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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 1d

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months.
"Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026." Via @canarymedia.com
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America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

GM really not doing itself any favors with this Bolt rollout.

John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 1d

"GM would not clarify what it meant by limited run during a call with news media on Oct. 9. GM plans to start shipping Bolts to dealerships in January."

Many reporters asked what that means. We all got: "We'll tell you later."

Most baffling new-car reveal in some time, this one, #EV or otherwise.

Originally marketed as a sport-utility vehicle, the Bolt EV debuted in 2016 and quickly set sales records.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 1d

Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞

This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia

The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts a bizarre, whiny screed signaling an escalation of tensions with China

Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it’s not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would “clog” the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China. We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they’ve been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World “captive,” but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the “Magnets” and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also, much stronger and more far reaching than China’s. I have just not chosen to use them, there was never a reason for me to do so — UNTIL NOW! The letter they sent is many pages long, and details, with great specificity, each and every Element that they want to withhold from other Nations. Things that were routine are no longer routine at all. I have not spoken to President Xi because there was no reason to do so. This was a real surprise, not only to me, but to all the Leaders of the Free World. I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so. The Chinese letters were especially inappropriate in that this was the Day that, after three thousand years of bedlam and fighting, there is PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

I wonder if that timing was coincidental? Dependent on what China says about the hostile “order” that they have just put out, I will be forced, as President of the United States of America, to financially counter their move. For every Element that they have been able to monopolize, we have two. I never thought it would come to this but perhaps, as with all things, the time has come. Ultimately, though potentially painful, it will be a very good thing, in the end, for the U.S.A. One of the Policies that we are calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America. There are many other countermeasures that are, likewise, under serious consideration. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Buckley (CEF):
“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate,” he says, adding: “China just wins.
America has abrogated the playing field.”

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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 1d

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Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries

It’s a standout fundraise for the current cleantech market. The Texas startup will use the money to beef up manufacturing and install batteries even…

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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 1d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 2d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. n.pr/4nLAI7A

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 3d

breaking: the world's most valuable carmaker unveils worse, more expensive car

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 3d

A neat bonus is that all these households would save money on heating/cooling, get a more resilient home, and have cleaner air

PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually @tkovach.bsky.social · 3d

"Between installing heat pumps in homes with inefficient heating and cooling, and installing rooftop solar and storage, we can more than meet the projected load growth from data centers."

New report: Household upgrades could offset all new projected data center energy demand | Rewiring America

Our report, Homegrown Energy, finds household upgrades are the best, fastest solution for increasing energy demand.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d

Nice @canarymedia.com piece here on renewable energy integration efforts in Aus

Honestly this is much more about 50 - 85% than it is about 100%, which is essentially irrelevant to the next few decades

The big problem at the moment: not enough wind + massive new demand means coal *isn't* fading

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 4d

As coal fades, #Australia looks to realize dream of 100% #renewables. The country’s grid operator says shifting from #coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 4d

"As has been happening for years, the U.S. could continue to lose gigawatts of power as hydroelectric facilities shut down rather than absorb the high costs of relicensing — especially with cheaper competition from gas, wind, and solar." From @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com

US hydropower is at a make-or-break moment • New Hampshire Bulletin

For nearly a century, the Kelley’s Falls Dam in Manchester, New Hampshire, generated as much as 2,400 megawatt-hours of electricity per year.

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 4d

New England has said its final goodbye to coal power. Here’s how a transition to gas — and now renewables — helped shut its last plant down early.

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 4d

Some interesting stuff in this latest @canarymedia.com article. For one, it makes me chuckle to hear @jessejenkins.bsky.social say "“There’s nothing impossible about 100% renewable supply," remembering old arguments (we agree more often than not these days). /1

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As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 6d

In Illinois, one utility’s years-long interconnection queue could keep community solar arrays from tapping federal incentives before they expire.

Interconnection bottleneck threatens community solar success in…

One of the state’s largest utilities, Ameren, takes years to approve projects. That’s creating headaches for developers racing to use expiring federal tax…

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 5d

Clean energy investment is shrinking in the U.S. But in the rest of the world, it’s on the rebound.

Chart: Global investment in renewables hits record even as US falters

Over the first six months of this year, a total of $386 billion flowed to renewable-energy projects — 10% more than one year prior.

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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 5d

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As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 7d

It's astonishing how wide the battery curve has gotten in California.

Last Tuesday, batteries consistently supplied more than 20% of demand for 4 hours from 6pm to 10pm.

Price signals are working well.

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 11d

Advanced-geothermal startup XGS Energy has passed a major test. Now, it can start operating at a commercial scale, paving the way for its Meta partnership.