Storage set a record setting end in 2021. Aerial photo of BESS at Johanna substation in Santa Ana. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/energy-storage-sprinted-to-a-record-setting-end-to-2021/ Another video stated battery manufacturing will reach a 5-fold growth by 2030.
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2022-03-28 Misinfo Derailing Wind, Solar Across US (NPR)
Misinformation, especially on Facebook and social media, is derailing renewable energy projects across the US. These fools are going to cause the planet to suffer greatly. https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1086790531/renewable-energy-projects-wind-energy-solar-energy-climate-change-misinformation
2022-03-26 Legislation Intro’d Renewables ‘Superhighway’
This CHARGE act legislation is to build a renewable energy ‘superhighway’. According to this, the existing electric infrastructure is old and antiquated and needs to be upgraded. It seems that if the existing system is working adequately then it’s not that bad. The renewables could be connected to the existing generators at their locations and
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2022-03-25 China’s Green H2 Message Bad News For Russia
China’s green hydrogen message spells bad news for Russia. Quote: << Green hydrogen made no sense as commercial venture back when the cost of wind and solar power was sky-high. As those costs have come down, the green hydrogen market has exploded, and for good reason. Hydrogen is already part and parcel of the modern
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2022-03-25 Yellen: US Should Have Moved To Renewables Faster
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said the US should have moved faster toward renewable energy. It would have made us more independent of foreign and Russian fossil fuels. Quote: << Current energy market struggles are a reason to increase focus on renewable energy, Yellen said. >> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/25/yellen-the-us-should-have-moved-faster-toward-renewable-energy.html
2022-03-21 Muni Floating Solar Array
Cohoes, NY will use reservoir for 4 MW solar array. Quote: << “…researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production.” >> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/20/tiny-cohoes-to-floating-solar-wallflowers-catch-me-if-you-can/
2022-03-20 Solar Panel Makers May Have A Materials Constraint
This article outlines the incredibly huge amount of solar panels that China is supplying to be installed, much of them in China. The figures are astounding! Quote: << Thus far, 24 of China’s 31 provinces and regions have set out five-year-plan renewables targets which include plans for 375-420GW of solar by 2025 – around 75-84GW
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2022-03-19 Pyrolysis For Recycling Wind Turbine Blades
Pyrolysis is a method that can recycle wind turbine blades. It says that wind turbine blades are responsible for 10% of the waste GFRP composites, which implies that wind turbine blades are just a small percentage of the total. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/03/method-for-recycling-wind-turbine-blades-almost-waste-free/
2022-03-18 Supercritical Heat Pump Storage
Storing electricity using supercritical carbon dioxide heat pump storage. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/17/storing-renewable-electricity-with-supercritical-co2-heat-pump/
2022-03-16 Green Hydrogen Will Be Used In Place Of Natural Gas
Comment on Tesla small shareholders The amount of hydrogen needed to power anything doesn’t matter. The renewables are intermittent so the solar and wind rated capacity has to be 3 to 4 times the peak load. Thus there is going to be too much renewables electricity for much of the time. At the present, that
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