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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 1d

Loser stuff

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · Aug 26

On it

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Doug Bamford @dougbamford.bsky.social · Jul 20

Great lecture by @samebenergy.bsky.social on why the doubters are wrong and there will be an #energytransition. The question is just whether the doubters will slow it down as they are intending @myzerocarbon.org
youtu.be/N_i9LAjLSic?...

Sam Evans Brown - The Energy Transition And Why It’s Inevitable

YouTube video by Amos Fortune Forum

youtu.be

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · Jun 11

I can talk about how rad Clean Energy NH is until I'm blue in the face, and I truly believe we have a replicable model that should be rolled out in Red States across the country. Help us pay our staff?
www.nhgives.org/organization...

Support Clean Energy NH | NH Gives 2025

I’m ready to support Clean Energy NH on June 10, 2025 during NH Gives 2025. Learn more about Clean Energy NH and all the other organizations participating in NH Gives 2025.

www.nhgives.org

Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hey Bluesky!
If anybody here gives a hoot about NH continuing to make progress on decarbonization, consider supporting CENH today!

We're the only outfit that is doing real things, in my humble opinion.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 24

How many of these developers/manufacturers in red districts are donating to GOP campaigns? How do these donations compare to other GOP donors who are anti-clean energy?

Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · May 23

According to an analysis the Post did right before the election, Republican districts received 3x the clean energy and manufacturing investment compared to Democratic districts.

But that did not turn into House votes.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This is a bubble chart showing that the districts with more clean energy and manufacturing investments were those that leaned toward Trump in the 2020 election.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · May 22

What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️
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Cover of new REPEAT Project report, "A Fork In The Road: Impacts of Federal Policy Repeal On The U.S. Energy Transition."

Summary
Full repeal of current federal energy and climate policies would:
• Increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 0.5 billion metric tons per year in 2030 and more than 1 billion
metric tons per year in 2035.
• Raise U.S. household and business energy expenditures by $25 billion annually in 2030 and over $50 billion
in 2035.
• Increase average U.S. household energy costs by roughly $100 to $160 per household per year in 2030 and roughly
$270 to $415 per household per year in 2035.
• Reduces cumulative capital investment in U.S. electricity and clean fuels production by $1 trillion from 2025-2035.
• Imperil a total of $522 billion in announced but pending investments in U.S. clean energy supply and manufacturing.
• Reduce annual sales of electric vehicles by roughly 40% in 2030 and end America’s battery manufacturing boom.
• Substantially slow electricity capacity additions, raising national average retail electricity rates and monthly
household electricity bills by about 9% in 2030 — and as much as 17% in some states (including TX, OK and PA).
• Kill off the nascent clean hydrogen, CO2 management, and nuclear power sectors.

Graphic showing historical and modeled US greenhouse gas emissions, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

Graphic showing modeled average household US energy costs, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 19

Mais bien sur!

I just have always found it baffling that HQ wouldn't invest aggressively in EE.

Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 18

We do need to think seriously about what new "clean firm" resources we can build, but the truth is that any new generation is likely to increase our bills. At every juncture, doing more with what we have now is the economically optimal move. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 18

And in 2025, building ANYTHING new is expensive, where as there remains an enormous amount of low-hanging efficiency measures that haven't been pursued in Quebec, because their rates are so low as to make the payback for the consumer difficult to justify. www.theenergymix.com/hydro%E2%80%...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 18

The situation for HQ is fairly unique: where else do you have a legacy fleet of fully-amortized, low-cost hydro facilities sitting next door to one of the highest cost electricity markets in the country?

Every kWh they don't consume locally is worth 2x more sold to us.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 18

Bravo, @hydroquebec.com! I've been observing this company's moves for over a decade now and I've been waiting for this particular move for that entire time.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 13

Obviously enforcing party discipline is a thing that has happened forever, but it sure seems like they enforce harder these days...

www.concordmonitor.com/NH-House-of-...

When N.H. lawmakers refuse to vote with their party, it comes with political consequences

Jonah Wheeler’s politics don’t necessarily align with those of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut.

www.concordmonitor.com

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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · May 12

Kudos to the @freep.com for pointing out, right in a headline, that the $7,500 #EV purchase incentive *is* still available as of this moment, several months into a new administration that promised to kill it off.

It may not last. But for now, you can still buy an EV + get the incentive. Ahem.

EV tax credit hasn't gone away. At least not yet.

Budget wrangling could endanger the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit, but it's still available.

www.freep.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 12

Legitimately the one of the craziest things to have happened in NH: www.wmur.com/article/moth...

Mother's Day Floods reshaped course of river 15 years ago

It has been 15 years since the Mother's Day Floods changed the trajectory of the Suncook River.

www.wmur.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 12

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ne...

2006 New England flood - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 12

Mother's Day Sun Floods.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · May 11

"BP, Exxon & Shell, who have recently noted their exit from renewables, are also withdrawing from core oil & gas production investments too.

Over 50% of their operating cashflow is now going to shareholders, not explorers or construction crews."

Leaving the battlefield: oil companies are quitting renewables, yes, but also quitting energy

The future of energy is clearly being left to others

harrybenham.substack.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 7

This is why I like trade shows: optimism on display!

Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · May 7

Hello, and welcome to Intersolar Europe 2025

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

If there's even a chance that you'll be free on Friday, I urge you not to miss this one! It's an excellent event. www.eventbrite.com/e/pioneers-o...

Pioneers of Progress: Energy Innovation and Champion Awards

Celebrate the culmination of 2025 NH Energy Week in-person! Learn about new tech and recognize the champions advancing our energy goals.

www.eventbrite.com

Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

Sparkflow Energy is harvesting waste heat from existing infrastructure to deliver reliable, clean power. sparkflowenergy.com

Home

sparkflowenergy.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

VEIR has superconductors that can deliver the incredible power density that tomorrow's economy will need. veir.com

VEIR | Pioneering Superconducting Power Line Solutions

Discover VEIR's cutting-edge technology for superconducting power lines that offer 5-10x greater transfer capacity and 90% less resistive line losses.

veir.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

ConnectDER has a meter socket collar that can reduce the installation costs for distributed solar, EV chargers and residential solar. connectder.com

Home

ConnectDER adapters let anyone connect solar panels or EV chargers to their home at a fraction of the typical time and cost....

connectder.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

Grid Unity has enterprise software solutions that will help utilities manage the most pressing issue facing the grid: interconnection backlogs. www.gridunity.com

GridUnity - Accelerating Grid Interconnection

GridUnity’s technology solutions tackle interconnection backlogs and connection delays by significantly reducing processing times and accelerating energy projects at every scale.

www.gridunity.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · May 6

This event includes our Energy Champion Awards (which I love) but the piece that most clearly embodies my id as an energy optimist is the the Energy Innovation presentations. We'll hear from four companies that are developing *extremely* cool, technologies.

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