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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning with good news: US solar surged 24% to 50.8 TWh in August 2026, compared to 8/2025! Combined solar & wind also rose 24% to 84.7 TWh in 8/2026. S&W were 18.2% of US electricity in 8/2026. That's up 2.3 points from 15.9% in 8/2025. Their share peaked at 26.5% in April 2026 #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Big news for #WesternGrid in general and Utah in particular. Adding in "firm generation" from geothermal to recent battery storage additions means more coal being replaced. @billcorcoran.bsky.social @utahcleanenergy.bsky.social @brucenilles.bsky.social
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
EV infrastructure continuing to improve... electrek.co/2026/08/14/e...
electrek.co
Every 2027 GM EV will plug directly into Tesla Superchargers
GM says every 2027 Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC EV will get a native NACS port, making compatible Tesla Superchargers easier to use.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Interesting configuration...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Big jump in Battery Storage for California! Note: new totals do include some out-of-state systems - probably 1-2 GW.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Big jump in Battery Storage for California! Note: new totals do include some out-of-state systems - probably 1-2 GW.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Low water levels across Europe are causing operators to cut back and/or shut down some of their nuclear reactors. Ouch! oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
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Europe's Electricity Prices Spike to €500 a Megawatt-Hour as Drought Bites | OilPrice.com
Drought has forced Hungary to shut down its Paks nuclear plant, sending European electricity prices spiking to €500 a megawatt-hour.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Let's see if California sees a bump in EV registrations ... #energysky cleantechnica.com/2026/08/05/t...
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The 14 Manufacturers Participating in California's New MyFirstEV Program - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of c...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Good info.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1)Let's see if the opening of this new factory can ramp up the growth of large Tesla utility-scale battery installations. - The capacity of this factory is 50GWh per year - Single Megapack 3 has a capacity of 5MWh - A Megablock bundles up to four Megapack 3 units (about 20 MWh) #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
On a very warm night in California, @caiso.com set a new record for battery discharge at 13,096 MW. Sat - Aug 2nd. In the past, this demand would have been split between imports and natural gas. #energysky Source: www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
EV Sales in the US have stalled, but enablers for the EV ecosystem, like chargers and batteries, have continued to expand. Hyundai's second battery plant in Georgia is live: - full capacity = 35GWh #energysky insideevs.com/news/801765/...
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Hyundai’s $5 Billion EV Battery Plant In Georgia Powers Up
The automaker is teaming up with Korean battery maker SK On to supply batteries to the nearby Metaplant America.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nice to see manufacturing/assembly of next-gen Sodium-Ion #batterystorage technology moving onshore. Initial capacity is small, but we need the baby steps. Initial capacity: 4GWh Location: Sacramento Go-Live : Q1 2027 #energysky #WesternGrid www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
canarymedia.com
A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city
Sodium-ion batteries promise cheaper, more durable energy storage. Peak Energy seeks to kick-start the next-gen battery market by building the first big…
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Utilities in Arizona continue to add renewable sources to their portfolio. Coal is disappearing in the state. #energysky #WesternGrid media.srpnet.com/salt-river-p...
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Salt River Project to Add 600 MW of Wind Energy to Arizona Grid from Pattern Energy’s SunZia Project
Today, Pattern Energy, a leader in clean energy and transmission infrastructure, and Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for profit public power utility serving 1.2 million people in central Arizona, anno...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"The geothermal potential at this site is enormous — 50 MW by 2030 is just the first step. #energysky #WesternGrid www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
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Quaise Energy raises $134M to fuel superhot geothermal ambitions
The startup closed the first tranche of Series B funding as it pushes to build a novel geothermal plant in Oregon and advance its rock-melting drilling…
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
That's a lot of job openings...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Large solar/storage project being built for Meta in Wyoming. The interesting part is the duration of battery storage - 8 hours. Phase1: Solar = 365 MW Storage = 200 MW / 1600 MWh More clean energy for the #WesternGrid #energysky www.enbridge.com/stories/2026...
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Enbridge and Meta expand partnership with Cowboy Project
Solar-plus-storage project will rank among the larger utility-scale installations supporting U.S. data center growth
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The California grid - @caiso.com seems to be really dialed in lately. - More solar growth - Sun Zia wind from NM - continued expansion of batteries are combining to produce record-low natural gas generation. The 12.5 GWh of generation was a record low for a day and the 2.5% was a record low share.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The California grid - @caiso.com seems to be really dialed in lately. - More solar growth - Sun Zia wind from NM - continued expansion of batteries are combining to produce record-low natural gas generation. The 12.5 GWh of generation was a record low for a day and the 2.5% was a record low share.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
@gridstatus.io has some really nice regular analysis about what is happening on grids around the US. Here is a great tidbit on SPP today. #energysky Check out this post on Grid Status Insights by Abby Lestina ⚡ www.gridstatus.io/insights/417...
