This poll was released today. It’s not necessarily impartial. I love to hear that 68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farm construction. But there are NIMBYs that don’t want the turbines for a number of reasons, most of them unjustified. 68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farms – here’s why
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2024-02-02 ReVolve Battery Energy Storage Product Uses Second-life Nissan Leaf EV Battery Packs
Stationary battery energy storage systems are a great way to reuse used EV batteries. Quote: “”The ReVolve battery energy storage product uses second-life Nissan Leaf electric vehicle (EV) battery packs coupled with patented cell-level control technology that combines an integrated battery management system (BMS) and inverter hardware solution.”” PV self-consumption rising as batteries cut grid
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2024-01-22 Largest US Solar-Storage Project Goes Online
It’s 875 MW solar and 3 GWh of energy storage. The 4600 acre site with nearly 2 million solar panels is not far from Edwards AFB, California. Largest US solar-storage project goes online
2024-01-04 Wisconsin’s Largest Solar Farm Now Online
Badger Hollow Solar is 3500 acres, 830,000 bifacials on trackers and 300 MW, built in two phases. The second phase just came online. Wisconsin is expected to add 3.78 GW solar over the next 5 years. Wisconsin’s largest solar farm is now fully online
2024-01-03 Elon Tells About Powering The US With A 100 Mile Square Solar Farm
Elon Musk talks about generating enough power from a solar farm 100 miles by 100 miles, plus batteries to power during darkness.
2023-12-29 Dispatchable Renewables: 540 MW PV Plus Storage In S. Africa
Quote: “”Dispatchable Renewables are the future.”” Scatec’s 540MW PV + 1,140MWh Battery Storage Project In South Africa Begins Supplying Electricity To National Grid
2023-12-29 Solar Canopies Serve Three Purposes: Charging, Generation And Shade
I like getting in a car that’s not roasting hot. One thing the companies and organizations are doing is installing solar canopies in parking lots. It’s what Tesla did in the lot over the row of superchargers at Gigafactory Texas. And those canopies give cars shade. There are millions of acres / ares of parking
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2023-12-25 Consumptive Water Use For US Power Production
This technical report from NREL dated 2003 discusses the water consumed by thermoelectric power plants. It’s a .PDF available online from the US government.
2023-12-21 Tesla Electric VPP Pays Homeowner $1098
Tesla Electric Virtual Power Plant earns money for homeowner. It has a 12.5 kW solar with 3 Powerwalls, in Texas. https://electrek.co/2023/12/21/tesla-electric-erases-homeowners-electricity-bill-pays-him/
