I know that on the internet, morning people are seldom afforded much sympathy. And we are indeed abominations. But it still sucks that 7am me wants to sign up to fight God (metaphorically speaking), a struggle in which 4pm me fails to acquit herself well.
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Absolutely wild 20-year story. Stubborn silly Germans shooting for the moon, energy system-wise, when nobody believed it was possible. If there's hope for the future at all, it's in stories like this.
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The thing about the German energy turnaround is that a. yeah they should've cut the coal before the nuclear but also b. against the odds the Germans are actually doing it, and also it's a major reason why solar got to be the cheapest source of new power in many other countries.
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Wait, the German Bundesnetzagentur reckons renewables were nearly 60% of electricity generation in 2024?
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2025/20250108_EE.html?nn=659670
Though BDEW observes this is only about 20% of total primary energy use in the country. But look at that total go down year on year!
https://www.bdew.de/service/daten-und-grafiken/primaerenergieverbrauch/
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At the Enter Technik Museum in Derendingen. Apparently in the early 20th century in Switzerland, electricity was not metered but priced on a per-lightbulb basis and there were no power sockets. So people used illegal wires called "electricity thieves" to run, eg, irons off the lightbulb.
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My New Year's resolution was to read the local news (the Solothurner Zeitung). While I am technically moderately fluent in German, this is making me even more impressed by everyone who regularly reads complex documents in a language that isn't their first.
Like, you people can just... do this? Without being constantly tempted to reach for the little Translate button?
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Small Child lost a milk tooth. I have been told in no uncertain terms by her that not only is this grisly token worth a franc, I must sneak into her room tonight to substitute it. A simple exchange would be "no fun".
"But I don't want to be woken up, Mama" she says severely.
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'Editor' is a good job to have when you are not creative to try to make anything of your own and are tearing apart someone else's work.
(It's me, I am currently editing).
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Finally a warm enough day to sit outside with my geese. These days we have the older ones Samson, Stiorra and Ianthe, their daughters Orin and Ethel, and the two new bloodline ganders Wyll and Gale. Both young ganders are in love with Ianthe.
The one at the front is Samson. Geese should not be mistaken for cuddly toys, except for Samson.
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Can everyone please stop using Ivanpah as their cover picture on general stories now.
It is pretty but it doesn't work very well.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/solar-plant-on-i-15-near-its-end-shutting-off-in-2026-officials-say/
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The rising sun just reaching the top of the Jura mountains - view from my office window at 8:13 this morning.
I really, really like my office.
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I currently have a Baader-Meinhof phenomenon in effect regarding the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.
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This is of course a shedload and absorbs 25GW of our remaining 2024 buffer. The alarming thing is wondering how much solar it actually takes to start pushing the needle downwards on fossil burn.
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I'm doing a webinar from 10-11:30am European time tomorrow (Wednesday 22 January) with Taiyang News, Sonia Dunlop of the Global Solar Council, and Henning Schulze of JA Solar, on the global solar market outlook. Register here for free if you want to join!
https://taiyangnews.info/our-events/taiyangnews-webinar-on-solar-market-2024-review-2025-outlook
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To overexplain - we publish estimates of photovoltaic installation for 147 countries, plus a buffer, by segment (residential / commercial / utility scale) every year to 2035.
However we update the historicals with official data where we believe this is accurate, and with new estimates when we have what we believe is a better source. Often official data for years ago is restated, and it's much less complicated to simply update our numbers with the new-best-number than to do anything else.
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Our product dev team: when will your team finalise the solar installation numbers?
Me: when the world burns or when kudzu buries all the factories. When the waters rising cover all the works of the hands of man.
Product team: ok but when will you make the last update so we can lock it in?
Me: ... this is not a use case scenario you should be planning for.
(We have been arguing about this for at least 10 years. It's a living dataset! It needs constant attention!)
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My TED talk on how cheap solar is changing the world, or at least Pakistan, South Africa and California. And how difficult it is to get good data on solar.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jenny_chase_solar_energy_is_even_cheaper_than_you_think?subtitle=en
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Someone: do you know anyone who is interested in / has experience in [relevant topic]?
Me, who regularly has satisfying interactions with people in this field: I suddenly cannot remember anything about any human being ever.
(I really wish I did not suck so bad in this respect. I am very good at recalling numbers on command).
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