Tor "@SolarFred" Valenza

Tor aka "@SolarFred" is the founder of solar PR agency UnThink Solar & chief storyteller at @ProbTrueSolar, an odd solar fiction podcast. Bluesky: torsolarfred.

[Tor "@SolarFred" Valenza @SolarFred]

Electricity prices are rising. No matter how much a new power plant costs to build, the cost of fuel for solar and wind will always be ... zero. Also, #SolarIsNow the fastest and cheapest power plants to build....

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Rondo Energy and Rio Tinto begin design work on Australia’s largest thermal energy storage project #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/mGGRNKf8BI

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Why Trump Whiffed on New Wind Turbine Tariffs #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/Du9GSPi1ph

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Snowy profits steady amid pumped hydro strains, while CEO Barnes sees his take-home benefits sink below $2 million #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/B5uLPVzgOo

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Is There Room for Lucid? #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/x1xXoG0waH

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The Data Center Boom Is Faltering #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/yv5dBkL6ml

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Scatec and EBRD establish US$221 million renewable energy investment platform for Egypt #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/u6AIX1DMEc

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“Recap 3.0” doesn’t answer the biggest questions about Snowy’s $25 billion-plus pumped hydro gamble #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/yotOwVs6V6

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Net Power Surrendered Its Clean Dreams to Data Center Demand #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/cNy3qQ9wb3

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‘What are the blindspots right now’: The shifting anatomy of BESS capex #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/SGNLFFbU5p

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Energy Insiders Podcast: Fast lane to electric, and Snowy blowouts #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/AOLUJ212kH

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The Surprisingly Exciting Race to be California’s Next Insurance Commissioner #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/TKpxc9g7G4

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Energy efficiency has finally become an election talking point, but for all the wrong reasons #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/6lFYx9DETu

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Eos releases preliminary Q3 results, reports record quarterly revenue as gross margin losses narrow #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/qK1J1sr43o

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Voltalia Q3 results show strong growth, improvements in curtailment metrics #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/BOigGt9sZM

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Bill calling for nationwide plug-in solar adoption introduced in House #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/IIOsd0py3c

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“What’s better, gas or starvation?” Pipeline giant’s extraordinary response to Beetaloo critics #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/kjTarbwgM1

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Minneapolis unveils 704-kW community solar garden for LMI subscribers #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/64AAPdqS7G

[Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social @MLiebreich]

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by the EU, where just one of 23 industrial decarbonisation projects awarded a 2025 European Union Innovation Fund grant relates to hydrogen. In previous rounds #hydrogen and CCS soaked up 77% of the money. #ElectrifyNow

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@The_Michael_Lee @utilizegrid I don't know... Works seamlessly in Germany and there are no reports of utility workers getting shocked or grids becoming unstable. And it's huge there.

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Socket Full of Sunshine Act calls for first federal-level support for US plug-in solar #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/l3tmwOXfmk

[Solar and Storage Industry @SEIA]

The two states with the most solar and storage—CA & TX—saved $6 billion in electricity costs this summer.

With the midterm elections focused squarely on affordability, solar and storage are flexing their power in red and blue states alike.
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