The Canadian government provided at least C$29.6 billion in financing to fossil fuel and petrochemical companies in 2024, with most of it directed toward the over-budget Trans Mountain pipeline, according to estimates from Environmental Defence Canada.

This is money that should have been used to encourage more #electrification, #microgrid expansion, #energyefficiency measures, etc. #fossilfools #pipelines

https://www.theenergymix.com/trans-mountain-dominates-as-canadas-fossil-fuel-support-nears-30b-for-2024/

#ThanxBiden for even more #ClimateAction

#Microgrids directly contribute to #EnergyReliability and #GridResilience, by allowing the local grid to operate separately from a larger network. The Office of Electricity has $14.7M in funding to deploy #microgrid technologies in underserved, Indigenous, remote, rural and islanded communities. This funding focuses on deploying grid-enabling tech like #CleanEnergy generation and storage systems, control systems, and more. https://www.energy.gov/oe/articles/us-department-energy-announces-147-million-microgrid-technologies-underserved-and

To evaluate a #DIY #MicroGrid with #Victron #ESS I've been doing a little simulation. I'm a bit of a victron fan boy and really keen to try this out with real hardware.

Casa Pueblo, out of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, is so much more than the solar-#microgrid power project or #resilience scheme you might be tempted to take it for. It’s a comprehensive “proyecto de #autogestión comunitaria,” or initiative in community #selfmanagement, developed under the dual pressures of acute vulnerability to Atlantic hurricanes and the malign neglect of the US federal government – and it’s one of the most inspiring things I’ve come across in my research. https://casapueblo.org/