Rob Barris

I’m proud of the work we have done and continue to do. I’m Trying not to hate the name change, but most of us came here for the mission.
Most labs are named after places because they could not or didn’t want to announce their mission. We always got to be proud of ours. I hope we still can be. 🔌💡

I hope it's 0.5 kWh per mile or better.. not the other way round

it's a fair question, can the RE build rate be sustained at a level that steadily outpaces demand growth and/or supply slippage

but also keep in mind that holding back hydro production in daytime is indirectly a form of energy storage.

Global grid-scale BESS deployment up by 38% year-on-year through October Global grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) deployments have hit 156 GWh year-to-date. Over 153 GWh are still slated for commissioning in 2025, though delays and cancellations are likely to trim that total by year-end.

Global grid-scale BESS deployment up by 38% year-on-year through October #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:

Final Analysis: Economic Impacts Of U.S. "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes energy more expensive, costs jobs, and makes it harder to meet growing electricity demand.

Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs. #EnergySky
energyinnovation.org/report/updat...

Chart: EVs are ascendant — and gas cars are past their prime Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China.

Chart: EVs are ascendant — and gas cars are past their prime #energysky -- via Canary Media:

This exchange is so crazy:

MAGA Rep Troy Nehls: It is a hoax by the Democrats against Trump

Reporter: So then why support it?

Nehls: Why not? Trump said just release the damn files. He said do it—release the damn files

The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.

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I think if you have the energy needed to travel at useful speeds, you can spare a little slice for HVAC and probably a sauna or two

"They don't care about Trump's past sins, they care about his current failures" is quite a GOP message.

When you KNOW your interviewee is going to lie to your face…be ready

"There are about a thousand of us."

Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.

Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down. According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.

"According to an analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund of data from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ... coal has the highest 'equipment-related outage rate' ... among coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, and wind." heatmap.news/energy/coal-... by @zeitlin.bsky.social 🔌💡

A chart from sustainableviews.com showing that 2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand.

This version of the @ember-energy.org data annual electricity data, from @sustainableviews.bsky.social, is quite good.

I am not going to get overly excited about a single data point.

But the trend is certainly encouraging.

2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand
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Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…

"The Trump administration appears poised to force more coal plants to stay open past their planned closing dates — an unprecedented intervention in the power sector that is already making energy even more expensive for Americans." www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social 🔌💡

Good morning with good news: Global solar grew by 498 TWh (+31%) in Q1-Q3 2025, compared to 2024, "the largest increase ever over a nine-month period."

Global solar output in first 3 quarters of 2025 already surpassed total output in all of 2024.

ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky

China's fossil generation fell 0.7% in the last twelve months (Q4 2024-Q3 2025). compared to the previous twelve-month period.

India’s fossil generation declined by 2.5% in the twelve months to Q3 2025.

Why?

Mainly surging solar, wind & batteries.

ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky

epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent

reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open

Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map Read more here.

BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.

Good morning with good news: "China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months!"

Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.

Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky

Angry Trump Snaps at Media as Brutal New Data Shows Size of GOP Losses As Trump seethes at journalists amid the release of striking new analyses of the election, a reporter who covers Congress details how Republicans are barred from acknowledging Trump’s unpopularity—a d...

Trump is now claiming "affordability" issue that caused epic GOP losses is a "con." Repubs aren't allowed to contradict the despot, so that's become GOP gospel. Meanwhile MAGA coalition is fracturing.

On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...

is this a primary energy chart ?

Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:

Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.

Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work

Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"

Growth in solar and wind generation outpaced the rise in global electricity demand in H1-2025. Source: Ember via Cold Eye Earth.

"Midyear reporting indicates that the global power sector is doing a good job covering marginal growth with wind and solar," writes @gregor.us about H1 2025 data from @ember-energy.org: www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-games 🔌💡

Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!

$126/MWh in 2030!

New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!

New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!

Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky