Daniel Olsen

EV charging faster than liquid fuel is just around the corner

Unsurprising, but sad nonetheless. Countless hours of expert effort put into this, and now it's as if it never happened.

6. Also in San Francisco, there are these classic distinctive house numbers. The story is here if you are curious: sunnysidehistory.org/2020/07/15/t...

They got me on this one in Capri. It was called a 'golosa', which I now know translates to 'glutton'. From the description, I was hoping for decent sausage, but got hot dog (and no sauce!)

Hello friends, I'm looking to talk with an expert in the health impacts of energy technologies. Someone with expertise in spatially-resolved estimation of disease and mortality impacts, mainly from burning fossil fuels, but also from clean(er) energy supply chains. Would love suggestions.

The newest entrant to the Energy-Water Nexus

The final report on last April's Spain/Portugal blackout is out. A few takeaways: - Lack of "inertia" due to too few fossil/nuclear generators - the thing anti-renewable pundits immediately blamed without evidence, then reporters breathlessly endlessly repeated - played essentially no role.

New paper out today in Nature Energy! We evaluate how Congressional proposals for policy-driven transmission expansion would shape U.S. electricity costs, emissions, and reliability. Big implications for climate and grid planning. rdcu.be/eS7lj #EnergyPolicy #Transmission #CleanEnergy

Modeling Monday: How clean are EVs, really? Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵

I'm dipping my toe back into the academic literature: who's got recommendations for good papers around transmission network reduction algorithms? 🔌💡

I promise to always boost anti-Prop 13 content, especially if it's got information and jokes.

The University of Washington plans to provide the affected students access to legal services that are paid for by their student fees.

It was fun while it lasted

Hopefully this is a useful tool: findlostdata.org

I'm sure plenty of people have downloaded copies, but who's going to host something as canonical and convenient as NREL/EIA? This is a huge step back for the research community.

The fun story of Ann Arbor planning to build a duplicate distribution grid: “I’ve explained this to people like, ‘This is the fifth-best solution, but solutions one through four are not viable for a variety of different reasons,’” Mathieu said. “Five is feasible. So, let’s do it.”

Energy Exemplar has blocked all TU Berlin students from academic licences for their energy modelling tool PLEXOS because competitor PyPSA is developed here. While deeply shocked, we believe in turning the other cheek. So we are offering all Energy Exemplar employees a free licence for PyPSA.

Today on Volts: 20 years ago, @thestranger.com.web.brid.gy published a piece in the wake of GW Bush's 2004 reelection: "The Urban Archipelago." I talk with then-editor @dansavage.bsky.social about the politics of cities in a time of reactionary backlash. www.volts.wtf/p/dan-savage...

Thinking back to the impact of Hurricane Helene on the NOAA databases (among other things): what are the most urgent data backup needs?

10 GW/hr net load ramp in ERCOT 😬 source: www.gridstatus.io/total-solar-...

Who wants to come work with us at AWS to help decarbonize power systems?

If you own a home, and install solar panels on it, are you doing anything to change how much fossil fuel gets burned in your region or around the world? @emilypont.bsky.social joins @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessejenkins.bsky.social on SHIFT KEY to find the answer:

Software engineer looking to contribute towards the energy transition? 🌞🌬️🔋 Come to TU Berlin and develop PyPSA, one of the leading open energy system tools. PyPSA is used around the world to model our path to climate neutrality. jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti... Deadline: 15.3 Duration: 3 years

Housing policy is environmental justice policy (with receipts) x-post from @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social elsewhere, original description: " Tridevi Chakma, JMP: 'The Causes and Consequences of Urban Heat Islands', Website: tridevichakma.com "

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Who wants to come help build the next generation of power grid cloud solutions? This is my team, feel free to reach out with questions.