Tell me you couldn’t get into Harvard without telling me you couldn’t get into Harvard.

Underlying demand, and underlying demand ex-solar contribution (both utility and rooftop) over the last week or so ... 🔌💡

I suggest everyone being deported from the US move to Greenland.

Biggest winner of Bowen’s capacity tender secures state approval, subject to conditions Huge wind farm and battery has been given the all-clear by the state government after a high number of public objections had it sent to the Independent Planning Commission.

Huge wind farm and battery has been given the all-clear by the state government after a high number of public objections had it sent to the Independent Planning Commission

A Chinese EV will be about 1 of 6 autos made worldwide during 2025.

China's EV total will exceed 13 million in 2025. It could reach 14 million or even get close to 15 million.

When will China make 20 million EVs per year?

Soon, for sure. Possibly 2026!

Truly incredible!

#energysky

Here come the batteries... 🔌💡

Mean contribution to evening peak almost increased by ~45% since beginning of the year

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

Another big battery joins the grid in South Australia as state heads towards 100 pct new renewables The eighth big battery to be built in South Australia, the world’s most advanced wind and solar state that is heading towards 100 pct net renewables, has joined the grid.

The eighth big battery to be built in South Australia, the world’s most advanced wind and solar state that is heading towards 100 pct net renewables, has joined the grid

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time - Carbon Brief For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth.

Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...

How Solar Is Saving Newborns' Lives in Sierra Leone — Episode 204: Project Bo YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast

Help! ❤️

YouTube flagged our @cleaninguppod.bsky.social documentary on #ProjectBo as political advertising. 😬

Using #solar power to help save babies' lives is NOT political! 🌞

We've re-edited, now we REALLY need your likes, comments, RTs and shares to get the word out! 🙏

youtu.be/z-5QjSfy2SM?...

Realistic roles for hydrogen in the future energy transition - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Hydrogen has been proposed as a fuel for widespread use since the 1970s, but uptake has repeatedly fallen below projections, primarily due to high costs. This Perspective considers hydrogen’s potentia...

For decades, forecasts of a clean hydrogen economy have relied on rapid scale-up driving down costs. However, production costs are dominated by engineering and energy, and supplemented by transport, storage & usage costs which seem unlikely to exhibit rapid reductions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Great news Michael. I really look forward to people like you leading a strong community of energy nerds on this side of the fence.

Thawing Tundra Is Now a Carbon Source in Fast-Warming Arctic Scientists’ annual report card on the polar region finds that its vast tundra is releasing more CO2 than it stores, a worrying shift.

As the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the world, its tundra has become a source rather than a sink of carbon, a change that worries scientists

chart of health spending versus life expectancy in rich countries. every one shows a positive relationship but the US, which spends about twice as much as peer nations but is 3-7 years behind

in basically every country more health care spending means a longer average life expectancy. not the US though, we don't hold with that nonsense www.ft.com/content/a757...

Australian homes could slash energy bills by two thirds by cutting out gas and petrol, AEMC says Australian households could lower their bills by over two thirds if they fully electrify their home by cutting out gas and petrol according to a new report from AEMC.

Australian households could cut their bills by two thirds by going fully electric according to new modelling but claims widespread electrification will lower power prices across the board are a little rosy.

New from me:

What else is different than other platforms ? A complete firehose for academics, researchers and anyone !

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

Renewables need less energy:

Electricity generation ~2x less (by not throwing heat in coal and gas away).

Heating ~3x less (by using heatpumps that make 3 kWh heat from 1 kwh electricity)

Cars ~4× less (combustion engines waste ~80% of energy)

I think that’s usually the case. Ignorance is not only bliss, it provides confidence to be loud about it.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.

That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

There are now 369 accounts on my list of Australian climate, energy, ecology and environment people on Bluesky.

I'm really happy to watch this grow!

If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar, we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy Your electric water heater uses a lot of electricity overnight. Shifting it to soak up solar could be a win-win.

New piece from colleagues at @ceemunsw.bsky.social - highlighting recent research on a great option to shift load, and make use of cheap energy, and reduce emissions 🔌💡

theconversation.com/if-our-hot-w...