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  1. TN


    "The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power" by Irina Slav is a fabulous read!  After having been kept hidden underneath the rug by the political...

  2. Jay McKinsey


    Grids around the world rely on open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) technology at times when demand for electricity is at its highest. OCGTs often...

  3. MP


    https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2019/benefits-of-agrivoltaics-across-the-food-energy-water-nexus.html

  4. MP


    "The U.S. is woefully unprepared to handle “the electrification of everything,” as Amy Myers Jaffe, a research professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, describes...

  5. Jay McKinsey


    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....

  6. hemanthaa@mail.com


    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...
      

  7. ML


    Here is a link to the article Key passages are these. Standard home outlets generally put out about 120 volts of power at what electric vehicle...

  8. Jay McKinsey


    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...

  9. Ward Smith


    Especially when the production of that electricity is assumed to be "renewables". Will those chargers help or hinder the grid? 

  10. ML


    Professor Gordon Hughes, of the School of Economics, Edinburgh University has written a report on offshore wind entitled Wind Power Economics - Rhetoric and...
      

  11. hemanthaa@mail.com


    LOCOMOTION, a project funded by the European Union, has finally started talking about the elephant in the room, when it comes to renewables -...
      

  12. Jay McKinsey


    Amazon’s initiative to begin delivering its packages in all-electric vehicles provided by Rivian has made it to its third U.S. city. The e-commerce giant...

  13. MP


    https://scitechdaily.com/co2-mitigation-on-earth-and-magnesium-civilization-on-mars-just-add-water/ Making methane and methanol from elemental magnesium, CO2, and water at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

  14. ML


    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,...

  15. Tom Kirkman


    Oopsie, looks like EVs perhaps aren't so "green" after all. Expect screams to the contrary, foaming at the mouth, insults, denials, and general brickbats from the...

  16. ronwagn


    https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/buying-and-making-electricity/microhydropower-systems     Apparently many small dams never considered any kind of hydroelectric equipment in their planning. It seems like many waterways could be more fully utilized...

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  17. turbguy


    Offshore Wind is becoming a BIG attraction. https://www.powermag.com/report-touts-huge-potential-of-offshore-wind/

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  18. BK


    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....

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  19. turbguy


    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...

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  20. turbguy


    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/

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  21. MP


    "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...

  22. hemanthaa@mail.com


    The government of the United Kindom that is determined to get cars on fossil fuels off the roads by 2030, did encourage motorists to...
      

  23. cv


    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...

  24. MP


    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.

  25. MP


    Content for 'I told you sos': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSb-33aXK3E  
      

  26. hemanthaa@mail.com


    Here is the article from Daily Telegraph:    

  27. Dan Warnick


    These guys are coming on strong having just over a year ago performing a publicly displayed test flight in Singapore, they are now in...

  28. hemanthaa@mail.com


    A retired RAF pilot has won a case over the government in court over proposals to build a new wind farm off the coast...
      

  29. NW


    At peak 200,000 windmills and 500,000 water wheels in Europe Wind powered factories: history (and future) of industrial windmills - LOW-TECH MAGAZINE

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  30. hemanthaa@mail.com


    Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two countries without an issue of crude oil supply, are in an accelerated mode to embrace renewable energy,...
      

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