Andrew Dessler<p>ERCOT net load as a function of total load over the last few years
net load = total load minus renewables, a proxy for the load served by fossil fuels
for any particular load, the build-out of renewables over the past few years has reduced the amount of fossil-fuel power.
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Andrew Dessler<p>Have you seen people pushing this figure, which purports to show that renewable energy raises energy costs? It's BS, as I explain in my latest on The Climate Brink
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Just Kevin<p>In just 10 years, rooftop solar jumped from 7% to 33% of rooftops in Australia nationwide. The average 7 kW solar array with a 7 kW battery costs $14,000 there compared to more than twice that much in USA at $5.18 per watt.
We've got to change that!
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<a href="https://youtu.be/s_xV43rFDmg?si=qqdo4nZ4g7BPZdr6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/s_xV43rFDmg?...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/14/how-to-cut-u-s-residential-solar-costs-in-half/?utm_source=Global+%7C+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0cc0398a7a-dailynl_gl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6916ce32b6-0cc0398a7a-494306773" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How to cut U.S. residential so...</a></p>
Kevin Leecaster<p>In just 10 years, rooftop solar jumped from 7% to 33% of rooftops in Australia nationwide. The average 7 kW solar array with a 7 kW battery costs $14,000 there compared to more than twice that much in USA at $5.18 per watt.</p><p>We've got to change that!<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergySky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySky</span></a><br><a href="https://youtu.be/s_xV43rFDmg?si=qqdo4nZ4g7BPZdr6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/s_xV43rFDmg?si=qqdo4n</span><span class="invisible">Z4g7BPZdr6</span></a></p>
Tyler Norris<p>NERC gives a nod to flexible load planning in a new report released this week, "Characteristics & Risks of Emerging Large Loads." 🔌💡 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" target="_blank">#energysky</a> <a href="https://www.nerc.com/comm/RSTCReviewItems/3_Doc_White%20Paper%20Characteristics%20and%20Risks%20of%20Emerging%20Large%20Loads.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.nerc.com/comm/RSTCRev...</a></p>
Jeff St John<p>The Trump administration has forced coal and oil-fired power plants to stay open, no matter the costs. State regulators and environmental and consumer advocates say that's illegal — and they're challenging DOE's claims of a grid "emergency" to do it:
<a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/trump-coal-plant-order-challenges" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" target="_blank">#energysky</a><br><br><a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/trump-coal-plant-order-challenges" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">States, enviro groups fight Tr...</a></p>
Kevin Leecaster<p>Whoa, it looks like Canada kicked the US's ass in this solar-powered car race:</p><p>First Place: #55 - Poly Montreal: 148.4 score / 222 laps<br>Second Place: #828 - App State: 42.7 score / 227 laps<br>Third Place: #49 - Georgia Tech: 11.7 score / 55 laps<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergySky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySky</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.wnky.com/uk-solar-car-team-stops-in-bowling-green-ahead-of-race/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wnky.com/uk-solar-car-team-sto</span><span class="invisible">ps-in-bowling-green-ahead-of-race/</span></a></p>
Jay Hightman<p>From below, "...5 GOP senators are deeply concerned about the anti-clean energy provisions in the Big Bad Bill. If you live in AK, KS, ME, NC, or UT, please call your senator!"
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" target="_blank">#energysky</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6bmmvsaigpomgyrxbn4jfss6/post/3lsrh7zq7gk2p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6bmmvsaigpomgyrxbn4jfss6/post/3lsrh7zq7gk2p</a></span></p>
Kevin Leecaster<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergySky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySky</span></a> feed is filled with people freaked out about the Republicans' proposed budget.</p><p>Jeezus people!</p><p>It was obvious the Republican agenda was to block climate action in order to protect the fossil fuel industry.</p><p>We need to stop acting surprised at what they're doing and start explaining it in clear terms so the electorate knows exactly what they're voting for or not voting to allow!</p>
Kevin Leecaster<p>This <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWave</span></a> sucks, but it is great in that it gives us a politically powerful and timely issue to push for and get some serious climate action done.</p><p>We should be able to force Congress to hold energy "emergency" hearings and seriously the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergySky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySky</span></a> feed should be entered on the record.</p>
Andrew Dessler<p>How renewables save Texans enormous amounts of money.
