I buy guitars, Krissy buys utility trailers. We are not the same.
June 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I buy guitars, Krissy buys utility trailers. We are not the same.
ReJoule’s second-life electric vehicle battery energy storage system gives used batteries a powerful second act that outlasts many new utility-scale storage systems.
EPIC is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the @californiapuc.bsky.social.
CONTD.
EPIC is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the @californiapuc.bsky.social.
CONTD.
February 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
ReJoule’s second-life electric vehicle battery energy storage system gives used batteries a powerful second act that outlasts many new utility-scale storage systems.
EPIC is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the @californiapuc.bsky.social.
CONTD.
EPIC is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the @californiapuc.bsky.social.
CONTD.
UK is approaching an energy milestone that would have seemed impossible during the Industrial Revolution #OffshoreWind has become one of Britain’s strongest energy advantages due to favorable coastal conditions. Massive offshore installations now generate electricity at utility scale #ActOnClimate
May 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
UK is approaching an energy milestone that would have seemed impossible during the Industrial Revolution #OffshoreWind has become one of Britain’s strongest energy advantages due to favorable coastal conditions. Massive offshore installations now generate electricity at utility scale #ActOnClimate
would be a good time for California to finally remove the barriers to utility scale solar here!
It is now the right, not the left, where opposition to domestic energy development holds more sway, with much more far-reaching consequences. www.statesman.com/story/opinio...
April 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
would be a good time for California to finally remove the barriers to utility scale solar here!
Most depressingly you even see degrowth doomers *fighting solar* because of basically imaginary negative environmental impacts of utility scale solar but also because these projects challenge their worldview bsky.app/profile/jkfe...
That, and also "We actually may have found a way to avoid the worst impacts of climate change" is not a message that doomers are willing to latch on to. So you have the fossil fuel companies wishing solar power didn't exist and degrowth doomers pretending it doesn't exist.
July 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Most depressingly you even see degrowth doomers *fighting solar* because of basically imaginary negative environmental impacts of utility scale solar but also because these projects challenge their worldview bsky.app/profile/jkfe...
insane thing to say while china is dominating the emerging green energy economy and utility scale solar and onshore wind are now price competitive with natgas
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
insane thing to say while china is dominating the emerging green energy economy and utility scale solar and onshore wind are now price competitive with natgas
Plug-in solar isn’t going to replace utility-scale solar farms or 10kW rooftop arrays, but it fills the missing bottom layer of the clean energy transition.
Beyond the savings, I like that I’m reducing my contribution to climate change, and that feeling’s invaluable.
Read more: buff.ly/q02YxWj
Beyond the savings, I like that I’m reducing my contribution to climate change, and that feeling’s invaluable.
Read more: buff.ly/q02YxWj
September 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Plug-in solar isn’t going to replace utility-scale solar farms or 10kW rooftop arrays, but it fills the missing bottom layer of the clean energy transition.
Beyond the savings, I like that I’m reducing my contribution to climate change, and that feeling’s invaluable.
Read more: buff.ly/q02YxWj
Beyond the savings, I like that I’m reducing my contribution to climate change, and that feeling’s invaluable.
Read more: buff.ly/q02YxWj
The Folding Ideas Mr. Beast video is well made while stating the obvious but its real utility is letting everyone admit that this shit is pretty clearly dying given the scale of his operation.
April 21, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The Folding Ideas Mr. Beast video is well made while stating the obvious but its real utility is letting everyone admit that this shit is pretty clearly dying given the scale of his operation.
*squints*
It’s weird that the article only vaguely mentions that they will absolutely not build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant.
It’s weird that the article only vaguely mentions that they will absolutely not build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant.
The merged entity will start building the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant” next year, the companies claimed.
Trump Media Will Merge With Nuclear Fusion Company TAE In $6 Billion Deal
The merged entity will start building the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant” next year, the companies claimed.
www.forbes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
*squints*
It’s weird that the article only vaguely mentions that they will absolutely not build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant.
It’s weird that the article only vaguely mentions that they will absolutely not build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant.
There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...
Greek utility completes 2.13 GW solar cluster at former coal mine
Greece’s PPC Group has finished construction of its 2.13 GW solar portfolio in northern Greece. The company is now working on its third large-scale battery storage facility in the area, with plans for...
www.pv-magazine.com
April 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...
Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
"China is home to almost two-thirds of world's utility-scale solar and wind power in construction."
globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
Trump goes on yet another tangent about how wind turbines don't work and kill all the birds, claiming the UK should abandon wind power and rely solely on oil and coal amid the Iran War.
