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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I’m going to the ATM machine and use my PIN number to get some cash money so I can buy some chai tea and naan bread to eat while I watch the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim).

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

hey. just wanted to remind you that we’re glad you’re here and we love you!

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Born to Engineer @borntoengineer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Engineering is not just a career; it's an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of people around the world. Join the movement! #EngineeringImpact

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 17/11/2025

This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable. We stand with you today and every day🏳️‍⚧️

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

On a mostly unrelated note, I had an analyst present to me today a cable length estimate with a 15% contingency to seven significant digits. 7,317,641. Let’s just say 7.3M, shall we?

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The term “long duration energy storage “ is a misnomer and I’m convinced it should not be used at all. However, if we must, Chase’s definition is far superior to “XX hours”.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

21. Everyone is defining long-duration storage technology wrong. It's not about 6 or 8 hours — you can do that with lithium-ion and probably would — it's about having the capex to add more GWh of capacity decoupled from the capex of adding more GW.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I did this at a networking event where my team of young analysts was invited to an after work event of the most senior practitioners in the firm. It was super fun.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

On the list of “things that sound really cool that I can vaguely picture myself having done and enjoyed if life had turned out radically different than it did for me” USMC JAG is pretty dang high on the list.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I liked every post in this thread because I want more Koop and Koomey in my feed and less Kirk. Algo - stand on business.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

@dieworkwear.bsky.social desperately searching for a discussion on tweed suit pants. Whether to pleat or not to pleat. Or even double pleat? And of course cuffs ? For a formal suit to wear to funerals.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Mods are asleep. Post dunes

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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Electricity rates are going up. The administration has to propose a solution to the affordability crisis. Going back to fossil fuels is accelerating rate increases as new NG is coming in at $95/MWh. High-profile wars against solar/wind are not helping affordability. Grid Enhancing Technologies VPP

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Grab bag: The affordability crisis, a VPP tipping point, and solar’s moment

We tap Jigar Shah's LinkedIn, Bluesky, and X feeds to decode what's happening in clean energy right now.

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 29/08/2025

Y'all don't know what batteries are doing for you. Saving you some bank.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I am an electrical engineer. The smell test is completely valid in my field.

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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Australia are reshaping how energy is generated, stored, and shared. They have the resources already deployed to shift 20% of their peak power to dramatically reduce wholesale power costs, but not enough folks are registered into a VPP yet.

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Virtual Power Plants (VPP) Explained: Australia's Ultimate Guide 2025

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Australia are reshaping how energy is generated, stored, and shared. But what is a virtual power plant, how does it

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 25/07/2025

Contender for best podcast episode of the year is out today, with Jane Flegal & @jessedjenkins.com talking about climate and energy policy with Ezra Klein. Get up to speed with where we are and what is next for decarbonization. 🔌💡 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

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Opinion | Is Decarbonization Dead?

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 25/07/2025

And here's @costasamaras.com with his own strong submission to the Podcast Oscars in the category "Best Post-OBBB Podcast on What's Next for Climate and Clean Energy Transition" www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

100 years ago, they came for UNC-Chapel Hill. They accused it of teaching evolution, non-heroic US history, and anti-racism. They threatened its budget. Pres. Harry Chase fought back and won. He told voters that if they wanted a “real university,” there could be no ideological control.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My wife uses honey in her coffee. My boss is a beekeeper (side hustle). I think we are on to something here.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

There is apparently a character in Ace Attorney called Detective Dick Gumshoe. Or, as I like to call him, Detective detective detective. Reminds me of Major Major Major Major.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In very important news, me and the Twins did a road trip from Raleigh to Charlotte and back this weekend. We spotted license plates from 40 different DMVs. 35 states, DC, two Canadian provinces, and two Mexican states.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

You want to know four things that are expensive? Cutting down trees, buying prime farmland, remediating brownfields, and building 10’ tall steel structures. The first two are myths in the solar world. We aren’t buying old growth forests and high producing farmland to put solar farms on them.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Helpful tip: when your liberal arts major significant other asks “what are the odds?” She does not in fact want you to calculate the odds (12.5%).

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I’m not sure I fully understand what’s going on here but to a person these beautiful people are fascinating and ones I would love to know.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Transmission infrastructure as public art (Dix Park, Raleigh, NC) 🔌💡

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

These are on my commute to work. I drive by them every day. So cool.

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Hearing from "a simple country engineer" @costasamaras.com and @jigarshahdc.bsky.social telling someone they must be smoking hashish if they think you can loan a billion dollars in a month is... 💫 exactly 💫 the energy I needed this fine Friday afternoon

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The abundance agenda meets scarcity politics

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I just want an AI/search engine that can handle “can you find that post where @volts.wtf says which car he bought?” Ioniq5? Still loving it?

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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Transmission Congestion 101. This is the snapshot of the Entergy New Orleans load shed event. Look at the negative pricing (dark blue) just ~200 miles away from the $2,000/MWh (dark red) in Southern LA #EnergySky @gridstatus.io

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

They are ON FIRE in this episode including my BlueSky bestie ;) @costasamaras.com

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Mom: I think it’s the battery. Me: I have two degrees in electrical engineering, I’m licensed in 8 states, and I design battery systems every day. It’s not the battery. Mom: well, I think it’s the battery.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This is a very informative thread and a very fun read! (Ok, I’m an engineer. My definition of fun is probably different than yours, but drums and dancing!)

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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Does renewable energy also provide such inertia? No. But that's not because it can't. It is because it is not allowed. Renewable energy is decentralised by definition: many small installations spread across the grid. Sometimes a grid operator wants to take a piece of that grid offline 3/

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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 Just before you all start becoming experts on the Iberian blackout, you may find this useful 😉 - EPRI TECHNICAL BRIEF - GRID STABILITY IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE #GFM Inverters www.epri.com/research/pro...

2. Typical response times, potential sources, and compensation mechanisms for ancillary services supporting frequency stability
during contingencies.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Please watch this over the weekend and help spread the word. It's the story of a solar power project helping to save several hundred babies' lives each year in Sierra Leone. More than ever we need good news stories about clean energy, and people looking after each other. youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...

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How Solar Is Saving Babies’ Lives in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Wtf. This is a really important example of how electricity isn't a luxury and solar can help.

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 12/04/2025

Grid forming everywhere: ‘When facing grid fluctuations, inverter enables equivalent inertia support within five milliseconds…It withstands transient overvoltage up to 1.8 times the rated voltage which meets the highest industry benchmark and automatically adapts to both strong and weak grids’

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Sungrow Redefines Utility-Scale Solar Solutions with Launch of 1+X 2.0 Modular Inverter

Sungrow, the global leading inverter and energy storage system provider, unveiled its groundbreaking 1+X 2.0 Modular Inverter for utility-sc

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so. thegriffinlist.com

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Me realizing I’m a social media 🔌 ⚡️ snob: New pod dropped: www.latitudemedia.com/podcasts/cat... AI load skeptic? It better be @jgkoomey.bsky.social I’m not going to listen unless it’s Koomey. Ahhhh… it’s Koomey.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Great little 🧵 on early stage wind turbine development.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Tyler has been all over my LinkedIn and Blue Sky today. Check out the webinar to find out why.

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jtam @siliconretina.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I haven’t been to a new state in years - probably pre-Covid. Still four short from a full 50. Where to next?

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We should not tolerate intolerance. This paradox is explained by this famous poster:

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Germany Embraces Balkonkraftwerke — Balcony Solar For Apartments "During the first six months of 2024, Germany added 200 megawatts of balcony solar." cleantechnica.com/2024/12/21/g... @cleantechnica.bsky.social

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Germany Embraces Balkonkraftwerke — Balcony Solar For Apartments - CleanTechnica

Balcony solar is a big hit in Germany, which as seen 200 MW of new balcony based solar added this year alone.

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