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Despite over 5 GW of wind curtailment is currently being seen in SPP, the grid
Despite over 5 GW of wind curtailment is currently being seen in SPP, the grid just set a new maximum renewable record of 27,486 MW. Part of it might be thanks to SWPW, which is showing strong wind, s...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What a great idea! Redwood Materials to deploy a "used battery" storage facility at Rivian vehicle factory. Every large industrial facility should have some battery storage - and better yet, make it used batteries. #energysky electrek.co/2026/04/14/r...
electrek.co
Rivian partners with Tesla co-founder's Redwood on energy storage
Rivian is partnering with Redwood, founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to deploy 10 MWh of second-life battery storage at its Illinois plant.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
California's grid @caiso.com needs to complement its massive solar/storage capabilities with other sources, like wind and geothermal. The wind from the SunZia project will displace more natural gas generation in California. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@caiso.com Battery discharge went over 12 GW for the first time last night! Just two years ago, the record was about 6GW. #Energysky Source: www.gridstatus.io/records
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Google will add: 1,400 MW of wind 200 MW of solar 300 MW/30 GWh of Form Energy batteries to the Minnesota grid for future #datacenter usage. #energysky blog.google/innovation-a...
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Google is coming to Minnesota and advancing clean energy goals
An overview of Google’s new data center and collaboration with Xcel Energy in Pine Island, Minnesota.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The first utility-scale battery storage system is live in Montana - 75 MW/150 MWh. BHEM is also building a 120MW solar system, which should go live this year. More clean energy for the #WesternGrid Huge potential for solar/storage in Montana. #energysky www.energy-storage.news/berkshire-ha...
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy Montana energises 150MWh BESS
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Montana has successfully energised its 75MW/150MWh Glacier Battery System project in Montana, US.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
1) Here is some good news for the #WesternGrid and the Northwest in particular - 1.2 GW of pumped hydro storage with 12 hours of duration. The Northwest needs to add a LOT more storage in the coming years. Let's see if this project goes live by 2028. #energysky www.powermag.com/former-smelt...
powermag.com
Former Smelter Site Now Home to 1.2-GW Pumped Storage Hydro Project
Developers of a new pumped storage hydropower installation in Washington state said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a 50-year
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A. new 300 MW solar project is now under construction in Arizona. Also has 300 MW/1200 MWh of battery storage. The #WesternGrid continues to get cleaner. #energysky www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/01/cons...
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Construction underway on 300-MW solar + storage project in Arizona
Construction is underway on the 300-MW solar and 1,200-MWh storage Pioneer Clean Energy Center in Arizona. The project is developed by BightNight and
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Trump administration recently ordered/forced coal plants in Washington and Colorado to remain open past their closure dates. DOE Secretary Chris Wright said the region faces emergency conditions... Where/what is this emergency? Coal generation has plummeted over the last decade. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Here is a decent-sized (8.75MW) behind-the-meter solar project that went online last year in Arizona. There are numerous additional municipal opportunities like this across the #WesternGrid. #Energysky www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/01/solo...
solarpowerworldonline.com
SOLON energizes Arizona's largest behind-the-meter solar project
SOLON Corporation has completed a 8.75-MW behind-the-meter solar project at Tucson Water’s Central Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project (CAVSARP) in
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
1) ERCOT released its 2025 Demand and Energy report www.ercot.com/files/docs/2... Although overall demand increased by 26.2 TWh, fossil generation was flat, with an increase in coal mostly offset by a decrease in gas. Most of the new demand was met by a solar increase of 19.6 TWh. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Battery storage continues to spread across the #WesternGrid. This 200MW/800 MWh project for utility Puget Sound Energy goes live in 2026. Washington is just getting started with batteries - 4MW of capacity today - 2,000 MW over the next three years. #energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/04/8...
