Quentin Watkins
@quentinwatkins.bsky.social
Energy industry consultant | clean energy strategy and policy expert | electrification & decarbonization | former @scottmadden
Great piece from @tnorris.bsky.social Tyler Norris in the NYT earlier this week, ICYMI. Gift link below. "A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great piece from @tnorris.bsky.social Tyler Norris in the NYT earlier this week, ICYMI. Gift link below. "A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Such an interesting discussion about climate risk. Thanks @stephenlacey.bsky.social and team! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
JPMorgan’s climate scientist thinks differently about risk
Podcast Episode · Open Circuit · 09/05/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Such an interesting discussion about climate risk. Thanks @stephenlacey.bsky.social and team! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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New from NREL: A map that brings together U.S. data center demand, major transmission lines, fiber-optic networks, and population centers in one view: docs.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2... 🔌💡
May 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New from NREL: A map that brings together U.S. data center demand, major transmission lines, fiber-optic networks, and population centers in one view: docs.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2... 🔌💡
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1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
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A new study by @tnorris.bsky.social found a way to power the AI boom without building a bunch of new gas plants. The results “buy us time” to figure out what Deepseek means and for nuclear to catch up to growing demand needs.
kaufman.substack.com/p/study-find...
kaufman.substack.com/p/study-find...
Study finds a way to power the AI boom without a bunch of new gas plants
New research could buy us time to see what Deepseek means and what new nuclear plants can do.
kaufman.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A new study by @tnorris.bsky.social found a way to power the AI boom without building a bunch of new gas plants. The results “buy us time” to figure out what Deepseek means and for nuclear to catch up to growing demand needs.
kaufman.substack.com/p/study-find...
kaufman.substack.com/p/study-find...
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my colleague matt succinctly sums up how democrats have sided with comity over fire when it comes to trump’s pick to run the energy department
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3 Takeaways From Chris Wright’s Confirmation Hearing
Trump’s pick for Energy Secretary had an easy go of it.
heatmap.news
January 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
my colleague matt succinctly sums up how democrats have sided with comity over fire when it comes to trump’s pick to run the energy department
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/politics/wri...
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/politics/wri...
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December 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Throwback story but still true: "Fungibility" is electricity's superpower (and we should use it to do good). 🔌💡
cleantechnica.com/2017/11/12/7...
cleantechnica.com/2017/11/12/7...
7 Reasons The Future Is Electric - CleanTechnica
Fungibility, ubiquity, loose coupling, electronics outperforming the physical, human nature, economics and the future is now make the future electric.
cleantechnica.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Throwback story but still true: "Fungibility" is electricity's superpower (and we should use it to do good). 🔌💡
cleantechnica.com/2017/11/12/7...
cleantechnica.com/2017/11/12/7...
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Hey y'all. If you're a new Energy Twitter ex pat, please follow the #EnergySky feed here bsky.app/profile/did:...
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November 10, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Hey y'all. If you're a new Energy Twitter ex pat, please follow the #EnergySky feed here bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Wow. Cross-regional planning is working?
MISO's and SPP's novel approach to joint planning focused on backbone projects they say will unlock 28 GW of capacity and reduce curtailments in a highly congested region. 🔌💡
MISO's and SPP's novel approach to joint planning focused on backbone projects they say will unlock 28 GW of capacity and reduce curtailments in a highly congested region. 🔌💡
FERC on Nov. 13 approved tariff revisions and modifications to the joint operating agreement between MISO and SPP that will enshrine a structural and cost-allocation framework for the five 345-kV projects. #energysky🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/cjfU50U7Apw
Writer: Tom Kleckner
See Full Story: ow.ly/cjfU50U7Apw
Writer: Tom Kleckner
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Wow. Cross-regional planning is working?
MISO's and SPP's novel approach to joint planning focused on backbone projects they say will unlock 28 GW of capacity and reduce curtailments in a highly congested region. 🔌💡
MISO's and SPP's novel approach to joint planning focused on backbone projects they say will unlock 28 GW of capacity and reduce curtailments in a highly congested region. 🔌💡