Jigar Shah
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social
husband, dad, focused on elevating American entrepreneurs and innovators to achieve energy abundance by deploying at scale. It's simple, not easy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jigarshahdc/
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Solar didn’t just shine in 2025 —
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Solar didn’t just shine in 2025 —
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
Solar didn’t just shine in 2025 —
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Solar didn’t just shine in 2025 —
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
it shutdown all of the naysayers.
Costs collapsed. Deployment exploded.
Markets shifted gears.
That’s not a trend —
that’s transformation.
Years of progress. Years of scale.
No shortcuts. No flash.
While others exposed their shortcomings, solar forged ahead.
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"A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing [toxic saltwater] geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing [toxic saltwater] geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
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Enjoying this report by David Hart who argues that the smarter strategy for the US is to compete with China in the EV space. Electric vehicles are a superior technology & will eventually displace ICE vehicles. Abandoning the contest will leave the US behind. www.cfr.org/report/compe...
Compete, Don’t Retreat
The primary U.S. response to China’s first-mover advantages in emerging auto technologies has been protection. A smarter strategy would seek to compete by supporting producers and collaborating with …
www.cfr.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Enjoying this report by David Hart who argues that the smarter strategy for the US is to compete with China in the EV space. Electric vehicles are a superior technology & will eventually displace ICE vehicles. Abandoning the contest will leave the US behind. www.cfr.org/report/compe...
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We are finishing out 2025.
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
The year's twists, villains, and breakout stars in energy
Podcast Episode · Open Circuit · 12/12/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We are finishing out 2025.
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
The new weather channel
CBS should make me editor-in-chief and it will be 24 hours nonstop coverage about arcane menswear rules no one knows or cares about
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The new weather channel
We are finishing out 2025.
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
The year's twists, villains, and breakout stars in energy
Podcast Episode · Open Circuit · 12/12/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We are finishing out 2025.
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
Any guesses on:
- The biggest plot twist
- The breakout star
- The best villain
- The most underrated storyline
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Dave Roberts produces so much interesting content every year. Just last week alone, hearing about @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s kick-ass clean energy affordability bill was worth the $300 annual investment that renewed automatically today.
Happy 5th birthday to Volts! #energysky -- via Volts/David Roberts: www.volts.wtf/p/happ...
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dave Roberts produces so much interesting content every year. Just last week alone, hearing about @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s kick-ass clean energy affordability bill was worth the $300 annual investment that renewed automatically today.
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Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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I've been struck by how grateful I am to many of you out here for how much I've learned from you and how much you have impacted my thoughts and actions. In no particular order, and in no way meant to be an exhaustive, or even a complete, list, here's a thread of thanks from me:
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've been struck by how grateful I am to many of you out here for how much I've learned from you and how much you have impacted my thoughts and actions. In no particular order, and in no way meant to be an exhaustive, or even a complete, list, here's a thread of thanks from me:
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🎤Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu discussed with US cleantech pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social the necessary ingredients for achieving this leadership: demand creation, including with carbon pricing, financing and a stronger trade policy.
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎤Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu discussed with US cleantech pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social the necessary ingredients for achieving this leadership: demand creation, including with carbon pricing, financing and a stronger trade policy.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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ThunderSaidEnergy: "World deployed 1,500 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2024
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
ThunderSaidEnergy: "World deployed 1,500 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2024
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
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What a treat to listen to @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and the good folks from Constructive at lunch today. And how fortunate to sit next to Brussels' Mr. Geothermal @changesanjeev.bsky.social while we discussed the opportunities and challenges of geothermal.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What a treat to listen to @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and the good folks from Constructive at lunch today. And how fortunate to sit next to Brussels' Mr. Geothermal @changesanjeev.bsky.social while we discussed the opportunities and challenges of geothermal.
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Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
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11) Open Circuit @open-circuit.bsky.social
Discussions about major dynamics and developments in US climate policy. Can include guests!
Weekly episodes
🔌💡 @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social @cleangridview.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social
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Discussions about major dynamics and developments in US climate policy. Can include guests!
Weekly episodes
🔌💡 @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social @cleangridview.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social
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Open Circuit
News Commentary Podcast · Updated Weekly · The energy transition, decoded. Every week, three industry veterans explore the tech breakthroughs, market shakeups, and policy shifts that are driving the b...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
11) Open Circuit @open-circuit.bsky.social
Discussions about major dynamics and developments in US climate policy. Can include guests!
Weekly episodes
🔌💡 @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social @cleangridview.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Discussions about major dynamics and developments in US climate policy. Can include guests!
Weekly episodes
🔌💡 @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social @cleangridview.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
If they wanted to be an energy superpower in nuclear they could actually do that. But right now they are not on track to leveraging their $100B in nuclear investments to accomplish that.
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower
Canada can produce a lot more oil, LNG, and electricity.
That won't make us an energy superpower.
Ever.
@MarkJCarney @timhodgsonmt @ABDanielleSmith @BrianJeanAB
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
Canada can produce a lot more oil, LNG, and electricity.
That won't make us an energy superpower.
Ever.
@MarkJCarney @timhodgsonmt @ABDanielleSmith @BrianJeanAB
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower
Canada can produce more oil, more LNG, and more electricity—but production alone will never make us an energy superpower
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If they wanted to be an energy superpower in nuclear they could actually do that. But right now they are not on track to leveraging their $100B in nuclear investments to accomplish that.
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Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
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Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power U.S. data centers.
Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can strengthen the power grid, trim electric bills, and help curb emissions.
Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can strengthen the power grid, trim electric bills, and help curb emissions.
How Batteries, Not Natural Gas, Can Power the Data Center Boom
Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power the growing number of U.S. data centers. Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can help...
e360.yale.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power U.S. data centers.
Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can strengthen the power grid, trim electric bills, and help curb emissions.
Jigar Shah, a former top Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can strengthen the power grid, trim electric bills, and help curb emissions.
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@jigarshahdc.bsky.social you shared this on LI, is this something 🇨🇦 do their own liftoff report series on? My concern is that there's no coordination of getting these operation regs. Stakeholders like Gov, regulator(s), IPE, etc should get this into the curriculum, equivalency.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social you shared this on LI, is this something 🇨🇦 do their own liftoff report series on? My concern is that there's no coordination of getting these operation regs. Stakeholders like Gov, regulator(s), IPE, etc should get this into the curriculum, equivalency.
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Epic rant from @jigarshahdc.bsky.social on Bill Gates. If you think you’ve heard enough about the memo already, you probably have. But you should listen to this. Deploy. Deploy. Deploy. (13:20 start)
overcast.fm/+ABNVEX5fJfc
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Bill Gates caused a climate meltdown — Open Circuit
After Bill Gates dropped a new climate manifesto, the internet did what it always does: lost its mind. Conservatives claimed victory, progressives accused him of selling out, and somewhere in the midd...
overcast.fm
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Epic rant from @jigarshahdc.bsky.social on Bill Gates. If you think you’ve heard enough about the memo already, you probably have. But you should listen to this. Deploy. Deploy. Deploy. (13:20 start)
overcast.fm/+ABNVEX5fJfc
overcast.fm/+ABNVEX5fJfc
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
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HELLO. REALLY SPECIAL JOB ALERT at @climatecabinet.org
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
Senior Development Director
San Francisco, California, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
HELLO. REALLY SPECIAL JOB ALERT at @climatecabinet.org
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