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800 MWh battery project reaches financial close for BrightNight and Cordelio Power in Washington
Power company BrightNight and joint venture partner Cordelio Power have announced the financial close of its Greenwater Energy Storage Project, a 200 MW / 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) ...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Massive new solar project goes live in Utah - 685 MW. More good news for the #WesternGrid. Interestingly, this project is not listed in any of the EIA tables. Seems like a pretty big miss. #energysky www.heraldextra.com/news/2025/no...
heraldextra.com
Rays of power: Utah’s largest solar plant becomes operational, set to power Eagle Mountain data center
A massive solar plant recently opened near Eagle Mountain in Utah County and will power a data center of one of the biggest technology companies in the world. Excelsior Energy Capital’s Faraday Solar ...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This is a huge deal for #WesternGrid. This project will provide clean generation during non-solar hours.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The latest CAISO Key Statistics report is available for October 2025. Plenty of useful factoids within... Here is one - almost 15 GW of utility-scale batteries on the CAISO grid. www.caiso.com/documents/ke...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Good news for US Battery Storage. Peak Energy is based in California and Colorado. It will be interesting to see how quickly sodium-ion storage scales. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The #WesternGrid continues to get cleaner. The contribution this time is from the 324 MW Black Hollow Sun project in Colorado. The first phase, 185 MW, is already live, and the second phase, 139 MW, will be completed by the end of 2026. #energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/04/c...
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ContourGlobal secures $350 million, its first solar project financing in the U.S.
The funds support ContourGlobal’s 324 MW solar project in development in Colorado.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Great to see the positive effects of renewables on the local level in rural America. An article worth reading.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Battery storage capacity continues to grow steadily on the CAISO grid. Currently nearing 15GW. As a reference - peak demand for CAISO was about 43GW this year. Source: www.caiso.com/documents/ke... (Sep 2025 Key Statistics) @californiaiso.bsky.social @calenergy.bsky.social #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
More batteries/solar in California are also helping to make the entire #WesternGrid more resilient. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This recent press release ticks all the boxes. - New 50MW/200 MWh battery in Arizona - Behind the meter! - Helping to power a new electric arc furnace at a Nucor steel plant Within five years, we are gonna see batteries everywhere. #WesternGrid #energysky ir.ameresco.com/news-events/...
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Ameresco Announces 50MW Battery Energy Storage Asset to Enhance Resiliency and Energy Security
The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) project in Arizona and ranks as the fourth largest BTM installation…
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
More good news for the #WesternGrid #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Potentially 100 GW of flexible demand... Even 20GW would be huge. 💡🔌 electrek.co/2025/10/01/h...
electrek.co
HVAC giant Carrier has a solution for AC's excessive grid load: home batteries
Carrier engineers have come up with a scalable solution that can deployed yesterday: pair air conditioners with home batteries.
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Joe Deely @jdeely.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This may be true for the US, but the Western US continues to lower its fossil fuel usage at a steady pace. The estimate for 2025 is based on the data reported thru July. #energysky
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Jorgy @jjorgensonmcr.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I'm sure @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social is all over this, but just in case. @mariagallucci.bsky.social tells us "putting panels over 8K miles of federally owned canals and aqueducts could generate over 25 GW of renewable energy — enough to power nearly 20M homes" 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
canarymedia.com
California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
CAISO—@californiaiso.bsky.social is out with its latest Key Statistics report, this one for August 2025. Plenty of interesting info in this report - worth the read. www.caiso.com/documents/ke... Below is a sample showing that total battery storage has now passed 14GW.
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Scott Fines @hyalinetech.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Question for #energysky folks: Does anyone maintain a database/listing of actual proposed datacenters in the US(or other large loads)?
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Yesterday was the highest peak demand so far in 2025 on @californiaiso.bsky.social - 43,735 MW at 6:00 PM. Relatively easy to handle versus a few years ago due to the increase in Battery Storage. Still, too much gas is being used to meet peak... more firm sources needed. #energysky
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Love seeing innovative ideas like this...
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
More wind generation for Seattle utility Puget Sound to help replace imported coal generation from the Colstrip power plant in Montana. - 248 MW Beaver Creek Wind is now operational #WesternGrid 🔌💡 www.pse.com/en/press-rel...
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Puget Sound Energy | Puget-Sound-Energys-Beaver-Creek-Wind-Farm-now-operational
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Mission City Research @mcresearch.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
California grid operator - CAISO - @californiaiso.bsky.social has released its July Key Statistics report. Well worth the read. July was a mild month weather-wise in California, and the stats reflect this. www.caiso.com/documents/ke... Here is a sample of the data. #energysky
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