@jburwen
Energy storage, power markets, clean energy transition, & public policy are my jam. VP Policy & Strategy at GridStor. Appreciator of fine memes, TILs on history and science, and think pieces on generative AI.
I guess the point is, most people in the US are acting like tomorrow will be like today, more or less. I find this hard to expect.
This Administration let slip the dogs of war, but they can't really be called back
(Yes the cold war was basically 5 decades of being concerned about Soviet threats reaching inside the US. But for all the scariest, we never actually got into a hot conflict.)
Also, the US has not been in direct military conflict with a nation-state having capability to launch reprisals reaching US territory since, well, 1945. Seems like the baseline sense of threat should be...non-zero at least?
The US war of choice feels very much like COVID news in early 2020. An enormous amount of global disruption waits for us in coming months and we are doing...very little in reaction?
Friday timeline cleanser. You're welcome.
She's going the distance!
All of this, on why a US intention of limited war will invariably expand into a structural commitment:
“Strategically, it converts episodic volatility into chronic instability.”
escalationtrap.substack.com/p/the-smart-...
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
Storage as transmission also doesn't happen because transmission planning does not take into account the frequency or duration of reliability violations. Same reason flexible interconnection will have a hard time gaining traction. (Which also means there's a common solve for SATA and data centers)
*treasuries
Indeed, as long as the CCP needs to avoid currency appreciation that would lead to goverment-destabilizing unemployment in export oriented sectors, China needs treasures. @braddelong.bsky.social taught me that in 2006!
You read Walter Ong on oral culture vs written culture? Feels apt for the moment, as video tilts society back to oral culture and the attendant psychological/sociological/political implications. Feels like you could do a whole set of posts (not videos!) on this
newlearningonline.com/literacies/c...
I think pears today are like apples 30 years ago. Most people eat Bosc or Bartlett, and both are disappointing.
Red anjou can be pretty good. Comice is delicious. Both do require hitting that right amount of ripeness.
The USA should not initiate a war of choice with Iran. Have we learned nothing from the lies and abject waste of lives and resources that was the Iraq War
Welcome to the storage decade, we're pleased to make it happen 💪💪💪
Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling
renewables — it is actively replacing gas
generation."
Batteries globally will jump 136 GW/350 GWh in 2026, ~2X 74 GW added in 2024!
More than 250 GW total was installed globally as of 2025
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene... #energysky
would you like to super size your horrors today sir
CC #EnergySky
Holy smokes, the US added over 15 GW of #EnergyStorage in 2025, according to EIA 860m data. That's more than gas (5.1 GW) and wind (5.8 GW) combined!
https://cnevpost.com/2026/01/23/catl-to-begin-fitting-sodium-batteries-passenger-cars-q2/
🔋CATL’s Tectrans sodium-ion batteries to be equipped in GAC’s electric vehicles.
The 45kWh battery pack can be charged in extreme cold, as low as -30°C.
CATL is pursuing a “dual star” trend, developing we both lithium- and sodium-ion batteries.
#batteries #battchat #greensky 🔌💡
2) Thanks to @gridstatus.io we can also see that the battery charge to load ratio is near 40%. This was unthinkable a few years ago.
#energysky
1) Battery storage on #CAISO is now being regularly charged at over 10 GW.
Source: www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
#energysky
Reposting this for the sonic riches.
And my own contribution: huH music's 1995 techno compilation was my entry into electronic music. Prodigy, Future Sound of London, and KMFDM! (The Fairground remix from Simply Red was also pretty decent but not a fit)
www.discogs.com/release/3175...
![Red Hot Chili Peppers - Search And Destroy - B-Side [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzmoz7x5uf65dwoesag4y54u/bafkreicsniio7pe3elhfilkko2swdq5myko37wzi3sey6schuecuep4m7a@jpeg)
Yes I know “Search and Destroy” is Iggy Pop originally but the RHCP cover gets me going faster youtu.be/VW0sueFgcCk?...
Batteries are going to get a lot cheaper
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
No no no Sega Genesis NHL94 is the true king
NHL94 prize actually would be an honor
Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
As of 5pm today, batteries were the largest single source of power for the Californian grid www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
