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Peter Kelly-Detwiler @PKayDee

Energy professional focused on the innovations, trends, and technologies that drive the evolving energy markets. Author, speaker, trainer, thought leader.

Joined September 2011
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Hi all - I haven't posted since Musk's blatantly anti-semitic Tweet over a week ago. Part of me thinks I should keep tweeting on cleantech; another part of me asks "what's the morality of supporting a platform that has so much racist and bigoted comment (every day!)." Thoughts?
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canarymedia.com/articles/cle… Portugal's grid met demand entirely with renewables for six days running. Wind and dispatchable hydro played a key role. #Portugal #energytransition

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row

For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.

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bmwusanews.com/newsrelease.d… BWM expands smart charging service, ChargeForward, offering incentives for setting EV charging w/times when renewable energy is highest on grid. In May, PG&E said program led to 1.4 mn miles in CA powered by 100% renewables in 2022. #BMW #EVcharging
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chargedevs.com/newswire/char… ChargePoint now offering a 500 kW DC fast charger. It will be used to support Mercedes-Benz’s new HPC NA charging network supporting its luxury vehicles. #fastcharging

ChargePoint’s new 500 kW DC fast charging platform debuts as the power behind Mercedes charging...

EV charging powerhouse ChargePoint has developed a new DC fast charging platform that can deliver charging speeds up to 500 kW. In the first large-scale deployment of the new Express Plus Power Link...

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environmentenergyleader.com/… Commercial satellite can pinpoint CO2 emissions by specific site. Fascinating... #carbontracking
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azmirror.com/blog/gila-river… Gila River Indian Community w/1st in nation solar-over-canal project. 1,000' solar array will reduce evaporation considerably. In India, panels over canals were cooler, w/avg cell temps cells dropping 10%, & solar output up 3-5%. #solarcanals

Gila River Indian Community moves foward with solar canal project, first in country | Arizona Mirror

In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by launching its Solar Canal Project to construct the...

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environmentenergyleader.com/… First U.S.-based first commercial facility that can capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year. Heirloom's heated limestone technology does the trick. But the real magic will be in getting the costs down to some manageable level. #carboncapture #CCS
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canarymedia.com/articles/ele… Electric garbage trucks may be coing soon to streets near you. #EVs #electricgarbagetruck
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hydrogeninsight.com/producti… BNEF reports only 2% of planned 47 million tonnes of annual clean H2 capacity by 2030 is included in binding contracts. Thus far, more hype than hope. #hydrogeneconomy #energytransition

Ambition vs reality | Only a tiny proportion of the world's clean hydrogen projects have firm...

Just 2% of annual production capacity planned by 2030 is covered by a binding purchase agreement

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hydrogeninsight.com/transpor… Bad time to own a Mirai: some CA hydrogen filling stations have been without H2 for as long as three months. #hydrogenvehicles

California's hydrogen fuel shortage hits three-month mark, with filling stations still offline and...

The supply of gaseous hydrogen in the south of the state has seen 'major disruption' since 13 August

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nca2023.globalchange.gov U.S. releases 5th Nat'l Climate Assessment. Good news is U.S. emissions have declined from peak. Bad news? You guessed it: U.S. and global emissions still rising. #nationalclimateassessment
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br.de/nachrichten/bayern/nac… Last internal combustion engine car rolls off BMW assembly line in Munich to make way for EVs, w/investment of 400 Mn Euro to transition plant. This is what the energy transition looks like. #EVs #energytransition
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offshorewind.biz/2023/11/10/… Vestas scores w/order for 33 of its 15 MW offshore turbines for Korean wind project. Commercial turbines keep getting bigger. #offshorewind

Vestas to Supply 15 MW Turbines for 504 MW Floating Wind Project Offshore South Korea

Vestas has been confirmed as the preferred wind turbine supplier for BadaEnergy's Ulsan Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm in South Korea. The announcement was made in March this year, but at...

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canarymedia.com/articles/ene… Interesting piece from Canary's Julian Spector on CMBlu - a flow battery start-up w/an organic chemistry modeled to some degree on human biology. #CMBlu #flowbatteries

Will this startup finally crack the code on flow battery tech?

Germany's CMBlu just pulled in a 100-million-euro investment, is ramping up manufacturing and has contracts with major utilities. Can it succeed where…

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nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Reliabil… NERC warns this winter, "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." Cites reliance on gas gen (also used for heating), growing heat pump use, and renewables.
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greencarreports.com/news/114… Polestar says its use of StoreDot's fast-charging solid state cells will allow EVs to add 100 miles of range in 5 minutes. This hurts comparative business case for H2 vehicles, as it cuts EV fueling "dwell time." #fastcharge #EVs #StoreDot

Super-fast-charging Polestar EV could gain 100 miles in 5 minutes

Polestar says it could revolutionize the EV ownership experience, while partner StoreDot says it could allow downsized batteries.

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greencarreports.com/news/114… VW currently planning an EV for U.S. markets at a sticker price under $35,000. That could help entice more buyers, but of course certain waves will have to break the right way. #electrictransportation #EVs #VW

VW plans under-$35,000 EV for US arrival around 2027

The electric vehicle focused for North America would be built either in the U.S. or Mexico, according to a top executive.

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environmentenergyleader.com/… VA Atlantic gets UK govt green light for first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Per Virgin Atlantic, to date SAF can only be burned in jet engines at a blend up to 50%. #sustainableaviationfuel #SAF #virginatlantic
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carsales.com.au/editorial/de… Toyota's Australia VP of sales: EVs currently don’t “make sense” in countries like Australia, where majority of electricity continues to come from coal-fired stations. Somebody want to tell him? Australia at 35.9% renewables in 2022. #toyota #seanhanley

Toyota: EVs are only ‘for the few’ - carsales.com.au

Hybrids are better suited to Australia than battery-electric cars for now, says Toyota Australia at the launch of its first EV

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electrive.com/2023/05/24/rim… Here's a useless but interesting factoid: the Croatian Rimac EV just set a world record for going backwards, at 171.34 mph, There's probably a metaphor there, but I don't know what it is.
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