Bryan O'Loughlin
@bryanoloughlin.bsky.social
+52mins @groizard.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es @saraaagesen.bsky.social @pedrofresco.bsky.social @iescolar.bsky.social @eldiario.es @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
+1 Twitter @rrocasalamero Ramón Roca @elperiodicodelaenergia
+1 Twitter @rrocasalamero Ramón Roca @elperiodicodelaenergia
In October, Mrs. Volts & I are taking a vacation to Spain. We'll start with a few days in Madrid, then do a few days in Granada (where our 22yo is studying).
We have maybe one or two spare days we could spend doing a day trip somewhere nearby. (We're thinking Toledo.)
Any tips or favorite spots?
We have maybe one or two spare days we could spend doing a day trip somewhere nearby. (We're thinking Toledo.)
Any tips or favorite spots?
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
+52mins @groizard.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es @saraaagesen.bsky.social @pedrofresco.bsky.social @iescolar.bsky.social @eldiario.es @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
+1 Twitter @rrocasalamero Ramón Roca @elperiodicodelaenergia
+1 Twitter @rrocasalamero Ramón Roca @elperiodicodelaenergia
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Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
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Excited to help continue support for this open source model and dataset at Stanford in collaboration with Wes Ingwersen and Watershed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Updating Popular Database After Lead Scientist Criticized Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to help continue support for this open source model and dataset at Stanford in collaboration with Wes Ingwersen and Watershed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
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I can't think of anymore more qualified to present antiscientific climate denial propaganda than these five (www.desmog.com/climate-disi...). And I can't think of anyone more likely to seek out these fossil fuel apologists than Christopher Wright (www.desmog.com/2025/04/21/c...).
I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
July 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I can't think of anymore more qualified to present antiscientific climate denial propaganda than these five (www.desmog.com/climate-disi...). And I can't think of anyone more likely to seek out these fossil fuel apologists than Christopher Wright (www.desmog.com/2025/04/21/c...).
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12. ↔️ Flexibilidad en el sistema eléctrico: facilitando que la demanda, la generación y el almacenamiento puedan participar en igualdad de condiciones
- Gestor de autoconsumo colectivo
- Desarrollo del agregador independiente
- Trasponemos normativa europea de flexibilidad
- Gestor de autoconsumo colectivo
- Desarrollo del agregador independiente
- Trasponemos normativa europea de flexibilidad
June 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
12. ↔️ Flexibilidad en el sistema eléctrico: facilitando que la demanda, la generación y el almacenamiento puedan participar en igualdad de condiciones
- Gestor de autoconsumo colectivo
- Desarrollo del agregador independiente
- Trasponemos normativa europea de flexibilidad
- Gestor de autoconsumo colectivo
- Desarrollo del agregador independiente
- Trasponemos normativa europea de flexibilidad
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Bookmark these resources! The Trump admin’s corrupt, illegal, and anti-science actions are causing harm to people and communities across the country. These trackers document that harm, including NIH cuts, illegal DOGE activities, and litigation currently underway to stop the damage. (A thread 🧵)
April 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Bookmark these resources! The Trump admin’s corrupt, illegal, and anti-science actions are causing harm to people and communities across the country. These trackers document that harm, including NIH cuts, illegal DOGE activities, and litigation currently underway to stop the damage. (A thread 🧵)
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If WGIII does not have a functional TSU, I do not know how they can operate to support the AR7 WGIII report, unless another government stands up and provides support - possibly through one of the WGIII vice-chairs.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If WGIII does not have a functional TSU, I do not know how they can operate to support the AR7 WGIII report, unless another government stands up and provides support - possibly through one of the WGIII vice-chairs.
27/...
27/...
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Adapted from my substack post:
"The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next."
\ENDS
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
"The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next."
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open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next.
What we should be doing now to insulate UK science against the populist anti-science agenda
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Adapted from my substack post:
"The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next."
\ENDS
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
"The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next."
\ENDS
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
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Here is link to my slides from the canceled presentation 😞
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States - Download as a PDF or view online for free
www.slideshare.net
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here is link to my slides from the canceled presentation 😞
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NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
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We are the League of Conservation Voters. 🌎
Since 1970, we have built political power to protect people and the planet, including helping win the largest climate investment EVER in 2022.
