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We couldn't have hoped for a better advertisement for this year’s public lecture series than last night's spectacular show of northern lights!
The talks will deal with all the exciting aspects in the fiery relationship between the Sun and the Earth (in German). So if you want to learn more about the Sun, the aurora borealis, the dangers of solar storms, about space weather forecasting and more, join us for
"Im Feuerwerk der Sonne"

Bericht: EU will ZTE und Huawei bei Netzwerken und Solar verbannen
Ein neues Cybersicherheitsgesetz würde die chinesischen Anbieter bei kritischer Infrastruktur ausschließen.
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A clever solution for buildings that can't handle traditional solar panels is coming to Australia.
Smart Commercial and Over Easy Solar are launching prefab vertical rooftop systems with bifacial panels that install easily on structures with weight limits or design constraints. The vertical setup shifts power generation to morning and afternoon hours, complementing standard rooftop arrays.

Smart Commercial to roll out prefab vertical rooftop PV system
Smart Commercial Energy has unveiled a new prefabricated vertical rooftop solar system for the Australian market as part of a collaboration with Norwegian clean energy company Over Easy Solar.

I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.

lets do this!
"For instance, the technology’s fast charging, high output and robust endurance suggest a good fit for storing excess electricity generated at solar farms during the daytime, to power the grid at night. It may also be useful for backup power at data centers.
“Because this technology could extend the lifetime of batteries to decades upon decades, it might be ideal for storing renewable energy or quickly taking over when power is lost,” El-Kady said. “This would remove worries about the changing cost of infrastructure.”
#climateaction #electrification

“How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
The answer – in SAPN’s case study – is an electrician, a plumber and software techs, who now all need to work together to ensure the home management system can control the proverbial lights.”
https://

A „magnetic avalanche“ on the #Sun! At the end of 2024, ESA’s #SolarOrbiter was lucky to witness a strong solar #flare – and observed the events leading up to this firework with unpreceden…

It's Gänseliesel day in Göttingen! Freshly minted PhD graduate Johannes Hölken attended the official ceremony at the Aula, has been picked up by us and ferried to the Gänseliesel fountain in the city center, and is about to bring the goose girl on the top of the fountain some flowers. Meanwhile, other carts around us are also interesting to look at!
#IMPRS

This article just cited the Finnish Michaux study. There are others. The whole "industrial renewable energy capture systems" wager has inadequate foundations, which is why the only way is to use much less energy. Hence #degrowth See my article and linked report for the UK case.
Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil? - CounterPunch.org

Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil?
A key issue for the accomplishment of renewables is power storage because of the impact of wind and solar intermittency, both of which are highly intermittent. Most studies assume gas will be the buffer for intermittency. Other than using fossil fuel such as gas as a buffer, an adequate power storage system to handle intermittency will require 30 times more material than what electric vehicles require with current plans, meaning the scope is much larger than the current paradigm allows.

Orion will fly by the far side of the Moon
(the side that always faces away from Earth).
For ~6 hours, the crew will observe and photograph geologic features that humans haven’t seen in person since 1972.
This is the part I’m in Mission Control for! Squeeeee!
-- barbylon.bsky.social

NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions
While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also conduct science investigations that will inform future deep space missions, including a lunar science investigation as Orion flies about 4,000 to 6,000 miles from the Moon’s surface.

In a few days the #PlanetNine hypothesis - first published on 20 Jan 2016 in the paper https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22 ("EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM", yes, they shouted it in all caps) - will turn 10 years old. The proposed big outer solar system inhabitant has never been found: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/planet-9-x-y-edge-of-solar-system reviews the situation.

This system captures solar energy and, rather than converting it into electricity, uses it to produce hydrogen fuel on demand—even in darkness.
The new system provided twofold benefits: it made solar energy available even when the sun isn't shining, and it eliminated the need to transport hydrogen in dangerous, high-pressure tanks.
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-demand-hydrogen-fuel-production-dark.html

🌻 ⭐ How to Build a Low-tech Website? | LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
#solar…

The idea that the shape of our solar system is rare is very interesting.
#space

Jackery is making solar power actually beautiful. At CES, they unveiled solar roof tiles, a home battery system, and even a Solar Gazebo with 2 kW of panels that generates 10 kWh daily.
The gazebo runs $12-15K and pairs with battery storage for backup power. It's not utility-scale, but it's the kind of creative design that could make clean energy irresistible to everyday consumers.

