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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2026-04-08 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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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
There are 700 acres of crops under the solar panels. 😍👍 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1451693053143891/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Graph showing drop in renewables over the last decade or so. https://www.facebook.com/100083516882613/posts/pfbid029T4wi3N5BUTjGarpzSCddu4E3vEA5S1Hxdd8D1X3ZYHWGbSvYYdmR9JTdXmZKjzRl/?mibextid=Nif5oz
400 GWh of BESS – battery energy storage systems, worldwide as of the end of 2025. Rapidly replacing the gas peaker plants. Western Australia is an excellent example.
“”Quantum dots are smashing the 33.7% solar efficiency wall with a theoretical potential of 66% to 80%. Unlike standard panels that generate one electron per photon, these “artificial atoms” use Multiple Exciton Generation (MEG) to trigger two or more. This breakthrough is fueling a market projected to skyrocket to $3.9 billion by 2035.”” POLARIS https://www.facebook.com/reel/888005373811370/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
And it’s not a minute too soon!! Australia’s battery revolution is pushing gas out of the grid support business https://www.facebook.com/100050608264103/posts/pfbid0B1uyxmhPv8RqXBJz2PKmCkNqDu5HVsduG9KmfVJ4xQtsVPTcoHnLvE6r9pCLMLxal/?mibextid=CDWPTG
https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/las-clean-energy-future-mayor-bass-opens-one-countrys-largest-solar-battery-energy-storage?fbclid=IwVERTSAOkWaNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR747xHLoapNs8SAzi9HXK6OVbpVu40Pcwf-meT9812tpLZe5o5QDHGRZ0Ha1A_aem_493ztAAb8afso1LNrk4dBw
For the first time, global electricity generation from solar and wind has surpassed that of coal. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02uVucR2NToUxbWFbs9P6qnUB7fpmdv9ksGCEhwoVDoH1W4j357Uxa3U2iGvHir5vkl&id=100050516563145&post_id=100050516563145_pfbid02uVucR2NToUxbWFbs9P6qnUB7fpmdv9ksGCEhwoVDoH1W4j357Uxa3U2iGvHir5vkl&mibextid=CDWPTG
