Robert Ingersol
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"The climate system is an angry beast and we are poking it with sticks."
- Wallace Broecker
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#Graphicoftheweek: The total cost of storing electricity has fallen to around $65/MWh 🔋⚡
Cheaper batteries, better performance and lower project risks are rapidly improving the economics of utility-scale storage 📉
https://ember-energy.org/
Cheaper batteries, better performance and lower project risks are rapidly improving the economics of utility-scale storage 📉
https://ember-energy.org/
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#Graphicoftheweek: The total cost of storing electricity has fallen to around $65/MWh 🔋⚡
Cheaper batteries, better performance and lower project risks are rapidly improving the economics of utility-scale storage 📉
https://ember-energy.org/
Cheaper batteries, better performance and lower project risks are rapidly improving the economics of utility-scale storage 📉
https://ember-energy.org/
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NEW | Electric vehicles (EVs) make up OVER A QUARTER of new car sales in 2025 – with many emerging economies moving fast in transport electrification.
EVs enable countries to:
🛢️ Cut fossil imports
⛑️ Create new industries and jobs
🍃 Improve air quality
https://loom.ly/pMmY5Y8
EVs enable countries to:
🛢️ Cut fossil imports
⛑️ Create new industries and jobs
🍃 Improve air quality
https://loom.ly/pMmY5Y8
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NEW | Electric vehicles (EVs) make up OVER A QUARTER of new car sales in 2025 – with many emerging economies moving fast in transport electrification.
EVs enable countries to:
🛢️ Cut fossil imports
⛑️ Create new industries and jobs
🍃 Improve air quality
https://loom.ly/pMmY5Y8
EVs enable countries to:
🛢️ Cut fossil imports
⛑️ Create new industries and jobs
🍃 Improve air quality
https://loom.ly/pMmY5Y8
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
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17 states sued!
This is great news for consumers, who will get more affordable clean energy, & for wind workers & companies.
It's also good for communities, who benefit from taxes paid by wind companies & for landowners who receive annual lease payments.
True abundance advocates cheer. #energysky
This is great news for consumers, who will get more affordable clean energy, & for wind workers & companies.
It's also good for communities, who benefit from taxes paid by wind companies & for landowners who receive annual lease payments.
True abundance advocates cheer. #energysky
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
17 states sued!
This is great news for consumers, who will get more affordable clean energy, & for wind workers & companies.
It's also good for communities, who benefit from taxes paid by wind companies & for landowners who receive annual lease payments.
True abundance advocates cheer. #energysky
This is great news for consumers, who will get more affordable clean energy, & for wind workers & companies.
It's also good for communities, who benefit from taxes paid by wind companies & for landowners who receive annual lease payments.
True abundance advocates cheer. #energysky
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Good morning with good news: "Battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, 45% lower than in 2024," reports BNEF.
45% down in 2025, after ~40% down in 2024!
Wow!
Cheap battery storage makes solar top global new generation tech!
#energysky www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
45% down in 2025, after ~40% down in 2024!
Wow!
Cheap battery storage makes solar top global new generation tech!
#energysky www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning with good news: "Battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, 45% lower than in 2024," reports BNEF.
45% down in 2025, after ~40% down in 2024!
Wow!
Cheap battery storage makes solar top global new generation tech!
#energysky www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
45% down in 2025, after ~40% down in 2024!
Wow!
Cheap battery storage makes solar top global new generation tech!
#energysky www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
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Largest battery project in Southern Hemisphere gets bigger!
"Across all four stages, the total size of the Eraring battery will now be 700MW/3,160MWh, providing 4.5 hours of storage on average."
4th stage will be nearly 6-hour storage!
#energysky www.originenergy.com.au/about/invest...
"Across all four stages, the total size of the Eraring battery will now be 700MW/3,160MWh, providing 4.5 hours of storage on average."
4th stage will be nearly 6-hour storage!
#energysky www.originenergy.com.au/about/invest...
Largest Battery In Southern Hemisphere To Get Even Bigger - Origin Energy
Origin Energy (Origin) has approved the third stage of its large-scale battery at Eraring Power Station, adding further storage capacity to the project already underway and delivering the largest tota...
www.originenergy.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Largest battery project in Southern Hemisphere gets bigger!
"Across all four stages, the total size of the Eraring battery will now be 700MW/3,160MWh, providing 4.5 hours of storage on average."
4th stage will be nearly 6-hour storage!
#energysky www.originenergy.com.au/about/invest...
"Across all four stages, the total size of the Eraring battery will now be 700MW/3,160MWh, providing 4.5 hours of storage on average."
4th stage will be nearly 6-hour storage!
#energysky www.originenergy.com.au/about/invest...
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Will the lights go out if we don’t have baseload? “No, absolutely not,” say those whose job it is to keep them on.
Future focused on bulk renewables – wind and solar – supported by storage, and some peaking gas fall-back.
reneweconomy.com.au/will-the-lig...
Future focused on bulk renewables – wind and solar – supported by storage, and some peaking gas fall-back.
reneweconomy.com.au/will-the-lig...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Will the lights go out if we don’t have baseload? “No, absolutely not,” say those whose job it is to keep them on.
