Windy so lots of wind turbines. They have 65 gigawatts of generation connected to the network. https://www.facebook.com/tomscott/videos/1683183565559839/?mibextid=9drbnH
Archive for the ‘Electrical System’ Category:
2024-11-14 China World’s Largest Open Sea Offsore Solar Farm
China’s 1 GW first and largest offshore solar farm. Over 3000 acres sits 5 miles off the coast. China has plenty of empty land in the western part but most of the demand is in the eastern part, so they have had to build hugely massive and expensive transmission lines to get the power to
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2024-11-11 Ultra High Voltage Workers In China
Notice the second worker clamping the conductor into that hexagonal ring. Wow! Each conductor is the size of his wrist! But it’s even more amazing there are *six* of them in each bundle! There are 3 or 6 of the bundles, and each bundle is held up by hugh insulators. Each bundle of 6 conductors
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2024-11-02 AI Data Centers To Use Up To 40% More Electricity; Cleaning Snow Off Solar Panels
The demand for electricity will be up to 40% more just for AI data centers. Steve Hanley’s sarcasm about watching Tik Tok videos are included, no extra charge. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/30/update-ai-data-centers-the-demand-for-electricity/amp/ Video of track vehicle cleaning snow off solar panels. https://www.facebook.com/memezarrr/videos/2897041153788366/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-10-09 Stabilizing The Electric Grid
Article about V2G technology. DER aggregators https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/october/University-of-Delaware-Delmarva-Power-V2G-technology-scalable-low-cost/
2024-10-05 Floatovoltaics – Floating Solar Panels
Floating solar panels are called Floatovoltaics. Short video. Another floating solar farm in Utah, now complete. It’s a 587.5 kW array. Utah’s first floating solar farm is complete
2024-10-01 Touchwind One Piece Rotor Offshore Wind Turbine
Touchwind uses a one piece 200 meter rotor for its offshore wind turbine.
2024-09-28 New Calif Law – Bidirectional Charging EVs May Be Required
Gov. Newsom signs SB 59 into law. Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law
2024-09-24 Solar Goes EXPONENTIAL – Surpasses Even Tony Seba’s Predictions
Sam Evans the Electric Viking’s 13 min. video extolls the virtues of solar and how even more is being installed than last year. Predicted 593 Gigawatts! It’s even exceeding Tony Seba’s predictions.
2024-09-17 Here’s How EVs Could Actually Make The Grid More Resilient
Here’s how the EVS could actually make the US electric grid more resilient. It’s a good article. It uses the term VGI – vehicle grid integration. https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/09/11/how-evs-can-make-the-us-electric-grid-more-resilient
