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The gap in U.S. electricity prices is now almost 4x
📈 National average hit 15.2¢ per kWh in October.
🔥 Hawaii at 38.3¢. California at 30.1¢. The Northeast above 20¢.
📊 Policies, fuel mix, and aging infra are pushing in different directions. C&I users are adding storage to control peak exposure.
📈 National average hit 15.2¢ per kWh in October.
🔥 Hawaii at 38.3¢. California at 30.1¢. The Northeast above 20¢.
📊 Policies, fuel mix, and aging infra are pushing in different directions. C&I users are adding storage to control peak exposure.
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The gap in U.S. electricity prices is now almost 4x
📈 National average hit 15.2¢ per kWh in October.
🔥 Hawaii at 38.3¢. California at 30.1¢. The Northeast above 20¢.
📊 Policies, fuel mix, and aging infra are pushing in different directions. C&I users are adding storage to control peak exposure.
📈 National average hit 15.2¢ per kWh in October.
🔥 Hawaii at 38.3¢. California at 30.1¢. The Northeast above 20¢.
📊 Policies, fuel mix, and aging infra are pushing in different directions. C&I users are adding storage to control peak exposure.
ESG Book’s ISSB Tracker is a live resource monitoring jurisdictions that adopting ISSB’s sustainability standards – IFRS S1 (general sustainability disclosures) and IFRS S2 (climate-related disclosures).
✅ ~57% of global GDP
✅ >40% of global market capitalisation
✅ >50% of global GHG emissions
✅ ~57% of global GDP
✅ >40% of global market capitalisation
✅ >50% of global GHG emissions
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
ESG Book’s ISSB Tracker is a live resource monitoring jurisdictions that adopting ISSB’s sustainability standards – IFRS S1 (general sustainability disclosures) and IFRS S2 (climate-related disclosures).
✅ ~57% of global GDP
✅ >40% of global market capitalisation
✅ >50% of global GHG emissions
✅ ~57% of global GDP
✅ >40% of global market capitalisation
✅ >50% of global GHG emissions
Spread of heatpumps across North America by states and provinces.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Spread of heatpumps across North America by states and provinces.
This DAC facility, called “Mammoth,” has begun operations. Built by the Swiss company Climeworks, it removes CO2 directly from the air and stores it underground by converting it into stone. About 10 times larger than its predecessor, Orca, Mammoth is powered by Iceland’s geothermal energy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This DAC facility, called “Mammoth,” has begun operations. Built by the Swiss company Climeworks, it removes CO2 directly from the air and stores it underground by converting it into stone. About 10 times larger than its predecessor, Orca, Mammoth is powered by Iceland’s geothermal energy.
Texas is getting 2 round-trips per day with its batteries. Charging overnight on cheap wind, discharging to meet the morning peak. Then charging on cheap solar during the day, and discharging again during the evening peak. gridstatus.io. 600 cycles per year under this scheme, “capacity" is solved.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Texas is getting 2 round-trips per day with its batteries. Charging overnight on cheap wind, discharging to meet the morning peak. Then charging on cheap solar during the day, and discharging again during the evening peak. gridstatus.io. 600 cycles per year under this scheme, “capacity" is solved.
Behind-the-meter génération or on-site power, such as Gas turbines, solar arrays, battery storage, or all three are now offered to data center developers but is it reslistic? Whatever makes sense for the load profile and the site.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Behind-the-meter génération or on-site power, such as Gas turbines, solar arrays, battery storage, or all three are now offered to data center developers but is it reslistic? Whatever makes sense for the load profile and the site.
Battery chemistry: LFP vs MCA vs NCA - provided by Professor Karim Zaghib, PhD
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Battery chemistry: LFP vs MCA vs NCA - provided by Professor Karim Zaghib, PhD
Data centers’ share of the grid’s capacity has different numbers, including AI, but it is huge!
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Data centers’ share of the grid’s capacity has different numbers, including AI, but it is huge!
Climate deniers, by standard and politickers, we got your ways to diverse the logic!
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Climate deniers, by standard and politickers, we got your ways to diverse the logic!
La filière de la batterie est bel et bien mondiale, voici à quoi elle ressemble en France, principalement dans le haut des Hauts de France.
September 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
La filière de la batterie est bel et bien mondiale, voici à quoi elle ressemble en France, principalement dans le haut des Hauts de France.
En 2024, les batteries ont dépassé la capacité du pompage hydraulique comme filière de stockage en Chine, soit 135 GW. Les batteries ne représentaient pourtant pas grand chose en 2021. On peut se demander quelle sera la capacité à la fin de 2025.
September 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
En 2024, les batteries ont dépassé la capacité du pompage hydraulique comme filière de stockage en Chine, soit 135 GW. Les batteries ne représentaient pourtant pas grand chose en 2021. On peut se demander quelle sera la capacité à la fin de 2025.
