Tor aka "@SolarFred" is the founder of solar PR agency UnThink Solar & chief storyteller at @ProbTrueSolar, an odd solar fiction podcast. Bluesky: torsolarfred.
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Electricity prices are rising. No matter how much a new power plant costs to build, the cost of fuel for solar and wind will always be ... zero. Also, #SolarIsNow the fastest and cheapest power plants to build....
Ingeteam supplies PCS for 130MWh of BESS and DC-coupled projects in Australia #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: energy-storage.news/ingeteam…
Rondo Energy and Rio Tinto begin design work on Australia’s largest thermal energy storage project #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: energy-storage.news/rondo-en…
Why Trump Whiffed on New Wind Turbine Tariffs #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/am/trump-wind-t…
Snowy profits steady amid pumped hydro strains, while CEO Barnes sees his take-home benefits sink below $2 million #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/snowy-pr…
Is There Room for Lucid? #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/electric-vehicl…
The Data Center Boom Is Faltering #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/daily/data-cent…
Scatec and EBRD establish US$221 million renewable energy investment platform for Egypt #energysky -- via pv-tech: pv-tech.org/scatec-ebrd-esta…
“Recap 3.0” doesn’t answer the biggest questions about Snowy’s $25 billion-plus pumped hydro gamble #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/recap-3-…
Net Power Surrendered Its Clean Dreams to Data Center Demand #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/energy/net-powe…
‘What are the blindspots right now’: The shifting anatomy of BESS capex #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: energy-storage.news/what-are…
Energy Insiders Podcast: Fast lane to electric, and Snowy blowouts #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/energy-i…
The Surprisingly Exciting Race to be California’s Next Insurance Commissioner #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/politics/califo…
Energy efficiency has finally become an election talking point, but for all the wrong reasons #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/energy-e…
Eos releases preliminary Q3 results, reports record quarterly revenue as gross margin losses narrow #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: energy-storage.news/eos-rele…
Voltalia Q3 results show strong growth, improvements in curtailment metrics #energysky -- via pv-tech: pv-tech.org/voltalia-q3-resu…
Bill calling for nationwide plug-in solar adoption introduced in House #energysky -- via Solar Power World: solarpowerworldonline.com/20…
“What’s better, gas or starvation?” Pipeline giant’s extraordinary response to Beetaloo critics #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/whats-be…
Minneapolis unveils 704-kW community solar garden for LMI subscribers #energysky -- via Solar Power World: solarpowerworldonline.com/20…
Tor "@SolarFred" Valenza retweeted
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by the EU, where just one of 23 industrial decarbonisation projects awarded a 2025 European Union Innovation Fund grant relates to hydrogen. In previous rounds #hydrogen and CCS soaked up 77% of the money. #ElectrifyNow
Tor "@SolarFred" Valenza retweeted
The two states with the most solar and storage—CA & TX—saved $6 billion in electricity costs this summer.
With the midterm elections focused squarely on affordability, solar and storage are flexing their power in red and blue states alike.
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