Estonia axing reverse auctions has not seen offshore wind developers pull the plug | News https://www.byteseu.com/1300605/ #electricity #Energy #Estonia #OffshoreWindFarms #ReverseAuctions
Alright peeps. I just lost power for the second time in three days, and it's only getting worse from here with #ClimateChange. I can't afford to pay another mortgage for solar panels on my house, and most home battery backups seem to cost the same as a used car. What are your suggestions? How can I get a battery backup system that can keep me going during outages? What resources for learning to implement systems are there? #solar #battery #energy #backup #electricity
https://www.europesays.com/2339767/ Cyprus aims to complete energy storage system by 2026, launch competitive electricity market in 2025, KNEWS #AHK #battery #cyprus #electricity #ElectricityAuthorityCyprus #Energy #storage
Cyprus aims to complete energy storage system by 2026, launch competitive electricity market in 2025, KNEWS https://www.byteseu.com/1298270/ #AHK #Battery #Cyprus #electricity #ElectricityAuthorityCyprus #Energy #storage
#Redwood is repurposing #GM's #EV #batteries into energy storage
“Market for #gridscale batteries and backup power isn’t just expanding, it’s becoming essential infrastructure,” said Kurt Kelty, GM VP of batteries, propulsion, and #sustainability. “#Electricity demand is climbing, and it’s only going to accelerate… GM batteries can play an integral role.” Redwood uses second-life batteries from GM EVs and new GM battery modules to create #US-built energy storage systems
https://electrek.co/2025/07/16/redwood-gm-ev-batteries-energy-storage/
https://www.europesays.com/2336410/ Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 7% on August 16 #AnadoluAgency #electricity #Finance #Türkiye #Turkey #turkiye
Dont miss the point that #EV s have a lower lifecycle cost even if they are more expensive to purchase up front. Repair bills in the long term are still close to zero. Batteries last 20 years plus. Brakes same.
Just the consumables: #electricity, #tires and windshield wipers, and that 150 yr old technology - lead acid 12V #batteries that consistently fail in 5-7 yrs. When will we go to modern chemistries for those?
Cyprus posts third-highest rise in EU greenhouse gas emissions, Eurostat says, KNEWS https://www.byteseu.com/1293270/ #Cyprus #electricity #emissions #eu #Europe #Eurostat #Gas #GreenhouseGas #STEAM
https://www.europesays.com/2334899/ Insane energy policies are set to burn Democrats in New Jersey, New York #ClimateChange #Democrats #editorial #electricity #Energy #GreenEnergy #KathyHochul #NewJersey #NewYork #opinion #PhilMurphy #RenewableEnergy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/15/tax-credits-renewable-energy-projects/. Utterly & completely STUPID, @GeraldKutney! "We don't want #electricity generated by #wind- or #solarpower - only by #fossilfuels & #nuclear!" #Trump & his minions aren't just in thrall to the #fossilfuel #industry - they're INSANE!
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @paul @SallyStrange
Exactly! Buying up land is just the tip of the iceberg. Wait til you see how the exorbitant demand #DataCenters put on #electricity drives up your monthly electric bill. And #water, if you pay that, not to mention they can cause actual water shortages.
Why the heck would they oppose solar, tho? Competing for the same real estate, mayhap?
The Saskatchewan government is hoping to delay and dismiss a case brought by a group of three Saskatchewan and Manitoba residents who say extending coal past Canada’s 2030 deadline is illegal.
The judge in the case is considering whether she should take on the case while the province gets busy with plans to refurbish plants, increasing the amount of coal they burn for electricity.
And Environment and Climate Change Canada replied to my questions with a mild threat.
Read my NEW story for The Energy Mix out now!
https://www.theenergymix.com/court-weighs-case-against-saskatchewans-plan-to-extend-coal-power/
anybody here got any red flags on PECRON large backup batteries / solar panels?
you get a lot more kWh with them than ecoflow I cannot help but notice
A new RMI report warns a “power panic” by utilities may result in overbuilding infrastructure leaving ratepayers to foot the bill.
And several other reports and studies express similar concerns.
Harvard’s Environmental and Energy Law Program concluded that regulators face political pressure to approve major economic investments already touted by elected officials for their economic impacts.
Read my latest for the Mix!
https://www.theenergymix.com/global-arms-race-to-overbuild-data-centres-is-bad-news-for-ratepayers/
"Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers.
It's not clear that any state has a solution and the actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some critics question whether states have the spine to take a hard line against tech behemoths like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta.
But more than a dozen states have begun taking steps as data centers drive a rapid build-out of power plants and transmission lines.
That has meant pressuring the nation's biggest power grid operator to clamp down on price increases, studying the effect of data centers on electricity bills or pushing data center owners to pay a larger share of local transmission costs.
Rising power bills are “something legislators have been hearing a lot about. It’s something we’ve been hearing a lot about. More people are speaking out at the public utility commission in the past year than I’ve ever seen before,” said Charlotte Shuff of the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board, a consumer advocacy group. “There’s a massive outcry.”
Some data centers could require more electricity than cities the size of Pittsburgh, Cleveland or New Orleans, and make huge factories look tiny by comparison. That's pushing policymakers to rethink a system that, historically, has spread transmission costs among classes of consumers that are proportional to electricity use."
On “sellers’ #inflation”:
“The higher upstream the supply disruption, the greater the ultimate impact on consumers. Raise the price of #electricity or oil, for instance, and suddenly everything becomes harder to make or move. The same is true for chemicals, metals, lumber, or any of the basic #commodities required to produce more complex products. If a government could somehow prevent the price of these magnifiers from getting out of hand, it could stave off inflation.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/what-if-were-thinking-about-inflation-all-wrong
https://www.europesays.com/2320918/ Jellyfish invasion shuts down reactors at French nuclear power station – POLITICO #electricity #Energy #france #MarinePollution #News #NorthSea #NuclearPower #sustainability #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics