Excellent news for Bulgaria and EU built BESS systems, we need more and cheaper BESS systems renewablesnow.com/news/inter…

Would large scale Bitcoin mining deployment have prevented the power outages in Spain/Portugal? Short answer: "Yes" Before the outage hit, Spain was running its grid with very little of what's called "dispatchable spinning generation" (also known as inertia). The image below is a snapshot from 12.30pm local time, 5 minutes before the outage occurred. "Dispatchable spinning generation" means power plants, like gas or nuclear, that can quickly adjust their output to keep the grid stable. The name "spinning" refers to the turbines that traditional generation plants such as coal, gas, nuclear that use spinning turbines help with this. Traditional plants provide this with their spinning turbines, but renewables don't, making the grid more fragile if you don't have a way to very rapidly load-balance in the case of an outage. This likely contributed to the outage that hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, as the grid couldn't handle sudden disruptions well. We don't need to speculate what would have happened had they had wide-scale Bitcoin mining operations: Texas provides a blueprint of what would have happened: Bitcoin minings would have been instantly notified of the major outage, and within under a second would have adjusted their demand, stablizing the frequency of the grid by preventing a major demand-supply imbalance. Texas for context has the highest solar&wind penetration of any grid in US. On one recent day power from solar and wind was 76% of total Texas grid demand (canarymedia.com/articles/cle…), but Texas' (ERCOT) grid also has 3 GW of controllable load in the form of Bitcoin mining that it uses heavily in the case of outages or sudden unanticipated peak demand. What happened in Spain and Portugal is not an inherent risk of renewables, its what happens when the renewable energy transition is done in a partial way, without due considerable to load balancing. Batteries are part of the solution too. Bitcoin mining and Batteries have different unique advantages. Bitcoin mining has the advantage of being modular, and low cost to deploy. Bitcoin mining also keeps the cost of power low for retail users by reducing the expensive curtailment fees that grid operators would otherwise have had to pay solar and wind operators. We have the solutions right under our noses, let's start using them.

According to EU they have a compass, however according to Grok, Earth's magnetic north pole is currently experiencing a significant and accelerated shift, raising concerns among scientists regarding its implications for navigation and our understanding of the Earth's magnetic field. 🤔

Europe is rapidly expanding its battery storage fleet, but it’s still lagging California, where batteries can already supply around 20% of peak demand. Germany and the UK lead in European capacity, yet their storage coverage remains in the single digits. With aggressive renewable targets and the need for reliable grid balancing, Europe must strengthen policy support and market frameworks to accelerate large-scale battery projects. While current growth is encouraging, significantly more investment and streamlined regulations are required for Europe to catch up and ensure an energy transition that is both resilient and aligned with ambitious climate goals.

It feels that Europe’s energy and economic policies are stuck in a cycle of crisis management, exposing a glaring lack of long-term vision. EU’s reactive mode spells trouble for its competitiveness: Overbuilt LNG Infrastructure, Underutilized Assets Despite declining gas demand (-20% since 2022), Europe is racing to build LNG terminals, with capacity set to triple demand by 2030. This risks €1 trillion in stranded assets while locking the bloc into costly, short-term fixes instead of accelerating renewables. Hypocrisy on Russian LNG After banning pipeline gas, the EU became the world’s largest buyer of Russian LNG (€7.3B in 2024), undermining its own energy security goals. Talk of a 2027 phaseout lacks teeth, leaving Europe dependent on the same geopolitics it claims to reject. Lagging in the Techno-Economy While the US and China dominate AI, chips, and green tech, Europe debates regulation. Only 1.49% of Spain’s GDP goes to R&D—half the EU target—and no European company ranks in the global tech top 20. The Draghi Report’s call for €800B/year in innovation gathers dust. Strategic Paralysis The EU’s “Clean Industrial Deal” remains a draft, and energy policies flip between panic (over Russian gas) and complacency (over LNG oversupply). Meanwhile, the US’s Inflation Reduction Act and China’s tech-state model leave Europe scrambling. The EU is sleepwalking into a future where it’s neither energy-independent nor technologically competitive. Without a unified strategy to decouple from fossil imports, scale green industries, and prioritize innovation, Europe risks becoming a secondary player in the 21st-century economy. Time to wake up, Brussels. 🔥

No country can thrive being energy poor

Grok should not refer to Wikipedia data is very unreliable @xai @elonmusk

It is absurd that EU Provides less incentives to Renewables than fossil fuels

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Best approach ever

Amazing work @UpriseEnergy

No AI summer here. People are busy launching new models.

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Amazing lecture on Hydrogen, all you need to know

Great goal! More renewable it is!