400 offshore wind turbines pass the typhoon test.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/11/400-offshore-wind-turbines-survived-typhoon-danas-in-taiwan/
Offshore wind gets the job done, while US Energy Department issues bogus report touting fossil fuels (shocker!).
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/11/400-offshore-wind-turbines-survived-typhoon-danas-in-taiwan/
"Trump claims that rapid adoption of solar and wind power has made U.S. electricity unstable and expensive, justifying his bid to end most subsidies for renewable energy.
But reliability has improved dramatically in the U.S. grid with the most renewable energy – in Texas - and electricity prices there are below the national average"
Tesla turned up its nose at battery swapping...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/03/the-ev-battery-swapping-movement-is-gaining-momentum/
EV battery swapping yet another boat missed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, bigly.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/03/the-ev-battery-swapping-movement-is-gaining-momentum/
It’s officially #summer, and the #grid is stressed
#AI and #airconditioners are colliding as #temperatures rise.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/26/1119358/summer-grid-ai-air-conditioning/
Commissioner Hoekstra calls for “Marshall Plan” for EU Energy system, to support electrification and the green transition
https://forumeuropa.eu/news/commissioner-hoekstra-calls-marshall-plan-energy-eu
@tauon großartig fand ich das Bild mit den #Balkonsolar Enthusiasten :D
Die neue #Petition "Netzdienliche Zwischenspeicherung #erneuerbareEnergien durch Klein-#Speicher", an der auch #AkkuDoktor #AndreasSchmitz teilnimmt: https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/content/petitionen/_2025/_02/_13/Petition_177835.$$$.a.u.html
Ganz große Kudos gilt @ews & @balkonsolar
Current power outages in the US. Looks like the grid is holding up right now in the midwest/east coast, despite the record loads.
Per Poweroutage.us
States by customers out
Pennsylvania 12,482
New York 11,229
California 10,105
New Jersey 6,413
Texas 5,908
Last Updated:
2025-06-24 07:04:54 AM PDT
Wired: A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
(paywall)
https://www.wired.com/story/a-grid-collapse-would-make-a-heat-wave-far-deadlier/
Overture on open, interoperable geodata: #Grid features an interesting interview with Jennings Anderson, a #Meta Software Engineer and #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) researcher, who shares his perspective on the #Overture Maps Foundation (#OMF) — an initiative aiming to integrate diverse open...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/05/27-overture-on-open-interoperable-geodata/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
The US hydropower fleet provides 40% of "black start" capability on the grid.
https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/hydropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761
The US hydropower fleet provides 40% of "black start" capability on the grid.
https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/hydropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761
Ontario is using batteries to help keep energy flowing — the province's newest facility is in Windsor
A new project has been connected to the energy grid in Windsor-Essex that will help keep the lights on whenever there's more demand for power than there is supply.
#energy #battery #power #grid #Ontario #Windsor
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-battery-storage-facility-1.7566598?cmp=rss