Sara Baldwin

Gen AI chatbots return the wrong answer on average 60 PERCENT OF THE TIME, per new study by Colombia Journalism Review

Imagine if you did your job badly 60 percent of the time. Would you receive trillions in investments? Or would you be fired and labelled unusable? www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

The Industrial Transformation Technology And Investment Model • Energy Innovation The Industrial Transformation Technology and  Investment Model (ITTIM) is a free and open-source tool that maps out transition pathways for regions to achieve non-emitting industrial sectors.

🖥️ Today the #Industry team at @energyinnovation.org released the Industrial Transformation Technology and Investment Model, a free and open-source tool that maps out transition pathways for regions to achieve #non-emitting #industrial sectors. Check it out: energyinnovation.org/report/the-i...

Dodging The Firm Fixation For Data Centers And The Grid • Energy Innovation We can meet data center electricity demand and build a more affordable, cleaner grid by utilizing clean energy and flexible solutions instead of relying on fossil fuels.

"Firm Fixation" is a nice way to describe the errant obsession with meeting facility load with a single power project. Good work from @ericgimon.bsky.social and @energyinnovation.org.

Renewable energy manufacturers hit by $24B in project cancellations this year Companies involved in electric vehicles, solar, wind, batteries and other technologies have been affected by a slew of federal grant and funding cuts.

🔌💡 Renewable #energy manufacturers hit by $24B in project cancellations this year. Our @robbieorvis.bsky.social weighs in on the uncertainty caused by the federal repeals.
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An excellent summary of the past, current, and future prospects for coal in the U.S. from my colleague @michelle-solomon.bsky.social!

🔌💡 What does it take to build multi-megawatt charging stations to support #electric fleets?

Our @sarabaldwin.bsky.social & Terawatt's Jason Berry discuss the challenges & approaches to building this infrastructure

Listen to the Electrify This! #podcast
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📣 Tune in 11/3 to the next episode of Electrify This! #podcast to learn more about what is needed to power electric trucks and keep them charged for the long-haul!
🚚🔌⚡ I speak with long-time friend and colleague Jason Berry of Terawatt Infrastructure about the challenges and innovative approaches!

Allowing more tailpipe pollution means higher fuel costs for Americans The costs of Donald Trump’s climate sabotage

Excellent write-up on the findings from @energyinnovation.org's modeling and analysis of the U.S. EPA's proposal to repeal GHG tailpipe emission standards from @justcalma.bsky.social with @vox.com and @theverge.com.

www.theverge.com/news/789136/...

I'll buy you a beer in Jane's honor in CA this month. What a freakin legendary scientist and woman!

Repealing Federal Tailpipe Emissions Standards Would Raise Household Costs, Harm Public Health, And Damage The Economy • Energy Innovation If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) eliminates its tailpipe emissions rules as part of repealing the Endangerment Finding, it would cause massive sticker shock-- Americans would be forced to pay $310 billion more, largely due to higher gasoline prices.

The U.S. EPA is proposing to repeal GHG tailpipe emission standards, which would would (over 25 yrs):
🫰 Force U.S. households to pay $310B more
📉 Cut the GDP by $710 billion
👷‍♀️ Cut an average of 110,000 jobs/year
🏥 Cause 17,000 pollution-related premature deaths
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Nooooooooo....😭

David Ferris at @eenews.bsky.social covered our 6-month update on US clean energy manufacturing investments since Trump took office.

Key points: A lot is slowing down, but not everything, and disadvantaged communities are getting hit hardest. #energysky

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Yeah, the rollbacks are bad – as Harry & @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social explain – but they also ID opportunities for industry growth, and share where they're optimistic about the road ahead.

🎙️ Thank you @sarahbaldwin.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org for having @advancedenergyunited.org on the show!

Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late • Energy Innovation The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone.

"Here’s my note of optimism: building electrification and transportation electrification offer *so* much potential. These are new tools in the Swiss army knife that we are pushing electric utilities to build to manage the grid." - @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social. 🔌💡

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Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late • Energy Innovation The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone.

Electrify This! podcast is live today! I speak with Harry Godfrey and @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social of @advancedenergyunited.org about the impacts of Congress' HR1 and what people and states can do to benefit from time-limited incentives before they're gone! energyinnovation.org/podcast/cong...

🔌💡 New episode of the Electrify This! #Podcast.

