Would you you find a list of Volts episodes in a google sheet helpful for sorting and filtering the information in the podcast? Do you need to see it first? What information would you extract from the podcast to filter on?
How about an interview with Maryland GA Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo?
The US state of Maryland will require utilities to allow electric vehicles (EVs) with bidirectional chargers to connect to the distribution grid after new legislation was passed last week. The state legislature, the Maryland General Assembly, passed HB 1256, aka the Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act, on 2 April. It was sponsored by Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo.
In addition to its “first-of-a-kind” treatment of bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, the act also enables the creation of distributed energy resource (DER) virtual power plants that pool the capabilities of home solar PV, batteries, smart thermostats, and other equipment.
The legislation also expands utility time-of-use tariffs to allow drivers to charge their EVs at off-peak rates. The utility rules will apply to investor-owned utilities (IOUs), which are distinct from municipal utilities or cooperatives.
I just learned some interesting things about the history of railroad electrification in the Rocky mountain region of Montana. The Miwaukie Road got started with electric powered trains in the nineteen teens and was fully electric in the nineteen twenties. 650 miles of electrified main line through the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades.
This is a "sharing climate work" post. I've followed David since Vox days, and have always been inspired by the depth of his analysis of energy matters, and renewables in particular. I'm writing to share news of the past six years of my own climate-related work, in the form of the book, Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils Into Possibilities (Papadakis, UK, 2024). While working on this book, I became fascinated with the "second leg" of climate change (the first being excess fossil fuel burning): the climate impacts of land use. Agricultural practices in particular, and their impact on soil health, water cycles, heat dynamics, and more. Would love to see this get more attention. I've combined journalism with art, using a scanning electron microscope and photomontage, to elicit awe, wonder, and curiosity about multiple successful strategies in regenerative agricultural and other practices. I invite readers to visit my website (foodplanetfuture.com) if they're interested in a unique approach to these subjects. Paul Hawken writes: “Robert Dash’s extraordinary images are doorways to both knowledge and imagination. Great art gives us new eyes and minds. We see the world differently and are transformed in turn. What you see here are the light catchers, the photon transformers, the source of life for every living being. Seeing through Robert’s lens is to appreciate the mystery and grandeur of the living world in a way that is unforgettable.”
I'm asking for help in passing along word of this book. It's essential that positive examples of workable strategies receive attention. I do so in this book, without sugarcoating the challenges.
Influit really seem like they have an interesting technology for batteries, and I never hear anything about them. Also, it would be interesting to hear more about the large scale changes that would enable deep electrification. I'm thinking of things like widespread triple phase adoption for homes, or HVDC grids between States and nations..
Climate Event: The Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke https://uuroanoke.org/ will hold it's monthly Climate & Clean Energy Rally on April 28th between 12:15 & 1:15 on the corner of Grandin Rd. & Brandon Ave. We've been doing this monthly since 2015 (with a few weather & pandemic interruptions). It's open to all who care about the climate crisis.
Absolutely loved the episode on industrial decarbonization, a huge and mostly B2B piece of the puzzle. I'm in chemicals and was just so excited to see it covered (and correctly called out) here! Seeing the comparison to other industries also made me feel better about how difficult it has been to move this behemoth towards any change... I'd be interested in what has *really* moved the needle in other B2B cases that don't get much direct interfacing with the public. Is it just $ savings or stricter regulatory at the end of the day?
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Would you you find a list of Volts episodes in a google sheet helpful for sorting and filtering the information in the podcast? Do you need to see it first? What information would you extract from the podcast to filter on?
Podcast counts by year:
2024 24
2023 79
2022 74
2021 59
2020 2
Podcast counts by month:
1 27
2 23
3 19
4 27
5 19
6 19
7 14
8 19
9 22
10 14
11 18
12 17
Everything Else:
How about an interview with Maryland GA Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo?
The US state of Maryland will require utilities to allow electric vehicles (EVs) with bidirectional chargers to connect to the distribution grid after new legislation was passed last week. The state legislature, the Maryland General Assembly, passed HB 1256, aka the Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act, on 2 April. It was sponsored by Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo.
In addition to its “first-of-a-kind” treatment of bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, the act also enables the creation of distributed energy resource (DER) virtual power plants that pool the capabilities of home solar PV, batteries, smart thermostats, and other equipment.
The legislation also expands utility time-of-use tariffs to allow drivers to charge their EVs at off-peak rates. The utility rules will apply to investor-owned utilities (IOUs), which are distinct from municipal utilities or cooperatives.
I just learned some interesting things about the history of railroad electrification in the Rocky mountain region of Montana. The Miwaukie Road got started with electric powered trains in the nineteen teens and was fully electric in the nineteen twenties. 650 miles of electrified main line through the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades.
This is a "sharing climate work" post. I've followed David since Vox days, and have always been inspired by the depth of his analysis of energy matters, and renewables in particular. I'm writing to share news of the past six years of my own climate-related work, in the form of the book, Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils Into Possibilities (Papadakis, UK, 2024). While working on this book, I became fascinated with the "second leg" of climate change (the first being excess fossil fuel burning): the climate impacts of land use. Agricultural practices in particular, and their impact on soil health, water cycles, heat dynamics, and more. Would love to see this get more attention. I've combined journalism with art, using a scanning electron microscope and photomontage, to elicit awe, wonder, and curiosity about multiple successful strategies in regenerative agricultural and other practices. I invite readers to visit my website (foodplanetfuture.com) if they're interested in a unique approach to these subjects. Paul Hawken writes: “Robert Dash’s extraordinary images are doorways to both knowledge and imagination. Great art gives us new eyes and minds. We see the world differently and are transformed in turn. What you see here are the light catchers, the photon transformers, the source of life for every living being. Seeing through Robert’s lens is to appreciate the mystery and grandeur of the living world in a way that is unforgettable.”
I'm asking for help in passing along word of this book. It's essential that positive examples of workable strategies receive attention. I do so in this book, without sugarcoating the challenges.
agree with other commenters on RR coordination. there wont be any help coming from railroad industry on renewables or power transmission.
Influit really seem like they have an interesting technology for batteries, and I never hear anything about them. Also, it would be interesting to hear more about the large scale changes that would enable deep electrification. I'm thinking of things like widespread triple phase adoption for homes, or HVDC grids between States and nations..
Climate Event: The Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke https://uuroanoke.org/ will hold it's monthly Climate & Clean Energy Rally on April 28th between 12:15 & 1:15 on the corner of Grandin Rd. & Brandon Ave. We've been doing this monthly since 2015 (with a few weather & pandemic interruptions). It's open to all who care about the climate crisis.
Absolutely loved the episode on industrial decarbonization, a huge and mostly B2B piece of the puzzle. I'm in chemicals and was just so excited to see it covered (and correctly called out) here! Seeing the comparison to other industries also made me feel better about how difficult it has been to move this behemoth towards any change... I'd be interested in what has *really* moved the needle in other B2B cases that don't get much direct interfacing with the public. Is it just $ savings or stricter regulatory at the end of the day?
Have expertise in Western grid and interest in working with National Audubon Society fo rapid deployment of a clean energy grid apply here: https://audubon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubon/job/Remote-40/Senior-Manager--Transmission-Initiative--West-_JR7?q=Transmission
I blog weekly about climate change and sometimes refer to Volts, as in the conclusion of this post:
https://lindamarywagner.com/are-carbon-offsets-legitimate/
I'm not scientist, but a former journalist and now a "Green Grandma" and memoir author calling for climate action. Thanks for your podcast!
If anyone has suggestions for experts in dc, I am gathering clients for a policy day next month.