Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 04/08/2025📣 We're excited to announce that our historical and real-time grid data is now available in 5- and 15-minute intervals. ⏰ The more granular the data, the deeper the insights, driving decarbonization. ⚡️ Empower your teams and customers with up-to-the-minute data today: www.electricitymaps.com 0183
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 21/05/2025Electricity Maps is nine years old today! 🎂 Thank you to all our customers, partners, and community for all you do to help push data-driven decarbonization forward. ⚡️ Here's @corradio.bsky.social's first commit, from May 21, 2016: github.com/electricitym... 1223
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 22/05/2025How can data centers and IT infrastructure help *balance* the grid while reducing carbon emissions and costs? We have some ideas. 013
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 14/01/2025Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii lawsuits from proceeding.arstechnica.comSupreme Court lets Hawaii sue oil companies over climate change effectsSCOTUS won’t answer “recurring question of extraordinary importance” to Big Oil. 38517
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonPaull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Unbelievable oil companies are allowed to get away with this, especially while getting huge $ in govt subsidies 011
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 16/12/2024Check out our 72h view 🗺️! Perfect for tracking Europe's wind recovery. While a dunkelflaute is rare, the data shows how quickly renewables bounce back. Here's how the German grid transformed: Wind: 66.82% of demand Carbon: 592→227 g/kWh Price: €936→€13.96/MWh Exports: 11.36GW Hydro Storage: 2.78GW 4166
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 13/12/2024A major dunkelflaute hit Europe at 5pm yesterday: wind & solar generation dropped while energy prices hit €936/MWh in Denmark/Germany. A reminder of the need for load shifting, diverse energy sources and storage solutions for the winter months. #EnergyMarkets #Renewables #Dunkelflaute #Germany 4146
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonPaull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 10/12/2024If we get gas out of our homes: “Fine airborne particulate matter and other air pollutants could decrease by 300,000 tons, the equivalent of taking 40 million cars off the road.” 074
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 06/12/2024New Historical Navigation feature in the app! 🎉 Explore hourly electricity data from the past month. Revisit milestones like Texas' renewable energy achievement at 12:00 PM on November 24th. 🔗 Check it out here: app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-TEX-... #greentech #energy 0104
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonThe Verge @theverge.com · 03/12/2024ChatGPT’s search results for news are ‘unpredictable’ and frequently inaccuratebuff.lyChatGPT’s search results for news are ‘unpredictable’ and frequently inaccurateConfidence is key. 1614926
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 03/12/2024Thank you. The full article can be read here ⬇️carbonbrief.orgFive charts: Why a UN plastics treaty matters for climate change - Carbon BriefA global treaty on plastics, touted as the most important environmental treaty since the Paris Agreement, will be negotiated in South Korea. 24417
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, [account] for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally." theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...theconversation.comCar tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is neededTiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. 15309119
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonElectricity Maps @electricitymaps.com · 29/11/2024Milestone in Texas: At 12:00pm on the 24th of November ERCOT's grid hit 73.85% renewable power (45.23% wind + 28.62% solar), driving carbon intensity down to 127 gCO2eq/kWh! Check out live data for ERCOT here: app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-TEX-... #renewables #electricity #texas 1103
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonPontus Wärnestål 🇸🇪 @drpontus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Pedagogical write-up on the water usage of LLMs. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...thetimes.com‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thoughtThe massive computer clusters powering artificial intelligence consume vast quantities to answer the world’s queries, but how is Big Tech redressing the balance? 051
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonPaull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 24/11/2024One of the coolest climate OSS projects, love the visualization. How green is your grid rn? ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 072
Reposted by Viktor AnderssonStephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Want to see a real-time map of the carbon intensity of electricity around the world? Electricity Maps has the goods! 🔌💡app.electricitymaps.comLive 24/7 CO₂ emissions of electricity consumptionElectricity Maps is a live 24/7 visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it. 33414