Andy Barnes

Amazing post. Bravo

Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

$15B in projects cancelled, listed one by one in the link here; 12K jobs gone. The impacts of this administration and budget process are very real and hugely impactful to the US economy / grid. Call your senator, urge common sense adjustments to the tax credit treatment in the bill. #energysky

Clean energy project cancellations surged to $1.4B in May The industry has lost $15.5 billion in investments since January — seven times greater than losses at this point in 2024, according to a new analysis.

In just 5 months, twice as many clean energy projects have been scrapped as in all of 2024.

This totals $15.5B in lost investments—7x higher than last year’s total.

Red states like Arizona, Georgia, and Oklahoma were the hardest hit.

www.eenews.net/articles/cle...

We simply cannot get other energy generation sources operating fast enough.

If we're going to meet rising energy demand, we're going to need solar and storage.

Maybe they are renaming the “MAGA” tax advantaged children bank accounts to “TRUMP”accounts?

BREAKING: The House's reconciliation bill would dismantle the most successful industrial onshoring effort in U.S. history, SEIA analysis find.

❌287 factories
❌292,000 jobs
❌145 TWh of generation

Read SEIA's new analysis:
underthreat.seia.org/threat/

I made this summary of adjustments to tax credit timelines: www.cebn.org/wp-content/u...

Congress should ensure long term market certainty & not raise taxes on clean energy businesses that are unleashing US-made energy and manufacturing.

That's why E2 joined 270+ businesses in signing on to
@bcsecleanenergy.bsky.social and Clean Energy Biz Network's letter: bcse.org/270-business...

Yesterday a quick rain shower washed over my neighborhood in Washington, DC. It was still sunny out, and I caught these two mourning doves taking advantage of the rain to wash their wings. Has anyone seen this behavior before? #birds #birding cc: @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @daryllmarie.bsky.social

Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose. About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.

Red states have received about 80% of the manufacturing investments spurred by new clean energy tax breaks.

They also have the most to lose from a freeze on new clean energy grants and loans. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c... via @bradplumer.bsky.social

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

I have had such a fun time watch Merlin track a mockingbird in my back yard.

Such a beautiful film!

THIS WEEK: Biz leaders from @E2org joined industry leaders from across the US to call on Congress to preserve energy tax credits creating American jobs.

W/ these credits, the US can preserve $130B+ in new investments, 100K+ jobs.

READ our letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1ESim...

🔌 Some states are pushing their utilities to consider technologies that allow existing power lines to carry much more electricity.

These grid-enhancing technologies can help to lower utility bills and improve grid resilience, @brown_alex_ reports.

stateline.org/2024/03/08/all…

Clean Economy Works | Tracking New Clean Energy Projects Across U.S. Tracking new clean economy projects, expansions, and production announced across America since the Inflation Reduction Act

Thanks to GOP House members who realize the NON-PARTISAN economic benefits clean energy tax credits are creating. Data shows they're right!

In just 2 years, companies have invested hundreds of billions in major new energy projects, creating 100K+ jobs. e2.org/announcements/

The first EV batteries will come out of De Soto’s massive Panasonic plant this spring One of the largest economic development projects in Kansas history will start churning out lithium-ion batteries as soon as March, Panasonic announced on Friday.

Panasonic's $4B battery plant in De Soto, Kansas will start cranking out batteries for EVs as soon as March. Building the plant employed 3800 construction workers & its operation will employ 2000. No wonder it's seeing bipartisan support from state officials
lawrencekstimes.com/2025/01/17/p... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

A new report on the Inflation Reduction Act — issued as the IRA faces a potentially existential threat — finds that it could boost U.S. GDP by $1.9 trillion over the next decade. #energysky🔌💡


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Writer: John Cropley

Good morning with good news: Nevada's solar generation skyrocketed 162% from 592 GWh in August 2019 to 1549 GWh in August 2024.

Solar's share of NV's electricity jumped:

Aug 2024 32%
Aug 2022 21%
Aug 2019 13%

Nevada's monthly solar share record was set in May 2024 at 41.5%! #energysky

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

Thank you!

Veronika, which book store?! This looks so cool.

LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to Subsidiaries of Convergent Energy and Power Inc. to Build Solar PV and Energy Storage in Puerto Rico to Improve Grid Resilience and Reduce Costs for Ratepayers Convergent will build and operate utility-scale solar-plus-storage in Puerto Rico, improving grid resilience.

Announcing our 2nd deal building utility scale #solar/#batteries in #PuertoRico!

Convergent’s solar-plus-storage installation in the municipality of Coamo would be a 100-MW solar PV system with a 55.5-MW (64.1-MWh) BESS. More batteries Caguas, Penuelas, and Ponce with 225 MW (900 MWh)

US finalizes $9.63 billion loan for Ford, SK On joint battery venture The U.S. Energy Department on Monday said it has finalized a $9.63 billion loan to a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korean battery maker SK On to help finance construction of three new battery manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Another closed Loan.

The joint venture is building battery manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee that will enable more than 120 gigawatt hours of U.S. battery production annually.
BlueOval SK said it has invested more than $11 billion to date in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Battery prices are now just $115 per kWh on average - down from $1436 in 2010. The driving force behind the storage boom and EV adoption, in one chart.

#energysky

www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

This is a great analysis from @christiantfong.bsky.social on the untapped potential of “clean repowering,” leveraging existing assets from retiring or retired fossil fuel plants to more rapidly deploy clean energy. Bravo!

LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to StarPlus Energy to Construct Lithium-Ion Battery Factories in Indiana On December 2, 2024, LPO announced a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $7.54 billion to StarPlus Energy LLC to help finance up to two lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing plants ...

Today we announced a ~$7B loan to Starplus, a JV between Stellantis and Samsung SDI to produce 67 GWhs of automotive batteries. What a difference 4 years makes! www.energy.gov/lpo/articles...