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https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3m3sc3mhk322d
Published: October 22, 2025 16:43
This was surprising to me:
In states with the highest electricity demand growth—from sources like data centers—electricity prices actually fell over the last 5 years.
Totally opposite of the prevailing narrative that data centers raise electricity…
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3m3cz3e2vdc2g
Published: October 16, 2025 14:52
For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US.
Today I published the first story about what I've learned.
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https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lsrjnxq5wc22
Published: June 29, 2025 20:39
I just published a story with @emorwee.bsky.social about the latest Senate bill.
The bill is much worse than climate advocates thought possible.
The window to stop it is rapidly closing. But to do that climate advocates need to speak up.
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https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lptynriiis22
Published: May 23, 2025 15:57
In the coming weeks, the Senate will decide the fate of clean energy in America.
So I decided to crunch some numbers and see how much solar, wind, and storage capacity has been built in each Senators' state.
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lp5cuu24ys24
Published: May 14, 2025 15:29
This week, Republicans released their budget bill that aims to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.
I analyzed every clean energy project that has been built since the IRA passed—3,570 in all.
The proposed budget bill would hurt Republican districts the…
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lmaixhpwq22u
Published: April 7, 2025 17:40
How are tariffs going to impact the solar market in the US?
At Cleanview we just published a new dataset and dashboard to help folks understand the potential impact of the latest tariffs.
Here are a few takeaways from the data:
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https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lltvqfqaqc2a
Published: April 2, 2025 17:24
🌎 Climate tech job alert 🌎
I'm hiring a Data Engineer at @CleanviewEnergy
to build data pipelines that will power our clean energy intelligence platform.
If you know anyone who loves working with clean energy data, please send them my way.
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https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3ljpqwe3ayc25
Published: March 6, 2025 14:57
Texas will add more battery storage capacity in 2025 than any other state.
Developers plan to build 7 GW of new capacity—as much as the entire US built in 2023.
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3ljnifgencc23
Published: March 5, 2025 17:19
One of the most overlooked energy stories of 2024:
Battery storage grew 65% last year, with the U.S. adding 10.9 GW of new capacity. And growth is accelerating—we're on track for 18.1 GW in 2025, a 68% increase.
Just 5 years ago, this technology was…
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-thomas.bsky.social/post/3lik6vh7ktc2i
Published: February 19, 2025 16:26
One of the most promising clean energy trends over the last year has been the growth of solar in Republican states in the South.
- AR added 943 MW of capacity (99% vs. 2023).
- MS added 794 MW of capacity (647% vs. 2023).
- LA added 726 MW of capacity…