Climate, pollution, clean/renewable energy Stanford U Prof, Civil & Env Eng; Director, Atmos/Energy Program Cofounder-Solutions Project; Appeared on Letterman Testified Held v Montana https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/ Stanford.io/Jacobsonhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mu5y6qrnvk2bCalifornia pays the 13th-lowest grid electricity bills per capita in the US despite having the 2nd-highest electricity price. Texas pays the 38th-lowest bills per capital (21% higher than CA) despite half the electricity price as CA. Why, because TX consumes 2.5x the electricity per person as CA.28 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5y6qrnvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mu5xcb5l2s2mThe easiest way (aside from efficiency and using less energy) to reduce increases in grid electricity demand is to install behind-the-meter (BTM) rooftop PV. https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/DemandVBTMbyState.pdf [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xcb5l2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mu5w4igils2bThe U.S. can meet 100% of grid+behind-the-meter (BTM) electricity demand with WindWaterSolar alone by 2057 if it continues to grow WWS at its current rate (2.35%/y) & demand stays constant. The U.S. currently (Q325-Q226) provides 27.1% of grid+BTM demand with WWS https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/ElecBillsPerCapita.pdf [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5w4igils2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mu3w3jp2mc2rPromising new @EIAgov data for 1st half of 2026: WindWaterSolar is surging in the U.S. and keeping electricity prices lower in states with lots than in states with little WWS 27.1% of all grid+BTM U.S. electricity demand from Aug 1, 2025-Jun 30, 2026 was met with WWS (versus 24.7% the prior year)27 Aug 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3w3jp2mc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mth7mpmcak25Record battery output (13.441 GW) on the 177th of 230 days (77%) in 2026 with WindWaterSolar meeting > 100% of demand for part of the day. WWS has meet 57.5% of all demand YTD, and fossil gas has met only 18.2%. It is down 53% versus 2023.19 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7mpmcak25https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mteszfazik2sMinnesota's largest coal plant once burned 30,000 tons of coal a day; its old wires now carry 710 MW from 1.7 million solar panels "Xcel hasn’t just built the state’s largest solar array-it has hijacked a retiring fossil-fuel hub to bypass years of grid traffic" https://www.vozpopuli.com/indux/en/minnesotas-largest-coal-plant-once-burned-30000-tons-of-coal-a-day-its-old-wires-now-carry-710-megawatts-from-1-7-million-solar-panels/8596/18 Aug 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteszfazik2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mt7poxhbfc2kNew solar peak output record (23.49 GW) and battery output record (57.71 GWh/day) on Saturday, August 15, 2026, on the CAISO grid. 175th of 227 days (77.1%) in 2026 with WWS>100% of demand for part of the day. Solar up 52%, wind up 17%, batteries up 322%, fossil gas down 53% in 2026 v 2023.16 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7poxhbfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mt56rl4xo22nFarmers love wind turbines on their farm because they bring in new revenue while taking virtually no land from their crop Why limit dual use of wind and crop farming to land? World's first seaweed farm among 139 offshore wind turbines in the Netherlands https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/worlds-first-seaweed-harvest-between-139-offshore-wind-turbines-in-the-netherlands-can-serve-two-purposes-at-once/articleshow/133258382.cms15 Aug 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt56rl4xo22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mstkwgadlk2pDiablo Canyon nuclear gets $3.2B in subsidy to stay open but wastes 29% of its electricity ...and that percentage will escalate rapidly every year because the only new electricity California is building is solar and wind. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d_RldVlx0oo11 Aug 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstkwgadlk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mt55midlcc2nDuring a summer with high temperatures and high electricity demand, WindWaterSolar exceeds 100% of demand for parts of the 174th of 226 days during the year (77%).15 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt55midlcc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3msxtdszqic2hWorld's largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown (30 seats) completes first flight "over upstate New York in 27 minutes, reaching an altitude of 1,100 feet and using just $5 worth of electricity" https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/worlds-largest-electric-aircraft-completes-first-flight13 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxtdszqic2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3msxt4ilafs2hWill produce electricity for 1.1 million homes by later this summer. All turbines are now installed in Germany's largest offshore wind farm, 960 MW. Built with no subsidy. https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/13082026/all-turbines-installed-at-he-dreiht-offshore-wind-farm/amp/13 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxt4ilafs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mstkwgadlk2pDiablo Canyon nuclear gets $3.2B in subsidy to stay open but wastes 29% of its electricity ...and that percentage will escalate rapidly every year because the only new electricity California is building is solar and wind. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d_RldVlx0oo11 Aug 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstkwgadlk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mstcr4vuks2aThe U.S. & California are spending $3.2 bil to keep open a nuclear plant that wastes 29% of the electricity it produces by forcing the shutdown of solar & wind, and that percent will escalate yearly because the only new electricity California is building is solar+wind. