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sylvain gignac

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Bulk Power / Energy Systems + NERC's Reliability

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PJM has proposed new requirements that would establish voltage and frequency ride-through envelopes limiting how much a large load can curtail its power draw during reliability issues. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/A5j950ZNC8m
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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Clean energy technologies are driving job creation in the EU However, persistent shortages of skilled workers risk slowing future growth, while sector also lacks inclusion of women and young people
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Clean energy technologies are driving job creation in the EU, but challenges remain around skill shortages and inclusion
Clean energy technologies are creating hundreds of thousands of jobs across the European Union, according to a report published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). However, persistent shortages of skilled workers risk slowing future growth, while at the same time the clean energy sector faces inclusion challenges, with women and young people underrepresented.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 06/09/2026
MIT's working group report on AI and education was an interesting read. Noting a few of my takeaways that I may incorporate into my courses. 1. I should be more clear with students about my AI policies for their work *and for my work*, and my reasoning behind these policies #AcademicSky
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Report – AI and Education
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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
President Donald Trump has ordered a halt to importation and usage of certain foreign-made transmission and generation equipment for the U.S. bulk-power system. Why This Matters: The executive order has potentially wide-ranging effects on the U.S. power grid. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/Cx8250ZG7zs
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Xinhua: "China's EV charging infrastructure has continued to expand swiftly, with the total number of charging points reaching 23.68 million by the end of July 2026, up 41.9 percent year on year." english.news.cn/20260825/215...
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China's EV charging infrastructure expands rapidly in first seven months
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Jorgy @jjorgensonmcr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Late breaking Turbine news!! Ok not really, but more backlog to note in the turbine market this time Mitsubishi. 35 GW Total large-frame gas turbine backlog, up from 23 GW a year earlier 4 GW Large gas turbines sold in the first quarter 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/mitsubi...?
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Mitsubishi’s large-frame gas turbine backlog reaches 35 GW
The company plans to double its manufacturing capacity as it continues to see a “strong supply-demand environment” for gas turbines in the U.S., CFO Hiroshi Nishio said.
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New reliability risk for thermal power plants = swarms of jellyfish clogging seawater intake and cooling system pumps. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river drops to record low
Cernavoda shutdown poses immediate problems for Moldova, which relies on Romanian power ​to cover its own electricity shortages
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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In the weeds? Yes. Important? Also yes. The July voltage disturbance in Virginia provides strong evidence of the potential instability large data centers can introduce to a local grid when they move to quickly to disconnect during disturbances. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/138974-va-da...
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The administration wants more AI and less transmission. Pick one. Cancellation of Lake Erie–Canada Corridor = 1,000 MW of import capability PJM won't have, while computational load growth is a major strain on capacity margins.
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
But If Installed in glass facades, skylights, and windows of offices. Offers shades and power to existing buildings. www.terli.net/blog/semi-tr...
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Semi-Transparent PV Panels: Comparing Efficiency, Applications and Installation Options for Modern Buildings - TERLI
Semi-Transparent PV Panels offer energy savings, daylight, and modern design. Compare efficiency, applications, and installation options for buildings
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Most sophisticated infrastructure problem: no enforceable standard for whether meter's power flow gets recorded as + or −. Somewhat surprising. www.fuseenergy.com/news/uk-elec...
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Backwards grid meters could add £100 million to electricity costs
UK electricity grid meter issues could add £100 million annually to grid costs.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm pretty confident that Brent crude prices will be between $65 and $110 next week
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
By Dec 31, 2026 - NERC to propose standards on integration of computational loads aka AI/DC + specific registry criteria.
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Bo Vagner Hansen @bovagner.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
🤯 "De siste tallene fra 2024 viste at datasentre sto for 22 prosent av kraftforbruket i Irland. Dette kan stige til 30–33 prosent i 2026, og det er i stor grad drevet av KI. Til sammenligning ligger EU-gjennomsnittet på rundt 3 prosent."
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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PJM has declared a capacity emergency and called all resources into service as loads exceeded 162 GW, fueled by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4zVB50ZksWR Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
FERC issued six Orders to Show Cause at its open meeting June 18 to every jurisdictional ISO and RTO, directing changes to how their rules interconnect data centers and other large loads. #energysky 🔌💡 Writer: James Downing See Full Story: ow.ly/sZVE50ZeCqs
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
While offshore wind contracts are cancelled in NA, Europe's collaboration has a 300 GW target by 2050 with interconnections to back it up. All TSO's collaborating across North Sea. www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/ser-st...
