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Electricity from Wind Farms: even the best estimate puts only 25% of European needs before 2050
Belgium, which boasts about a thriving off-shore wind farms that generate 10% of its electricity needs, is coming up with innovative methods to deal with...- wind farms
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The U.S. Is Not Ready For An All-Electric Future
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Electric cars may make driving too expensive for middle classes, warns Vauxhall chief
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Renewable Energy Growth Rate Jumped 45% Worldwide In 2020; IEA Sees 'New Normal'
Despite pandemic-induced supply chain challenges and construction delays, renewable capacity additions in 2020 expanded by more than 45% from 2019, and broke another record....- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Battery Electric Locomotive
Now this is a Battery Electric Vehicle! BNSF and Wabtec (GE) Commence Battery-Electric Locomotive Pilot Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vCyNxfjSA Ok, that isn't quite fair, it is designed to be...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched back to gas because charging their cars is a hassle, new research shows
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*****5 STAR Article by Irina Slav - "The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power"
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Battery storage 30% cheaper than new gas peaker plants, Australian study finds
Grids around the world rely on open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) technology at times when demand for electricity is at its highest. OCGTs often...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Amazon’s Rivian electric van begins delivering packages in Tulsa
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Capacity markets
A paper on the performance of wind power in Denmark produced last year by Gordon Hughes, a professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh,...- markslawson Replied
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CO2 Mitigation on Earth and Magnesium Civilization on Mars – Just Add Water
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Solar power and the deliberately neglected constraint
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Micro Hydropower Systems Could Provide Energy Wherever Streams Flow All Year
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Offshore wind in the USA.
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Here comes a hydrogen burner.
Currently 30% capable, with 100% capable in the future. https://www.power-eng.com/gas/mccoy-power-reports-says-mitsubishi-power-won-54-percent-of-all-heavy-duty-gas-fired-turbine-order-in-2020/- turbguy Replied
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UK government to cut grants given for going electric
The government of the United Kindom that is determined to get cars on fossil fuels off the roads by 2030, did encourage motorists to...- uk grants for electric cars
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A Wind Farm in Coal Country
A short transcript from a NYT podcast. A Wind Farm in Coal Country Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by Michael Simon Johnson and Leslye Davis; edited...- turbguy Replied
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The BIG RIP OFF!! GREEDIER GREED NEW DEAL!!! Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals, agency says
Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals, agency says By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Planned investment in clean energy must...- ceo_energemsier Replied
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Geothermal energy using oil/gas drilling techniques
I don't know where I saw this, can't find it. It had to do with using modern horizontal drilling technology to create geothermal energy....- BillKidd Replied
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Abandoned Wind Farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle: Revisited 2021
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Tesla Is Plugging a Secret Mega-Battery Into the Texas Grid
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-08/tesla-is-plugging-a-secret-mega-battery-into-the-texas-grid?sref=RzXyyOXY Pure defense. If you have factories and spaceports in Texas, it might be a good idea to buffer your power.- Meredith Poor Replied
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Here we go - again: plug-in hybrids cost motorists more than what they were told
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Scientists Warn That Filling The Sahara With Solar Panels Is A Bad Idea
"Zhengyao Lu from Sweden’s Lund University and Benjamin Smith from Western Sydney University warned in a recent paper that turning the Sahara into a...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Interest article about windmills and waterwheels in Europe
At peak 200,000 windmills and 500,000 water wheels in Europe Wind powered factories: history (and future) of industrial windmills - LOW-TECH MAGAZINE- NickW Replied
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Retired RAF pilot wins legal challenge over a wind farm
A retired RAF pilot has won a case over the government in court over proposals to build a new wind farm off the coast...- wind farm
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Disaster looming in UK offshore wind power
Professor Gordon Hughes, of the School of Economics, Edinburgh University has written a report on offshore wind entitled Wind Power Economics - Rhetoric and...- wind power
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Relying entirely on renewables for power: stil, dark days still pose a challenge
On Boxing Day in 2020, we were mostly indoors due to the lockdown over the Christmas period in the United Kingdom; nature hardly helped...- renewables
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What's the hurry? UAE to embrace renewables: reason is not what you think!
Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two countries without an issue of crude oil supply, are in an accelerated mode to embrace renewable energy,...- uae
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Vestas launch 15MW Offshore Turbine
Vestas over take siemens and GE Vestas to Launch Giant 15MW Offshore Wind Turbine (oedigital.com) no doubt Higher capacity factors & availability.- NickW Replied
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