Jackery Brings Creativity & Design To Solar & Energy Storage - CleanTechnica
While walking the floor at CES, Jackery attracted my attention. Jackery started as a portable battery power company 14 years ago. There are many competitors in that space now offering high-quality products. Increasingly, they blur the line between portable battery storage and home storage, with solar-integrated scalable home batteries that can be taken with you when you need them. Jackery’s new HomePower 3600 Plus is a great example.

US-Firma übernimmt Solar-Technik von Meyer Burger
Vor einem halben Jahr hatte das insolvente Solarunternehmen Meyer Burger den Betrieb in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt eingestellt. Kommt die Industrie nun zurück?
https://ww…

Back in the 90s we had a great term for stuff like “building AI satellite factories on the Moon” and “we’ll just envelop the solar system with a Dyson Sphere”.
It’s pretty technical and I forgive you if you’ve never heard of it, the term is “investment scam”.

Batteries fully charged. Flashlights are ready. UPS for router and mesh system ready, only thing connected to it is the router. UPS behind TV is ready, but, that is only for the TV. Third UPS is beside me here, fully charged and ready to go. Last UPS is connected to the upstairs mesh device. Turned up the thermostat so when (not if) we lose power the house will stay warm enough for a few hours.
Still checking out the battery backup systems, but have to save enough to buy one (acc…

Closeness

"UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #WindTurbines

Watched Solar Opposites, a cartoon started by Justin Roiland like Rick and Morty with lots in common.
Including Roiland being kicked out after a couple of seasons for his crimes, and being replaced. This time not with an impersonator but just a new more british actor. Stayed pretty much in vibe with his style though.
Four aliens stuck on earth, plus the adventures of the tiny people that one of the aliens shrunk to keep in his wall like an ant farm. And the Silver Cops.
Pretty good fun. Watched the five seasons on Netflix in a couple of weeks. Apparently there's another if I search or wait.
Interesting how the machine can just keep churning it out even when the lead folks disappear. That's the ideal I suppose. Create the show then let it run on without you.
#watching #tv #solarOpposites

Nicht nur mit Solar: Wie dieser Wohnwagen seinen eigenen Strom erzeugen soll
Ein Wohnmobil von Evotrex soll seinen eigenen Strom erzeugen. Und das nicht nur mit Solarkraft, der Powermix soll aus drei verschiedenen Quellen funktionieren.

Donald Trump’s oil embargo reveals a solar boom in Cuba
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/02/26/donald-trumps-oil-embargo-reveals-a-solar-boom-in-cuba
Trump kan zich zomaar in zn voet gaan schieten en hopelijk een mooie zet in de richting een duurzamer Cuba.

Das Wirtschaftsministerium unter #Reiche plant #Windkraft und #Solar auf Eis zu legen. Da man den Ausbau der Stromnetze verpennt hat, müsse man jetzt auch die erneuerbare Erzeugung bremsen…

Got another 13 solar panels for far under market rate. Looks like I have another project.

2025 hat unsere 28,8 kWp #Photovoltaikanlage 25,5 MWh erzeugt. Davon wurden 20,3 MWh eingespeist. Dafür haben wir 1.319 € Einspeisevergütung erhalten (bis 10 kWp 6,630 ct/kWh, ab 10 kWp 6,440 ct/kWh). #pv #solar

Jakie to jest epickie!
Interaktywna mapa Układu Słonecznego w przeglądarce.
Planety, księżyce, asteroidy, misje kosmiczne wszystko w 3D, orbity Keplera, misje kosmiczne w czasie rzeczywistym fizyka Newtonowska liczona na żywo. Darmowe. Bez rejestracji.
via wykop
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Atlas of Space
https://atlasof.space/

Atlas of Space
An interactive exploration of the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.

A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) #Ryugu: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z -> "The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth."

POL-DEL: Landkreis Oldenburg: Brand auf einem Milchviehbetrieb in Hude Brandursache ermittelt Delmenhorst (ots) - Am Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2026, gegen 06:10 Uhr, gerieten Teile der Solar-Akkuspeichergeräte in einer Räumlichkeit auf einem Milchviehbetrieb an der Bremer Straße in Hude in Brand. In einem Nebenraum des großen Stalles an ... https:/…

The solar PV story is pretty incredible. China's long term strategic plan (with all the negative things that went with it) is bearing amazing fruit that's changing the economic proposition around the world, especially in the poorer (colonised) global South: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8JFCJP70rg…

I’m not a fan of New Years Eve shenanigans, but this year I saw something new: fireworks reflecting in solar panels.

