Live Wire #25

This Week's Top Ten

Happy Monday, all! It’s time for my roundup of the past week’s most interesting energy stories:

5 energy fact checks on Trump and Harris (E&E News)

Shock Wave: How the electric grid will prepare for mass EV adoption (Motortrend) K.T.’s note: ….and denial is a river in Egypt…

Italy eyes up nuclear energy with plans to approve new plants by 2025 (EuroNews)

Energy company announces plans for nation's first sodium-ion battery gigafactory: 'Low-cost solution to renewable power leveling’ (The Cool Down)

2025 California energy code updates aim to drive heat pump adoption, save nearly $5B in energy costs (Utility Dive) K.T.’s note: we shall see about those savings

Inside the DOE’s $100 Billion Clean Energy Budget (Columbia University SIPA)

America needs more fuel for nuclear reactors—so we’re stealing from old warheads (Popular Mechanics) K.T.’s note: file under “you can’t make this s*** up”

Politicized energy policies aren’t working, but a better system is possible (Utility Dive)

Opinion: Hydrogen blending: bad for your health, your wallet and our clean energy transition (Sacramento Bee) K.T.’s note: I wrote about the folly of H2 blending here

America needs an energy policy for AI (Heatmap)

That’s all for this week. Enjoy!

Electrically yours,

K.T.