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  1. Jay McKinsey


    The learning rate of photovoltaics – the speed at which price declines accelerate with wider deployment of the technology – reached 23.5% in 2019, according to...

  2. ML


    After 30 Years Of Trying, Mercedes-Benz Ends Hydrogen Car Development Because It’s Too Costly   Saw this item in a newsletter. It about sums up the...
      

  3. MP


    https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2020/nrel-six-junction-solar-cell-sets-two-world-records-for-efficiency.html "Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%. The six-junction solar cell now holds...
      

  4. DW


    The Renewables Team..... Perhaps a baseload energy system like this may be worth some discussion? Below is a comparison of area required vs energy generated for wind...
      

  5. MP


    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/gcl-system-plans-to-build-world-s-biggest-solar-panel-plant?srnd=premium&sref=RzXyyOXY If the US builds out 30Gw per year over the next 30 years, it would have 900Gw installed by 2050. US peak power demand on...
      

  6. ronwagn


    https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-26/california-approves-climate-change-target-that-critics-say-is-far-too-weak California approves climate change target that critics say is far too weak
      

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  7. Tom Kirkman


    "Renewable" Energy simply cannot survive without government subsidies (aka FREE MONEY).  Especially when competing against exceedingly low oil & gas prices.  "Renewable" energy train wreck...

  8. KeyboardWarrior


    I've wanted to make a topic where I could get people to talk about nuclear, and to debate educated doubters. Everywhere else I go,...
      

  9. ronwagn


    https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-2030-Isnt-The-Magic-Year-For-Electric-Vehicles.html#comment_added This article brings up a lot of valid points IMHO. I did submit a comment regarding the lack of consideration of natural gas vehicles...
      

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  10. Tom Kirkman


    Just wait until governments *rescind* subsidies for EVs and decide to tax electricity for EVs in the same way they tax gasoline and diesel...

  11. MP


    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ucl-flb021320.php At 88 Wh/l, this has roughly the energy density of lead acid batteries, but can be recharged in seconds.    
      

  12. MP


    25 cents / 4.81 is slightly over 5 cents per watt. I have no idea whether this ad is lowball or not. I find...
      

  13. Enthalpic


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_moon https://time.com/5429288/china-chengdu-artificial-moon/ https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a23937900/china-man-made-moon-launching-2020/

  14. Tom Kirkman


    This is exactly the type of scenarios that the Climate Panic crowd deliberately ignore. I really do get annoyed with the obtuseness of those who...

  15. MP


    This picture shows an electrode pattern that I haven't seen before. Usually the electrodes are simply straight lines of silver. This cell is for sale...
      

  16. bf


    Cant find current marked prices on hydrogen   
      

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  17. Daniel Ryslink


    Yep folks, unfortunately, them scientist fellas can't be trusted these days anymore. The climate change scam is not the first one they pulled right...
      

  18. ronwagn


    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-01-10/renewable-green-energy-myth-50000-tons-non-recyclable-wind-turbine-blades-dumped THE RENEWABLE GREEN ENERGY MYTH: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill  
      

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  19. Tom Kirkman


    Ya think ! ? ! ?   Once again, ordinary people are not going along with the narrative being forcibly shoved down their throats by...

  20. NW


    Video https://vimeo.com/375937698

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  21. NW


    Denmark breaking new records helped by interconnections with Germany and Scandinavia.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-denmark-windpower/denmark-sources-record-47-of-power-from-wind-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z10KE
      

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  22. NW


    Interesting trial. Blending 20% by volume Hydrogen into the natural gas network at Keele University (UK)  HSE have approved project. https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3084832/hydrogen-injected-into-gas-grid-as-part-of-groundbreaking-uk-trial 20% by volume equals about 7.5%...
      

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  23. Tom Kirkman


    Unexpected news.  I wasn't even aware there was a wind turbine installed in the Bronx (one of the 5 boroughs of New York City).   Wind Turbine...

  24. Jeffrey B. Pickett

    renewableenergy

    The Power of Water: Fuel, Agriculture and Desalination.   Global Blue Oceans International, LLC
      

  25. NW


    https://www.anakatawindpower.com/ Interesting. Formula One design comes to wind power. Winglets and aerofoils bring 10% performance improvements. Can be retrofitted to existing turbines with a payback...
      

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  26. James Regan


    https://www.news24.com/Green/News/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-is-time-2019-person-of-the-year-20191211 THUNDERBERGS ARE GO.......  
      

  27. James Regan


    Queen praises heroes who used a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher to stop London Bridge attacker https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/queen-leads-tributes-to-brave-heroes-in-london-bridge-attack/2019/11/30/01438696-1372-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html   This is a bit of a conundrum involving a...
      

  28. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/29/greta-thunberg-goes-full-marxist/ Typical watermelon. Green on the outside and red on the inside. RCW   Greta the Teenage Climate Puppet Goes Full Marxist 418
      

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  29. ronwagn


    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/great-energy-challenge/2013/10-myths-about-geothermal-heating-and-cooling/#close Why are we not hearing more about geothermal heating and cooling, especially for very cold and hot areas? Mass use would reduce prices. It...
      

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  30. ronwagn


    https://news.yahoo.com/china-says-developed-countries-lack-political-climate-goals-083243079.html As the West bends over backwards to adopt renewables, China demands billions and burns more coal than the rest of the world together. Xi continues...
      

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