Future focused on bulk renewables – wind and solar – supported by storage, and some peaking gas fall-back.
reneweconomy.com.au/will-the-lig...
Future focused on bulk renewables – wind and solar – supported by storage, and some peaking gas fall-back.
reneweconomy.com.au/will-the-lig...
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Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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Critics slam renewables for land use but ignore fossil fuels' huge impact.
Germany's Hambach lignite mine: 85 sq km pit, 300m deep, snapped from ISS.
My first ever energy research protect professionally was on the externalities of lignite. In short: they are very significant!
Germany's Hambach lignite mine: 85 sq km pit, 300m deep, snapped from ISS.
My first ever energy research protect professionally was on the externalities of lignite. In short: they are very significant!
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Critics slam renewables for land use but ignore fossil fuels' huge impact.
Germany's Hambach lignite mine: 85 sq km pit, 300m deep, snapped from ISS.
My first ever energy research protect professionally was on the externalities of lignite. In short: they are very significant!
Germany's Hambach lignite mine: 85 sq km pit, 300m deep, snapped from ISS.
My first ever energy research protect professionally was on the externalities of lignite. In short: they are very significant!
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EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
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Good morning with good news: Renewables are ~85% of US utility-scale generation High Probability additions from October 2025 to September 2028.
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Good morning with good news: Renewables are ~85% of US utility-scale generation High Probability additions from October 2025 to September 2028.
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
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Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
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Petrostates are freaked out by China!
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Good morning with good news: In next 5 years, China plans to accelerate building new energy system, replacing fossil fuels with non-fossil fuels!
Wind & solar will be 6X 2020 levels by 2035!
Oil consumption peaks in 2026.
Coal consumption peaks in 2027.
english.news.cn/20251124/515... #energysky
Wind & solar will be 6X 2020 levels by 2035!
Oil consumption peaks in 2026.
Coal consumption peaks in 2027.
english.news.cn/20251124/515... #energysky
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Petrostates are freaked out by China!
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
Why?
China is peaking and soon reducing its big coal & oil demand and massively exporting Clean Tech.
So, China is transforming global energy by building a new energy system that uses non-fossil fuels & electrification to replace fossil fuels. #energysky
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Germany sets new record for largest solar carport!
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
German developer commissions nation’s largest solar carport
Germany has brought a 17 MW photovoltaic carport online in Riedstadt, Hesse, spanning 76,000 square meters. It is expected to generate about 17 GWh per year, according to project developer Nawasol.
www.pv-magazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Germany sets new record for largest solar carport!
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
The competition for the largest solar carport is national and international.
Solar carports are cool, literally!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/g... #energysky
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$113 Million & counting!
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
$113 Million & counting!
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
63-year-old jalopy coal plant raises electricity costs for Michigan's captive monopoly ratepayers by $113 million and counting!
Trump Admin order was not supported by MI regulators or local utility!
Coal also sickens people!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #energysky
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Good morning with good news: Global battery system deployment skyrocketed 38% to 156 GWh in first 10 months of 2025, compared to 2024!
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good morning with good news: Global battery system deployment skyrocketed 38% to 156 GWh in first 10 months of 2025, compared to 2024!
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Global BESS pipeline up 23% to 732 GWh!
rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
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Operating!
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
Dominican Republic brings Caribbean’s largest solar plant online
The Dominican Republic has switched on the 162.6 MW Cotoperí Solar complex, developed by Acciona Energía and local investors. It is the largest PV installation in Central America and the Caribbean.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Operating!
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
The largest solar plant in the Caribbean and Central America is now operating!
The 162.6 MW solar plant is in the Dominican Republic.
Solar is skyrocketing globally, almost in every nation in the world.
Wonderful!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/01/d... #energysky
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Good morning with good news: US utility-scale battery storage is on track to quadruple from 16 GW in December 2023 to 64 GW in December 2026!
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good morning with good news: US utility-scale battery storage is on track to quadruple from 16 GW in December 2023 to 64 GW in December 2026!
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
12/2026: 64.8 GW
12/2025: 45.5 GW
12/2024: 27 GW
12/2023: 16 GW
US battery storage continues to skyrocket!
#energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/02/u...
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'Trump can't have AI without renewables'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump’s Plan For AI Dominance Threatened by His Own Attacks on Solar, Wind Power
So far, the quickest and cheapest way to address the growing strains on the power grid is through renewable energy, data shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'Trump can't have AI without renewables'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Grid scale batteries are coming and fast.
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Grid scale batteries are coming and fast.
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
Snapshot of grid BESS installations in YTD 2025 (Jan-Oct 2025) vs YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct 2024):
• Global: +38%
• China: +27%
• Europe: +21%
• North America: +21%
• ROW: +242%
Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
rhomotion.com/news/global-...
Reposted by Robert Ingersol
A big CAES project. Good to see this technology becoming more viable.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
China advances 4.2 GWh compressed air storage project
Zhongchu Guoneng (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (ZCGN) says officials in Sanmenxia, Henan province, have cleared a 700 MW/4,200 MWh compressed air energy storage proposal that is designed to support l...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A big CAES project. Good to see this technology becoming more viable.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/c...