Mike@OpticalStrategies
@opticalstrategies.bsky.social
Empowering innovators to transform lives and sustainability through advanced photonics.
Optical Strategies helps navigate the commercial and technical maze of fiber optics to help your business thrive.
I'm all about #DFOS.
Optical Strategies helps navigate the commercial and technical maze of fiber optics to help your business thrive.
I'm all about #DFOS.
Putting the hard work in:
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Putting the hard work in:
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inspiring - first Jones Act-compliant U.S. offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) starts sea trials. Shown here during a "jacking" test, the ship is perched 400 feet (122 meters) above the water. Soon to be installing wind turbines off Virginia - CVOW.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/18/s...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/18/s...
Sea Trials Underway for First Jones Act-Compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
The sea trials have commenced and are in progress for Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV).
www.offshorewind.biz
February 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Inspiring - first Jones Act-compliant U.S. offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) starts sea trials. Shown here during a "jacking" test, the ship is perched 400 feet (122 meters) above the water. Soon to be installing wind turbines off Virginia - CVOW.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/18/s...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/18/s...
Against there backdrop of information, misinformation and confusion around U.S. inflation being circulated, @usafacts.org just published a timely and very helpful primer - comprehensive and simple to understand:
usafacts.org/answers/what...
usafacts.org/answers/what...
What is the current inflation rate in the US? | USAFacts
About 3.0%, as of January 2025. Inflation refers to the rise in prices of goods and services over time, which reduces the purchasing power of the dollar. The inflation rate is the percentage that desc...
usafacts.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Against there backdrop of information, misinformation and confusion around U.S. inflation being circulated, @usafacts.org just published a timely and very helpful primer - comprehensive and simple to understand:
usafacts.org/answers/what...
usafacts.org/answers/what...
Stumbled across a terrific overview of Offshore Wind by @engwithrosie.bsky.social - shares the how's and why's, and provides significant depth of techno-economic background to to help dispel a few pervasive myths - check it out here:
youtu.be/MuwNBtKpjhQ?...
youtu.be/MuwNBtKpjhQ?...
Offshore Wind in Crisis! What Can We Learn?
YouTube video by Engineering with Rosie
youtu.be
February 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Stumbled across a terrific overview of Offshore Wind by @engwithrosie.bsky.social - shares the how's and why's, and provides significant depth of techno-economic background to to help dispel a few pervasive myths - check it out here:
youtu.be/MuwNBtKpjhQ?...
youtu.be/MuwNBtKpjhQ?...
Interesting data - global progress in Offshore Wind Power Capacity:
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/h....
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/h....
Half of Global Operational Offshore Wind Capacity in China
The global capacity of fully operational offshore wind farms has reached 80.9 GW, according to RenewableUK, whose new report also shows China is leading in total operational capacity, new capacity ins...
www.offshorewind.biz
February 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Interesting data - global progress in Offshore Wind Power Capacity:
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/h....
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/h....
Clean energy - "It's about Money and Jobs" - plus it helps save a planet" @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
Forget saving the planet. Clean energy interests sharpen a different message: Money and jobs
Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now emphasizing the greener side of green: wealth-building.
apnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Clean energy - "It's about Money and Jobs" - plus it helps save a planet" @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
Very interesting article co-published by @propublica.org and @nytimes.com wrestling with climate change, home valuations, insurance changes and population migration.
"The implications are staggering."
Worth a 5-minute read.
www.propublica.org/article/clim...
"The implications are staggering."
Worth a 5-minute read.
www.propublica.org/article/clim...
How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream
Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses.
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Very interesting article co-published by @propublica.org and @nytimes.com wrestling with climate change, home valuations, insurance changes and population migration.
"The implications are staggering."
Worth a 5-minute read.
www.propublica.org/article/clim...
"The implications are staggering."
Worth a 5-minute read.
www.propublica.org/article/clim...
Which is worse for wildlife, birds and whales? Interesting read from the BBC. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Which is worse for wildlife, wind farms or oil drilling?
US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Which is worse for wildlife, birds and whales? Interesting read from the BBC. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Interesting, recent study out of Norway examining offshore wind and bird strikes. More than 21,000 bird passages detected - zero bird strikes.
www.norwegianoffshorewind.no/news/new-rep...
www.norwegianoffshorewind.no/news/new-rep...
New Report: No Recorded Collisions Between Floating Offshore Wind Turbine and Birds
For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No collisions have been recorded.
www.norwegianoffshorewind.no
February 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Interesting, recent study out of Norway examining offshore wind and bird strikes. More than 21,000 bird passages detected - zero bird strikes.
www.norwegianoffshorewind.no/news/new-rep...
www.norwegianoffshorewind.no/news/new-rep...
Trying to sort out the "real" impacts of recent EO's in the sustainability arena. Read this article from @canarymedia.com and found it helpful:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues
Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?
www.canarymedia.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trying to sort out the "real" impacts of recent EO's in the sustainability arena. Read this article from @canarymedia.com and found it helpful:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
Found this very interesting, thought you might be interested, too. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts
Over 64% of manufacturing and supply chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican-led districts, per new data.
www.canarymedia.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Found this very interesting, thought you might be interested, too. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
In the late 80's I recall a university lecture suggesting that climate change would stimulate more severe and frequent weather events globally. Sharing insightful data published by #USAFacts - clarifies some of the economic impact: usafacts.org/articles/are...
Are major natural disasters increasing? | USAFacts
Nine out of the 10 years with the highest number of natural disasters occurred in the last decade.
usafacts.org
January 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In the late 80's I recall a university lecture suggesting that climate change would stimulate more severe and frequent weather events globally. Sharing insightful data published by #USAFacts - clarifies some of the economic impact: usafacts.org/articles/are...
HI everyone - giving Bluesky a try and looking forward to exchanging information around sustainability and renewables. My background is in fiber optics - with distributed fiber optic sensing #DFOS applied to sustainability an area of great interest.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
HI everyone - giving Bluesky a try and looking forward to exchanging information around sustainability and renewables. My background is in fiber optics - with distributed fiber optic sensing #DFOS applied to sustainability an area of great interest.