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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔌💡 Google's Clean Transition Tariff w/ NV Energy has been approved by the Nevada PUC. This paves the way for a new next-gen geothermal project to be deployed by 2030, and serves as a model for other utilities and energy customers to advance decarbonization across the US: blog.google/feed/nevada-...

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Our first-of-its-kind partnership for clean energy has been approved in Nevada.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has approved our first-of-its-kind partnership with NV Energy to bring new, clean capacity to Nevada under the Clean Transition…

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🔌💡Today, Google announced the first corporate geothermal energy deal in Taiwan. These first projects will add 10 MW of geothermal energy to the grid - nearly doubling its current installed geothermal capacity - and help catalyze the geothermal market across APAC. More: blog.google/around-the-g...

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Our first geothermal energy deal in Asia

Today, we’re announcing another milestone in our Asia Pacific clean energy journey by signing the first corporate PPAs for geothermal energy in Taiwan.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Great summary on the role of procurement in commercializing new technology from @jessedjenkins.com, @devonswezey.bsky.social and others. Also I’m glad the photo of Fervo’s drilling operations has become the de facto visual for 24/7 carbon free energy! www.latitudemedia.com/news/how-24-...

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How 24/7 carbon-free energy can catalyze clean energy innovation

Accelerating the commercialization of advanced technologies creates a ripple effect that benefits the entire electricity system.

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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

24/7 clean procurement catalyses learning for long-duration energy storage and clean dispatchable power - new op-ed in @latitudemedia.bsky.social! 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/how-24-...

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How 24/7 carbon-free energy can catalyze clean energy innovation

Accelerating the commercialization of advanced technologies creates a ripple effect that benefits the entire electricity system.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡 My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Today Google shared that we’ve contracted more than $100M in carbon removal credits in 2024 to help catalyze solutions that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere at scale and help maximize their impact on the planet. 🔌💡 Learn more: blog.google/outreach-ini...

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Our progress to accelerate carbon removal solutions

Here’s a look at four ways we’re supporting carbon removal projects.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🔌💡 Google released a novel study on the lifecycle emissions of AI accelerator chips, showing a 3x improvement in the carbon-efficiency of AI workloads over two generations. We also report average market-based electricity emissions calculated on a 24/7 basis. More: cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

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TPUs improved carbon-efficiency of AI workloads by 3x | Google Cloud Blog

A new study finds that TPU hardware has seen a 3x improvement in the carbon-efficiency of AI workloads from TPU v4 to Trillium.

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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

With government support uncertain, how can we catalyse investment in the new energy technologies we need? 🔌 💡 One option: companies committing to 24/7 carbon-free power (CFE), who don't just reduce their own emissions, but trigger technology learning and emissions reductions in the wider system. 🧵

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Excited to contribute to this commentary, which describes how even a relatively small number of companies targeting 24/7 #cleanenergy procurement can have outsized #decarbonization impact by accelerating learning and cost reductions in advanced CFE technologies, speeding their wider adoption. 🔌💡

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Excited to share @Google’s new partnership with carbon removal companies Varaha and Charm Industrial to remove 200,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere via biochar and bring us closer to a net zero future. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Randy Spock on LinkedIn: Our first biochar CO2 removal deals with Varaha and Charm

Today Google announced new purchase agreements with companies Varaha and Charm Industrial to help catalyze and scale biochar as a promising carbon removal tool…

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/01/2025

Energy & climate researchers, want a little hope on policy impact? Wilson, Qingyu, and Jesse had deep policy impact with their work on hydrogen. How? 🔌💡 1. Timely, peer-reviewed work in a respected journal 2. Open access & free to read 3. Once published, talk about it publicly in an accessible way

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Such a huge win for the climate, and also for developing for advancing the technologies, tools and contracting structures that will enable 24/7 carbon-free electricity for everyone. Congrats and kudos to all the public servants and advocates that fought for this outcome. 🔌💡

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

It's the moment you've been waiting for... a new 2,000 words (ok its a bit more) from me on the 45V hydrogen tax credit. Except this time we have final rules! "3 Pillars" are still in...sort of. Path for existing nuclear, w/ 200 mw cap per reactor. More details inside ⤵️ heatmap.news/climate/fina...

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There’s Something for (Almost) Everyone in the Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules

The Biden administration is hoping they’ll be a starting gun for the industry. The industry may or may not be fully satisfied.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

2024 was a big year for Google's efforts to progress toward 24/7 carbon-free energy. Our new blog describes 6 unique ways that Google worked advanced the transaction, regulatory, and technological innovations needed to accelerate electricity decarbonization: blog.google/outreach-ini... #energysky

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6 unique ways we advanced energy solutions in 2024

Six innovative ways Google helped advance the clean energy transition in 2024.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Nice message from @offgridian.bsky.social in this NYT story on Trump's new energy secretary

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today, Google published our procurement principles and criteria for a wide array of advanced clean electricity technologies needed to fully decarbonize electricity grids. Learn more on pg. 25 of our 2023 white paper (and attached 1-pager): sustainability.google/reports/acce... 🔌💡

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

NEW: Big tech firms and the nuclear power industry think they can solve each other's problems. But can they? I dug into budding love affair between AI and nuclear, and here's what I found... (+ lil 🧵 here) www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...