The buildout of solar in TX reduced the wholesale price of energy by 50%.
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<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatebrink/p/how-renewables-are-saving-texans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">open.substack.com/pub/theclima...</a><br><br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatebrink/p/how-renewables-are-saving-texans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How renewables are saving Texa...</a></p>
Just Kevin<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EnergySky" target="_blank">#EnergySky</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ukraine" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qf326qqj6z6axummja52dzpq/post/3lrbiir7it226" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qf326qqj6z6axummja52dzpq/post/3lrbiir7it226</a></span></p>
Brendan Pierpont<p>I've spent some time recently with NERC's reliability assessments - it's interesting to look back over the last several years of reliability assessments and compare. There's a long-run trend of declining summer reliability risk nation-wide as regions have ramped up deployment. 🧵 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" target="_blank">#energysky</a></p>
Enerdata<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Constellation" target="_blank">#Constellation</a> signs PPA for over 1 GW of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23nuclear" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> energy with <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Meta" target="_blank">#Meta</a> (#US) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" target="_blank">#energysky</a><br><br><a href="https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/constellation-signs-ppa-over-1-gw-nuclear-energy-meta-us.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Constellation signs PPA for ov...</a></p>
Enerdata<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Chile" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chile</a> is emerging as a global leader in the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23greenhydrogen" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greenhydrogen</a> revolution, leveraging its abundant solar and wind resources. The primary focus of this cost-competitive production is the export market, with a focus on Europe
H2 & Derivatives Projects Database👉 <a href="https://www.enerdata.net/research/hydrogen-derivates-projects.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.enerdata.net/research/hyd...</a>
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balkonsolar<p>🫵 Hallo <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/BalkonSolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalkonSolar</span></a> + <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Steckersolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steckersolar</span></a> Gruppen in DE, CH, AT: Wir wollen uns mit euch vernetzen, eine Liste der örtlichen Gruppen aufbauen und enger zusammenarbeiten.</p><p>👉 Bitte füllt doch unser Formular aus: balkon.solar/news/2025/04...</p><p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/energysky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energysky</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/selbstbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selbstbau</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freiburg.social/@balkonsolar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>balkonsolar</span></a></span><br><a href="https://freiburg.social/@balkonsolar/114420612696680252" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freiburg.social/@balkonsolar/1</span><span class="invisible">14420612696680252</span></a></p>
balkonsolar<p>Wir haben mal durchgerechnet für wen sich ein Speicher lohnt und wann nicht 👉 <a href="https://balkon.solar/news/2025/05/05/fuer-wen-lohnt-sich-ein-steckerspeicher/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">balkon.solar/news/2025/05/05/f</span><span class="invisible">uer-wen-lohnt-sich-ein-steckerspeicher/</span></a></p><p>Kurzfassung: Je mehr Stromverbrauch und je mehr Solarpanels, desto besser. </p><p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Energysky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energysky</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/BalkonSolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalkonSolar</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Steckersolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steckersolar</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/PluginPV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PluginPV</span></a></p>
Enerdata<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23US" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> Energy storage industry pledges US$100bn for grid-connected <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23batteries" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#batteries</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energysky</a><br><br><a href="https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/us-energy-storage-industry-pledges-us100bn-grid-connected-batteries.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">US Energy storage industry ple...</a></p>
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱<p>I didn’t think it was possible to be a *bigger* fan of <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> than I already was, but Day 3 of a city wide outage where I not only have power but I have more than I can use/store and can give it away to the neighbors? That’ll do it. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pittsburgh</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/energysky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energysky</span></a></p>
Andrew Dessler<p>Great question for <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energysky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energysky</a> 🔌💡<br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qqvxpthrrxx4zsguziupmsdo/post/3lnvtcdp27s27" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qqvxpthrrxx4zsguziupmsdo/post/3lnvtcdp27s27</a></p>
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