He then, falsely, claims that "China doesn't use them" and only uses coal for energy.
He then, falsely, claims that "China doesn't use them" and only uses coal for energy.
March 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"China is home to almost two-thirds of world's utility-scale solar and wind power in construction."
globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
At this point, given the relative cost of renewable energy and the scale of the investment opportunity there for incumbent utility & power companies, what is the constituency for this rabid anti-green energy content? Whose interests is it actually serving? It's such a colossal waste of time.
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
At this point, given the relative cost of renewable energy and the scale of the investment opportunity there for incumbent utility & power companies, what is the constituency for this rabid anti-green energy content? Whose interests is it actually serving? It's such a colossal waste of time.
We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
07:00 this morning; Sgùrr a' Gharaidh. Telegraph (utility) poles at the bottom of frame for scale.
May 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
07:00 this morning; Sgùrr a' Gharaidh. Telegraph (utility) poles at the bottom of frame for scale.
We're trying to bully Japan into taking our LNG, but ...
"Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers."
"Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers."
Japan's utilities cut fossil fuel electricity share to new lows
Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers.
www.reuters.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We're trying to bully Japan into taking our LNG, but ...
"Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers."
"Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers."
I'm kind of a battery guy. My car runs on batteries, my bike runs on batteries, my employer deploys and operates utility-scale battery systems
Heck, even my cell phone runs on batteries
Heck, even my cell phone runs on batteries
August 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm kind of a battery guy. My car runs on batteries, my bike runs on batteries, my employer deploys and operates utility-scale battery systems
Heck, even my cell phone runs on batteries
Heck, even my cell phone runs on batteries
First sunlight on the cliff known as 'Meall Gorm' yesterday. I included the telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
August 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
First sunlight on the cliff known as 'Meall Gorm' yesterday. I included the telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
Marc Thiessen doesn't know what a battery is, doesn't know there's already >30 gigawatts of utility-scale storage capacity on the U.S. power grid, and yet he may soon be the smartest person at @washingtonpost.com as their brain drain accelerates.
Thiessen: Just so people understand wind and solar only work when there is wind and sun. We don't have technology to store the energy from wind and solar…
July 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Marc Thiessen doesn't know what a battery is, doesn't know there's already >30 gigawatts of utility-scale storage capacity on the U.S. power grid, and yet he may soon be the smartest person at @washingtonpost.com as their brain drain accelerates.
And more than 7GW being stored in utility-scale batteries.
July 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
And more than 7GW being stored in utility-scale batteries.
Good morning with good news: Utility-scale solar, small solar & wind generated a record 19% of US electricity in 2025!
Utility-scale solar & wind produced 17% in 2025 (chart below). Small solar was 2%.
Utility-scale solar surged 34% & small solar 11% in 2025!
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
Utility-scale solar & wind produced 17% in 2025 (chart below). Small solar was 2%.
Utility-scale solar surged 34% & small solar 11% in 2025!
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
March 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Good morning with good news: Utility-scale solar, small solar & wind generated a record 19% of US electricity in 2025!
Utility-scale solar & wind produced 17% in 2025 (chart below). Small solar was 2%.
Utility-scale solar surged 34% & small solar 11% in 2025!
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
Utility-scale solar & wind produced 17% in 2025 (chart below). Small solar was 2%.
Utility-scale solar surged 34% & small solar 11% in 2025!
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
Another from this morning. This time the Coire na Ba. The Isle of Skye in the distance. Telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
August 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Another from this morning. This time the Coire na Ba. The Isle of Skye in the distance. Telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
-mRNA vaccines
-utility scale batteries
-EVs
Those three come to mind
-utility scale batteries
-EVs
Those three come to mind
February 18, 2026 at 3:57 AM
-mRNA vaccines
-utility scale batteries
-EVs
Those three come to mind
-utility scale batteries
-EVs
Those three come to mind
"Key monthly costs for most Americans — shelter, food, health care, electricity — are outpacing inflation.
Rents are up 3.8% — the largest increase since 2011..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Rents are up 3.8% — the largest increase since 2011..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
From electricity to rent, monthly bills are tipping the inflation scale
Housing, healthcare, food and utility prices are outpacing inflation and taking an outsized share of Americans’ paychecks.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Key monthly costs for most Americans — shelter, food, health care, electricity — are outpacing inflation.
Rents are up 3.8% — the largest increase since 2011..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Rents are up 3.8% — the largest increase since 2011..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...