Carl Lenox
@alphaconstant.bsky.social
All in for clean distributed energy abundance. At it for a good while now.
Product, strategy, technology & policy
Product, strategy, technology & policy
Very interesting. Would be interesting to find out what drove the need for higher frequency reserves in Australia, but batteries crushed that growth and then some.
Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!
Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!
Pretty cool graph from AEMO showing batteries and loads eating up the the FCAS markets in the NEM..
🔌💡
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July 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Very interesting. Would be interesting to find out what drove the need for higher frequency reserves in Australia, but batteries crushed that growth and then some.
Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!
Also cool to see distributed batteries taking a bite, wish we could provide this service in the US!
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By raising electric bills and increasing power outages during hurricanes and heat waves, the Big Ugly Bill deserves a new name:
🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫
**sponsored by Big Oil and Gas
🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫
**sponsored by Big Oil and Gas
June 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
By raising electric bills and increasing power outages during hurricanes and heat waves, the Big Ugly Bill deserves a new name:
🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫
**sponsored by Big Oil and Gas
🪫 The Big Blackout Bill 🪫
**sponsored by Big Oil and Gas
Reposted by Carl Lenox
Tell your Reps not to vote for the blackout bill. Tell them you like cold drinks & air conditioning and if they vote for this they are taking those away from you & making energy more expensive. With all the new demands on the grid from AI, now is not the time to raise taxes on American clean energy.
June 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tell your Reps not to vote for the blackout bill. Tell them you like cold drinks & air conditioning and if they vote for this they are taking those away from you & making energy more expensive. With all the new demands on the grid from AI, now is not the time to raise taxes on American clean energy.
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The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.
June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
In Oakland, cross streets to the march were uncontrolled, except for volunteers in yellow vests and their cargo bikes. Useless against a maniac in a F150 or cargo van. This was negligence on the part of the OPD and just dumb luck something similar or worse didn’t happen.
June 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In Oakland, cross streets to the march were uncontrolled, except for volunteers in yellow vests and their cargo bikes. Useless against a maniac in a F150 or cargo van. This was negligence on the part of the OPD and just dumb luck something similar or worse didn’t happen.
Great commute bonus the last few days on the Bay
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Great commute bonus the last few days on the Bay
May 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Cause aside for a moment, the ability to black start a massive, nearly islanded system in less than a day is very impressive — especially doing so on a very IBR heavy system.
Thoughts?
#energysky
Thoughts?
#energysky
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Cause aside for a moment, the ability to black start a massive, nearly islanded system in less than a day is very impressive — especially doing so on a very IBR heavy system.
Thoughts?
#energysky
Thoughts?
#energysky
Sorry everyone I broke it
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sorry everyone I broke it
Heard - and acted on - this rumor earlier today. #energysky, have any details or confirmation including timing come to light in the last several hours?
Hearing DOGE is cutting off access to EIA and NREL datasets 🔌💡
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Heard - and acted on - this rumor earlier today. #energysky, have any details or confirmation including timing come to light in the last several hours?
If you see this, quote with flowers
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
If you see this, quote with flowers
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Happy Winter Solstice!
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
December 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
As a huge Krampus enjoyer, this thread broadened my horizons. 10/10
In the spirit of “we’ll tell scary ghost stories” here’s a roundup of some Christmas monsters.
December 18, 2024 at 4:57 AM
As a huge Krampus enjoyer, this thread broadened my horizons. 10/10
Uh-oh here we go
Imagine two dynamic, cost-reflective, volumetric rates: one for supply, one for delivery. On hottest afternoons, both prices rise and V2G sells into the grid. If customers get credited for both components, they're using the wires to export, but not paying for them.
December 16, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Uh-oh here we go
Long overdue super 🧵on why residential grid-interactive V2X is not (yet) a thing in the US.
1) Interconnection (IX)
2) Rate design
3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption
#energysky
1) Interconnection (IX)
2) Rate design
3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption
#energysky
Interesting fact that popped for me on V2X — in the US there is currently about 10X the battery capacity (GWh) in EVs on the road today, than deployed as stationary batteries (utility, C&I and resi). Also, over the next 10 years, we expect both to increase ~10X.
December 15, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Long overdue super 🧵on why residential grid-interactive V2X is not (yet) a thing in the US.
1) Interconnection (IX)
2) Rate design
3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption
#energysky
1) Interconnection (IX)
2) Rate design
3) Vehicle capabilities & standards adoption
#energysky
Fascinating deep dive on the history of the lithium-ion battery and a compelling illustration of the ‘wiggly way’ that true technological advancement often demands.
"It’s more appropriate to think of the lithium-ion battery not as a single invention, but as a steady accumulation of many inventions that were needed to both make a battery practical and to unlock its full potential."
This is true of all innovation.
www.construction-physics.com/p/how-we-got...
This is true of all innovation.
www.construction-physics.com/p/how-we-got...
How We Got the Lithium-Ion Battery
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible.
www.construction-physics.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Fascinating deep dive on the history of the lithium-ion battery and a compelling illustration of the ‘wiggly way’ that true technological advancement often demands.
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.
Yes!
Only quibble with this is to revise:
“When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much”
To: “more important than”
Only quibble with this is to revise:
“When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much”
To: “more important than”
Energy efficiency needs a radical rethink.
Making fossil fuel technologies & processes incrementally more efficient is no longer enough.
It might even perpetuate their use.
In my new article I explore how energy efficiency needs to evolve to remain relevant.
medium.com/p/41741abea59b
Making fossil fuel technologies & processes incrementally more efficient is no longer enough.
It might even perpetuate their use.
In my new article I explore how energy efficiency needs to evolve to remain relevant.
medium.com/p/41741abea59b
Why energy efficiency needs a radical rethink
Energy efficiency has historically been the most significant contributor to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Over the past few decades…
medium.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Yes!
Only quibble with this is to revise:
“When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much”
To: “more important than”
Only quibble with this is to revise:
“When and where we consume energy will become just as important as how much”
To: “more important than”
#energysky
“Balcony Solar” - a hot topic!
The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here!
I may have some answers!
A 🧵
“Balcony Solar” - a hot topic!
The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here!
I may have some answers!
A 🧵
November 23, 2024 at 6:41 PM
#energysky
“Balcony Solar” - a hot topic!
The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here!
I may have some answers!
A 🧵
“Balcony Solar” - a hot topic!
The question is: how is this DIY, “permission-less” solar allowed in Europe, but not the US - and what’s stopping us here!
I may have some answers!
A 🧵
Fun fact about older diesel engines - other than the starter motor, they are entirely mechanical. So once running, the only way to stop them is to cut off the fuel.
Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.
Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.
November 20, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Fun fact about older diesel engines - other than the starter motor, they are entirely mechanical. So once running, the only way to stop them is to cut off the fuel.
Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.
Not a sub-skeet, no particular reason for this, just thought I’d share.
Good news everybody!
Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!
Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!
Trump's appointee for US Energy Secretary characterizes "the climate religion" as the left's replacement for communism. This was 5 days ago:
November 17, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Good news everybody!
Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!
Chris Wright (Trumps pick for head of DOE) is DER-pilled!