When early adopters commit to 24/7 carbon-free energy, they create a self-reinforcing “virtuous circle”—driving innovation, attracting investment & making advanced energy tech widely available. A handful of companies & governments can set this in motion 🚀 6/7

3️⃣ As advanced technologies are deployed repeatedly, they become more competitive and are adopted widely in the bulk system, leading to emissions reductions far beyond the original voluntary commitments 5/7

2️⃣ Hourly CFE matching becomes economical by deploying advanced tech—clean firm power & LDES—alongside wind, solar & batteries. This creates an early market, driving learning & cost reductions, lowering the cost of 24/7 CFE, and making it more accessible for others 4/7

1️⃣ Companies aiming for 24/7 CFE directly reduce their emissions by matching a greater share of energy consumption with clean electricity on an hourly basis, which reduces the need for dispatchable fossil generation to firm variable renewable supply 3/7

⏳⚡🌍 How do we scale advanced energy technologies before it’s too late? New Joule commentary by
@nworbmot.bsky.social @devonswezey.bsky.social @jessejenkins.bsky.social & me shows how companies doing 24/7 carbon-free energy matching accelerate energy transition for everyone
doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...

Signal 3️⃣: Follow the Sun — Earth’s rotation offers an opportunity for a clever solar power shuffle. 6/8

Signal 2️⃣: Low wind correlations across locations beyond 300-400 km — when it’s calm in one place, it’s likely breezy elsewhere. 5/8

Signal 1️⃣: quality of local renewables — think of squeezing the most out of the best wind and sun resources. 4/8

Our new paper, "Spatio-temporal load shifting for truly clean computing", shows how datacenters can play energy Tetris — shifting computing workloads across times and locations to match renewable energy availability. 2/8

🌍✨ What if your computing jobs could chase the sun and the wind, reducing your carbon footprint as they go?
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