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Surprise! The strongest case for clean energy is lower bills. Our latest poll finds that what draws voters to clean energy more than anything else is the promise of lower monthly bills — that said, many don’t believe it. Here’s more from @jeva.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/renew...
Why ‘Clean Is Cheap, Cheap Is Clean’ Isn’t Breaking Through
New polling by Heatmap and Embold Research shows where one of climate advocates’ favorite arguments for renewables is falling short.
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Perovskite #solar has been hyped before. What’s different now? Tandem cells have hit 35.5% efficiency, durability is improving, commercial modules exist. Higher output can cut land, hardware, labor costs — but proving 25-year performance is a hurdle. via @heatmap.news heatmap.news/climate-tech...
The Next Big Thing in Solar Technology Is Back
The industry has gotten excited before, to no avail. Will it stick this time?
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For @heatmap.news: My Top Five Must-Watch Data Center Clashes in the Fight Over Control of Congress
The Top 5 Midterm Races of the Data Center Backlash
What we’ll be watching for on election night.
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How do you sell a cap-and-trade program — which literally makes some electricity more expensive — at a time of rising electricity rates? Give some of the money back to ratepayers! heatmap.news/energy/rggi-...
A New Era of Electricity Inflation Has Transformed the Northeast’s Carbon Market
As costs rise, more proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative are going to direct bill relief.
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Holy cow. Batteries are growing even faster than I imagined. heatmap.news/daily/batter...
The U.S. Battery Industry Is Averaging 70% Annual Growth
This type of clean energy infrastructure is booming across the country.
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reminder that not everything is terrible courtesy of @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social heatmap.news/daily/batter...
Get ready for the day with Heatmap AM: 🚫 Energy Department cancels transmission corridors ☀️ Tesla planning $10B solar panel factory in Texas 🔋 2 long-duration storage companies bring in nearly $1B Plus all the rest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/tesla-cry...
Tesla Unveils Plans for $10 Billion ‘Project Crystal Sun’
On transmission corridors, China’s Russian reactor, and long-duration energy storage
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the only thing making me ever want to be a homeowner is the possibility of installing these sexy appliances @kbrigham.bsky.social @heatmap.news:
We’ve Got Sexy Heat Pumps. Now It’s Time for Sexy Water Heaters.
Boston-based startup Reservoir has raised an $8 million seed round to commercialize heat pump-powered water heaters.
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The USDA is changing how it uses an obscure Cold War-era law to target renewables development, Senate Democrats say. Read more from @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/sparks/agric...
Trump’s USDA Using Farmland Rule to Go After Energy Companies, Democrats Say
A proposed change in how the agency implements an obscure Cold War-era law would impose onerous reporting requirements on renewables and pipelines.
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Start your week with Heatmap AM: 💰 DOD announces $2B in funding for critical minerals 🏭 Amazon behind plan for country’s biggest fossil fuel plant 🔥 U.S. wildfire season is already one of the worst in years Plus more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/trump-cri...
Trump Puts Up $2 Billion for Critical Minerals
On Amazon’s gas behemoth, Kia’s electric minivan, and Colombian H2
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In a letter today to Trump’s USDA, Senate Democrats claim the administration is poised to chill investment in the energy sector by defining solar and wind farms — and pipelines — as “agricultural land” under an obscure foreign farmland ownership disclosure law My latest for @heatmap.news
Trump’s USDA Using Farmland Rule to Go After Energy Companies, Democrats Say
A proposed change in how the agency implements an obscure Cold War-era law would impose onerous reporting requirements on renewables and pipelines.
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New on SHIFT KEY: @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social sits down with Katie Rae of @engineventures.bsky.social for a conversation about what’s missing in the American innovation economy and how to fix it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The Big — But Fixable! — Problems in America’s R&D Ecosystem
Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer · August 6 · 58m
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Today in Heatmap AM: 💨 Judge poised to order DOD to restart wind reviews ⚛️ Oklo test reactor reaches criticality 👉 House Dems accuse Energy Secretary of lying to Congress Plus all the rest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/trump-win...
Trump May Be Forced to Resume Wind Project Permits
On Trump’s polysilicon tariffs, Oklo’s milestone, and black lung
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If you liked this thread and want to get real into the weeds/hopping mad about archaeologists (seriously!), the latest episode of Shift Key from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social & @heatmap.news is just for you. Also you should be subscribing to Heatmap to support their very good journalism in this space.
Transcript: What a Permitting Reform Deal Could Look Like
Rob talks with Daniel Palken, the director of infrastructure for energy and permitting at Arnold Ventures, about the policies that would probably make up a grand bargain.
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confirmed: renewable energy developer clearway is pivoting away from developing a gas fired data center on federal lands in nevada, days after i exposed their internal plans my latest scoop on @heatmap.news and the impact journalism we provide
Scoop: Clearway Cancels Plan to Swap Solar Farm for Data Center and Gas Plant
The energy developer is backing off after a Heatmap report.
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Give us lots of plugs where the people are! heatmap.news/electric-veh...
