Brian BartholomewCalifornia's famous duck curve, updated for 2023. CAISO now routinely flirts with near-zero net loads on the sunniest spring days.
KC Boyce
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Clean energy, EVs & other interesting stuff. Co-host of Energy Matters on WGAU & VP at Escalent.
Kees van der LeunSo now we have sanctions and boycotts against Russian coal, oil, and gas, but not against Russsia's nuclear industry, because we're too dependent on it?
#EV drivers have yet to cement #brand loyalty to any public charging networks. Even though - or perhaps especially because - most EV charging will happen at home, creating brand-loyal customers is a business imperative for charge point operators.
My Escalent colleague Ben Lundin and I share more about this & other recent findings from EVForward in our latest blog.
https://escalent.co/blog/range-anxiety-in-the-rearview-mirror-for-majority-of-ev-owners/
billheywood@kcboyce
In the UK, the breakdown recovery services say that proportionately, they rescue more ICE drivers who have run out of fuel
In the UK, the breakdown recovery services say that proportionately, they rescue more ICE drivers who have run out of fuel
I don't want to minimize concerns people have about #EV range. But the reality is that "range anxiety" quickly goes away when you start driving one. And most EV owners haven't run out of charge. https://escalent.co/news/running-out-of-charge-not-so-fast-say-ev-owners/
Jaap Burger50 tons (max. legal weight), 18 daily 22-km trips.
🔋-electric truck can do the job.
SimonMahanGeorgia Power presented information to the Georgia PSC this morning on Winter Storm Elliott. Unlike TVA and Duke Energy, Southern Company didn't experience blackouts, so there's been little public discussion about their performance, here's a summary...🧵
StevenJHeatonExpect to see more of this type of announcement. There were strong corporate rumblings at the MicroGrid Conference last year about this phenomenon. Facilities running microgrids as the primary and the grid as backup - not the other way around. Becomes more appealing as the grid reliability and access are fading. 'Access' also means large volume off-take limitations. Not to mention making your own corporate/ organisational call on sources of generation.
David Sacerdote@croselund @kcboyce I've been big on this comparison between lithium mining and coal mining: https://climatecrocks.com/2022/08/18/lithium-and-coal-in-perspective/
Particularly important because the renewables transition can be expected to displace a lot of fossil fuel extraction.
I love living in Georgia, and our leadership in the #EnergyTransition is just one reason why. https://www.ajc.com/news/in-clean-energy-transition-georgia-is-at-the-tip-of-the-spear/CGNZ6LWJK5AUXDEN4FEQYPUSHA/