Next week, host @sarabaldwin.bsky.social is joined by Advanced Energy United's Harry Godfrey and sarahsteinberg.bsky.social for a post-One Big Beautiful Bill debrief.

With EV tax credit gone, now’s the time to buy an electric car Trump’s megabill ends the consumer tax credits for EVs in September. But until then, shoppers can still use them to lock in lower prices — and great lease…

Now that the mega bill is law (GROAN), now is THE time to lease or buy a new or used EV and install charging infrastructure (before tax credits expire)! Alison Takemura w/ @canarymedia.com covers the incentives, tools for drivers, why EVs make great cars to drive! www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ The Republican megabill could be setting America up for the worst energy-affordability crisis since the 1970s.

If you thought electricity prices were already rising quickly, congress just decided to throw fuel on the fire. #energysky www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

🔌 💡 The newest episode of the Electrify This! #Podcast is out! @sarabaldwin.bsky.social and Mary Nichols discuss the recent federal actions could significantly slow the growth of EVs in the U.S., hurting both the economy and #environment.
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#greensky #energysky

👊 And, a HUGE THANK YOU to the team and co-authors of the report @jeffrissman.bsky.social, @sonalideshpande.bsky.social, Nik Sawe, and @michelle-solomon.bsky.social! As well as our peer reviewers, our amazing communications team, and Mina Lee for graphics!

💅 But, don't just take my word for it...check out our report at energyinnovation.org/report/overc... to learn more.

🚧 The primary barriers to industrial electrification today are the economics, grid readiness, and technological maturity. Enacting a suite of policies can help overcome these barriers and reduce industrial emissions. We need policy leadership to tackle the industrial sector's emissions problem.

Not only can electric technologies (like arc furnaces, heat pumps, electric boilers, and many more), power industrial processes while cutting pollutant emissions, they also create benefits for industrial firms and society.

⚡ Industrial electrification refers to swapping fossil fuels for electricity (using carbon-free resources), using electric technologies (electric resistance, induction, heat pumps, and even lasers and electron beams) capable of delivering heat at all temperature ranges demanded by industry.

👷‍♀️ The industrial sector makes the products and materials we rely on every day. Industrial processes are responsible for 84% of industrial non-feedstock fossil fuel use globally, and industry is the largest energy consumer and emitter of planet-heating emissions (and other pollutants).

Industry Energy Demand And Costs Keep Growing. Clean Energy Can Help Industry is the largest energy consumer in the world, but many companies are embracing electric technologies to create truly cleaner products.

Our team at @energyinnovation.org released a report last week, Overcoming All Barriers to Industrial Electrification, which I highlight in my latest @forbes.com article. Plus a quick 🧵!

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I had the honor to speak with the legendary Mary Nichols on my latest podcast, Electrify This!, discussing the implications of federal actions and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the U.S. EV market. Tune in tomorrow 6/26 wherever you get your podcasts!

Guest opinion: Pragmatism needed in US Senate to protect Utah’s energy future When my ancestors settled in what is now Beaver County 170 years ago, they carved out a living with few economic options beyond lumber, mining or hard labor. They had even fewer choices for energy — t...

🔌💡 Federal policies have attracted more than $13 billion in total announced #cleanenergy and #transportation investments across 74 new projects in #Utah since 2022.

@sarabaldwin.bsky.social discusses the future of Utah's energy 👉 www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion...

Opinion: Energy tax credits will help Utah compete Geothermal production is important to the state and our nation's future.

The Deseret News Editorial Board agreeing with Senator Curtis that keeping the tax credits is good for Utah’s energy production.

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: A Majority of Voters Want the Department of Energy to Provide Government-Backed Loans for New Clean Energy Technologies. Description: [see crosstabs for full question wording] Response Options: A) The Department of Energy should provide government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies B) Don't know C) The Department of Energy should not provide government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies All likely voters — 61% chose A, 9% chose B, 29% chose C Democrat — 79% chose A, 9% chose B, 12% chose C Independent / Third party — 61% chose A, 10% chose B, 29% chose C Republican — 43% chose A, 10% chose B, 47% chose C May 22–24, 2025 survey of 1,171 U.S. likely voters.

NEW DFP Insight: As Congressional Republicans weigh eliminating funding for the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, a majority of voters (61%) believe that the DOE should continue providing government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies.