Sam Evans-Brown

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I'm the Executive Director of Clean Energy NH, state level energy policy advocacy non-profit.
Se unió18 nov. 2022
Informational Webinar on New Federal Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy

Informational Webinar on New Federal Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Friday, January 27, 2023Join us for this informational session hosted by the office of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and the New Hampshire Municipal Association (NHMA) to learn more about new federal incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act that was signed into law in August 2022.

New Hampshire Municipal Association

I guess we're going to get caught up on Netflix this Saturday.

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@[email protected] The NDFD has -82F windchill on Mt. Washington on Saturday morning at 7AM; -87F windchill at 4AM. BRUTAL.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jaycordeira/status/1620223341247467523

Jay Cordeira on Twitter

“@WeatherEric The NDFD has -82F windchill on Mt. Washington on Saturday morning at 7AM; -87F windchill at 4AM. BRUTAL.”

Twitter
Gird thyselves New England #energytwitter

When the business community wants an energy transition, this is the kind of thing that has happened in the past.

I can't imagine the response if something like this were to happen in our current political environment...

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People literally got their lights turned off and their homes were broken into (permitted by the city) to convert them from one appliance to another.

Good stuff here: https://www.tbf.org/-/media/tbf/images/report-images/2022-climate-report-elements/cpr-bl1-retrofit-small-bldg-stock.pdf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PoliticOfNature/status/1619395780963606528

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On January 24th, for a few minutes, more electricity was generated in Alberta from solar than from coal. Yes, in Alberta. Yes, in January. #ableg #cdnpoli
https://leach.substack.com/p/january-27th?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=1rwmke

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/andrew_leach/status/1619165851810426882

January 27th

For most of an hour on January 24th, Alberta's electricity grid saw more supply from solar than from coal. So, this week, you only get one historic graph.

Energy Charts

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This is an amazing table of the cost overruns of mega projects

Nuclear storage has a mean cost overrun of 238%, while with nuclear power its 120%

Solar power has a mean cost overrun of 1%

https://www.enr.com/articles/55774-oxford-professors-latest-book-examines-roots-of-project-failure

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SustainableTall/status/1619246745074139138

Oxford Professor's Latest Book Examines Roots of Project Failure

<p>Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.</p>

Engineering News-Record

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I don't want to advertise for them, so just a reminder about energy costs.
Gas: $3/gallon, 25 mpg = $12 per 100 miles.
EV: $0.12/kWh, 4 miles per kWh= $3 per 100 miles

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/energywardo/status/1618785049910067202

Ward Lenz on Twitter

“I don't want to advertise for them, so just a reminder about energy costs. Gas: $3/gallon, 25 mpg = $12 per 100 miles. EV: $0.12/kWh, 4 miles per kWh= $3 per 100 miles”

Twitter

bUt HeAt pUMps dON't WoRk iN the CoOOoLd

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BREAKING: Norwegian heat pump market grows by 25% in 2022.

Almost 2/3 of homes in Norway now have a heat pump installed.

https://www.novap.no/artikler/energismarte-forbrukere-ga-ny-salgsrekord

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/janrosenow/status/1618280395841372162

Energismarte forbrukere ga ny salgsrekord – Varmepumpeforeningen

Salget av varmepumper slo alle rekorder i fjor takket være norske boligeiere som vil spare strøm. – Høye strømpriser har fortsatt ikke gitt store utslag i salg til bedrifter.

Norsk Varmepumpeforening

@[email protected] In the end, the costs and benefits of the program are essentially a wash.

In other words it doesn't raise electric rates a dime. (And did I mention that folks save $720 a year by participating?)

@[email protected] ...and the battery gets to work arbitraging between on/off peak rates, and reducing monthly system peaks.

Participants saved about $720 a year, AND got backup power