklefucks coming out of the woodwork to wreck everything.

submitted 53 days ago • 556 comments

People often say that breeder reactors "make more fuel than they consume". I think a wood stove analogy is more intuitive: "They ignite more logs than they need, so you can go start other fires". Regular reactors burn kindling (U-235). Breeder burn logs (U-238 or Th-232).

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

The irony of a climate-change fuelled disaster hitting the US West Coast as a new climate sceptic administration takes charge of America will be lost on few people in California, but likely all of those assuming power in Washington www.fastcompany.com/91256483/the...

submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments

Look how far UK has to go to get housing stock to low-C heating compared to Europe Numerous barriers incl (dis)information, up-front cost, running cost, local strategies Upcoming Warm Homes Plan needs....a plan Thanks to @benmsanderson.bsky.social for flagging graphic www.ehpa.org/market-data/

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submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Nuclear power is the best source of electricity if you care about preserving scenic vistas.

submitted 67 days ago • 2 comments

BloombergNEF recently revised it's green hydrogen cost projections. $1/kg H2? Forget about it. Already $2/kg is a stretch, even for China and India who don't reach it until 2040. Worth noting these are average costs tho. There will be exceptional projects that will outperform.

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

Merry Christmas! And many warm greetings to Bluesky - y'all are the reason I turned my idea into reality. youtu.be/kTctVqjhDEw

submitted 71 days ago • 48 comments

We need to build more transmission, this is obvious. But what I think a lot of people overlook is the fact that even if we build more tx, we still need to completely overhaul the interconnection process. The current process does not make any sense for a high renewable penetration grid

submitted 72 days ago • 4 comments

A really interesting study on cold weather heat pump COPs, including at max thermal capacity where the temperature is recovering. The setup where they look at an electric heater and achieving temperature balance in a cold box was pretty elegant too. www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23ost...

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

We have entered the season of no meal rules. Dessert is breakfast. Dinner is lunch. A snack is an entire honey-mustard ham

submitted 75 days ago • 320 comments

The Fuel of the Future: a 1964 film about how the Argonne National Lab fabricated plutonium fuel for the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II. Utterly fascinating footage! www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Ef...

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

This is probably the most important story of year in the energy transition. ~600 gigawatts of new solar added to world grids today. That will produce ~1,000 terawatt-hours of clean electricity, or ~25% of all US electricity use or 2/3 of India's. In one year! Simply massive & it's accelerating. 🔌💡

submitted 76 days ago • 10 comments

Today on Volts: I talk with the developer of the nation's largest virtual power plant, composed of hundreds of thousands of smart thermometers controlling residential HVAC systems in Texas. We get into customer experience, data privacy, & the outer limits of VPPs. www.volts.wtf/p/the-promis...

submitted 76 days ago • 3 comments

Buying green hydrogen in the UK today will set you back *at least* £30/kg H2. Real quotes from suppliers. Sure it’ll get cheaper with time but you can kiss £4/kg goodbye before 2035.

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments