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People of Volts! At long last, Battery Week is here. It is time to get into batteries. Waaay into batteries.

Over the next few posts, I’m going to cover how lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) work and the d…

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President Joe Biden has released the tax plan that is meant to pay for his $2+ trillion infrastructure plan.

You can read the New York Times …

Hey, everybody! President Joe Biden has unveiled his first infrastructure proposal and … hot damn.

The eight-year "American Jobs Plan" would spend $2.25 trillion on a huge range of initiatives, from…

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Hello, beloved readers and listeners! Today I’m going to make an argument that is very important to me: Democrats must p…

Hello, People of Volts!

Today I’ve got a special treat for you: a podcast with Jesse Jenkins, energy modeler and assistant professor at Princeton.

Those of you on #EnergyTwitter already know Jesse. He…

Hello there, Voltron! It’s been an interesting week, hasn’t it? A guy writes a tediously long and wonky series on energy transmission and, next thing you know, transmission grids are dominating the n…

Greetings, People of Volts! We have come at last to the end of Transmission Month, née Week. It’s been quite a journey.

Below are links to and summaries of all the transmission posts. Above is a mega-…

Greetings, faithful Volts readers! Welcome back to the Transmission Week that never ends.

The news these last few days has been filled with talk about electricity grids. Texas is suffering from an un…

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Welcome back to Volts, where every week is Transmission Week!

In my three transmission posts so far, I have focused mostly on …

Happy Monday! Welcome back to Transmission Fortnight here at Volts. Today’s a fun one.

In my previous post, I described the many difficulties facing new high-voltage, long-distance transmission projec…

Welcome back to Transmission Week here at Volts!

In my previous post, I explained why the US needs lots of new high-voltage power lines. They will help stitch together America’s balkanized grids, conn…

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Hello, Volties, and welcome to Transmission Week here at Volts! It’s been delayed almost as many times as Infrastructure Week, …

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Happy Inauguration Day, Voltsians!

I know it’s getting somewhat tedious to keep saying this, but yes, I’m sti…

Greetings, peoples of the Volts! I’ve got a special treat for you today. It’s not my first podcast, exactly, but it’s my first Official Podcast, with music and fancy-pants guests and everything.

My g…

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Y’all, before we get started today I have to share the funniest thing that’s ever happened.

You know how I we…

Hey, Volts readers, guess what? Now you can be Volts listeners! If you would prefer to hear the post below read aloud, by me, just click play above.

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Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. I hope you are somewhere safe and warm.

Here’s a little holiday treat for you: I recorded my first Voltscast.

Matt Yglesias runs a newsletter called Slow Boring. He is in…