@xiaowang1984 @SlBrandin synccon. coming soon to an RTO near you!
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@ElectricCat8 @SlBrandin Which is exactly how this is playing out in Australia and the UK
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The only think that competes with VPPs for the title of *worst naming convention ever* is “synthetic inertia”
It’s not “synthetic” inertia, it’s a digital/programmed controls response which delivers the same (or better) grid reliability attribute that the system has historically gotten from the properties of rotating mass in synchronous gen
So much potential for progress is lost simply from our inability to clearly articulate (and therefore agree on) our true first principle objectives
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@ElectricCat8 @SlBrandin How is the "superior" inverters going to help blow fuses on distribution that assumed that the grid at the substation could make the current necessary to keep the fuse blowing order correct. This kind of consideration might make you think eff it I'll just go with the synccon
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@ElectricCat8 It’s the inverse of this, it’s not accurate terminology and they can achieve the actual objectives better than the conventional alternatives
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@cody_a_hill they're all Bros For Co-Located Natural Gas now lol
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Wow 👀Cuban journalist @yoanisanchez has reported that members of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (Code Pinks attendees) consumed so much electricity that buildings in close proximity lost power and plunged into darkness.
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I've been to Joliet a bunch of times. One of those towns that used to have money, still has a nice downtown, nice architecture, went through decline. sits at the lower middle class part of the spectrum now. A kind of place you can buy a house for like $300,000.
Not surprised they were ok with a big data center. These places that went through decline are the most likely places to approve of data centers. They are looking to come back and accept anything they can get.
Other richer places dont want them, and poorer places that were nver nice dont want them either
robert@rfhirschfeld
The proposed Joliet data center would cover 795 acres, about the size of 2.5 Grant Parks. At full buildout, it would consume 1.8 gigawatts of electricity. For reference, the entire City of Chicago uses about 3.45 gigawatts. One facility. More than half of Chicago's power.
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Leading designer of advanced nuclear reactor technology (commonly referred to as small modular reactors, “SMRs”) and manufacturer of advanced nuclear fuels, X-Energy, filed for #IPO.
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@jrstark3 @drosssports Just happened in 2025. so maybe it's working for them! 🤣
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@ElectricCat8 @drosssports I hadn’t noticed. Was always Siena College when I went to games growing up.
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Saints win race to 20 vs Duke! What a start for Gmac and crew! @drosssports
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@nukebarbarian and do we know which hyperscaler paid him to do this? 🤣
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@nukebarbarian a lot of states are offering huge tax abatements so this doesn't necessarily scale. and saying you'll fund government is very different than putting money directly into the pockets of locals
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fracking made a lot of rural landowners quite wealthy through royalties. is there a data center equivalent to help overcome local opposition?
Alex Trembath@atrembath
Having lived through the early days of the fracking revolution—with many unsupportive opinion surveys, local bans, and general public confusion about the technology—I gotta say I think they’re gonna build the data centers.
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@GovernorShapiro “We need more generation.”
Next breath: “So I sued PJM to destroy the price signals needed to prompt the building of new generation.”
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@CommodKing plenty of room for legitimate concern. but wtf is this? 🤣
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@ElectricCat8 Bad explanation on how the iso works. Good reason to be outraged at PJM
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Does he really think this is the path to the White House?
I have second-hand embarrassment. This is pathetic and he needs to fire the staffer who is responsible.
Governor Josh Shapiro@GovernorShapiro
13 million Pennsylvanians who rely on PJM — our grid operator — to keep the lights on are opening up their energy bills and wondering, what the hell is going on? Let me explain.
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