Electrification *is* defence.
This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Electrification *is* defence.
Railroad electrification?
October 15, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Railroad electrification?
Metra electrification now needs to become a top priority. Unlike bus electrification – where operationally speaking an electric bus operates a whole lot like a diesel bus – rail electrification with multiple-unit trains also provides a notable performance enhancement (better accel/deceleration).
October 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Metra electrification now needs to become a top priority. Unlike bus electrification – where operationally speaking an electric bus operates a whole lot like a diesel bus – rail electrification with multiple-unit trains also provides a notable performance enhancement (better accel/deceleration).
rural electrification was still quite a big thing. you had entire counties still using gas lamps well into the 60s.
October 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
rural electrification was still quite a big thing. you had entire counties still using gas lamps well into the 60s.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA STOP USING CALTRAIN ELECTRIFICATION AS A REASON TO USE BATTERY TRAINS
Regional Rail plans are having a moment--a new one from Metra. assets.metra.com/s3fs-public/...
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October 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAA STOP USING CALTRAIN ELECTRIFICATION AS A REASON TO USE BATTERY TRAINS
Friends dont let friends believe in hydrogen instead of electrification
October 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Friends dont let friends believe in hydrogen instead of electrification
Deplorable! We should be pushing ahead with electrification of home heating, not culling the incentives to increase uptake in electrification!
October 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Deplorable! We should be pushing ahead with electrification of home heating, not culling the incentives to increase uptake in electrification!
Bus Electrification Turns Governance Into Infrastructure
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Bus Electrification Turns Governance Into Infrastructure - CleanTechnica
Britain and Ireland’s bus governance experiment shows why network planning, operations and electrification infrastructure need different treatment.
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October 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Bus Electrification Turns Governance Into Infrastructure
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Here are the top energy priorities for govt, according to attendees at the Energy UK conference:
* Affordability
* Electrification
* Affordability
* Electrification
October 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Here are the top energy priorities for govt, according to attendees at the Energy UK conference:
* Affordability
* Electrification
* Affordability
* Electrification
Accelerating electrification powered by #renewables must be a priority for the decade to 2035.
#climate
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October 14, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Accelerating electrification powered by #renewables must be a priority for the decade to 2035.
#climate
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electrification continues apace even if EVs have stumbled under this admin
Ten months after 1,500 workers in Hardin County lost their jobs at Ford’s electric vehicle battery plant, hiring has begun at the automaker’s next venture: building battery energy storage systems for data centers, utilities, and other industrial customers.
Ford updates community on its second act in Hardin County
Ten months after 1,500 workers in Hardin County lost their jobs at Ford’s electric vehicle battery plant, hiring has begun at the automaker’s next venture. A new spinoff, Ford Energy, is re-purposing ...
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October 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
electrification continues apace even if EVs have stumbled under this admin
Government-subsidised power for major industries like smelters might not be needed if companies collaborated on the shift to electrification and renewables
https://reneweconomy.com.au/electrification-can-slash-heavy-industry-bills-and-emissions-but-new-report-says-it-will-take-a-team-effort/
https://reneweconomy.com.au/electrification-can-slash-heavy-industry-bills-and-emissions-but-new-report-says-it-will-take-a-team-effort/
Electrification can slash heavy industry bills and emissions – but new report says it will take a team effort
Government-subsidised power for major industries like smelters might not be needed if companies collaborated on the shift to electrification and renewables.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 12, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Government-subsidised power for major industries like smelters might not be needed if companies collaborated on the shift to electrification and renewables
https://reneweconomy.com.au/electrification-can-slash-heavy-industry-bills-and-emissions-but-new-report-says-it-will-take-a-team-effort/
https://reneweconomy.com.au/electrification-can-slash-heavy-industry-bills-and-emissions-but-new-report-says-it-will-take-a-team-effort/
Well that’s a difficult one because the US was for a time quite ahead of the world in railroad electrification—at least if you count interurbans
October 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Well that’s a difficult one because the US was for a time quite ahead of the world in railroad electrification—at least if you count interurbans
The best way to do this is through faster electrification of transport, industrial processes and domestic heating. 3/6
October 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The best way to do this is through faster electrification of transport, industrial processes and domestic heating. 3/6
leave climate change out of the equation entirely and strictly from the perspective of "not having to repeatedly dig up and burn your sole source of fuel," electrification is just better technology, but Trump and his allies are refusing it and denying it to others out of pure spite
boy Trump fucked the American auto industry. first he yanks their EV subsidies, leading them to slash production and write off tens of billions in investment, then he jacks up the price of oil by 50%, leading to skyrocketing EV demand going almost entirely to China bc GM et al left the market
October 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
leave climate change out of the equation entirely and strictly from the perspective of "not having to repeatedly dig up and burn your sole source of fuel," electrification is just better technology, but Trump and his allies are refusing it and denying it to others out of pure spite
🇫🇷 Orsay-Ville
There is some evidence of infrastructure renewals here, with a shiny new signal gantry and electrification masts.
