TerraWatts2010
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Founding partner Stellar Solar. Board member GENI. Passionate about #renewables. Committed to the reality of the "global energy grid" and using HVDC transmission to support clean energy deployment. www.terrawatts.com
Quite the abrupt change of direction for Texas. The backlash against data centers seems to concern all sides of the political spectrum at this moment. 🔌💡
RTO Insider@rtoinsider.bsky.social · 4h agoTexas Gov. Greg Abbott said in late 2025 that Texas is the “epicenter of AI development” as he welcomed any and all data centers to the Lone Star State. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/k8ly50Zwz2O
Its tilted rooftop panels peak at midday, the runway fence catches morning and afternoon, and running both flattens supply across the day. #EnergySky www.autonocion.com/us/frankfurt...
Frankfurt Airport stood 37,000 solar panels dead upright along 2,800 meters of a runway, edge-on to the sun, so the array gives up the middle of the day on purpose and comes out as a camel with two hu...
Wheat and grass-clover between the rows showed no yield decline at all. "The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels," said Uffe Jørgensen, a
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The same electric vehicles that plug into the grid to draw their energy, can also plug into the grid to send it back, story via Grist 🔌💡
The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.
Despite fearmongering that EVs will crash the grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power.
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🇨🇦 Peter 🌏 Fairley 🇺🇸@peter.fairley.ca · 4d ago“An energy crisis situation could arise beginning Monday...” — Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar. Its cause: Over-reliance on #nuclear power that's proving unreliable amidst a punishing heatwave, threatening Hungarians' access to lifesaving air conditioning. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
French company Nexans is looking for ways to reduce its financial exposure to the possibility of a prolonged disruption or even cancellation of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), the Crete-Cyprus electricity interconnection. #energysky www.ekathimerini.com/economy/ener...
Nexans disentangles its cables | eKathimerini.com
Nexans is looking for ways to reduce its financial exposure to the possibility of a prolonged disruption or even cancellation of the Great Sea Interconnector.
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The GREGY Interconnector is designed to become the first electricity link between Africa and Europe, transporting up to 3,000 MW of clean energy generated in Egypt to Greece and the wider European market. #energysky www.tovima.com/finance/gree...
Greece-Egypt Power Link Moves to New Tender Phase - tovima.com
ELICA launches new tenders for seabed and onshore studies, advancing the 3,000 MW GREGY Interconnector linking Egypt’s clean energy to Greece.
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Engineers and researchers have called the Central Solenoid “the beating heart” of the sprawling 445-acre ITER facility, which is still under construction and expected to start experiments in 2034. #energysky www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/31/b...
Big nuclear fusion project makes progress with components from San Diego’s General Atomics
The modules used in the project were designed by General Atomics and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
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The incoming COP31 Presidency’s 35x35 proposal could make electrification a central pillar of global climate action. Delivering it will require clean power, stronger grids, affordable finance, and a commitment to underserved countries and communities. #energysky www.nrdc.org/resources/el...
Electrification Is Having Its Climate Moment. Can the World Deliver?
The incoming COP31 Presidency’s 35x35 proposal could make electrification a central pillar of global climate action. Delivering it will require clean power, stronger grids, affordable finance, and a c...
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A final order in the case could offer a template for other large behind-the-meter loads, requiring rapid curtailment during grid emergencies while limiting participation in demand response programs. #energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-a...
Texas approves AI data center co-location next to wind farm, with curtailment caveats
A final order in the case could offer an early template for other large behind-the-meter loads, requiring rapid curtailment during grid emergencies while limiting participation in demand response prog...
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“It’s a great city, great skill sets,” said Avantus CEO Cliff Graham. “We looked at the Bay Area, LA and San Diego and did a ‘bake-off’ between talent, ability and so forth and San Diego clearly won.” #energysky www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/29/w...
Why renewable energy developer Avantus is betting on San Diego
The solar and battery company selected downtown as the base for its projects across the West.
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From the American Midwest to the Persian Gulf, hundreds of major data centers now under construction will be turned on in the coming years. #energysky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps (Gift Article)
The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.
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5/5 Nerd Alert. Should I be worried? Sunrun is building "a 'distributed data center' pilot that will place computing hardware in homes already outfitted with its solar and battery energy storage systems" 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/sunrun-...?
Sunrun ‘distributed data center’ pilot taps its home solar and battery network
The announcement comes as ratepayer and clean energy advocates push capacity-hungry hyperscalers to subsidize residential solar, batteries and energy efficiency.
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Great stories. Here's another one. bsky.app/profile/terr...
Jorgy@jjorgensonmcr.bsky.social · 6d ago5/5 Nerd Alert. Should I be worried? Sunrun is building "a 'distributed data center' pilot that will place computing hardware in homes already outfitted with its solar and battery energy storage systems" 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/sunrun-...?
3/5 Nerd Alert. I love these. Physical availability is a key driver. As well as super nerdy: "The gap between passive bidding and active optimization represents a material loss in project returns and grid utilization." Just ask Alpha Omega Power. 🔌💡 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/06/30/g...
Gridmatic study reveals huge gap in California grid-scale battery performance - pv magazine USA
Unlike ERCOT, CAISO anonymizes public market data, masking resource identities and obscuring asset-level activity. A report by Gridmatic reveals that static bidding strategies and operational executio...
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In the A.I. race, grid capacity may be more crucial than generating capacity. China reported 340 GW of west-to-east transmission capability, equivalent to almost 25% of country's max demand. #energysky www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/07/...
UHV corridors set to scale up nation's power transmission capacity
China is set to significantly expand its cross-country power transmission capacity to 420 gigawatts by 2030, the National Energy Administration said, as the world's second-largest economy advances the...