The Tesla Diner Is a Runaway Success. But Not for the Reason You’d Think.
Strip away the restaurant and the hype, and Tesla Diner is an 80-plug fast-charging station plunked right in the middle of a former charging dessert.
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Big scoop: The solar permitting freeze is so bad a renewables developer — Clearway — asked Trump if they can swap an unpermitted solar farm in Nevada for a data center and gas power plant instead. My latest for @heatmap.news
Scoop: Clearway Asks Trump to Swap Solar Farm for Data Center and Gas Plant
The large renewables developer changes tack “in response to federal energy objectives.”
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Close out your week with Heatmap AM: 🇨🇳 China raised its 2030 renewable energy goal by 53% 🙅 Meta quits clean energy pact amid gas buildout ↪️ @woodmac.com report shows Hormuz workaround isn’t working Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/china-ren...
China Eyes a Major Increase in Renewable Energy Consumption
On Meta quits, Elon Musk’s solar plans, and federal coal reserves
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Lime, the e-scooter company, found ways to do what most companies can't: cut emissions from its supply chain. @emilypont.bsky.social explains how: heatmap.news/sustainabili...
How E-Scooter Company Lime Cut Its Supply Chain Emissions
The company’s latest sustainability report, shared exclusively with Heatmap, shows that carbon intensity per kilometer traveled has dropped 81% since 2019.
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The dream of feeding power back onto the grid from EVs has long remained stubbornly out of reach. Now, Massachusetts is running a new pilot program to make it a reality. @kbrigham.bsky.social has the exclusive: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
Exclusive: Massachusetts EV Owners Can Now Get Paid to Power the Grid
A new 60-home pilot program aims to expand vehicle-to-grid charging.
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What’s in Heatmap AM this morning? 🤝 U.S. and Saudi Arabia poised to announce a nuclear deal 💵 200 new signatories join the Ratepayer Protection Pledge ☀️ China to phase out low-efficiency solar panels Plus lots more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/saudi-us-...
Saudi Arabia Wins a Deal to Import American Nuclear Reactors
On Trump’s power pledge, America’s offshore nuclear, and Japan’s offshore wind
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What happens when Trump’s anti-renewables policies collide with data center electricity demand? Prices get weird. @zeitlin.bsky.social has the latest: heatmap.news/energy/q2-20...
Trump Made the Renewable Power Market Weird
A new report from LevelTen Energy shows that advance purchase prices are down for solar but up for wind.
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What’s new in today’s Heatmap AM: 📈 BNEF raises estimate for data center power demand 83% for 2035 🇨🇦 Trump’s Canada tariffs an ominous sign for U.S. automakers 🚙 Germans pick EVs over internal combustion cars Plus all the rest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/data-cent...
Data Center Electricity Demand Ballooning as Support Collapses
On solar PPAs, German EVs, and copper prices
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EVs run on big, fancy batteries. But they also need small, dumb ones to run simple electronics — the same ones you’d find in a gas-powered car. Here’s @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on why getting rid of the old lead-acid 12-volt is such a headache: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
Why Your Smart EV Still Has a Dumb Battery
Yes, we’re talking about lead acid.
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Some of the most outspoken members of the eco-right are no longer in office. As the Alliance for Market Solutions’ Alex Flint writes, that’s not hypocrisy — it’s the political system at work. Read more in his piece for Heatmap Ideas: heatmap.news/ideas/republ...
How to Unlock Republican Support for Climate Action
GOP lawmakers know climate change is real. But they lack political incentives to do anything about it.
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In this Monday’s Heatmap AM: 🌊 New UK PM backs North Sea oil and gas drilling ban 👍 EU integrates carbon removal into emissions market 🤖 Anthropic strikes $10M data center deal with Meta Plus more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/am/eu-carbon...
The EU Rides to DAC’s Rescue
On British oil, Claude’s friend request, and Russian nuclear
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If we said ”smoke is back,” would you know what year it was? The East Coast is experiencing its third air quality crisis in four years. As @jeva.bsky.social writes, it’s time to start planning for a smoky new normal: heatmap.news/adaptation/e...
The East Coast’s New Forever Problem
Smoke is back. Again. It’s time to make a plan.
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SCOOP from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social: @heinrich.senate.gov is out with a new bill to break up the energy transmission queue by taking “connect and manage” nationwide — a sign that a larger permitting deal may be on the horizon. heatmap.news/daily/heinri...
Scoop: A Key Democrat Wants to Break America’s Worst Energy Bottleneck
Senator Martin Heinrich’s bill, which makes it easier to connect new power plants to the grid, is an encouraging sign for bipartisan permitting reform.
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Should you go for a run after work today? Your mileage may vary, but if you’re in the Upper Midwest or Mid-Atlantic, the answer is: probably not. @jeva.bsky.social talks with an exercise scientist about how smoke affects our workouts: heatmap.news/climate/smok...
How Bad Is Exercising in Wildfire Smoke?
Your mileage may vary — but you’ll probably want to keep the outdoor runs to a minimum.
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