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.
2025-02-11 Altilium Recovered 97% Lithium And 99% Of Graphite From Used Batteries
As more used batteries are taken out of service, the recyclers will put cheaper recycled lithium and other materials back into the manufacturing of new batteries. This will reduce the need for raw materials from mining. Eventually most of the raw materials will be from recycled batteries and the mining will be greatly reduced. Meanwhile
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2025-01-25 Tesla Becoming Fastest Growing Power Company
Sam, Electric Viking tells about Tesla Electric’s Megapacks, also about a 2 year waiting list, which will be reduced when the Megafactory opens in China.
2024-12-21 Solar Finally Goes Exponential
Sam (the Electric Viking) tells us about a Renewables futurist and how China is installing renewables that are the equivalent of five nuclear power plants *a week*!! China has surpassed 1 Terawatt of solar capacity in 2024. Global installed solar capacity has hit two terawatts! It took 68 years to reach 1 Terawatt Solar capacity,
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2024-12-10 IEA Report On Trends In PV Applications
This was from JHAT 2024 Dec 8 https://iea-pvps.org/trends_reports/trends-in-pv-applications-2024/
2024-11-20 China Not Approving Coal Power Plants, Instead New Renewables Being Built
China is installing renewables and battery storage at a record pace. Sam Electric Viking tells us all about it – 10.7 min. video. China has installed more solar this year than the rest of the world combined.
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/
2024-09-28 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.