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Artificial Intelligence wants to go nuclear. Will it work?

The nuclear industry and big tech companies think they can solve each other's problems, but critics are skeptical the marriage can last.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Excited to share Google's new partnership with startup Terradot to accelerate help catalyze and scale their enhanced rock weathering approach for carbon removal. Learn more here: blog.google/outreach-ini... 🔌💡

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Our new deal to remove CO2 from the atmosphere by crushing rocks

We’re purchasing 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits from enhanced rock weathering (ERW) startup Terradot to be delivered by the early 2030s.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Granular energy procurement tools are critical to a carbon-free transition. Today LevelTen Energy launched the Registry Accelerator Fund to help registries modernize their software to support hourly, local energy tracking. Learn more and check out the RFP: www.leveltenenergy.com/registry-acc... 🔌💡

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Registry Acceleration Fund RFP

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

When you have a goal to supply your operations with 24/7 carbon-free energy, it requires you to think about partnerships and portfolios of technologies that can provide clean electricity around the clock. #energysky

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Indeed, here is what Meta's spokesperson told RTO Insider... "Meta’s 100% clean energy commitment uses methodologies from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Annually, Meta matches its electricity use with 100% clean and renewable energy on an annual basis based on megawatt-hours,"

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🔌💡A new Aurora study finds that “local matching” of GOs to electricity demand in Europe would significantly boost revenues to wind and solar projects by 18 billion EUR by 2030 (1/) www.auroraer.com/insight/100-local-an-analysis-of-local-matching-in-the-european-guarantees-of-origin-market/ (1/)

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‘100% Local’? An Analysis of Local Matching in the European Guarantees of Origin Market | Aurora Energy Research

Discover how local matching in the European Guarantees of Origin (GO) market could reshape renewable energy investments, boost local GO prices, and impact cross-border trades. Learn more from Aurora E...

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 29/11/2024

We're so proud of Dr. Ricks! Our first ZERO Lab doctorate. And an outstanding set of research on the potential of enhanced geothermal energy and rules to guide clean electricity procurement by hydrogen producers, data centers are more. See below for links to @wilsonar.bsky.social's excellent work...

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Past/ongoing: EVs Future: maybe electrification of industrial heat Other thoughts #energysky?

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Very interesting new research on 24/7 #carbon-free #electricity procurement. What happens if you don't have access to your hourly electricity demand data, and need to use a proxy instead? Turns out, the positive impacts of 24/7 procurement are relatively consistent even when using approximations 🔌💡

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 19/11/2024

What if you want to procure clean electricity to meet your demand, hour-by-hour, but you don't know precisely what your demand profile is? Can it still work? A new Princeton University ZERO Lab report on 24/7 carbon-free electricityu procurment led by @wilsonar.bsky.social finds out... 🔌💡

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Super interesting visualizations that may be of interest to #energysky. And if you aren't following Killian yet I highly recommend!

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

💡🔌What is the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance? Why is it being updated for the first time in a decade? And what are the implications for the nuclear power industry? I'm speaking alongside Katie Ott (Constellation) about the updates and what they could mean: www.youtube.com/@NZNGlobal/l...

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🔌💡Tomorrow I'll be joining experts to talk about 24/7 Carbon-free Energy. In September, the Climate Group launced the 24/7 Carbon-free Coalition, a group of companies working toward local and hourly power decarbonization. Check out the webinar for more info! www.theclimategroup.org/247-webinar-3

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Ask the Experts: 24/7 Carbon-free Electricity Q&A | Climate Group

Join the conversation and ask questions to our panel consisting of business leaders who have already started their 24/7 CFE journey alongside subject matter experts.

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Wilson Ricks @wilsonar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Enhanced geothermal isn't so dark of a horse anymore. Great writeup on the state and promise of the technology from Nature (www.nature.com/articles/d41...), including references to our recent paper on the long-run value of flexible geothermal power in Nature Energy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Geothermal power is vying to be a major player in the world’s clean-energy future

With technical advances and enthusiasm from policymakers, advocates say the time for next-generation geothermal has come.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Surprising how bad putative climate leader California is on this issue of low-carbon fuel standards.

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Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

My first post on Bluesky is to share that Project InnerSpace has expanded the GeoMap tool to India, helping reveal untapped #geothermal potential across the country. Google is thrilled to support the GeoMap tool and help advance geothermal development globally. Check it out here: lnkd.in/euvbz_rv

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