Solar Opposites looks so much like a Rick & Morty look-alike trying to get onto the bandwagon. I'm not sure if I should watch it. Is it good?
#RickAndMorty #SolarOpposites #Netflix

heise | Aufstellort Solar-Batteriespeicher: Was bei Lebensdauer und Sicherheitheit zählt
Ein Heimspeicher brennt nicht häufiger als ein Trockner. Doch der Aufstellort entscheidet mit über Lebensdauer, Sicherheit und Leistung.

If you are an anti-fascist, you are against petroleum. Petroleum funds fascism globally. It is at the heart of the military industrial complex driving global imperialism, from both the US and Russia. Motonormitivity is fascist, both in it's elitist roots and in it's ties to historical fascism (Hitler hated bikes, just on principle). Oil is militarism.
Oil is the dominant resource which drives war, both in terms of it being the primary spoil wars are fought over and in terms of fueling the military vehicles and weapons that carry out those wars. Practically every war since (and including) WWII has been over oil. Genocides are carried out to secure oil. Gaza is over oil, in more ways than one.
Oil is the absolute enemy, and AI is simply an extension of that: an attempt to atomize us so we can't resist the oil-centric global order, one last grasp at the control over our lives oil has given to those whose power is now threatened by a solar punk future.
"I haven't written for a few weeks now. As I write the closing chapter and begin rewriting previous sections, everything feels both more distant and more immediate. The working title [Kairos] has only continued to feel more and more resonant, both during the writing and during my pause."
Now is the time to resist by making something different, by creating a world fundamentally opposed to these systems of oppression.
This is the last in my Kairos series. From here on out I'll be editing to try and make it more of a book than a series of posts. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. All editing is welcome (typos, spell checks, questions and challenges). Between ADHD and dyslexia, it's always hard for my brain to notice mistakes in my own text so I always appreciate the support of those who can.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/kairos

Our public lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne“ starts this Thursday with a lecture by MPS Göttingen Director Sami Solanki.
Learn about solar activity and how it impacts Earth! In German.
More info here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-sonne

15.6 kWh solar generation today, new record (unsurprisingly... the days are getting longer plus we are having a sunny spell).
This month so far, production has averaged around 10% of my consumption although I expect both to be climbing soon (my big scope is back from service, and spring is coming next month) so it'll be interesting to see what happens after that.
Total YTD production is 194.8 kWh although that includes 12 days of zero production with the system offline betwee…

Blick drauf, wie sich Freiflächen- und Dach-Solar prozentual in den einzelnen Bundesländern verteilen.
Datenbasis: https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/installed_power/ch…

Please no nuclear power revival. humans can't manage 10 years of long term thinking, Do you really think we'll deal responsibly with nuclear waste for the 100 years it takes to stop become radioactive?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What am I missing? Solar and other renewables forevah!!!

Per kilowattuur is afval van wind- en zonne-energie slechts een fractie van afval van gas- en kolencentrales
#energietransitie https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/26/landfill-panic-vs-system-reality-what-wind-solar-actually-displace/

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, -- since crystals require intense heat to form and these “dirty snowballs” spend most of their time in the ultracold Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud.
Now, looking outside our solar system, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has returned the first conclusive evidence that links how those conditions are possible.
The telescope clearly showed for the first ti…

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals
Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require

Wiener betrübt - Solar-Anlage erst in knapp 300 Jahren rentabel #News #Nachrichten

When you're sizing the solar array for your autonomous communist-anarcho-syndicalist collective polycule compound, please take the following data into consideration:
(mine is 4kWp)

Klimaziel 2025 erreicht, aber nur wenig CO2 gespart
Solar boomt, Wind legt zu – doch Gebäude und Verkehr bremsen die Klimabilanz. Wie geht es weiter mit dem Klimaschutz in Deutschland?
https://www.

I love it when people take a peek into Uranus https://www.extremetech.com/science/james-webb-telescope-takes-a-first-peek-inside-uranus

James Webb Telescope Takes a First Peek Inside Uranus
The planet's upper atmosphere has been mapped for the first time, revealing one of the solar system's most enigmatic members.

After a three-and-a-half-month journey, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe or #IMAP has finally reached its destination, a strategic location between the Sun and Earth where it will begin its groundbreaking mission to study the edge of our solar system and advance our knowledge of space weather on Feb. 1: https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/260112-imap-arrives-l1

India is rolling out millions of smart meters that are doing more than tracking energy use—they're fundamentally reshaping the grid.
As rooftop solar and EVs spread, decentralized RF mesh networks connect devices affordably while multiple vendors collaborate to keep the system resilient. The focus: financial sustainability and renewable energy ambitions.

