What's going on, Indiana? And other questions from 2025 electricity generation data.
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What's going on, Indiana? And other questions from 2025 electricity generation data.
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The state’s leaders have pledged their fealty to fossil fuels, but we’re first in utility-scale solar. Wonder if that annoys them? Hope so. insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202...
Believe it or not, Texas produced more electricity from big solar farms than California last year. (Although if you add in rooftop solar, California was still the solar leader.) insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202... via @dangearino.bsky.social
Texas is now the leader in electricity generation from utility-scale solar, and other news from the latest batch of federal energy data.
What's going on, Indiana? And other questions from 2025 electricity generation data.
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My annual dive into U.S. electricity generation data, with cool charts. Solar was way up (35%!!!). Coal was up too. Gas was down.
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#energysky
A new study shows several Western automakers are significantly ahead of Chinese brands when it comes to reducing emissions from EV manufacturing, building cleaner supply chains and sourcing battery materials responsibly.
See the full rankings:
A BloombergNEF chart by Jenny Chase's team, showing solar build forecasts over time for selected quarters since 2011. In 2011, we only had two-year forecasts and they were flattish at 30-40GW/year; over the years, these forecasts drift upwards and generally are lower than what actually happened. In 2021 we started doing forecasts to 2030, and they were also flattish, though also hilariously drift upwards. In 2024 we expected solar build to rise from just under 600GW, to about 850GW in 2030; as of 1Q 2026, we cut this slightly in the long run.
BNEF's forecasts for solar build over time. We drastically* underpredicted what China would deploy in 2023 and 2024, and the effect of Russia invading Ukraine in 2022.
We cut forecasts in late 2025 because the long-expected cannibalization is biting hard. But now there is a new fossil fuel squeeze.
President Trump said he has a deal for big tech's data centers to power themselves and protect ratepayers.
But details are sparse, and complex arrangements could still leave everyday ratepayers on the hook for higher costs.
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What athlete’s expression will stay with you the rest of your life?
Denard Span at Jim Thome’s right.
I've had this same thought more than once
I've been saying "cattle" based on nothing other than that's how it looks to me.
Wondering what's driving up electricity rates and how clean energy may be involved?
Marianne Lavelle and @dangearino.bsky.social break it down.
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In interviews with Matter News, former staffers described what they termed a history of inappropriate behavior within the shop enabled and perpetrated by owner Nick Wolak, who said the business is "putting in the work to make Evolved Body Art better from the ground up"
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From @mlavelle.bsky.social and me, with cool charts from @cooljerk.bsky.social:
A deep dive by @dangearino.bsky.social and @mlavelle.bsky.social into what’s driving the rise in electricity bills nationwide: insideclimatenews.org/news/0203202... 🔌💡
“It’s just getting harder and harder now to live,” said Steve Van Kuiken, a Columbus pastor who is part of a community group opposing utility rate increases. “The working class is really getting squeezed, and everything’s going up.”
New from Dan Gearino and Marianne Lavelle of Inside Climate News.
Chances are your electricity bills are way up. Here’s a look at how a typical bill has changed in each state during Trump’s first full year in office.
No idea why Dr. Acton isn’t banging the data center drum.
Thanks Brendan!
Want to know what's behind rising electricity rates? Excellent deep dive here: insideclimatenews.org/news/0203202...
A US map showing which states had the highest percentage increases in electricity rates from 2024 to 2025.
A map of electricity bill pain in the Trump era:
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New from me and @mlavelle.bsky.social: Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
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If only...
Operation Epic FURRY would be vastly preferable.
It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime solar into dispatchable solar
Huge since true.
"It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime solar into dispatchable solar"
And no, that doesn't yet account for that storied Dunkelflaute. Then again, the typical gas LCOE doesn't account for Putin's whims or other geopolitical vagaries.
wow if you're looking for a new podcast on all things climate, sustainability, clean energy and beyond, here is a HUGE NEW LIST!
I'm going to recommend starting with @climateconnections.bsky.social - each episode is only a minute & a half long.
Which is your fav?
In my world, Ian McShane is the Lovejoy guy and everything after is secondary at best.
This is exceedingly valuable information that I previously lacked!
Is there any way to tell what’s in theater 8 from the website? It’s often a crapshoot. I’ll think “that’s going to the in theater 8” and then it’s not