George Davidson
@georgedavidson.bsky.social
Policy professional working on distributed solar and storage in state governments nationally (U.S). Follow for clean energy policy research, news, best regulatory practices, legislative updates, and SolarPunk. M.S. Sustainability and Energy - Northwestern
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This is another trope that helps associate grid catastrophes with energy transition without evidence.
I call it the Object Proximity tactic: they drops (a) the blackout occurred and (b) there's a high share of renewables, and then just waggles their eyebrows meaningfully ->
archive.ph/aaxUT
I call it the Object Proximity tactic: they drops (a) the blackout occurred and (b) there's a high share of renewables, and then just waggles their eyebrows meaningfully ->
archive.ph/aaxUT
April 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is another trope that helps associate grid catastrophes with energy transition without evidence.
I call it the Object Proximity tactic: they drops (a) the blackout occurred and (b) there's a high share of renewables, and then just waggles their eyebrows meaningfully ->
archive.ph/aaxUT
I call it the Object Proximity tactic: they drops (a) the blackout occurred and (b) there's a high share of renewables, and then just waggles their eyebrows meaningfully ->
archive.ph/aaxUT
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The Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the most quietly effective tools the federal government has. It is the center of our industrial policy providing loans that banks won't give for energy innovation. It funds real projects. Battery factories. Nuclear reactors. Geothermal energy. Car factories.
April 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the most quietly effective tools the federal government has. It is the center of our industrial policy providing loans that banks won't give for energy innovation. It funds real projects. Battery factories. Nuclear reactors. Geothermal energy. Car factories.
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
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Friends: a short thread on data centres + general rising power demand, based off the amazing new @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review 2025, out today
(as always: THANKYOU Ember for making all the data freely available, it is very invaluable to ppl like me)
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
(as always: THANKYOU Ember for making all the data freely available, it is very invaluable to ppl like me)
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
April 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Friends: a short thread on data centres + general rising power demand, based off the amazing new @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review 2025, out today
(as always: THANKYOU Ember for making all the data freely available, it is very invaluable to ppl like me)
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
(as always: THANKYOU Ember for making all the data freely available, it is very invaluable to ppl like me)
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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If you limit demand growth from corrosive sources (like Bitcoin and image generators) you get far more room for stuff like 'saving people's lives during heatwaves' and 'moving people from their home to their work without choking them to death with air pollution'
It is WILD how controversial this is
It is WILD how controversial this is
April 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
If you limit demand growth from corrosive sources (like Bitcoin and image generators) you get far more room for stuff like 'saving people's lives during heatwaves' and 'moving people from their home to their work without choking them to death with air pollution'
It is WILD how controversial this is
It is WILD how controversial this is
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It means we have to ask: is every new megawatt hour of clean energy doing useful for society and environment?
Well: not if a substantial chunk of new demand comes from activities that are greedy, unwanted, corrosive or wasteful. Like Bitcoin mining!!
Well: not if a substantial chunk of new demand comes from activities that are greedy, unwanted, corrosive or wasteful. Like Bitcoin mining!!
April 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It means we have to ask: is every new megawatt hour of clean energy doing useful for society and environment?
Well: not if a substantial chunk of new demand comes from activities that are greedy, unwanted, corrosive or wasteful. Like Bitcoin mining!!
Well: not if a substantial chunk of new demand comes from activities that are greedy, unwanted, corrosive or wasteful. Like Bitcoin mining!!
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This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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This is so good. The videos are mesmeric. Great research from @matteosanton.bsky.social.
🦑🌎🧪🦀
🦑🌎🧪🦀
What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article)
Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is so good. The videos are mesmeric. Great research from @matteosanton.bsky.social.
🦑🌎🧪🦀
🦑🌎🧪🦀
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~The Tesla Fan's Lament~
“First he claimed to be a founder,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he defrauded California,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he sabotaged high speed rail, sold cars knowing their batteries’ design flaw could cause fires, gamed range ... /1
“First he claimed to be a founder,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he defrauded California,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he sabotaged high speed rail, sold cars knowing their batteries’ design flaw could cause fires, gamed range ... /1
January 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
~The Tesla Fan's Lament~
“First he claimed to be a founder,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he defrauded California,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he sabotaged high speed rail, sold cars knowing their batteries’ design flaw could cause fires, gamed range ... /1
“First he claimed to be a founder,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he defrauded California,
And I did not care – because I liked EVs.
Then he sabotaged high speed rail, sold cars knowing their batteries’ design flaw could cause fires, gamed range ... /1
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1. I know this will cause me trouble, but it dismays me to see fellow environmentalists dismissing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) out of hand, in some cases clearly before they have understood the technologies involved or their potential uses. 🧵
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
1. I know this will cause me trouble, but it dismays me to see fellow environmentalists dismissing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) out of hand, in some cases clearly before they have understood the technologies involved or their potential uses. 🧵
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CNN with an absolutely gigantic story:
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show | CNN Politics
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using...
edition.cnn.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
CNN with an absolutely gigantic story:
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
The best reporting on Elon Musk’s Treasury Department takeover is irrefutably @nathantankus.bsky.social. I just signed up for a subscription because his reporting is that important.
