Josh T. Smith
@smithtjosh.bsky.social
Prosperity is energy intensive.
Energy Policy Lead at the Abundance Institute.
Energy Policy Lead at the Abundance Institute.
Yes--I think one of the open questions is how we get the NEC to update accordingly.
The UL1741 certification will be hard (impossible?) to get. However, there are already inverters that prevent backfeeding, as I understand. Pearce's study has a mention of these.
The UL1741 certification will be hard (impossible?) to get. However, there are already inverters that prevent backfeeding, as I understand. Pearce's study has a mention of these.
February 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yes--I think one of the open questions is how we get the NEC to update accordingly.
The UL1741 certification will be hard (impossible?) to get. However, there are already inverters that prevent backfeeding, as I understand. Pearce's study has a mention of these.
The UL1741 certification will be hard (impossible?) to get. However, there are already inverters that prevent backfeeding, as I understand. Pearce's study has a mention of these.
Rep. Ray Ward is building a runway for balcony solar in the US.
May interest @henrihorn.bsky.social @balkon.solar and @sbamueller.com
I would love to talk to anyone about the effort and how to help set up the rules for success in Utah and the country!
May interest @henrihorn.bsky.social @balkon.solar and @sbamueller.com
I would love to talk to anyone about the effort and how to help set up the rules for success in Utah and the country!
February 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Rep. Ray Ward is building a runway for balcony solar in the US.
May interest @henrihorn.bsky.social @balkon.solar and @sbamueller.com
I would love to talk to anyone about the effort and how to help set up the rules for success in Utah and the country!
May interest @henrihorn.bsky.social @balkon.solar and @sbamueller.com
I would love to talk to anyone about the effort and how to help set up the rules for success in Utah and the country!
Carl has a bunch of points that I missed in what I wrote last year:
poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com/p/shout-it-f...
poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com/p/shout-it-f...
Shout it from the balconies
A European innovation the US fumbled in 2011
poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Carl has a bunch of points that I missed in what I wrote last year:
poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com/p/shout-it-f...
poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com/p/shout-it-f...
Jonathan Koomey and team have a nice discussion of the limits of the 1MW ~ 1000 homes in this paper.
TLDR: Mostly ok, but cautions apply to the 1MW ~ 1000 homes around the boundaries.
www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
TLDR: Mostly ok, but cautions apply to the 1MW ~ 1000 homes around the boundaries.
www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Jonathan Koomey and team have a nice discussion of the limits of the 1MW ~ 1000 homes in this paper.
TLDR: Mostly ok, but cautions apply to the 1MW ~ 1000 homes around the boundaries.
www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
TLDR: Mostly ok, but cautions apply to the 1MW ~ 1000 homes around the boundaries.
www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
Cities are a fairly good example for folks. But I worry about the shift from industrial/commercial into residential. Isn't that deceptive? Seems like comparing apples and oranges.
It's like comparing professional sports with recreation leagues.
It's like comparing professional sports with recreation leagues.
November 20, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Cities are a fairly good example for folks. But I worry about the shift from industrial/commercial into residential. Isn't that deceptive? Seems like comparing apples and oranges.
It's like comparing professional sports with recreation leagues.
It's like comparing professional sports with recreation leagues.
Yeah--not a good market in that scenario. Lots of market power obvious if RE is excluded from capacity mechanisms.
November 20, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Yeah--not a good market in that scenario. Lots of market power obvious if RE is excluded from capacity mechanisms.
Clearly a problem when Gov. Shapiro had to ask special favors from the RTO to reconnect TMI.
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Clearly a problem when Gov. Shapiro had to ask special favors from the RTO to reconnect TMI.
It seems like a better place to end up would be rethinking much more of how RTOs operate their markets.
ERIS as the focus with an ORDC-style price adder seems better to me?
Time for a 3rd generation of capacity markets and FERC straightening out the economics behind the scene.
ERIS as the focus with an ORDC-style price adder seems better to me?
Time for a 3rd generation of capacity markets and FERC straightening out the economics behind the scene.
November 20, 2024 at 1:47 AM
It seems like a better place to end up would be rethinking much more of how RTOs operate their markets.
ERIS as the focus with an ORDC-style price adder seems better to me?
Time for a 3rd generation of capacity markets and FERC straightening out the economics behind the scene.
ERIS as the focus with an ORDC-style price adder seems better to me?
Time for a 3rd generation of capacity markets and FERC straightening out the economics behind the scene.