I am a reporter @EENewsUpdates, where I write about the energy transition.
May 8, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
What if I told you President Biden had $1 trillion to spend on climate and infrastructure, but the vast majority of it is unspent?
Six months before the election.
That's exactly what we found after months digging through federal spending records. A 🧵
politico.com/interactives/2…
This story begins and ends with @Jtblaeser, who spent countless hours digging through government databases and talking to federal officials about spending under four laws: American Rescue Plan, CHIPs and Science Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law & the Inflation Reduce Act.
Nov 1, 2023 • 12 tweets • 1 min read
Orsted CEO Mads Nipper speaking now on Q3 earnings.
Calls Ocean Wind cancellation "highly unsatisfactory."
On Skipjack: say no more money will be spent. If MD OREC's are not reconfigured, it too will be canceled.
Feb 23, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
US offshore wind leasing, a brief history.
2015: 2 bidders for 2 leases. Combined winning bids $448,171
2016: 6 bidders, 1 lease. Winning bid $42 million
2018: 11 bidders, 3 leases. Combined bids $405 million.
2022 (so far): 25 bidders, 6 leases. Combined bids of $728 million
One lease, OCS-539, is now valued at $275 million. It still has three bidders.
It has 114,277 developable acres, power capacity of 1,387MW and is 32 miles to New Jersey.
It is the purple lease on this map.
Jan 10, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
U.S. coal retirements hit a seven year low in 2021. They are projected to rebound sharply in 2022.
I wrote about what it means for coal and emissions here. A quick thread with additional details below.
You'll see US registered 4.6GW of retirements last year. It is actually 4.9 because this is through Oct., and one more plant shut in Dec.
Nov 2, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Consign coal to history? That's been a COP rally cry.
The truth is... complicated:
- World on track for record coal burn in 2022.
- Asian coal plants average age 13 years.
- Nat gas not as readily available in Asia, as in US.
eenews.net/articles/coal-…
On the other hand. New project pipeline is collapsing. Down 75% since 2015, when Paris was signed. Many countries (India is a prominent example) have scaled back plans for new plants. Building renewables instead.
OECD has retired or plans to retire 56% of coal since 2010
Jul 22, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
What did FirstEnergy Corp know about Larry Householder's illegal campaign operation and when did it know it? My story:
eenews.net/stories/106360…
There is a lot we are still learning about this, but here is some of what we know
- Householder took FirstEnergy's corporate jet to Donald Trump's inauguration
- Juan Cespedes, an FE lobbyist arrested yesterday, is described as a "conduit" between FE & Householder by the feds
Aug 12, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The Trump administration loathes environmental reviews. But it is requiring a major environmental study to supplement the review of America's first large offshore wind project.
The question: Is it a legit study, or just an attempt to kill the project: eenews.net/climatewire/st…
There are 4.8GW of offshore wind projects planned along the East Coast. The Vineyard Wind study will consider the cumulative impact of at least some of those projects.
BOEM spokesman confirmed it would include Orsted's projects in NY and NJ and Equinor's in NY
