Peter J. Cavan
@pjcavan.bsky.social
Northern Ireland, England, Canada, USA: fourth time lucky. Clean energy strategy.
Are you interested in state capacity, clean energy and capital markets? Come work with me at CPE! We’re hiring primarily to support our geothermal consortium work but the position will also work with me on broader energy finance. Apply ASAP!
Energy Programs Associate
<p><strong><u>Applications are due Monday, October 13th at 5pm.</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Remote</p><p><strong>Job Type: </strong>Full-Time</p><p><strong>Reports to: </s...
forms.monday.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@philsmithreporter.bsky.social whomever is picking the YouTube thumbnails arguably does not have your best interests at heart.
August 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@philsmithreporter.bsky.social whomever is picking the YouTube thumbnails arguably does not have your best interests at heart.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social appreciated the energy efficiency callout on Rational Security (even though I can take no credit). Minor note: what it saves is kilowatt-hours, not kilowatts.
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social appreciated the energy efficiency callout on Rational Security (even though I can take no credit). Minor note: what it saves is kilowatt-hours, not kilowatts.
Skagit Skies air show, color photo edition (admittedly mostly blue).
June 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Skagit Skies air show, color photo edition (admittedly mostly blue).
Skagit Skies air show, B&W edition.
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Skagit Skies air show, B&W edition.
Sometimes you just need to know who'd win between a Bearcat and a rocket car.
June 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Sometimes you just need to know who'd win between a Bearcat and a rocket car.
I am not prepared to reveal my supervillain name at this time.
bari weiss just referred to ranked choice voting as 'the hibernian menace'???? surreal
June 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I am not prepared to reveal my supervillain name at this time.
I do declare it PNW shoulder season.
June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I do declare it PNW shoulder season.
“Mommy, you’re a bad mommy”
“Why?”
“Daddy makes better ‘roni cheese”
Not wrong.
“Why?”
“Daddy makes better ‘roni cheese”
Not wrong.
June 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“Mommy, you’re a bad mommy”
“Why?”
“Daddy makes better ‘roni cheese”
Not wrong.
“Why?”
“Daddy makes better ‘roni cheese”
Not wrong.
@stephenkb.bsky.social had an Economist sub from 12, which was also 2001. Don’t believe (memory hazy) 9/11 any part of rationale.
May 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
@stephenkb.bsky.social had an Economist sub from 12, which was also 2001. Don’t believe (memory hazy) 9/11 any part of rationale.
Time for @woodmackenzie.bsky.social Solar & Energy Storage conference in Denver. Two days of my favorite (work) topics.
April 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Time for @woodmackenzie.bsky.social Solar & Energy Storage conference in Denver. Two days of my favorite (work) topics.
Don't often talk work but: hiring a 🔋utility strategist🔋 for my team.
The right person knows how electric utilities tick & passionate about making their systems cleaner, more reliable and more cost effective with battery storage. High on ownership, resilience and collaboration.
🔌💡
The right person knows how electric utilities tick & passionate about making their systems cleaner, more reliable and more cost effective with battery storage. High on ownership, resilience and collaboration.
🔌💡
January 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Don't often talk work but: hiring a 🔋utility strategist🔋 for my team.
The right person knows how electric utilities tick & passionate about making their systems cleaner, more reliable and more cost effective with battery storage. High on ownership, resilience and collaboration.
🔌💡
The right person knows how electric utilities tick & passionate about making their systems cleaner, more reliable and more cost effective with battery storage. High on ownership, resilience and collaboration.
🔌💡
Update: after various input (I sent charts), city revised L3 pricing to $0.40/kWh. From 4.5x above typical pricing to slightly below.
Local library just announced price for new L3 chargers: $2.40/kWh.
Have you come across more expensive charging?
Have you come across more expensive charging?
December 30, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Update: after various input (I sent charts), city revised L3 pricing to $0.40/kWh. From 4.5x above typical pricing to slightly below.
Local library just announced price for new L3 chargers: $2.40/kWh.
Have you come across more expensive charging?
Have you come across more expensive charging?
December 23, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Local library just announced price for new L3 chargers: $2.40/kWh.
Have you come across more expensive charging?
Have you come across more expensive charging?
We’ll just keep deploying.
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)
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)
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.
www.energy.gov
December 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM
We’ll just keep deploying.
I spy, past the trees, some sort of UFO in the sky. So far from New Jersey and yet, there it hangs.
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 AM
I spy, past the trees, some sort of UFO in the sky. So far from New Jersey and yet, there it hangs.
Come back, sweet PJM.
December 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Come back, sweet PJM.
In the Skagit Valley the salmon run has run its course.
December 7, 2024 at 9:58 PM
In the Skagit Valley the salmon run has run its course.
Reposted by Peter J. Cavan
I'm trying out my own starter pack, and naturally, it's an ode to #energytwitter expats. Bluesky limits additions to 150, so my apologies for missing like 10x of our friends. go.bsky.app/P6pgVxa
December 7, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I'm trying out my own starter pack, and naturally, it's an ode to #energytwitter expats. Bluesky limits additions to 150, so my apologies for missing like 10x of our friends. go.bsky.app/P6pgVxa
@radiofreetom.bsky.social where do people think the “review every dissertation” stuff goes?
If a comprehensive study was performed and there was [some level of issue] with 11.21%… then what?
If a comprehensive study was performed and there was [some level of issue] with 11.21%… then what?
January 3, 2024 at 4:47 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social where do people think the “review every dissertation” stuff goes?
If a comprehensive study was performed and there was [some level of issue] with 11.21%… then what?
If a comprehensive study was performed and there was [some level of issue] with 11.21%… then what?
Cabelas sells an e-bike. TIL.
December 10, 2023 at 9:13 PM
Cabelas sells an e-bike. TIL.
Fun PJM board letter: Sierra Club struck an agreement with Talen to not operate a coal plant beyond planned deactivation date, short of an emergency order from DOE. PJM says they need it for reliability and wants to RMR. 🔌💡
www.pjm.com/-/media/abou...
www.pjm.com/-/media/abou...
December 7, 2023 at 3:03 AM
Fun PJM board letter: Sierra Club struck an agreement with Talen to not operate a coal plant beyond planned deactivation date, short of an emergency order from DOE. PJM says they need it for reliability and wants to RMR. 🔌💡
www.pjm.com/-/media/abou...
www.pjm.com/-/media/abou...
This will go down well with the 2.5yo
October 7, 2023 at 2:12 AM
This will go down well with the 2.5yo