India’s smart metering boom reshapes grid through decentralized IoT
India’s power system is rapidly decentralizing as electricity demand, rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and distributed generation expand, turning a one-way grid into a dynamic network that increasingly depends on decentralized data systems such as RF mesh networks.

L. Nortmann, A. Reiners and S. Dreizler are advertising 3 PhD positions in Exoplanet Science at @… in the fields of exoplanet atmospheres, radial velocity measurements, and astronomical instrumentation.
ad:

"This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Christmas

#MPSGoettingen wishes you happy holidays and a healthy and successful New Year 2026!
Featuring prominently on our season's greetings card: the first images of the Sun's south pole 🛰️ ☀️
During its flyby of the Sun at the end of March this year, the Solar Orbiter space probe had its first clear view of our star's poles. Solar Orbiter's trajectory has recentl…

🌔 The origami wheel that could explore lunar caves
#moon

The origami wheel that could explore lunar caves
Beneath the moon's cratered surface lie networks of lava tubes and deep pits, natural caves that could shelter future lunar bases from cosmic radiation and wild temperature swings. These underground structures represent some of the most scientifically valuable areas in the solar system, but they come with the very real challenge of simply getting there.

Now available for viewing for free on Youtube: "Sunrise - At the Frontiers of Feasibility"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIW-Ev4sbA
A one-and-a-half hour documentary on how an international consortium led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is planning the…

"We're just going to run a physical simulation of a human brain to achieve AGI"
"Won't the brain die instantly if it's without a body and oxygen supply etc?"
"Well, we'll just also simulate a body."
"Won't the body die instantly if it's in a vacuum?
"Fine, we'll just simulate an atmosphere too."
"Won't the body die if it's without food and light and gravity and stimulation?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate all the physical processes on the Earth."
"Won't the Earth just freeze instantly without the Sun being there?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the sun, too."
"Will the solar system work properly if there's only the sun? What about gravitational influences of other mass in the galaxy, what about cosmic rays?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the whole universe, too."

Trotz Flaute: Solar- und Windenergie EU-weit erstmals vor fossilen Brennstoffen
In mehr als der Hälfte der EU-Staaten tragen erneuerbare Energiequellen inzwischen mehr zum Strommix bei als fossile Brennstoffe. Vor allem Solarenergie wächst.

Nearly 300 years after Immanuel Kant proposed that our solar system’s family of planets condensed from a flattened disk of gas and dust,
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed that such planetary nurseries are common across our galaxy.
Now, Hubble has identified the largest known protoplanetary disk
—spanning an astonishing 400 billion miles,
roughly 40 times the diameter of our solar system

NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets

Solar panel math is counter-intuitive: run the dishes on "Eco Mode" (4h30m cycle) or "Express" (1h03m cycle)? 10AM and sunny: run it on Eco Mode. 14:30 and sunny: run it on Express. 10AM and sunny, but you also need to run and dry 2 loads of clothes? Express, plus express on the washer, throw the first load on the line, express again, and throw the second load in the dryer. Oh, you have a house battery? Well, you lose some power in conversion, so you still have to make th…

Only a few regions on our planet - just west and east and especially inside of the dark zone in this NASA map which is mostly the Pacific Ocean - will have a good view of the full totality from 11:04 to 12:03 UTC of the #LunarEclipse today, but there will be webcasts galore to try out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywJ47LZ-Ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNZCZcS45jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOlqcK5Edg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgOLKgNyLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL3BA94t5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUW0Kx4Eg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLcLAfilkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-_LYVuIEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9UAUiqNKM
Also https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164029689080320 = a graphic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1R8rrAMzw = an animation, https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/41436 = satellites near the dark Moon, https://www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2026Mar03Tprime.html and https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/march-2026-total-lunar-eclipse-your-questions-answered/ and https://solarsteam.siu.edu/3march2026_tle/ and https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-lunar-2026-march-3 and https://news.siu.edu/2026/02/022426-siu-to-host-viewing-party-for-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse.php and https://www.perthobservatory.com.au/astronomy-events/2026-total-lunar-eclipse = websites, https://scicomm.xyz/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/116156904320261558 = a thread, https://www.space.com/news/live/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-march-3-2026-live-updates = updates, and https://gizmodo.com/the-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse-sounds-amazing-but-theres-a-catch-2000726548 and https://www.geekwire.com/2026/total-lunar-eclipse-visibility-weather/ and https://www.astronomy.com/observing/how-to-watch-the-lunar-eclipse-online/ and https://www.space.com/stargazing/lunar-eclipses/watch-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-3-with-these-free-livestreams = articles.