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump posted that scenario RCP8.5 no longer being plausible is an admission that the IPCC was "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!". That's of course incorrect and also ironic, since RCP8.5 envisioned a very Trumpian future. It's also a bit of good news, as I explore for @climateconnections.bsky.social (🧵 1/7)
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Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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Claude Boucher @bouchecl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Après une année difficile en 2025, les ventes de VE rebondissent avec le retour de la subvention PAVE du fédéral. Encore une fois, le Québec domine le palmarès des ventes avec plus de 50% du total canadien. #EV #Canada
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
J'ai beaucoup apprécié mon récent passage à C dans lair pour discuter des risques de l'IA pour nos sociétés, nos économies, et nos démocraties. Merci Caroline Roux pour l'invitation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNCu...
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Le cri d'alarme d'un des pères fondateurs de l'IA - Rencontre avec Yoshua Bengio
YouTube video by C dans l'air - France Télévisions
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“It shows again that if you go big with a technology, and you kick it off big from the start, you can make a really significant difference. If you’re a battery manufacturer focused on residential right now you really must be focused on Australia.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
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FERC @ferc.gov · 21/05/2026
Presentation & Report | The 2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment 🔗 www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
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Presentation & Report | The 2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment
Presentation
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worst-case scenario engineer @worstcaseeng.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I have an extremely specific complaint about data centers and why they shouldn't be built: they're taking resources away from renewable integration projects directly and more generally undoing the progress we'd been making as an industry decarbonizing
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"my favourite person on Instagram continues to be this beautiful Iranian man who just loves to pose with his fruit" x.com/never_oppres...
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🇺🇦 Joe LaRusso 🔌 🕳️ 🐇 @jglarusso.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🧵 🔌💡 Saturday revealed the extent to which “out of market” transactions are influencing power flows across northeast N. America. It was a noteworthy day here in the ISO New England Inc. service territory. It was the weekend, with lower forecasted system loads; clear skies promised abundant solar…
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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Can distributed solar help ease Pennsylvania's power crunch? Lawmakers and regulators are sparring over the impact these mid-sized projects can have on curbing rising electricity rates — and not surprisingly, utilities and solar developers don't agree: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky
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Mid-sized solar could help bring down electricity bills in…
Distributed solar developers say they could build gigawatts of projects to help ease the state's power crunch — if lawmakers and regulators set clear…
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"DTE said the pause is conditioned on a $15 billion data center coming online by 2027 and “other regulatory approvals” — terms that Michigan AG Dana Nessel said equates to a 'ransom note.'" www.eenews.net/articles/uti...
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Utilities pledge affordability while spending billions on grid upgrades
Consumer advocates say the spending spree — some of which is to accommodate data centers — will increase already rising electric bills.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries? From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers. inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju... [1/5]🧵
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Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab
The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Only following the law that if you take a picture of the sunrise you have to post it. Quebec City, over the St Lawrence River.
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Just learned that there is a "North American Wood Pole Council." It promotes "up-to-date scientific and economic information" about wood utility poles. "Wood poles are part of our overall culture." It has a coloring book. woodpoles.org
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Wood Utility Poles – Wood That Lasts
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Challenging paper = what drives make-whole payments in wholesale electricity markets? Turns out it's not the pricing rule, it's operational policy and look-ahead uncertainty. Really worth a thorough read with strong coffee. Hopefully I got it... maybe not.
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
NERC is moving toward requiring AI data centers & large compute loads to meet grid reliability standards for the first time. Voluntary guidelines are a start but binding rules are the only real protection. Comments open until May 15. www.nerc.com/initiatives/...
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Large Loads Action Plan
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UK Energy Research Centre @ukerc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Listen to this episode of The Climate Briefing with UKERC's Michael Bradshaw. Mike joined Arthur Snell and Beatrice Mosello to discuss war in Iran, and how it impacts the energy transition and geopolitics. Listen in full ⤵️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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Climate change, energy and geopolitics
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 31 March · 45min
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"The curves are pointing straight up: China's exports of solar cells, batteries, electric cars and other green technology set new records in March. Global markets have reacted immediately to the increase in oil and gas prices as a result of the Iran war..." www.energiogklima.no/data/kina-po...
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Kina pøser ut solceller, batterier og elbiler
Kurvene peker rett til værs: Kinas eksport av solcelleanlegg, batterier, elbiler og annen grønn teknologi satte nye rekorder i mars.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025" "More expensive power plants will likely mean higher utility bills for homes and small businesses." This won't end well.
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Cost to Build a Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Surges 66%, BNEF Says
Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025 as developers propose building more projects nationwide to meet rising electricity demand, adding to custome...
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"the Hershey Cuban Railway consisted of a single 56-kilometer-long standard gauge track on which ran seven steam locomotives that burned coal or oil. But due to the high cost of the imported fuel and the inefficiency of the locomotives, Hershey began electrifying the line in 1920."
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Yicai: "China is expected to surpass the United States in operational nuclear power capacity before 2030, becoming the world’s largest, as the country accelerates reactor construction and investment." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-s...
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China May Overtake US as World’s Top Nuclear Power Operator by 2030, CNEA Says
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"Climate policy alone is not enough, but climate policy as energy security, as industrial policy, as local control, can be... Greater control over one's own electricity. It's not just technical solutions — it's a story about who decides." www.energiogklima.no/to-grader/ek...
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Dette er grunnen til at klimapolitikken taper
Professor Espen Moe om hvordan identitetspolitikk, energikrise og geopolitikk gjør klimaforlik vanskelig – og hvorfor kobling kan redde det grønne skiftet.
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Utilities build for peak demand. Energy efficiency (as well as rooftop solar) reduces it. That's why it's a mistake, as MD just did, to gut energy efficiency programs thinking it'll save ratepayers money. Maybe a few cents now, but not in the long-run ... www.eenews.net/articles/mar...
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Maryland passes relief package for utility customers
The legislation lowers energy efficiency targets and funding in a bid to decrease electricity and gas bills.
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 17/04/2026
Aldi Suisse has inaugurated 🇨🇭 Switzerland's largest rooftop solar installation, with a capacity of 10 MWp / 8 GWh, at its distribution centre in Domdidier. www.aldi-suisse.ch/de/unternehm...
solar roof on a distribution centre
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Great arguments by @aripeskoe.bsky.social on why "FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy so that it requires utilities to assign the full costs of transmission service to power-hungry data centers." www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-tr...
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An outdated FERC policy is undermining the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge
FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy and require utilities to assign the full costs of service to power-hungry data centers, writes Harvard’s Ari Peskoe.
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I have two pieces today on how a 1990s FERC policy intended to spur competitive markets is being understood to prevent data centers from covering their transmission costs. FERC Comment: elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil... UtilityDive: www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-tr...
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An outdated FERC policy is undermining the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge
FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy and require utilities to assign the full costs of service to power-hungry data centers, writes Harvard’s Ari Peskoe.
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A question today: "If you were asked to integrate AI into a Bulk Power System tomorrow: shat would be your N-1 equivalent for AI failure?"
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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Victor Glover and Christina Koch smile for the camera on the flight deck of the USS John P Murtha, flanked by Navy recovery personnel.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Energi og Klima @energiogklima.no · 10/04/2026
Store medlemsland som Tyskland, Italia og Spania ønsker å kunne ilegge en ekstra skatt på energiselskaper som håver inn på energikrisen. EUs økonomikommissær Valdis Dombrovskis mener det ikke er noe i veien for at medlemsland innfører en slik skatt.
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EU-kommisjonen åpner for skatt på ekstraordinære oljeinntekter - Offshore Norge skeptiske
Store medlemsland som Tyskland, Italia og Spania ønsker å kunne ilegge en ekstra skatt på energiselskaper som håver inn på energikrisen. EUs økonomikommissær Valdis Dombrovskis mener det ikke er noe…
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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New York has far exceeded the interim target on its energy storage road map — 1.5 GW of capacity by the end of 2025 — but has more work ahead as it pursues 6 GW by 2030. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Uwey50YGieP Writer: John Cropley
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A ceasefire, in which attacks continue on both sides To reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is now more closed than yesterday with the fewest daily ship crossings in more than a week
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donald trump is talking into a microphone and saying it 's just words folks .
ALT: donald trump is talking into a microphone and saying it 's just words folks .
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Gentle Eve Nicki Ault 2026
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Steven Dahlke @steven-dahlke.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I’m happy to share a draft working paper I’ve published: Power Plant Economics and Data Availability for the Energy Transition. Read it here: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=610... This work dives into power plant financial data to reveal the granular reality of costs and infrastructure. 1/
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Power Plant Economics and Data Availability for the Energy Transition
<p>Transparent cost data enables effective public oversight of regulated utilities. However, the primary source for plant-level financial information in the Uni
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Brian Bartholomew @bpbartholomew.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The world's electricity infrastructure, mapped.
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