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Sherco Solar didn't just replace a coal plant — it hijacked its golden ticket, using the retiring facility's grid connection to skip a transmission queue that currently holds more proposed capacity than every operating power plant in America combined. #energysky www.autonocion.com/us/minnesota...
Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030 — and one retired coal unit will keep sp...
Retirement does not mean the old hardware stops working entirely, either. One of the retiring units is being converted into a synchronous condenser, a huge
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"Receiving these two community awards is especially meaningful because they're voted on by the people we've had the privilege of serving for nearly three decades," said Kent Harle, CEO of Stellar Solar. #energysky finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
Stellar Solar Wins Two Prestigious 2026 San Diego County Awards While Celebrating 28 Years of Solar Leadership
Stellar Solar, one of California's most experienced solar and battery storage companies, is proud to announce it has earned two of the region's highest consumer-voted honors in 2026. The company has b...
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On an incredible new map, you can look through the world’s 120,000-plus power plants, from solar and wind farms to battery storage and coal and gas plants, along with nearly 3 million miles of transmission lines and hundreds of thousands of substations. #energysky www.fastcompany.com/91580467/thi...
This stunning map shows the world's electric grid in detail
The grid can seem abstract. This map lets you see it all in one place.
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A Danish island of 39,500 people hangs off the grid by a single 60-megawatt cable and is being rewired to gather 3 gigawatts of Baltic wind. #energysky www.autonocion.com/us/danish-is...
A Danish island of 39,500 people hangs off the grid by a single 60-megawatt cable and is being rewired to gather 3 gigawatts of Baltic wind, and the first real price just landed: the buildings ran 85 ...
None of it is in the 124 miles of undersea cable, and none of it is in the four converter systems Siemens Energy is building. The extra 1.7 billion Danish
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The administration nixed $7.6 billion in clean energy grants last year “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” the U.S Department of Energy said in court documents. #energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/backlas...
Trump’s ‘vindictive’ use of energy, other grants sparks backlash
The administration nixed $7.6 billion in clean energy grants last year “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” the U.S Department of Energy said in court documents.
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Power stations that recharge from the sun, a car, or a home outlet can keep appliances going in an outage. Some can even help lower electric bills. #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
Want a home battery on a budget? Consider a portable, DIY system.
Power stations that recharge from the sun, a car, or a home outlet can keep appliances going in an outage. Some can even help lower electric bills.
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“Electricity infrastructure and costs are just a huge political issue right now, so we may see a lot of things pass in that sector and space because everybody wants to feel like they did something,” Rhodes said. #energysky www.eenews.net/articles/tex...
Texas transmission policy sharpens US competition fight
Electric utilities in other states are asking federal regulators to allow monopoly control over projects, while some critics want Texas to have more
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There appears to be broad support for strengthening the independence of the grid operator’s board, possibly by moving to an advisory stakeholder process, and giving states more influence. #energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pj...
FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warns
There appears to be broad support for strengthening the independence of the grid operator’s board, possibly by moving to an advisory stakeholder process, and giving states more influence. Some also ca...
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A developer building chargers at home-improvement stores discusses the promise — and pitfalls — of siting EV infrastructure in major retailers’ parking lots. #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...
Installing EV charging at big-box stores is not as easy as it looks
A developer building chargers at home-improvement stores discusses the promise — and pitfalls — of siting EV infrastructure in major retailers' parking…
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As tech firms look to build their own gas generators, a new report reveals that likely won’t be enough to avoid a hefty power shortfall in the coming years. #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
Data center demand is soaring, and off-grid gas won't fix the problem
As tech firms look to build their own gas generators, a new report reveals that likely won’t be enough to avoid a hefty power shortfall in the coming…
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4/4 Transmission Thursday "Interregional transmission and links between grid operators have the highest potential for easing transmission congestion and improving resource adequacy, according to a draft transmission report" from the US DOE. Well done DOE. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/transfe...?
What can best ease transmission bottlenecks? More transfer capacity, DOE says.
Transmission congestion added $12 billion in wholesale power costs in 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a draft report on U.S. transmission needs.
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Preliminary techno-economic analyses showed the potential for the viability of a small biorefinery producing 7.6 million gasoline gallon equivalents of biofuel per year ($3.62/GGE) from CO2 as well as protein supplement ($6 kg–1) and phycocyanin ($50 kg–1). 🔌💡 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Moisture-Driven CO2 Direct Air Capture and Delivery for Cultivating Cyanobacteria
A system was developed and demonstrated that uses solid sorbents to capture CO2 passively from ambient air and to subsequently release CO2 when immersed in an alkaline medium. The system was used to c...
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Great to see states prioritizing clean energy! 🌞 Let’s keep pushing for sustainable solutions that power our future and protect the planet. Every step forward counts! 🚀 #CleanEnergy #Energysky
Jeff St John@jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 2w agoStates have passed almost no measures restricting clean energy permitting in 2026, a big change from 2025. In fact, more states are pushing to streamline solar, wind and battery projects as the best (only?) near-term way to meet booming energy demand: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky
Europe’s rising need for clean, reliable electricity can be supported by North Africa’s vast renewable energy potential, but realizing this opportunity depends on infrastructure that can bridge continents. The #Elmed Project brings the vision to life. #energysky www.hitachienergy.com/news-and-eve...
Linking continents: How Elmed is shaping the future of electrified economies
As electrification accelerates worldwide, reliable, affordable, and sustainable power is becoming central to economic growth and energy security.
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Load oscillations, variability and ramping are among the top concerns for stakeholders involved in the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body’s effort to create a framework for large load interconnections. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/XH9a50Zqh5x Writer: Henrik Nilsson
