It comes in a roll. They said 85 Watts per square meter, which is not that much, but still adequate. https://www.facebook.com/reel/963442381939420?mibextid=9drbnH
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2024-04-18 Wind Power Was Record Growth in 2023
Quote: “”The global wind industry installed 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy – here’s what happened and where.”” 2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers
2024-04-16 California 100% Renewables for 30 Days!
That’s great news! One thing I just remembered is that the nuclear power plants (Diablo Canyon, Palo Verde) usually shut down for maintenance in the spring when demand is lowest. Otherwise they normally run 24/7 and there wouldn’t be any time during the day when it would be 100% renewables. California exceeds 100% of energy
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2024-04-14 Drone Recharges From HV AC line
Wow! It just clips onto the HV cable and recharges while it’s hanging there. Presumably the drone has an inductive pickup coil that’s up against the conductor that’s carrying hundreds of amps. I bet Joe Tegtmeyer would like to have one of these! https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/1123581112297321/?mibextid=NnVzG8 https://www.facebook.com/reel/415716777728231?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-04-12 Florida GOP Operative Admits Role In ‘Ghost’ Candidate Scheme That Defeated Utility-targeted Dem
Dark money supported 3rd party candidates who siphoned off votes from Democrats, giving Republicans state congressional seats. This money came from Florida Power & Light. It was meant to defeat those who supported clean renewable energy. https://floodlightnews.org/florida-gop-ghost-candidate/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter
2024-04-10 IOUs, Going Off Grid
The transmission pylons are a few million dollars a mile, and the undersea cables are even more expensive. And the undersea cables are more difficult to maintain, as is anything in a marine environment. So the cheap SOBs in the utilities typically choose the lower cost towers. As for the US West Coast, rooftop solar
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2024-04-07 Esbjerg Changes To Heat Pump City Heating System
The city of Esbjerg, Denmark is replacing its coal fired city heating system with an amazing giant heat pump, biomass boilers and waste burning boilers. The refrigerant is CO2. Read the description. This is a long 43 minutes but is very comprehensive and interesting. The cost is about 40 million Euros.
2024-04-05 Graphic Shows Renewables Percent Of Total Electric Generation 2000 to 2023
This is a very good graphic of the percent of total electricity renewables have grown to since 2000. Notice the bulging in April and September, and flattening during the summer. These are caused by the changes in demand during the hot weather. We need this to be 100% ASAP in order to prevent climate disaster!
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2024-03-25 Ohio Solar Farm Largest US Agrivoltaics Project
Very short article. Ohio’s largest solar farm will be the largest US agrivoltaics project. The Oak Run Solar Project is 800 MW, with 300 MW battery storage. Ohio’s largest solar farm will also be the US’s largest agrivoltaics project
2024-03-23 Pennsylvania To Build Its Largest Solar Farm To Replace Coal Power Plant
Great! One less coal plant. There are more than 100 more coal plants that need to be shut down ASAP. Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm will replace its largest coal plant
