Solar is the Newly-Affordable 24/7 Baseload

New groundbreaking new data on solar-plus-battery affordability, community-driven efforts to fight wildfire smoke, and the global decline of coal power. Brian prepares for a trip to London, and James shares his latest air quality observations from the smoky Canadian prairies.

They also touch on some big global issues: India’s indoor air pollution crisis, New York’s unexpected plans for new nuclear power, and China’s rapid solar and blimp tech progress. Plus, an update on fusion energy from a listener email and the usual dose of humour, clean tech insight, and righteous frustration.

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 Episode Highlights:

• A Saskatchewan First Nation installs air scrubbers in homes to combat wildfire smoke

• Grid-scale batteries have become cheap enough to enable true 24/7 solar in sunny cities

• Ireland shuts down its last coal plant—only to convert it to oil

• New York State proposes a new nuclear plant amid rising demand from data centers

• Lightning Round

Links:

• 🔋 Solar + battery now 24/7 cheap (Electrek)

• ⚛️ Fusion tech breakthrough (Latitude Media)

• 🏭 Ireland ends coal (Power Magazine)

• ⚡ Arctic lightning rising (Yale e360)

• 🍃 Electric lawn tools catch on (Canary Media)

• 🛩️ China’s electric blimp (iThome)

• 🚗 Car ownership hits $12.3k/year (Bilello Blog)

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