Solar Beats Ethanol‑powered Cars by 500‑to‑1
If you put that ethanol into the combustion engine of a car (that throws ~75% away as heat) and compare it with an electric vehicle, the end result becomes ~500:1 in favor of solar. And solar can go on roofs or be combined with other agricultural appliations.
EU Flags Insecure, Cheap Inverter Software as Security Risk
The inverter (especially its software) is a security risk if nog open source and managed well and it's a relatively cheap component compared to solar panels and battery cells. I'm glad the EU recognizes this.
Electric Trucks Finally Outpace Combustion and Hydrogen Rivals
I've been touting the inevitable win of electric trucks over combustion and hydrogen trucks for over 10 years now. Glad to see it's finally happening. https://t.co/CBpQFcwhwj
Demand‑Response Ignored While Everyone Bemoans Evening Charging
Messages like this drive me nuts because NOBODY is talking about using demand-response. E.g. by locational marginal pricing. It's all hand wringing and useless television spots about not charging your car in the evening. https://t.co/leajrRdozJ
Support for Ukraine Halting Russian Oil Production
If Ukraine manages to completely disrupt Russian oil production and export, I am here for it!
Regulation Crucial: EV Adoption Skyrockets, Otherwise Stagnates
There are only two certainties in life: death and Lomborg spinning anything into anti renewables propaganda. But the EIA has a track record of ridiculously underestimating EVs (which Lomborg knows and which is why he retweets them and not others). Let...
BYD's 1.5 MW Flash Chargers Add 400 Km in 5 Minutes
BYD's new Flash Charging stations hit up to 1.5 MW peak power. With their Blade Battery 2.0, it adds ~400 km range in 5 minutes (10-70% charge) or 97% in 9 minutes.
Arming Ukraine Beats Humiliating Europe to Deter Putin
Good point: arming Ukraine is more useful than humiliating Europe before Trump in the way of Mark Rutte if we want to stave off Putin.
Iberian Blackout Caused by Voltage Control, Not Renewables
The final report on the Iberia Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) blackout is out. A lot of people will be blaming renewables and talk about inertia. But the cause was bad voltage control and that's surprisingly easy to fix. Let me explain. https://t.co/d2slhAOHGu
Solar Plus Storage: A Viable Global Power Solution
"Solar and batteries can power the world" Tom Brown is mostly on BlueSky these days but this is a great blogpost so I'm sharing it here too. https://t.co/KU6aqsHfEZ https://t.co/1pVWCGUOKs
Developing Nations Leapfrog Fossil Era, Embrace Clean Power
I *love* this ternary chart showing developing economies increasingly go directly for clean electrons (solar plus some wind), bypassing the fossil economy that the US and EU went through. I expect Africa will take an even more direct route than India. https://t.co/KjsZV3S6P1...
BTI Dismisses Solar, Wind While Championing Costly Nuclear
Many got on the make-clean-energy-cheap bandwagon in 2008 and before. But @TheBTI would always claim that most attention had to go to nuclear (which of course did not get cheaper) and belittled solar & wind. No solar champions at all....