Tariffs are rising, look how fast. It is due to demand growth or asset management?
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Tariffs are rising, look how fast. It is due to demand growth or asset management?
Summer picture in Ontario.
August 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Summer picture in Ontario.
A snapshot of 10 years 👇
Sometimes we loose track the trends that are huge and complex. But zooming out, the perspective gets clearer. This chart offers a clear view in the major events that the global energy sector has experienced throughout the last decade.
Source: IEA
Sometimes we loose track the trends that are huge and complex. But zooming out, the perspective gets clearer. This chart offers a clear view in the major events that the global energy sector has experienced throughout the last decade.
Source: IEA
July 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A snapshot of 10 years 👇
Sometimes we loose track the trends that are huge and complex. But zooming out, the perspective gets clearer. This chart offers a clear view in the major events that the global energy sector has experienced throughout the last decade.
Source: IEA
Sometimes we loose track the trends that are huge and complex. But zooming out, the perspective gets clearer. This chart offers a clear view in the major events that the global energy sector has experienced throughout the last decade.
Source: IEA
Quelle bonne idée? Est-ce rentable p/r aux autres procédés de stockade?
July 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Quelle bonne idée? Est-ce rentable p/r aux autres procédés de stockade?
Like in any jurisdiction, Alberta does good and bad things. This is something Alberta is doing well, on left side. The last X should be a starting policy to avoid a chaotic market and clients being abused with the wrong advice.
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Like in any jurisdiction, Alberta does good and bad things. This is something Alberta is doing well, on left side. The last X should be a starting policy to avoid a chaotic market and clients being abused with the wrong advice.
GFL Inverter: Acts as a current source, using a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) to synchronize with the existing grid voltage. It injects current based on measured grid conditions.
GFM Inverter: Behaves like a voltage source, actively shaping its own voltage waveform (amplitude, phase, frequency).
GFM Inverter: Behaves like a voltage source, actively shaping its own voltage waveform (amplitude, phase, frequency).
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
GFL Inverter: Acts as a current source, using a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) to synchronize with the existing grid voltage. It injects current based on measured grid conditions.
GFM Inverter: Behaves like a voltage source, actively shaping its own voltage waveform (amplitude, phase, frequency).
GFM Inverter: Behaves like a voltage source, actively shaping its own voltage waveform (amplitude, phase, frequency).
Which CDR technique is mostly promising for our future?
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Which CDR technique is mostly promising for our future?
This chart by Michael Liebreich and team shows how much it would cost on average to decarbonize increasing shares of the US power grid. What is striking is that 90% of the power grid could be decarbonized at less than $125/tCO2. A relatively reasonable decarbonization cost.
June 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This chart by Michael Liebreich and team shows how much it would cost on average to decarbonize increasing shares of the US power grid. What is striking is that 90% of the power grid could be decarbonized at less than $125/tCO2. A relatively reasonable decarbonization cost.
This call to action for C&I building owners: “Deregulation gives you a seat at the grid’s economic table—if you’re ready.”
And vadiMAP is the key that unlocks that seat.
And vadiMAP is the key that unlocks that seat.
June 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This call to action for C&I building owners: “Deregulation gives you a seat at the grid’s economic table—if you’re ready.”
And vadiMAP is the key that unlocks that seat.
And vadiMAP is the key that unlocks that seat.
Vers 2030, la capacité PV dans l’UE doublera selon Xerfi:
1️⃣ Espagne: roi avec le foncier disponible.
2️⃣ La France: +5 GW en 2024 et vague en attente.
3️⃣ Pays Bas: 30% des logements…fin du net metering.
4️⃣ Portugal: explosif mais 13e marché de l’UE.
5️⃣ Allemagne: 100 GW installés, +17 GW en 2024.
1️⃣ Espagne: roi avec le foncier disponible.
2️⃣ La France: +5 GW en 2024 et vague en attente.
3️⃣ Pays Bas: 30% des logements…fin du net metering.
4️⃣ Portugal: explosif mais 13e marché de l’UE.
5️⃣ Allemagne: 100 GW installés, +17 GW en 2024.
May 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Vers 2030, la capacité PV dans l’UE doublera selon Xerfi:
1️⃣ Espagne: roi avec le foncier disponible.
2️⃣ La France: +5 GW en 2024 et vague en attente.
3️⃣ Pays Bas: 30% des logements…fin du net metering.
4️⃣ Portugal: explosif mais 13e marché de l’UE.
5️⃣ Allemagne: 100 GW installés, +17 GW en 2024.
1️⃣ Espagne: roi avec le foncier disponible.
2️⃣ La France: +5 GW en 2024 et vague en attente.
3️⃣ Pays Bas: 30% des logements…fin du net metering.
4️⃣ Portugal: explosif mais 13e marché de l’UE.
5️⃣ Allemagne: 100 GW installés, +17 GW en 2024.
