Jay Turner

Jay Turner

@jayturner.bsky.social

Environmental Studies Professor at Wellesley College. Author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future (2022). Tracking and analyzing clean energy supply chains at https://www.the-big-green-machine.com

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Justin Gerdes
@justingerdes.bsky.social

@fervoenergy.bsky.social just achieved first power at its Cape Station geothermal development in Beaver County, Utah, "marking the first time a utility-scale enhanced geothermal development has reached this milestone anywhere in the world." fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy... 🔌💡

fervoenergy.comFervo Energy Achieves First Power at Cape Station, a Landmark Moment for the Future of Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Fervo EnergyHOUSTON, September 24, 2026 – Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, today announced that Cape Station, its
Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

As shown in the chart below, if we narrow the analysis to focus just on projects that have been paused, canceled, or closed (excluding delays and reductions in size), the lost investments (-$53.9B) far exceed newly announced investments (+$16.7B). 🔌💡

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).

pnas.orgWhy Biden-era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns | PNASThe Biden Administration enacted the largest federal policy framework to incentivize clean energy and decarbonization in U.S. history. We examine w...
Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

Wondering when a next-generation battery chemistry will make long-duration electricity storage possible? It is getting closer. Form's iron air batteries could be that technology, providing days, not just hours, of back up. This project is still years away - 2028 - but it could be a game changer.

Canary Media Inc.@canarymedia.com

NEW: Google will pay Minnesota’s Xcel Energy to build tons of wind and solar generation — and the power produced will be stored in Form Energy batteries.

canarymedia.comGigantic Form Energy battery to power Google data center in MinnesotaThe startup has struck a deal with Xcel Energy to build a 30 gigawatt-hour battery plant that will deliver clean energy, round the clock, to a Google…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama.bsky.social

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

pbs.orgWATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate changeThe Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

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Dolly Jørgensen
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social

It is so important to keep hammering in this point. People always ask me why I would have to go visit archives - why not just look at a scan? Because they haven’t been scanned! And they are never going to be! There are millions & millions of pieces of paper in every archive.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized. And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.

Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

The Trump administration's policies have cost the US yet another manufacturing opportunity: Lyten's plans for a $1 billion lithium-sulfur gigafactory employing 1000 people in Nevada have fallen through, as it shifts its manufacturing plans to Europe. #energysky mynews4.com/news/local/n...

mynews4.comNo more gigafactory: Lyten's plan to build lithium-sulfur facility in Reno falls throughThe plan to build the world's first lithium-sulfur gigafactory northeast of the Reno Stead Airport has fallen through, according to representatives with the Ren
Jay Turner@jayturner.bsky.social

In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs. 109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡

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Alex Barron
@alexrbarron.bsky.social

In 1995, Congressional Republicans eliminated the Office of Technology Assessment - Congress' source of non-partisan scientific & technical advice. Now Republicans have fired or pushed _10,000_ PhD scientists out of the executive branch (over 100Kyrs of experience). www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgU.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took officeA Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

If we narrow the analysis to focus only on projects that have been paused, canceled, or closed (excluding delays and reductions in size) over the past year, the lost investments (-$46.7B) far exceed newly announced investments (+$16.1B) during that time period. 🔌💡

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Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

Our tracking shows advances in clean energy manufacturing projects last month, including three mining projects. We are now tracking 108 projects, $60.8B in investment, and 60,017 jobs that have been announced, moved into construction, or started operations since Trump took office. 🔌💡

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TerraWatts2010
@terrawatts2010.bsky.social

The suspension is the latest step by the administration to hobble offshore wind in its push against renewable energy sources. It comes 2 weeks after a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, calling it unlawful. 🔌💡 apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comTrump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concernsThe Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentag...
Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

The immediate impact of Ford's retooling is the loss of a lot of jobs. Ford says it plans to hire 2100 people for the new LFP lines - and current BlueOval employees can apply - but that isn't slated to go into production until 2027. #energysky

Kentucky Public Radio@kentuckypublicradio.org

The entire workforce at the BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery park in Kentucky is being laid off, as Ford announces it is repurposing the Glendale plant to manufacture battery storage for energy customers. From WKU:

wkyufm.orgBlueOval SK in Kentucky is out of the EV battery business and will lay off entire workforce as Ford announces restructuringThe entire workforce at the BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery park in Hardin County is being laid off as Ford announces a major restructuring.
Jay Turner
@jayturner.bsky.social

In 2021, SK and Ford joined forces to build 3 BlueOval battery factories. Now they are breaking up. @electrek.co reports SK is looking for more flexibility to sell to other automakers and for storage applications. Ford keeps KY plants; SK keeps TN plant. #energysky electrek.co/2025/12/11/f...

electrek.coFord and SK On kill massive $11.4B US battery joint venture, split factories between themIn a massive shakeup for the US electric vehicle supply chain, Ford and South Korean battery giant SK On announced...

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jae holzman
@jael.bsky.social

HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand

heatmap.newsSolar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.

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Ismar Volić
@ismarvolic.bsky.social

An article I cowrote with Andy Schultz and David McCune providing some highlights from a research project that analyzed various voting systems. theconversation.com/ranked-choic...

theconversation.comRanked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politicianRanked choice voting largely avoids the pitfalls of plurality voting, giving voters the power to express their true candidate preferences rather than being strategic.

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Persistent Weak Layer
@teresabarnes.bsky.social

I’m proud of the work we have done and continue to do. I’m Trying not to hate the name change, but most of us came here for the mission. Most labs are named after places because they could not or didn’t want to announce their mission. We always got to be proud of ours. I hope we still can be. 🔌💡

Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social

The Trump administration says it has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory the "National Laboratory of the Rockies." "The renaming is effective immediately and will be reflected in all public communications and official correspondence." www.nrel.gov/news/detail/... 🔌💡

nrel.gov News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL

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Kevin J. Kircher
@kevinjkircher.com

1) The editor of Cell Reports Sustainable, a new open-access journal from Cell Press, graciously invited me to do a short Q&A about our new paper, "Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification." Pasting the Q&A in a short 🧵 if anyone's interested. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

cell.comDistribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrificationReplacing fossil-fueled machines with electric alternatives can reduce emissions, but Priyadarshan et al. find that reinforcing United States distribution grids to accommodate complete home and vehicl...

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Brian Goldstone
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social

Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."

abcnews.go.com19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: LawyerA 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
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