Clean energy folks, Elon Musk could control PTC/ITC reimbursements. This is critical news for the industry.
Clean energy folks, Elon Musk could control PTC/ITC reimbursements. This is critical news for the industry.
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The best reporting on Elon Musk’s Treasury Department takeover is irrefutably @nathantankus.bsky.social. I just signed up for a subscription because his reporting is that important.
Clean energy folks, Elon Musk could control PTC/ITC reimbursements. This is critical news for the industry.
Clean energy folks, Elon Musk could control PTC/ITC reimbursements. This is critical news for the industry.
Michigan PSC just approved $200M+ in additional revenue for DTE. Represents a 52% reduction from DTE’s original ask. One of the denied expenses sought by DTE was $258,000 in corporate jet travel, for which they did not demonstrate ratepayer benefit.
January 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Michigan PSC just approved $200M+ in additional revenue for DTE. Represents a 52% reduction from DTE’s original ask. One of the denied expenses sought by DTE was $258,000 in corporate jet travel, for which they did not demonstrate ratepayer benefit.
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Everyone should have “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler on their 2025 reading list, especially with the events we've seen this past year, like the hurricane Helene and the fires in Los Angeles.
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Everyone should have “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler on their 2025 reading list, especially with the events we've seen this past year, like the hurricane Helene and the fires in Los Angeles.
I’m reading a paper about Performance Based Regulation of electricity in the U.S. Here’s what felt noteworthy as I read: 🧵
January 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m reading a paper about Performance Based Regulation of electricity in the U.S. Here’s what felt noteworthy as I read: 🧵
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Looks like the new Zillow “climate risks” feature might not be great for the Miami real estate market
December 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Looks like the new Zillow “climate risks” feature might not be great for the Miami real estate market
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Pro holiday tip: electrifying both freight and last-mile delivery significantly decreases the climate and public health impacts of our holiday shopping.
Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin': Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon
How much is the transport of all those packages impacting emissions and air pollution?
blog.ucsusa.org
December 29, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Pro holiday tip: electrifying both freight and last-mile delivery significantly decreases the climate and public health impacts of our holiday shopping.
It looks like Michigan won’t pass community solar in the 2024 lame duck session. House Democrats in the Energy Committee did not take up CS for a vote, which would have allowed it to see the House floor before the end of session. The speaker would have to discharge the bill directly now. Unlikely.
December 4, 2024 at 6:34 PM
It looks like Michigan won’t pass community solar in the 2024 lame duck session. House Democrats in the Energy Committee did not take up CS for a vote, which would have allowed it to see the House floor before the end of session. The speaker would have to discharge the bill directly now. Unlikely.
This Enron advertisement is absolutely KILLING me… It’s either satire or the worst rebrand attempt I’ve ever seen. enron.com
Apparently the “R” in Enron stands for “Repentance” now.
Apparently the “R” in Enron stands for “Repentance” now.
ENRON | Let's Talk
We're back and we have something to say
enron.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:48 PM
This Enron advertisement is absolutely KILLING me… It’s either satire or the worst rebrand attempt I’ve ever seen. enron.com
Apparently the “R” in Enron stands for “Repentance” now.
Apparently the “R” in Enron stands for “Repentance” now.
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Solar, battery, microgrids and serving tribal communities with resilient power. All the best things we can accomplish with widely distributed power generation! https://buff.ly/410aZjc 🔌💡
Minnesota tribe could soon get a solar-powered resilience hub
A pair of developers are working to build a microgrid at an elementary school and community center on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota.
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Solar, battery, microgrids and serving tribal communities with resilient power. All the best things we can accomplish with widely distributed power generation! https://buff.ly/410aZjc 🔌💡
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‘grape yields under solar panels 20-60% higher…highest increase, 60%, Chardonnay grapes, Marselan (30%) Grenache blanc (20%)…2nd trial yield increase >30%…attributed to moderating temperatures, increasing humidity, reducing irrigation needs by 20-70%…protects against frost, mortality reduced 25-50%’
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:46 PM
‘grape yields under solar panels 20-60% higher…highest increase, 60%, Chardonnay grapes, Marselan (30%) Grenache blanc (20%)…2nd trial yield increase >30%…attributed to moderating temperatures, increasing humidity, reducing irrigation needs by 20-70%…protects against frost, mortality reduced 25-50%’
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“you don’t have to go”
analog collage made of junk mail. 2022
analog collage made of junk mail. 2022
November 30, 2024 at 4:05 PM
“you don’t have to go”
analog collage made of junk mail. 2022
analog collage made of junk mail. 2022
Anyone know of a good industrial ecology starter pack? 👀
November 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Anyone know of a good industrial ecology starter pack? 👀