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Sorry was confusing you with Mr King above.

At 100% electric I think you will definitely want to add some batteries.

EG4 12k Hybrid Solar Powered Mini Split Kit (R32)

Yikes - that’s nuts. Of course I’m in Texas where power is cheap now. Is AC your biggest power draw? There are amazing Mini-splits that can run directly off DC you might check out. signaturesolar.com/eg4-r32-sola...

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The EG4 12k BTU Hybrid Mini-Split with R32 refrigerant offers efficient heating and cooling powered by solar or grid, delivering energy savings year-round.

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It’s got to have an inverter if it’s sending power back into the wall. In any case this is a balcony solar product I think. You are already way ahead of this if you have solar and net metering. Check out Ecoflows other Delta max Ultra product line.

I think the difference is the inverter that can directly send power back into your house. Compare to normal eco flow battery + smart home panel set up.

Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What is the wind rating on these? I looked at the website and while they say they are windtunnel tested and I see they are heavy pieces of concrete- but 787s are heavy also and they have no problem flying across the Atlantic under the right wind conditions.

Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

My guess is youtube is how they found you and also a great way to make yourself findable. But also make sure you have a Wikipedia presence.

Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 19/01/2026

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‘As much as 75GW of electricity is supplied by gasoline and diesel-fired generators…the national grid capable of supplying about 4GW of power’ Roughly, 240 million people, sixth largest nation on earth, largest African nation. 4 fucking GW of electricity for these people. We’ve got so far to go.

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A Solar Boom in Rural Nigeria Lights Up Local Economies

The diesel-powered generators that have long powered the Nigerian economy are making way for solar panels, thanks in part to a $750 million World Bank campaign.

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Please keep in mind there are tens if not hundreds of millions of people in the US who share every ounce of your feelings for Darth Cheeto and his minions.

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 06/11/2025

We constantly hear about landowners fighting against solar - but at some point - some folks are gonna realize, we only need 1% of all land to power the world. & If you don't act soon - you're gonna miss out on one of the greatest wealth generation opportunities of our lifetimes.

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I suspect the cycle of upgrading rapidly advancing GPUs every couple of years will be a challenge for this model

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

Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Africa and other Emerging Markets... impact of energy abundance. What does this enable? Also - what innovations in solar are not now, but could become big in 5-10 years? (solar windows, solar mural coverings, solar cars... IDK, go crazy)

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

When does this make sense? "solar on a boat" has got to be generally more difficult than on land (ht @solarchase.bsky.social) I see the Bohai see has mean depth of only 60 feet and is somewhat calm, while Qinhuangdao is pretty mountainous. So maybe its cheaper than land here? What else?

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 12/08/2025

Seriously folks, this is fucking massive and awesome. And it’s also what I want to do with community solar in the USA, except 5X in size per unit: 5MWac solar + 5 MW DC coupled battery, with the capacity side of the solar and storage varying by location.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim. He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease. He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States. And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.

From left to right, Dr. Albert Mulenga, William Tae Heung Kim, Dr. Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dr. Alex Kiarie Gaithuma, Dr Hassan Hakimi and Emily Bencosme Cuevas. Kim is a Texas A&M researcher who was detained in San Francisco last Monday despite being a permanent resident of the United States and a green card holder.

COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

So if you are looking for a project that really makes the world better... develop a simple and cheap solar+battery+stove for Africa

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Is the data available in table form anywhere?

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

How do the subsidies compare? I asked O3 to compare and it said basically fossils fuels get ~ $1.3/MWHR while renewables got $10-40 per mwhr. Is that remotely accurate? chatgpt.com/share/6852de...

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ChatGPT - Energy Subsidies Comparison

Shared via ChatGPT

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Please do the same story for Texas 🙏

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

On a Stanford @siepr.bsky.social abundance panel today, I offered this analogy for how US generator interconnection works outside ERCOT, which I was told was helpful: 🔌💡

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 13/05/2025

Anyone want to start a charity to distribute high quality kits? I’ll buy the first ten and work the bill of materials. ‘a tiny solar panel paired w/a battery that provides indoor lighting and charges mobile phones can save ~$70/ye, exceeding the one-time hardware cost of the solar-plus-battery kit’

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

In other words does Elmo’s famous“Idiot Index” suggest any areas of focus?

Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Theoretically, what difference would it make if all the hardware was priced at raw material cost (e.g. clamps and wires)? Is there room for improvement in standardization and mass production of those or other balance of system components? How many types of inverters do we need?

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Neat! Is the magic something like "bedrock is close to surface so we can anchor directly without deep pilings" ?

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur." MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

How do they decide what to curtail? I thought gas and coal were supposed to be dispatchable. Can they not turn them off?

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Two new solar records in ERCOT today: 24,818 megawatts of solar production equal to 54% of demand this AM. Tomorrow, if grid operators allow it, Texas could be 100% renewable for a large part of Texas Independence Day! Beautiful example of the "cowboy hat curve" tomorrow.

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Power demand is sky high in ERCOT this morning. This is the first time ERCOT has ever served 80,000 megawatts in the winter. We have a new battery storage record with 4,578 megawatts deployed at 7:15. Once again, batteries are playing a major role to keep the heat on. #txlege

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Another solar record in ERCOT today, this time with exactly 24,000 megawatts of output just a few minutes ago. That's 7,000 megawatts more than this time last year, a 40% increase in one year. Prices, of course, are low, <$15 per megawatt-hour.

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Solutions that don't require a permit and don't involve roof penetration are going to keep proliferating! Balcony solar is one approach but also Vroom Solar is very cool tech tech in this space.

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Cool! And no risk of leaks from penetrations, right?

Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Are there roofing materials designed to make panel installs cheap and quick? What would that look like?

Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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Two solar records set in ERCOT today. Solar power produced 22,305 megawatts, the most ever. That was good enough to meet 48% of demand in ERCOT this morning. Before this weekend, the previous records were 22,078 and 44%. Wholsale prices were <$10/MWh or 1 cent per killowatt-hour.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 31/01/2025

This is a trove of (free) information on the state of the global battery sector! 🔋 🔌💡

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Jim @thatjim.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I once heard a scientist being interviewed on NPR saying we could more efficiently heat our bodies directly with microwaves instead of heating air to then heat our bodies. She said microwaves are proven harmless as long as you don’t literally burn tissue. Was suggesting space travel application.