The UC and CSU systems track their emissions. California Community College System does not. Good article. California colleges have to slash emissions. Here’s why decarbonization is complex and costly.
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2024-03-12 Keeping The Grid In Balance
At the end he said “… keeping the grid in balance with millions of tons of spinning inertia.” Well, this is now being simulated by the electronics in the battery energy storage systems and other electronics. It’s called VMM – virtual machine mode. Soon, there will be very few thermal power plants left after all
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2024-3-05 Boron Nitride Stores Hydrogen – Mechanochemical breakthrough – safe powdered hydrogen
This reminds me of Lavo, an Australian company that makes a hydrogen storage system. https://newatlas.com/energy/mechanochemical-breakthrough-unlocks-cheap-safe-powdered-hydrogen/
2024-02-28 USGS Says An Ocean of Hydrogen Underground In US
There is an ocean of hydrogen under the surface of the Earth that can be harvested, enough for hundreds of years according to the U.S. Geological Survey, a federal agency. A min. YouTube video by the Electric Viking, Sam Evans.
2024-02-15 India To Build 30 GW Solar And Wind Facility
30 Gigawatts! They say that that’s enough to power 18 million Indian homes. This will most likely be the biggest project in the world – for quite some time. It takes about 3 million solar panels per gigawatt, so if half the 30 GW is solar, that’s 45 million solar panels. The other 15GW would
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2024-02-13 Tesla To Build Largest 164 Stall Supercharging Station In California
That’s a lot of stalls! I also made a few calculations. The canopies at GF Texas have 9 by 4 = 36 solar panels. Assume each panel puts out 350 Watts. 350 * 36 = 12.6 kW. Each canopy covers 4 stalls, so 164 stalls divided by 4 = 41 canopies. 12.6 kW * 41
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2024-02-10 China Says Wind, Solar Are About 40% Of Installed Power Generation
The 15 MW onshore wind turbine’s blades are the least of this news. The following is the big part of this story. Quote: “”The China Electricity Council said in its latest annual report that wind and solar would make up around 40% of the country’s installed power generation capacity by the end of 2024 –
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2024-02-07 Myth: EVs will Crash The Grid – Rosie 1 Min. Short
Rosie Barnes *debunks* the myth that Electric Vehicles will crash the grid – she shows that EVs will charge during the daytime and power the grid during the dark. 1 min. YouTube video.
2024-02-06 Offshore Wind – Most Residents Support wind Farm Construction
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
