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  1. Jay McKinsey


    "When the project wraps up as slated on April 30, 2024, it will seek to primarily achieve “operation at full load and production of...

  2. Jay McKinsey


    Tesla Model 3 now starts at $37,990. BMW 3 series starts at $40,750.  BEV first undercut the high end. Now they have undercut the mid range....

  3. Jay McKinsey


    Huck Cycle’s 60 mph electric mopeds get new VINs, paving way for legal riding

  4. ES


    "By comparing the lifetime costs of 15 different renewable energy carriers such as electricity and vanadium, Lux’s analysis shows that across all renewable energy...

  5. MP


    https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/05/21/nothing-can-shake-amlos-fossil-fuel-fixation (Economist magazine, paywall). AMLO is trying to protect incumbent oil, gas, and power infrastructure (run by the government) from investor owned renewable energy sources.
      

  6. Jay McKinsey


    The 100MW/200MWh battery proposed for Middle Arm, on the outskirts of Darwin and close to its massive LNG export facilities is considered a “stand-alone”...

  7. ES


    The speaker in this video, Jesse Jenkins, discusses the complexity of deep decarbonization of power. As renewables are deployed in larger quantity they begin to...

  8. ronwagn


    https://www.theepochtimes.com/net-zero-plans-to-decarbonize-economy-madness-claims-engineering-expert_3358591.html   Here is a rational look at the Green Energy plans of the anti carbon bunch. What do you think? RCW   Net-Zero Emissions Plans for Economy...
      

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  9. Jeffrey B. Pickett


    We are already here. Global Blue Oceans International, LLC and Global Green Energy, LLC Personally bringing the tech to Texas. Houston, we have landed. The Real...
      

  10. NW


    Interesting. Study shows output only drops 13% after 17 years in operation. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/25/us-wind-power-plants-show-little-decline-with-age/ Subsidy only for the first 10 years so thereafter farms only get wholesale price. 

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  11. 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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  12. Tom Kirkman


    News flash: batteries do not *generate* electricity. Did California actually think this through?  Removing / retiring natural gas plants for generating electricity and creating a huge...

  13. 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...

  14. NW


    Another step up in size. How long before we get to 20 MW? https://www.marinelink.com/news/siemens-gamesa-launches-mw-offshore-wind-478602

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  16. Tom Kirkman


    The sky is falling.  The sky has always been falling.  Ignore that acorn behind the curtain. < sigh > Amusing the attempt to link the China Flu...

  17. ES


    "A team has developed a less expensive water electrolysis system that works under alkaline conditions but still produces hydrogen at comparable rates to the...

  18. 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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  19. 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...

  20. Jay McKinsey


     It has been suggested that I start a thread on geothermal. I don't know anything about it but I will kick it off.Anyone here...

  21. ES


    "As for the disturbance of the oil and coal markets by renewables, which seems to be the real beef, is this a new type...

  22. Jay McKinsey


    Southern California Edison Contracts Mammoth 770MW Energy Storage Portfolio to Replace California Gas Plants One of the world’s largest single battery storage procurements will race...

  23. nb


    Pinched off LinkedIn and made me chuckle "Building one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of plastic."...

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  24. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/09/delingpole-michael-moore-has-become-a-hero-to-climate-deniers-complains-guardian/ How could Michael Moore betray most of his fans by telling the truth about energy? See the free movie, still running on YouTube. RCW Delingpole:...
      

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  25. Jay McKinsey


    Dept. of Interior approves plans for $1 billion, 690-MW Gemini solar project with 1,400-MWh battery.  https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/05/dept-of-interior-approves-plans-for-690-mw-gemini-solar-project-with-1400-mwh-battery/

  26. MP


    Note that the minimum order quantity is one shipping container, which may be a 20' or 40'. This isn't made clear.
      

  27. ronwagn


    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-hydrogen-southkorea-insight/hydrogen-hurdles-a-deadly-blast-hampers-south-koreas-big-fuel-cell-car-bet-idUSKBN1W936A A dangerous fuel that is hard to contain and is more expensive than natural gas. Green extremism is the allure to an expensive and...
      

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  28. Jay McKinsey


    This LCOE so no subsidies! https://nawindpower.com/bnef-onshore-wind-is-cheapest-source-of-new-build-generation

  29. 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...

  30. 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...
      

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