That’s over 80 million liters per day! You have to realize that these new nuclear power plants make 4 billion watts of heat and about 1.4 billion goes out as electric power. The remaining heat has to be dissipated as heat – so it goes into the water in the cooling tower. https://www.facebook.com/southernnuclear/videos/708110578766188/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Archive for the ‘Electrical System’ Category:
2025-07-15 Assembling Glass Insulators
I always wondered how these were made. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2243029362808318/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-07-15 Charging An EV Can Be Faster Than Fueling A Gas Guzzler
“The number one benefit of the EV life is the number one thing that people worry about.” Charging an EV is not the same as gassing up a car. https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3459451&post_id=163345098&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5fqhcf&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozMjg3NjA2NTUsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE2MzM0NTA5OCwiaWF0IjoxNzQ2OTkwOTIzLCJleHAiOjE3NDk1ODI5MjMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNDU5NDUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mxjFEHkgtVxSCES9q6qdkmr6C316W3gZufvOyPyfRR8
2025-07-13 China Has + & – 800kV EHVDC Transmission Lines
Link to video showing what I commented on below. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1193757159114428/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Did you notice that there are only two conductors going to the pylon in the background? That means this is a DC powerline. And there are six conductors in each bundle. That’s extremely high current, over 5000 amps. But the really amazing thing you can
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2025-07-09 China’s 15 GW Solar Farms Are Also Growing Crops – Agrivoltaics
The Chinese rural folk in Guizhou are benefitting from the farms and jobs. The farmers are getting paid for the use of their land. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02FACPr5ynWg456ZkN5exRc1DY31rirMeteCNnzbDjhKPDUv9VRinFHJSxqqkKXURnl&id=100050306297601&post_id=100050306297601_pfbid02FACPr5ynWg456ZkN5exRc1DY31rirMeteCNnzbDjhKPDUv9VRinFHJSxqqkKXURnl&mibextid=6yaNxA Another short about solar in China. Says 70% of electricity in China is supplied by these solar panels. They’re plowing the desert to install solar panels. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1940260953385737/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-06-25 Drone Can Charge Straight From The Power Line
This drone can charge straight from the power lines. A prototype built by students in Denmark. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2827561450966396/?mibextid=9drbnH
2025-06-21 US Nuclear Plants Rated By Quake Risk
“”A ranking of the nation’s 104 commercial nuclear reactors is shown at the bottom of this article, listing the NRC estimate of risk of an earthquake causing core damage.”” What are the odds? The riskiest isn’t what you think. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42103936
2025-06-21 Making AC Voltage Boost Transformer To Correct Overloaded Grid
Watch the last few minutes of this 18 min. YouTube video to see the advertising on the box that tells what it does. This is really tragic. This multiple tap voltage boost transformer has to be used because the Indian electric grid is so overloaded that they can’t depend on the AC voltage to be
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2025-06-20 Batteries Are So Cheap Now Solar Power Doesn’t Sleep
Electrek article. “”A new report from global energy think tank Ember says batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world.”” “”And as battery tech keeps improving, round-the-clock solar could become the backbone of clean energy systems
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2025-05-25 Why You Should Buy Solar and Battery NOW In The USA
She talks about the 30% tax credit and how it soon may be altered or removed. She said that a solar system may cost $20,000 and a battery storage system may add another $16,000. It’s a 15 min Video.
