Carl Lenox
@alphaconstant.bsky.social
All in for clean distributed energy abundance. At it for a good while now. Product, strategy, technology & policy
Very interesting. Would be interesting to find out what drove the need for higher frequency reserves in Australia, but batteries crushed that growth and then some. Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!
Dylan McConnell@dylanjmcconnell.bsky.social · last yr.Pretty cool graph from AEMO showing batteries and loads eating up the the FCAS markets in the NEM.. 🔌💡
By raising electric bills and increasing power outages during hurricanes and heat waves, the Big Ugly Bill deserves a new name: 🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫 **sponsored by Big Oil and Gas
Tell your Reps not to vote for the blackout bill. Tell them you like cold drinks & air conditioning and if they vote for this they are taking those away from you & making energy more expensive. With all the new demands on the grid from AI, now is not the time to raise taxes on American clean energy.
The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
In Oakland, cross streets to the march were uncontrolled, except for volunteers in yellow vests and their cargo bikes. Useless against a maniac in a F150 or cargo van. This was negligence on the part of the OPD and just dumb luck something similar or worse didn’t happen.
Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · last yr.
Great article on this topic in @canarymedia.com today. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #EnergySky
Balcony solar is all the rage in Germany. Why not in the US?
A new Utah law promoting balcony solar reveals the challenges of making the clean-energy tech mesh with the U.S. grid.
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Carl Lenox@alphaconstant.bsky.social · 2y ago#energysky “Balcony Solar” - a hot topic! The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here! I may have some answers! A 🧵
Cause aside for a moment, the ability to black start a massive, nearly islanded system in less than a day is very impressive — especially doing so on a very IBR heavy system. Thoughts? #energysky
Heard - and acted on - this rumor earlier today. #energysky, have any details or confirmation including timing come to light in the last several hours?
Allison Good@allisonwgood.bsky.social · 2y agoHearing DOGE is cutting off access to EIA and NREL datasets 🔌💡
If you see this, quote with flowers
Cait@caitesq.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
As a huge Krampus enjoyer, this thread broadened my horizons. 10/10
Anna Hughes@annaghughes.bsky.social · 2y agoIn the spirit of “we’ll tell scary ghost stories” here’s a roundup of some Christmas monsters.
Long overdue super 🧵on why residential grid-interactive V2X is not (yet) a thing in the US. 1) Interconnection (IX) 2) Rate design 3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption #energysky
Carl Lenox@alphaconstant.bsky.social · 2y agoInteresting fact that popped for me on V2X — in the US there is currently about 10X the battery capacity (GWh) in EVs on the road today, than deployed as stationary batteries (utility, C&I and resi). Also, over the next 10 years, we expect both to increase ~10X.
Fascinating deep dive on the history of the lithium-ion battery and a compelling illustration of the ‘wiggly way’ that true technological advancement often demands.
Tim Latimer@timlatimer.bsky.social · 2y ago"It’s more appropriate to think of the lithium-ion battery not as a single invention, but as a steady accumulation of many inventions that were needed to both make a battery practical and to unlock its full potential." This is true of all innovation. www.construction-physics.com/p/how-we-got...
Yes! Only quibble with this is to revise: “When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much” To: “more important than”
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 2y agoEnergy efficiency needs a radical rethink. Making fossil fuel technologies & processes incrementally more efficient is no longer enough. It might even perpetuate their use. In my new article I explore how energy efficiency needs to evolve to remain relevant. medium.com/p/41741abea59b
#energysky “Balcony Solar” - a hot topic! The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here! I may have some answers! A 🧵
Fun fact about older diesel engines - other than the starter motor, they are entirely mechanical. So once running, the only way to stop them is to cut off the fuel. Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.
Good news everybody! Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!
Tyler Norris@tnorris.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump's appointee for US Energy Secretary characterizes "the climate religion" as the left's replacement for communism. This was 5 days ago:
People of Bluesky! Quote a favourite film using gifs only. I'd like to encourage newbies to participate. This is how Bluesky has a little fun.
two men standing next to a fire with the words i do my best thinkin ' on the bus below them
Alt: two men standing next to a fire with the words i do my best thinkin ' on the bus below them
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Hisham Zerriffi@hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 2y agoPeople of Bluesky! Quote a favourite film using gifs only. I'd like to encourage newbies to participate. This is how Bluesky has a little fun.
OK that’s fun * Transfer ionosphere research data from tapes to disk on an IBM minicomputer 📼 * Pizza delivery driver 🍕 * Wind tunnel intern 🌬️ * Energy efficiency consultant ⚡️ * Building integrated PV product development ☀️ * Utility scale solar variability analysis ⛅️ * Energy IoT 🛜
Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 2y agoIntroduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now: * Camp counselor and canoe trip leader because Katharine is my twin / all Canadians do this job it's like the draft * Folded clothes at Gap * Transcribed research tapes from a psychology lab * Carbon accounting
Interesting fact that popped for me on V2X — in the US there is currently about 10X the battery capacity (GWh) in EVs on the road today, than deployed as stationary batteries (utility, C&I and resi). Also, over the next 10 years, we expect both to increase ~10X.
‘“From the time we closed in at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 2, until the mobile weas installed at 10 a.m. on the 8th, downtown did not lose power. We powered it completely on solar and batteries.” 2 MW solar+4.4 MW battery storage…plus microgrid controllers…$14.5 million…lower price than new distribution line’
Duke Energy built solar in a mountain town to improve reliability. Helene was its biggest test.
The resort town of Hot Springs is as beautiful as it is remote, and that mountain life comes with its own challenges.
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Been learning a lot about about the future of air source heat pump innovation, and it makes me optimistic about space heat electrification. Here's a 🧵 on 5 innovations that can solve cold climate electrification challenges, in order or least to most important.