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstcr4vuks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3msqcni7btc25Peak demand on the CAISO grid has been 43.4 GW so far this year and 41.0 GW on Aug. 9, yet WindWaterSolar has avoided all blackouts and has exceeded 100% or been within 97-100% of demand for part of most days during summer.10 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqcni7btc25https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mspfkpjm2s2rNot only is 29% of Diablo Canyon's annual generation wasted, but the plant is only open due to a gift to PG&E PG&E took a $1.4 bil loan & "the state may be required to forgive as much as $588 mil" CA gave PG&E a huge loan to run DC. Losses are mounting https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article311680492.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 05:46 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspfkpjm2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mso4u2glwk2qIn other words, the more wind and solar grow, the more useless and wasteful nuclear becomes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso4u2glwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mso43e4uh22qShocking data. In April and May, 2026, 89.2% and 85.0%, respectively, of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant's electricity output, was wasted since its inability to ramp forced the curtailment of that amount of solar and wind output on the CAISO grid.09 Aug 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso43e4uh22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mrdfknvzuc24A dozen nations and two US states generate more electricity from wind-solar-geothermal-hydro (WindWaterSolar) alone than they consume for all purposes. https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/23/a-dozen-nations-have-entered-solartopia-while-trump-leaves-u-s-industry-to-die/ The data https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/Countries100Pct.pdf23 Jul 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdfknvzuc24https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mrdfknvzuc24A dozen nations and two US states generate more electricity from wind-solar-geothermal-hydro (WindWaterSolar) alone than they consume for all purposes. https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/23/a-dozen-nations-have-entered-solartopia-while-trump-leaves-u-s-industry-to-die/ The data https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/Countries100Pct.pdf23 Jul 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdfknvzuc24https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mrd4jwrg322sAnd so far, nuclear electricity proliferation to Iran alone has cost the U.S. $37.5 bil, with another $87 bil being requested https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70gek2kqyno Yet, some pretend nuclear electricity is cheap and others want to proliferate small reactors to the 170 countries that don't have weapons. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd4jwrg322shttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mralj3tvhk2oThis is so crazy and irresponsible given the Iran war is due entirely to the secret development of nuclear weapons under the guise of civilian nuclear energy. Trump approves U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear energy agreement https://abcnews.com/International/trump-approves-us-saudi-civil-nuclear-energy-agreement/story?id=13497626322 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mralj3tvhk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mr4uxj4oak23Wow! Solar surpasses 3 TW nameplate worldwide. Wind is >1.3 TW. Together, they make up 4.3 TW. For comparison, US average demand is 0.47 TW, so W+S can now meet a peak of 9x US power demand or, over a year, 2x US electric energy demand. https://www.energiaestrategica.com/en/notes/esperar-declaraciones-la-capacidad-solar-mundial-supera-los-3-000-gw-en-mayo-y-duplica-a-la-eolica21 Jul 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4uxj4oak23https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mr6pcnnel22gThe Canadian wildfires will hereafter be known as the #TrumpWildfires. Fueled by climate damage exacerbated by Trump's policies to promote more climate-warming air pollution that lengthens dry seasons and dries out wood, creating conditions for disastrous wildfires. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6pcnnel22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mr6oez7r322jWhen will you stop paying fossil+bioenergy companies to poison our air, Trump? 100,000 Americans die from fossil+bio air pollution yearly You take money from wind+solar, which eliminate deaths, & give it to fuel companies to kill more+increase climate damage thus fire damage https://x.com/marlene4719/status/207904105112215599521 Jul 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6oez7r322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mr4uxj4oak23Wow! Solar surpasses 3 TW nameplate worldwide. Wind is >1.3 TW. Together, they make up 4.3 TW. For comparison, US average demand is 0.47 TW, so W+S can now meet a peak of 9x US power demand or, over a year, 2x US electric energy demand. https://www.energiaestrategica.com/en/notes/esperar-declaraciones-la-capacidad-solar-mundial-supera-los-3-000-gw-en-mayo-y-duplica-a-la-eolica21 Jul 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4uxj4oak23https://bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bsky.social/post/3mqrodtojfs2bThe very good and bad news on climate "Here’s the good news: Green energy is getting better and cheaper, faster than we had ever dared hope." @billmckibben.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-bill-mckibben.html16 Jul 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:pb73vbvwit4phtn7hvuv23yk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrodtojfs2b