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?.

Portugal's grid met demand entirely with renewables for six days running. Wind and dispatchable hydro played a key role. #Portugal #energytransition.

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.

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.

Commercial satellite can pinpoint CO2 emissions by specific site. Fascinating. #carbontracking.

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.

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.

Electric garbage trucks may be coing soon to streets near you. #EVs #electricgarbagetruck.

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.

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

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.

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.

Vestas scores w/order for 33 of its 15 MW offshore turbines for Korean wind project. Commercial turbines keep getting bigger. #offshorewind.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.