Records smashed on CAISO grid Sat Jun 13, 2026: Max battery discharge: 12.498 GW at 8:05 PM Max solar output: 23.007 GW at 11:20 AM CAISO now has, as of June 1, 16.531 GW of batteries on the grid, so can readily discharge even more. CAISO also has 23 GW of solar and 12.332 GW of wind (adding a lot in one month from the SunZia project). caiso.com/documents/key-stat… 139 of 164 (85%) days in 2026 with WWS meeting > 100% of demand for part of the day.

France Releases Details for a Mega-Scale, 11-Project Offshore Wind Tender #OffshoreWind #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #FranceEnergy maritime-executive.com/artic…

Weekend reading: Denmark's "greenest government," longer duty for lithium-ion grid batteries, research roundup, and more energy transition developments you might have missed. quittingcarbonmedia.com/what… via Quitting Carbon

⚡Electrification is a win-win opportunity for countries around the world. As solar & wind have become cost-competitive in many regions, #renewables can provide 92% of global electricity generation by 2050, meeting growing #energy demand while transitioning away from fossil fuels. 👉 irena.org/Publications/2026/… #COP31

First turbine up at Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in German North Sea rwe.com/en/press/rwe-offshor… #NordseeclusterA #rwe #germany #NorthSea #offshorewind

According to analysis from @USCleanPower, renewable energy saved the U.S. grid more than $2 billion in operating costs across five major grid regions during Winter Storm Fern. As electricity demand rises and extreme weather events become more frequent, American-made energy is already proving its value. #OSWByTheNumbers

My latest at Quitting Carbon: Denmark's "greenest government," longer duty for lithium-ion grid batteries, research roundup, and more energy transition developments you might have missed. quittingcarbonmedia.com/what…

Rising geopolitical tensions, surging #energy demand & growing fossil fuel market volatility are reshaping the global energy landscape. ⚡#Electrification, renewable power & the transition away from fossil fuels are emerging as key pillars of the next phase of the global #energytransition. Find out how achieving a global electrification rate of 35% by 2035 is critical to accelerating the transition ➡️ irena.org/Publications/2026/…

Ecowende has completed its onshore #servicebase at the Port of IJmuiden, supporting operations, maintenance and logistics for its Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm in the Dutch #NorthSea. windpowernl.com/2026/06/12/e… #offshorewind #ecology #IJmuiden #windfarmlogistics #Ecowende

The #offshorewind / #floatingwind sites offered through the tender are located off the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, in the South Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea. buff.ly/L19SPH5

Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak, operated by Siemens Gamesa, installed the 100th wind turbine at the Sofia #offshorewind farm site on 10 June, RWE said. buff.ly/ASuI6Rz

Electricity demand in the Northeast is entering a new era of growth. For years, offshore wind was expected to play a key role in meeting that need. The stakes are straightforward: without timely additions of new capacity, the Northeast risks higher costs, tighter supply, and increased strain on an already constrained system. Read more here: turnforward.org/3-million-ho…

According to verified reports, Parliament Politics Magazine highlights Japan and UK leaders Sanae Takaichi and Keir Starmer unite on offshore wind power cooperation. Read More: parliamentnews.co.uk #theparliamentpolictics #EnergySecurity #OffshoreWind #UKJapanAlliance

France to open a tender for 10 GW of offshore wind projects. This move signals strong momentum for renewables and offshore capacity expansion. Stay tuned for details on bidders and timelines. #France #OffshoreWind #Renewables #EnergyTransition … globalbankingandfinance.com/…

ORE Catapult has outlined a pathway to increase the UK offshore wind workforce from 40,000 to between 75,000 and 94,000 by 2030. renews.biz/112057/ore-report…

Global offshore wind capacity on track to quadruple by 2035 dlvr.it/TSzj29 #offshorewind

Located off the coast of Nakwol-myeon in Jeollanam-do Province, the #offshorewind farm produced first power in December 2025. The project will comprise 64 Vensys 5.7 MW wind turbines, whose installation is currently underway. buff.ly/lq7SU6E

DEME Group has installed the first Vestas wind turbine at RWE’s Nordseecluster A site, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster #offshorewind project in the German North Sea. buff.ly/snNH5TY

Today I toured Virginia's Coastal VA #OffshoreWind project & saw firsthand the power now being delivered to our grid. As we grapple w/ enormous #VAenergy demands created by unchecked data center growth, VA needs more generation & projects like CVOW are critical to that plan.

California has the most stable U.S. grid due to its renewables plus batteries Anti-renewable fans often use California as an example of a state where the growth in solar and wind has increased the risk of electricity-grid blackouts. As it turns out, though, California’s largest grid, CAISO, is the most stable in the U.S., as evidenced by the fact that it had the lowest wholesale electricity prices among U.S. grids during the past year. There has even been no grid blackout since August 2020. Wholesale electricity prices include spot prices, which are the real-time immediate cost of electricity. When spot prices drop, wholesale prices drop. Low spot prices, thus low wholesale prices, mean it is easier to match instantaneous demand with supply on the grid. Because California never had a single period with high wholesale prices during the past year, it had the easiest time matching demand, thus the most stable grid. Why? Although California has grown so much solar and wind since 2023, causing fossil gas use to decline by 61 percent, it has also added more batteries than any other grid region. Batteries respond to a shortage in demand within 20 milliseconds, versus up to 5 minutes for gas. Whereas, California has low wholesale electricity prices, it has high retail prices. But such prices have nothing to do with renewables or batteries. They have to do with utilities passing onto customers the high cost of wildfires caused by transmission-line sparks from 2015 to 2026, undergrounding transmission lines to avoid fires, upgrading an aging transmission system, using some gas and nuclear, the San Bruno and Aliso Canyon gas disasters, and upgrading gas pipes due to San Bruno. Despite California’s high retail electricity prices, Californians pay 23 percent lower electricity bills than Texans because California is the most energy efficient state, using 61 percent less electricity per person than Texas. Lastly, among all 50 states, the more renewables, the lower retail electricity prices. In sum, renewables and batteries stabilize grids and reduce retail electricity prices on top of eliminating health and climate costs of fossil fuels. Grids with the lowest U.S. wholesale electricity price eia.gov/electricity/monthly/… TX pays 23% higher electricity bills than CA due mostly to CA's energy efficiency web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/… More renewables mean lower electricity prices web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/… Video youtube.com/shorts/Ypj-PQhb8…