Erik Shilts

Vote Forward Vote Forward volunteers send heartfelt handwritten letters to unregistered and low-propensity voters encouraging them to participate in our democracy. The letters have been shown to significantly boos...

Do you think this would also work for votefwd.org campaigns that can't mention candidates or parties by name? "I'm sick and tired of weird creeps trying to decide what's right for my family or my body."

I told a bunch of teens that included my own kid the other day that we fixed the ozone layer problem years ago with government policy

they were all like WHAAAAAT

tell the kids!!!! this shit works

The storage boom is real and fast

What's kind of amazing is that we're actually living through a huge technology revolution where our entire power grid is being replaced by solar panels and battery storage and you hear less about it in the press than you did about the totally fake "tech" of NFTs

Is this by utility? Is there similar data for gas?

EIAgov - Overview The U.S. Energy Information Administration collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking. - EIAgov

At EIA, we just released our National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) — used to produce the Annual Energy Outlook — as an open source product, with additional EIA code to follow. 🔌💡

github.com/EIAgov

A fridge but in reverse? The fascinating science of heat pumps – visualised Despite being more like a refrigerator than a gas boiler, this home heating technology could slash Britain’s emissions, and bills

Some snazzy graphics to explain the inner workings of heat pumps

#Energysky

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Hope everyone's ready for Snail Curve summer 🐌

h/t to Erik Shilts for the snail reference. Here you can see his detailed calculations that resulted in this new model.

No but now I need to

Net load graph of CA ISO, showing the "duck curve", with moderate load in the morning, dropping negative midday due to solar, and then peaking in the evening. From gridstatus.io

The new, rarely seen Snail Curve, with a head and tail represented by the battery generation, and the shell represented by solar generation. Also from gridstatus.io

The duck curve was just the beginning. Now my calculations (pictured below) show it is the Snail Curve.
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Energy Campaigner | Jobs at Beyond Fossil Fuels We, Beyond Fossil Fuels (BFF), are an alliance of passionate civil society groups committed to transforming the European energy sector. We strive for a just transition to a fossil-free, fully renewabl...

Want to work with me on the energy transition?

Well, good news! We're looking for someone with:
- strong campaign experience 📣
- good understanding of the energy transition 🔋
- knowledge of energy markets and grids a bonus 🤓

More details here:

beyondfossilfuels.jobs.personio.de/job/1438396?...

@kevinjkircher.com This role seems tailor made for one of your former students jobs.polymer.co/dig-energy/2...

Plan your next electrification project today Electrify your home with Rewiring America's personalized electrification planner tool.

This is very cool. We've run some simulations of GSHP so we can add it to our Personal Electrification Planner and would be happy to connect with the team at Dig to see if there are collaboration opportunities.
homes.rewiringamerica.org/personal-ele...

The $2 Billion Plan to Electrify American Homes Power Forward Communities wants you to have a heat pump.

There is simply not enough support for homeowners to pay for electrification or navigate the process. I wrote about an innovative plan to "aggregate demand" to drive down costs that just got $2 billion in govt. funding to get started. heatmap.news/economy/heat...

We totally should. Email incoming.

More Pumping More NowLooking for that condensed version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hAuKtoRxJILinks 'n' stuff:How heat pumps actually work:https://yout... Old HVAC industry practices are holding us back and costing us money. But we can fix it.

@kevinjkircher.com Perhaps we should regroup on that heat pump sizing tool idea you had. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTsQ...

Black and white image of Saul Griffith

Last chance to get your ticket to the Community Energy Congress, happening 6-7 March in Sydney, featuring our own Saul Griffith and a range of excellent speakers & groups. Tix: c4ce.net.au/congress/

Note: NREL's bottom-up estimate of US residential solar costs above (t.co/FiKVNRXNQf) comes to a total of ~$2.7/W, while DOE Quarterly Solar Report (www.energy.gov/eere/solar/q...) says real costs are $3-6/W, so the reality is even WORSE than above! Even more bloat somewhere. 🔌💡

The latest NREL bottom up estimate of US residential rooftop solar costs finds the combo of customer acquisition costs (~$0.9/Watt) + installer profit (~$0.65/W) = $1.55/W or more than the TOTAL cost of similar systems in Australia, Germany, etc. This is a fundamentally broken market! 🔌💡

Former employee files whistleblower complaint against city of Richmond Connie Clay worked in Richmond’s communications department, handling FOIA requests.

A former city of Richmond employee has filed a whistleblower complaint against the city after being fired earlier this year.

Connie Clay handled Freedom of Information Act requests until Jan. 19. Clay began in the position in July 2023. www.vpm.org/news/2024-03...

Rewiring America We're hiring! Let's electrify 121 million homes together. And talk about heat pumps a little too much.

Check out these amazing #climatejobs. apply.workable.com/rewiring-ame...
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Excited to share this new project I'm launching in my hometown of Richmond VA!

First, an e-bike rebate program for local public school teachers and city employees - we've already had >100 public servants request a rebate!

ebikelibraryrva.org

#Energysky #Climatesky

Opinion | Here’s how to get free Paxlovid as many times as you need it There’s a terrific new program for free Paxlovid, but many people don’t know about it.

Gift link: how to get free Paxlovid in the US as many times as you need: wapo.st/49z3ocf

Airfoil – Bartosz Ciechanowski Interactive article explaining the physics of an airfoil and what makes airplanes fly

Wow. ciechanow.ski/airfoil/

Biden's clean energy policy agenda is sparking a manufacturing boom benefiting Americans all over the country and finally bringing manufacturing back after decades of broken promises by politician after politician. Great visual story from @jenhiller.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 🔌💡

Running a 'Home Energy Party' in Saltaire yesterday with People Powered Retrofit

I always appreciate @jbouie.bsky.social’s columns but I’m particularly grateful for today’s which says with lucidity and grace something I’ve been trying to say much less successfully for years. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/o...