Researchers just cracked a major clean energy challenge: producing hydrogen at scale without using precious land or freshwater.
The University of Exeter team simulated a floating solar system in Oman that desalinates seawater and generates 1,755 kg of hydrogen daily at $9.5/kg. It's a game-changer for hot-climate regions.

Off-grid floating PV-desalination system for hydrogen production
Scientists have simulated a solar-powered hydrogen production system comprising 32,050 photovoltaic panels, a pumping system, a seawater reverse-osmosis desalination unit, an electrolyzer, and a hydrogen storage tank. Operation of the system in Oman could potentially yield a levelized cost of electricity of $0.05/kWh and a levelized cost of hydrogen of $9.5/kg.

Dear Liberal partisans: “we can’t do anything about this chaos Trump is creating” is a bad look, and also completely untrue and a cop out.
Things you can do *today*
1) food and gas price controls
2) food and gas rebates/grants
3) EV, solar and wind mandates and grants
4) direct investment in electrification of fossil fuel transport and infrastructure, today. Move all existing projects on the books up to start asap.
These are just some of the things that could directly and immediately help Canadians through #theAmericanFascists oil wars.
Acting like it is 1975 and we just have to stick it out because there is no alternative is a cop out and makes you complicit.
Either we are different, or we are along for the sick ride. Which would you prefer?
🇨🇦
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #iranisraelUSAWar #oil #fossilfuels

NASA's SPHEREx has completed its first multispectral map of the infrared sky.
It sees the sky in 102 infrared "colors," which lets it do things like this: One image highlights mature stars; the other focuses on carbon soot & gas clouds where new stars form. 🧪🔭
https://www.jpl.…

SPHEREx’s First All-Sky Map
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

Characteristics of Natural Remanence Records in Fine-Grained Particles Returned From Asteroid Ryugu: #Ryugu by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

21:01 and we're still running fully from the house battery charged by the solar array. 🌸 SPRING IS HERE 🌼

i wonder if power from Site C and the various upgrades to other BC Hydro dams of the past few years is the reason why this fake Trump "emergency" order is neutered.
That and the massive rise of both home and grid scale solar and wind in Califonia and the PNW.
#bcpoli #solar #wind #electricity

CH3OH and HCN in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Mapped with the ALMA Atacama Compact Array - Distinct Outgassing Behaviors and a Remarkably High CH3OH/HCN Production Rate Ratio: #3IATLAS: https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-detects-extremely-abundant-alcohol-in-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/ - astronomers capture a chemical snapshot of planet formation beyond our solar system.

It would be a tragic, horrible irony if the way we got to a renewable energy future is by oil soaked countries and their genocidal, idiotic leaders and hangers on destroying themselves in a final desperate act to secure the entire thing for themselves.
But that would also be entirely human.
We need to have a long and honest talk with our Albertan and other Canadian oil friends and convince them that we need to get out of this sphere as fast as possible for our own safety.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #oil #renewables #energy #solar

Big milestone for Australia's energy transition: Hanwha Energy just got approval for a massive 100 MW battery in southeast Queensland.
This isn't just storage—it'll capture surplus solar, power 15,000 homes during peak demand, and provide critical grid stability services.
A major step toward a more resilient, renewable-powered grid.

Korean company secures grid connection approval for its first big battery in Australia
A two-hour, 100 megawatt battery energy storage system has received approval to connect to the south-east Queensland grid and help stabilise it.

"Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for US data center"
#Google #US #USA #America

Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for US data center
Google plans to deploy a 300 MW/30 GWh iron-air battery system in Minnesota under an agreement with Xcel Energy, pairing it with 1.6 GW of new wind and solar.

and to think there are still people all-in on trying to convince us that somehow big hydro, big nuclear and fanciful “SMR”nuclear will deliver the same kind of cheap, clean, reliable power.
It's not.
Just get on with building solar and wind and tidal and batteries banks and all the rest!
Australia is now far ahead of Canada. Why…?
"Australia’s long, complicated and difficult energy transition is finally working. As our recent research suggests, if these trends continue – and nothing new goes wrong – we should begin to see lower retail electricity bills by mid-2026. As more coal plants close and new transmission and storage infrastructure is delivered, electricity prices could rise again. But overall, shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Energy #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://theconversation.com/renewables-over-50-wholesale-prices-down-is-the-energy-transition-succeeding-274616

"Carmaker uses repurposed EV batteries to help power factory in Australia"
#Australia #EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars

Carmaker uses repurposed EV batteries to help power factory in Australia
Repurposed electric vehicle batteries are being used in the energy storage component of a solar and battery system supplying operations at Nissan Australia’s aluminum casting plant in Victoria.