{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Solar Noon","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/solarnoon","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1849788","username":"solarnoon","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/48/1849788.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87946950","content_html":"<p>Britain sets solar record (twice): <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/09/britain-sets-solar-record-twice.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/09/britain-sets-solar-record-twice.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T23:43:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 23:43","date_timestamp":1775778238,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87704494","content_html":"<p>Polling shows anti-clean-energy BS is working: <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/06/sobering-opinion-numbers-from-the.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/06/sobering-opinion-numbers-from-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-06T16:03:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 16:03","date_timestamp":1775491410,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87601246","content_html":"<p>One Black community bearing the brunt of Trump's oil wars: <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/04/one-black-community-bearing-the.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/04/one-black-community-bearing-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T18:03:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 18:03","date_timestamp":1775325801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87544191","content_html":"<p>San Francisco getting huge new battery: <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/03/san-francisco-getting-huge-new.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/03/san-francisco-getting-huge-new.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T18:17:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 18:17","date_timestamp":1775240239,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87390947","content_html":"<p>Could MAGA come around on renewables? <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/01/could-maga-come-around-on.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/01/could-maga-come-around-on.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T13:05:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 13:05","date_timestamp":1775048751,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3migr3z3blu2i"]}},{"id":"87389810","content_html":"<p>Canary Media: <a href=\"https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/sky-high-oil-prices-puerto-rico-grid\">Sky-high oil prices are about to hit Puerto Rico’s grid</a>.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>“In the continental U.S., no one’s burning a significant quantity of oil to generate electricity,” said Cathy Kunkel, an energy consultant at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. But that’s not the case in Puerto Rico, where oil-fired plants make up about 60% of generating capacity. The island ​“just has a lot of old oil-fired power plants that were constructed in the ​’60s and ​’70s, when oil was obviously a lot cheaper.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Island nations like Puerto Rico really highlight the costs of having to import fossil...</p> <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/01/canary-media-skyhigh-oil-prices.html\">solarnoon.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/04/01/canary-media-skyhigh-oil-prices.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T12:35:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 12:35","date_timestamp":1775046908,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3migpfbbwll2i"]}},{"id":"87348718","content_html":"<p>This is cool &amp; clever, and reduces some workforce stress as we transition away from fossil fuels: <a href=\"https://grist.org/energy/the-future-of-geothermal-energy-may-depend-on-fossil-fuel-workers/\">The future of geothermal energy may depend on fossil fuel workers</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[Sage Geosystems cofounder Cindy Taff] sees a broad range of fossil fuel workers, from drillers to geologists, who will fit right into the renewables sector, arguing that the same industry that evolved from simple land wells to offshore operations in water thousands of feet deep has a vast pool of technical expertise.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/31/this-is-cool-clever-and.html","date_published":"2026-03-31T21:21:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 21:21","date_timestamp":1774992098,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mif4dr7kza25"]}},{"id":"87272098","content_html":"<p>Virginia, showing how to do it: <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/30/virginia-showing-how-to-do.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/30/virginia-showing-how-to-do.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T19:22:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 19:22","date_timestamp":1774898532,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3micf4jv26x26"]}},{"id":"86876146","content_html":"<p>Today in idiotic and self-defeating moves that increase energy prices by undermining clean energy projects: <a href=\"https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/trumps-latest-salvo-upend-offshore-wind-pay\">Trump is paying nearly $1 billion to stop offshore wind projects</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/24/today-in-idiotic-and-selfdefeating.html","date_published":"2026-03-24T18:34:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 18:34","date_timestamp":1774377253,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mht7n5umuw2a"]}},{"id":"85981797","content_html":"<p><em>The Hill:</em> <a href=\"https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5757071-big-beautiful-bill-fossil-fuels/\">Reconciliation bill subsidizes fossil fuels by $3.5B each year, Democratic report finds</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The report only looks at provisions that specifically help the fossil fuel industry and does not include general corporate tax cuts that are likely to bolster those firms as well as others</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/11/the-hill-reconciliation-bill-subsidizes.html","date_published":"2026-03-11T16:19:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 16:19","date_timestamp":1773245991,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mgsc5uarka2h"]}},{"id":"85588472","content_html":"<p><em>The Guardian</em>, with some cool pictures and full shade: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/mar/05/pictures-china-wind-farms-trump\">Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The US president has made the easily debunked claim that there are no wind farms in China</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/05/the-guardian-with-some-cool.html","date_published":"2026-03-05T20:19:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 20:19","date_timestamp":1772741971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mgdmtjz7a62m"]}},{"id":"85421410","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/european-nations-reinforce-wind-power-commitment-with-100-gw-pledge-2026-01-26/\">European nations reinforce wind power commitment with 100 GW pledge</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>“We are standing up for our national interest by driving for clean energy, which can get the UK off the fossil fuel rollercoaster and give us energy sovereignty and abundance,” said British energy minister Ed Miliband</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/03/03/european-nations-reinforce-wind-power.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T16:41:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 16:41","date_timestamp":1772556104,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mg67oayql522"]}},{"id":"83808792","content_html":"<p>The Trump Energy Crisis <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/vcgjaqlsq7aso9fkbcs3.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"An llustraton shows the ominous shadow of President Trump cast across a solar array\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/5400.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of the JH Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, under cloudy skies\"> : <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/02/07/the-trump-energy-crisis.