Wind and solar just hit a major global milestone: for the first time ever, they generated more electricity than gas for an entire month. April 2026 is now in the history books. https://www.facebook.com/100064672212764/posts/pfbid0CQiAfVGrLBZSTCLzBrzCUYQoXeUvUv1catKuLeFkXP98Mc8ZyeqdfQu1NbPRBkJel/?mibextid=CDWPTG In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026
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2026-05-17 Inch Fab Makes ICs In A Container
Inch Fab uses 4 inch wafers, which makes it much easier https://www.facebook.com/100066647494924/posts/pfbid04gBYJxNxKVHsXefuxMjwY9YGmYwz4VuMNhbbTiprB8kpvXDVhyTRgB6Z3EgtNcerl/?mibextid=NOb6eG
2026-05-16 France, Agrivoltaics Farm, 2400 Hectares, 500 MW, Reduces Crop Water Needs By 30%
Quote “”France just completed the world’s largest agrivoltaic trial — installing solar panel canopies above 2,400 hectares of Provence vineyards, cereal fields, and vegetable plots, generating 500 megawatts of clean electricity from the same land producing full agricultural output. The Sun’Agri program installs tilting solar panels on 5-meter-tall structures above crops, with panel angles controlled
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2026-05-14 Germany Switches On 35 Sq. km Solar Park, 2.2 Megawatts
The new Cottbus Solar Park covers 3500 hectares or 35 square kilometers or 13.5 square miles – huge!! It holds 4.2 million bifacial solar panels generating 2.2 Gigawatts. That’s a lot! It’s on a former coal mine in Brandenburg. Germany has plans for 28 GW more solar. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Jav6nMgpffLuSBDuT3MjQcLQ3bvYVMaPP7U4VTDuuoJ6neQaJhrcnLBwQeyJsPbUl&id=61577817790681&post_id=61577817790681_pfbid0Jav6nMgpffLuSBDuT3MjQcLQ3bvYVMaPP7U4VTDuuoJ6neQaJhrcnLBwQeyJsPbUl&mibextid=CDWPTG
2026-05-11 France Nukes Back Online After Major Emergency Maintenance
“”France has restarted its entire nuclear fleet after emergency maintenance … The years 2022 and 2023 were the most difficult in the recent history of French nuclear energy. An unprecedented wave of stress corrosion cracking discovered in the cooling circuits of multiple reactors forced simultaneous outages across a large fraction of the fleet … EDF’s
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2026-05-09 Trump Refusing To Permit New Wind Turbines
He lost in court so now he’s playing dirty by refusing to give permits. So your electric bill will be increased by 13 to 18% . https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02Sowcnems7dpJkjw1HKax3DuWoz5FJmqnBDaFt6mGiD4RgNVVw7hoB4kgWWGE4HQ7l&id=100064860241186&post_id=100064860241186_pfbid02Sowcnems7dpJkjw1HKax3DuWoz5FJmqnBDaFt6mGiD4RgNVVw7hoB4kgWWGE4HQ7l&mibextid=NOb6eG
2026-05-08 California’s Giant Battery Network Now Matches The Output Of 12 Nuclear Power Plants
“”California’s growing battery storage network has reached a major milestone after delivering more than 12,000 megawatts of electricity to the state’s grid, an amount roughly equal to the output of 12 large nuclear power plants. The record was quietly set in late March as battery systems supplied more than 40 percent of California’s electricity demand
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2026-05-08 Germany Proves Agrivoltaics Are A Win-win – They Do Not Take Away Farmland
“”The expansion of solar energy has always carried one tension with agricultural nations that no policy document resolved cleanly: solar farms require land and farmland is finite. Germany found a way to make that tension irrelevant by installing solar panels above active crop fields in an approach called agrivoltaics where the same land produces food
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2026-05-07 EV Batteries Last Longer Than The Car
“Engineering With Rosie” Barnes explains why EV batteries usually last longer than the car. Determining SOH = state of health. Testing for SOH. Thermal issues. Buying used EVs. The EV batteries are guaranteed for 8 years so the risk is lowered when buying a used EV. She mentioned that there are outliers. Occasionally a used
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2026-05-05 American Homes Need Heat Pumps, Not Space Heaters
This Grist article makes some very good points. Important! “Insulate, insulate, insulate.” “Double pane windows.” “Do not burn fossil fuels in your home. Install heat pump HVAC.” However it says, “… Heat pumps join electric vehicles and induction stoves in increasing demand on the grid.” I don’t agree. The heat pumps should reduce the amount
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