But we need your help to defend our progress from the Trump adminstration.
Can you repost & give us a follow?
Since 1970, we have built political power to protect people and the planet, including helping win the largest climate investment EVER in 2022.
But we need your help to defend our progress from the Trump adminstration.
Can you repost & give us a follow?
February 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We are the League of Conservation Voters. 🌎
Since 1970, we have built political power to protect people and the planet, including helping win the largest climate investment EVER in 2022.
But we need your help to defend our progress from the Trump adminstration.
Can you repost & give us a follow?
Since 1970, we have built political power to protect people and the planet, including helping win the largest climate investment EVER in 2022.
But we need your help to defend our progress from the Trump adminstration.
Can you repost & give us a follow?
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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
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How to get 146% return on investment?
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
February 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How to get 146% return on investment?
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
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More here on what this looks like bsky.app/profile/zeal...
I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts…
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January 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
More here on what this looks like bsky.app/profile/zeal...
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Wind and solar saved the EU €59 BILLION in fossil fuel imports over the last five years 💶
Without the new 🌪️ and ☀️ added since 2019, the EU would have needed to burn an extra 92 billion cubic metres of fossil gas and 55 million tonnes of coal.
ember-energy.org/lat...
Without the new 🌪️ and ☀️ added since 2019, the EU would have needed to burn an extra 92 billion cubic metres of fossil gas and 55 million tonnes of coal.
ember-energy.org/lat...
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Wind and solar saved the EU €59 BILLION in fossil fuel imports over the last five years 💶
Without the new 🌪️ and ☀️ added since 2019, the EU would have needed to burn an extra 92 billion cubic metres of fossil gas and 55 million tonnes of coal.
ember-energy.org/lat...
Without the new 🌪️ and ☀️ added since 2019, the EU would have needed to burn an extra 92 billion cubic metres of fossil gas and 55 million tonnes of coal.
ember-energy.org/lat...
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Just out: Solar power additions in China in 2024 exceeded expectations, again, with a whopping 277 GW installed in just one year! This was up 28% on the already towering 217 GW added in 2023.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
January 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Just out: Solar power additions in China in 2024 exceeded expectations, again, with a whopping 277 GW installed in just one year! This was up 28% on the already towering 217 GW added in 2023.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
open.spotify.com/episode/3YF2...
youtu.be/LQOWz52NebE?...
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
open.spotify.com/episode/3YF2...
youtu.be/LQOWz52NebE?...
Yes, Biden’s Green Future Can Still Happen Under Trump
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
open.spotify.com/episode/3YF2...
youtu.be/LQOWz52NebE?...
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
open.spotify.com/episode/3YF2...
youtu.be/LQOWz52NebE?...
🚀 Delighted to see high-temperature superconductor (HTS) cables featured in the ESB Emerging Technologies 2024 report!
📖 Read the full report here – with SuperNode's HTS cable design highlighted on page 44: supernode.energy/wp-content/u...
📖 Read the full report here – with SuperNode's HTS cable design highlighted on page 44: supernode.energy/wp-content/u...
supernode.energy
December 18, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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What I really want to know is where are all the low level champions at? Where’s the side-event for self-aware champs who identify as strictly mid?
November 22, 2024 at 8:20 AM
What I really want to know is where are all the low level champions at? Where’s the side-event for self-aware champs who identify as strictly mid?
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Colombia is the biggest fossil fuel producer to have signed up to the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance. It needs international support to diversify its economy away from coal and oil exports. #COP29 is a chance to send the right signals
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/17/w...
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/17/w...
Why the international community should back Colombia's post-fossil fuel plan
At COP29 talks in Baku, rewarding Colombia's leadership would build confidence in the transition to a greener, fairer world The international community should back Colombia's post-fossil fuel plan
www.climatechangenews.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Colombia is the biggest fossil fuel producer to have signed up to the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance. It needs international support to diversify its economy away from coal and oil exports. #COP29 is a chance to send the right signals
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/17/w...
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/17/w...
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I made two Starter Packs of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment.
Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one).
go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one).
go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
August 19, 2024 at 11:09 AM
I made two Starter Packs of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment.
Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one).
go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one).
go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya