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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2026-05-16 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
2026-05-09 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 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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2026-05-05 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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2026-04-24 US’ Largest Onshore Wind Project In Wyoming Completed
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project. 220,000 acres of federal land in Carbon County, Wyoming. Installed 1000 turbines. Average wind speed 9.2 meters/sec. year around. Project required a HVDC and HVAC line called the TransWest Express. Longest onshore HVDC transmission line in the US. 732 miles of high-voltage transmission infrastructure consisting of two systems:
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2026-04-08 OMG!! China Just Finished The Largest Energy Project In Human History — 50 Gigawatts From The Gobi Desert.
2026-04-08 OMG!! “”China just finished the largest energy project in human history — 50 gigawatts from one location in the Gobi Desert. The Kubuqi Desert Renewable Energy Megabase covers 100,000 hectares of Inner Mongolia with 35 gigawatts of solar and 15 gigawatts of wind across the same landscape. Construction required 280,000 workers over five years
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2026-04-08 Plans To Change Unused Farmland In California To A 21 GW Solar Project, Probably The Largest In The World.
Plans to change unused farmland in California to a 21 GW solar project, probably the largest in the world. https://www.facebook.com/reel/968024809035097/?mibextid=CDWPTG
2026-04-05 Iowa Gets 63% Of Its Power From Wind Turbines
Iowa has the highest percentage share of wind energy of any state. However Texas gets much more Megawatts of wind. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02gXQiZJUiaWDaPbxe7m9QcuWCxwbK8tyG2w6CcBe8SHqQfJLFWV7JwrXS9Yujgbrxl&id=100093822948697&post_id=100093822948697_pfbid02gXQiZJUiaWDaPbxe7m9QcuWCxwbK8tyG2w6CcBe8SHqQfJLFWV7JwrXS9Yujgbrxl&mibextid=CDWPTG