There is some evidence of infrastructure renewals here, with a shiny new signal gantry and electrification masts.
October 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🇫🇷 Orsay-Ville
There is some evidence of infrastructure renewals here, with a shiny new signal gantry and electrification masts.
There is some evidence of infrastructure renewals here, with a shiny new signal gantry and electrification masts.
Government leadership.
100% tax on new vehicles that went into subsidizing public transit (ferries, buses) and electrification.
100% tax on new vehicles that went into subsidizing public transit (ferries, buses) and electrification.
October 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Government leadership.
100% tax on new vehicles that went into subsidizing public transit (ferries, buses) and electrification.
100% tax on new vehicles that went into subsidizing public transit (ferries, buses) and electrification.
Electrification is happening, and these jobs are already hot, industry says #Canada
Also: The story behind these upside-down trees
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Also: The story behind these upside-down trees
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Electrification is happening, and these jobs are already hot, industry says | CBC Climate Change News
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we meet workers training for an industry that needs them for the clean energy transition; see what a Kelvin wave looks like; and find out why trees have ...
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October 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Electrification is happening, and these jobs are already hot, industry says #Canada
Also: The story behind these upside-down trees
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Also: The story behind these upside-down trees
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
No better way to cap off Climate Week NYC than talking home electrification with @jayinslee.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social, and @samcalisch.bsky.social at The Nest Campus. The future of clean energy is bright — literally!
October 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
No better way to cap off Climate Week NYC than talking home electrification with @jayinslee.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social, and @samcalisch.bsky.social at The Nest Campus. The future of clean energy is bright — literally!
Nice to see that less than a week after the launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator already made it into Canada's National Observer!
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October 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Nice to see that less than a week after the launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator already made it into Canada's National Observer!
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social
I note that India is eating our lunch on rail electrification
October 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I note that India is eating our lunch on rail electrification
€1 billion of loans will be made possible by €100 million of energy efficiency certificates, a mechanism widely used in France for electrification support, where fossil energy suppliers are obliged to support a certain percentage of energy savings through electrification in transport and heating.
October 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
€1 billion of loans will be made possible by €100 million of energy efficiency certificates, a mechanism widely used in France for electrification support, where fossil energy suppliers are obliged to support a certain percentage of energy savings through electrification in transport and heating.
The Position Light: Amtrak Electrification Primer position-light.blogspot.com/2026/09/amtr... #TractionPowerNetwork #25hz #PRR
Amtrak Electrification Primer
While this blog is dedicated to railroad signaling, I occasionally veer into the command and control of railroad traction power systems beca...
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October 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The Position Light: Amtrak Electrification Primer position-light.blogspot.com/2026/09/amtr... #TractionPowerNetwork #25hz #PRR
It's very recent and very unfortunate. GHWB was a big Amtrak booster and got the Northend electrification funded. (Just as one example).
October 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
It's very recent and very unfortunate. GHWB was a big Amtrak booster and got the Northend electrification funded. (Just as one example).