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Mark Thurber retweeted
African leaders are stepping up on the global energy transition→ At the recent Kigali @SEforALLorg Forum, energy ministers agreed a 7-point vision to achieve a just & equitable energy transition. Lots to see here (esp #3). 🧵 /1
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Mark Thurber retweeted
Pandemics don’t end because Congress cuts their funding.
Let your representatives know this is not an option. Speak out on behalf of sustainable investments in our health, on behalf of a safer world now and for our children.
Mark Thurber retweeted
Just an insane decision. And note that this lawsuit is being brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, though everyone, on all sides, knows the issues here aren't environmental.
So please, stop telling me how CEQA has already been fixed.
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Mark Thurber retweeted
Combined cycle gas turbines are the dominant gas-fired power tech due to high efficiency & low operating costs.
But in low-income countries open cycle can be more affordable & compatible w/ a high-renewables future.
@mthurber, @OluVerheijen detail why: buff.ly/3tt0LFL
Mark Thurber retweeted
What's a vertical energy transition? Why does it present a unique challenge to energy-poor countries?
@MurefuBarasa & @mthurber detail the shift to renewables in countries facing rapidly growing electricity demand with a low base of energy infrastructure:
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Mark Thurber retweeted
A big yes to my @energyforgrowth colleagues @MurefuBarasa & @mthurber. I've been using the terms "additive" + "substitutionary" for years to describe exactly this difference b/w adding renewables to boost supply v adding renewables to decarbonize the grid.
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Mark Thurber retweeted
BRDL 🐦 - A Wordle clone that uses bird banding codes instead of words! brdl.glitch.me/
Great stuff -- these financing mechanisms for coal phase-out are excellent ways for rich countries to help support lower-GHG pathways for poorer countries.
Phasing out coal plants worldwide won’t be easy. @payneinstitute Researcher @bhandlerenergy, @KatieAuth, and Director @MBazilian look at these four approaches.
#ClimateCrisis #coal #carbonemission
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I spoke on NPR's Here & Now today about the rapid eclipse of coal by gas in the US, the importance of mitigating methane leaks, and where gas goes from here. wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/…
Great paper showing the short payback times of natural gas turbines. This makes them well-suited to provide reliability services in a high-RE future -- and less likely to become "stranded assets."
🔔New Paper Alert!🔔
We look at the payback of recent natural gas turbines to consider how they differ from traditional generation assets and why this is relevant for the future.
read/download free (for now): authors.elsevier.com/a/1e5qn…
w/ @Rexon_Carvalho @Ericdwilliams0
Mark Thurber retweeted
If CCS ends up playing a meaningful role in electricity sector decarbonization, it will come from things like this rather than trying to extend the life of the dying coal industry.
Mark Thurber retweeted
This is momentous. First time this new power cycle, the zero-emissions supercritical CO2 Allam-Fetvedt cycle, is producing electricity for export to a regional synchronized AC grid.
The last time this happened must have been 1st power plant w/Brayton cycle gas turbine in 1960!
Yesterday evening (Monday 15 November) at about 7.40pm central time, the LaPorte @_NETPower demonstration facility achieved synchronisation with the ERCOT grid for the first time—closing the breakers and delivering power to customers.
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Mark Thurber retweeted
I'm thinking about this wrenching Alice Gregory story from 2017. "There are no self-help books for anyone who has accidentally killed another person. An exhaustive search yielded no research on such people, and nothing in the way of therapeutic protocols."
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Mark Thurber retweeted
China halting overseas coal is not really news in Africa. @jakekincer & I looked at every project in the pipeline and found just 1 (Chinese project in Zimbabwe) that was actually likely. The rest are all already cancelled or improbable. energyforgrowth.org/memo/upd…
Mark Thurber retweeted
Xi Jinping at UN General Assembly: We will not build new coal power plants abroad. Will support developing countries in developing green energy. That is a massive shift and leaves no international financing for new coal.
Interesting chart of coal phase-out commitments in the EU by country
A climate-neutral Europe is coming closer, one step at a time. Since 🇭🇷 joined @PastCoal, only 🇧🇬 is now left without concrete plans to phase-out coal.
#EUGreenDeal #JustTransitionFund