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/02/07/the-trump-energy-crisis.html","date_published":"2026-02-07T22:50:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-07 22:50","date_timestamp":1770504618,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3meciyajoci2v"]}},{"id":"82708429","content_html":"<p>In case someone else says this dumb thing to you: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/trump-winter-storm-climate-crisis\">Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>scientists point out that a single winter storm… tells us very little about longer-term, global climate trends. …The world [is] undeniably heating up</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/23/in-case-someone-else-says.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T18:09:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 18:09","date_timestamp":1769191790,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3md4cfzj43r2f"]}},{"id":"82491199","content_html":"<p>Case in point on my agrivoltaics post the other day: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/14/solar-grazing-triple-win-sheep-farmers-renewables-energy-companies\">Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>a growing number of farmers are discovering the free grazing opportunities offered by some solar panel sites are a toe-hold in an industry where land is often unaffordable/unobtainable</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/20/case-in-point-on-my.html","date_published":"2026-01-20T21:47:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-20 21:47","date_timestamp":1768945645,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mcv52qauhw26"]}},{"id":"82081852","content_html":"<p>Agrivoltaics - Win-Win-Win, So Many Wins <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/jsg-2025-potatoes-scaled.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of dual-use agricultural land, green leafy plants and solar panels stretching away to the horizon under a clear blue sky\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/foodgroup.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A family of five, including three small children, stands in the shade of a solar panel next to rows of garden plants on a dual-use agrivoltaic farm\"> : <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/14/agrivoltaics-winwinwin-so-many-wins.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/14/agrivoltaics-winwinwin-so-many-wins.html","date_published":"2026-01-15T00:48:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-15 00:48","date_timestamp":1768438126,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mcgefn6el427"]}},{"id":"81995413","content_html":"<p>Good news (again/for now): <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/12/judge-reverses-trump-halting-revolution-wind-00722866\">Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Judge Lamberth said the government had failed to explain why the new information warranted a halt to construction, calling it an “unreasonable and seemingly unjustified” change in position.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/13/good-news-againfor-now-judge.html","date_published":"2026-01-13T22:17:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-13 22:17","date_timestamp":1768342644,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mcdlknumil2k"]}},{"id":"81480449","content_html":"<p>There are a bunch of these dumb &amp; purely political orders, all over the country, as the Trump admin desperately tries to prop up fossil fuels. <a href=\"https://bigpivots.com/oh-the-irony-of-craig-no-1/\">This coal plant in Colorado</a> <em>isn’t even running</em> (it broke down 2 weeks before the order). Gov. Polis is right: it’s ludicrous</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/06/there-are-a-bunch-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-06T17:51:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-06 17:51","date_timestamp":1767721906,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mbrjhvcij52m"]}},{"id":"81207437","content_html":"<p>Lifesaving Solar <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/mashhad-pollution-1396.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"air pollution over dense urban area\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2026/21844643281-f23a2e2bc9-c.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"An 1880 cartoon depicting \"> : <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/02/lifesaving-solar.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2026/01/02/lifesaving-solar.html","date_published":"2026-01-02T17:07:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 17:07","date_timestamp":1767373672,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mbhf56ossr2l"]}},{"id":"81071363","content_html":"<p>We Need Wind Power, Especially in Winter <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://solarnoon.net/uploads/2025/b7f144a127.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"offshore wind turbines and construction platform in the Revolution Wind project\"> : <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/31/we-need-wind-power-especially.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/31/we-need-wind-power-especially.html","date_published":"2025-12-31T14:23:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-31 14:23","date_timestamp":1767191033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mbc2x4fslr2z"]}},{"id":"81013752","content_html":"<p>Great story – with great pictures – from <a href=\"http://Science.org\">@Science.org</a>, who <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/breakthrough-2025\">named the surge in renewable power their 2025 Breakthrough of the Year</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>China’s solar power generation grew more than 20-fold over the past decade, and its solar and wind farms now have enough capacity to power the entire United States.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/30/great-story-with-great-pictures.html","date_published":"2025-12-30T17:18:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-30 17:18","date_timestamp":1767115096,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mb7ucn3l7e2k"]}},{"id":"80613787","content_html":"<p>Which country got the largest share of its electricity from solar in 2024? A balmy island nation, a country with swaths of blistering desert, or at least somewhere notoriously hot and sunny? Nope - per <a href=\"http://canarymedia.com\">@canarymedia.com</a> <a href=\"https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/top-countries-share-renewables-ember\">the global leader was Hungary</a> 🌞</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/23/which-country-got-the-largest.html","date_published":"2025-12-23T16:58:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-23 16:58","date_timestamp":1766509112,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3mao7x2q6l72k"]}},{"id":"80554281","content_html":"<p>This is what’s known in the business as, “bullshit”: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/trump-wind-farms\">Trump officials halt offshore wind-farm projects over ‘national security risks’</a>. It’s a disgusting &amp; arbitrary overreach that will only drive up energy prices (and deadly emissions, of course)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/22/this-is-whats-known-in.html","date_published":"2025-12-22T19:06:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-22 19:06","date_timestamp":1766430407,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3malwl3jai326"]}},{"id":"79725429","content_html":"<p>The Power of Scalable Battery Power <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://img.canarymedia.com/content/uploads/tasley1.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of the Nov. 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine\"> : <a href=\"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/10/the-power-of-scalable-battery.html\">solarnoon.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/10/the-power-of-scalable-battery.html","date_published":"2025-12-10T14:31:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-10 14:31","date_timestamp":1765377119,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3m7nbpb7nmr2a"]}},{"id":"79721378","content_html":"<p>Good news: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/judge-blocks-trump-order-wind-energy\">US judge strikes down Trump order blocking wind energy projects</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A federal judge on Monday struck down Donald Trump’s order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt leasing of windfarms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violated US law</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://solarnoon.net/2025/12/10/good-news-us-judge-strikes.html","date_published":"2025-12-10T13:27:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Solar Noon","url":"https://solarnoon.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F1849788.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"solarnoon"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-10 13:27","date_timestamp":1765373244,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxithupzehcm3ds5q2ofnhdr/post/3m7n63nldr62q"]}}]}