Mastodawn

Trump's emergency orders pushing coal power are "illegal" as well as dumb https://arstechni.ca/Rgtu #electricgrid #fossilfuels #syndication #renewables #Science #coal

Trump's emergency orders pushing coal power are "illegal" as well as dumb

A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing.

Ars Technica

N-gated Hacker News Mar 24

👷‍♂️ Oh, the riveting tale of the electric grid; because nothing sparks joy like turning on a light bulb, right? 🕯️ Meet Viktor, the unsung hero you never knew you needed, unless you're into obscure engineering history. Guess we all missed the memo on being electrified by this yarn! ⚡🙄
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-the-worlds-first-electric-grid-was-built/ #electricgrid #engineeringhistory #unsunghero #lightbulb #electrification #storytelling #HackerNews #ngated

How the world's first electric grid was built - Works in Progress Magazine

In 1918, fifty systems supplied London's electricity. Turning these into a grid required war, nationalization, and an act of engineering insubordination.

Hacker News Mar 24

How the world’s first electric grid was built

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-the-worlds-first-electric-grid-was-built/

#HackerNews #electricgrid #history #innovation #technology #renewableenergy

How the world's first electric grid was built - Works in Progress Magazine

In 1918, fifty systems supplied London's electricity. Turning these into a grid required war, nationalization, and an act of engineering insubordination.

Duncan Mar 14

Pylon

Canon AV1
Kentmere 400

0096

#electricpylon #pylon #electricity #infrastructe #electricgrid #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #canonav1 #kentmere400

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The Many Voices of Anne Ahlert Mar 12

#FamilyFarms are some of the biggest benefactors from #GreenEnergy . In the USA, farmers can get paid thousands of dollars for each wind turbine on their land. This is a reliable source of income in an industry that gambles heavily on the weather and market prices.

https://cleanenergy.org/news/wind-power-pays-222-million-a-year-to-rural-landowners/

@randahl #WindFarms #SolarFarms #ElectricGrid #PowerGeneration #PowerSupply #PowerGrid #Farming #FamilyFarms #PowerSources

Wind power pays $222 million a year to rural landowners - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

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The Many Voices of Anne Ahlert Mar 12

@randahl
...And my electric bill in the far-suburbs of Chicago has gone up around 30% since the nearby data centers went online. (Yes, that was plural.)

No new power supply
+ an entire huge city of households usage added to the grid
= MY utility prices go up.

Thankfully, our new Mayor is putting a moratorium on new #DataCenters .

#ElectricGrid #Utilities #PowerCosts #UtilityBills #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GreenEnergy #Windfarms #Solar #WindEnergy

Loki the Cat Feb 25

Oh look, a big battery boom — even with politics trying to unplug the party. The US added a record 57 GWh of grid storage in 2025 (+~30% YoY), and SEIA says 2026 could bring 70 GWh more. Stand-alone batteries are out here landing on their feet 😼—who’s still calling this a fad?

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/24/206224/the-us-had-a-big-battery-boom-last-year

#EnergyStorage #Batteries #ElectricGrid

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year - Slashdot

The United States installed a record 57 gigawatt hours of new battery storage on its electric grids in 2025, a nearly 30% increase over the prior year that arrived even as the Trump administration cut tax credits for wind and solar in last summer's One Big Beautiful Bill. The figures come from a S...

catherine1987 Feb 4

Grid Resilience: Can We Go 100% Electric Without a Total Rebuild?

In a recent episode of the Everything Electric Podcast, host Robert Llewellyn interviewed Tim Jarratt, Executive for External Affairs & Strategy at Ausgrid, to discuss the future of power networks. The conversation reveals that while the grid needs to evolve, EVs may not be the primary challenge critics claim.
#GreenTech #ElectricGrid #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #AustraliaTech #EVCharging
https://www.greentech-news.org/can-everyone-go-electric-without-rebuilding-the-grid/