ILSR states community power scorecard gives a letter grade to how the states score on community power. Some states score poorly even though they have changed to renewables. Utilities are greedy and don’t the state to allow the DERs – distributed energy resources, AKA net metering. https://ilsr.org/2022-community-power-scorecard/ Also see California NEM 3.0.
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2022-02-23 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
Articles pumped hydro energy storage https://www.freethink.com/technology/why-pumping-water-back-into-hydro-dams-beats-batteries-for-renewable-power?amp=1 Research paper? Downloadable https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2516-1083/abeb5b
2022-02-22 Ming Yang 16MW Wind Turbine Data
The biggest yet, this 16 MW wind turbine is still in development and will go offshore next year. It will generate 80 GWH annually. https://electrek.co/2022/02/22/a-chinese-company-is-building-a-colossal-16-mw-offshore-wind-turbine/
2022-02-19 Calif Utilities Must Procure 40+GW Clean Energy By 2032
California lowers electric sector GHG target, directs procurement of more than 40 GW of clean energy resources The chart with the yearly figures shows 40.55 GW total must be procured by 2032. The utilities must procure 25GW clean energy generation and 15GW storage, while meeting strict reliability standards. Some of this will be pumped hydro.
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2022-02-19 Biden Admin To Decarbonize Industry, Build Green Hydrogen
The Biden administration’s Energy Department is launching a $9.5 Billion initiative to decarbonize the industrial sector and build green hydrogen. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/biden-launches-initiatives-decarbonize-industrial-sector-hydrogen/618928/ Another article about this and hydrogen. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydrogen/new-report-highlights-key-challenges-ahead-for-clean-hydrogen/
2022-02-11 Project Links Solar Canopies, Irrigation Canals
This article shows the synergy between solar PV and the use of the canals as the location for solar canopies. They call it agrivoltaics but there is no agriculture or crops. The author said there are three benefits. But the author did not include the added benefit that the canal water keeps the solar panels
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2022-02-11 Mine Storage Using Pumped Hydro In Sweden
This pumped hydro system uses an underground mine for the lower reservoir. It can even use a mine that is still in operation. They say there are plans for a 400 MW system. https://www.powermag.com/blueprint-underway-for-commercial-mine-energy-storage-facility-in-sweden/
2022-02-09 Debunking Myth That Solar Isn’t Recyclable
So many fearmongers claim that solar panels are not recyclable and will fill up landfills. That myth is codswallop! (BS) https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/08/fraunhofer-ise-invents-silicon-recycling-process-for-solar-panels/ There is *no reason* why solar panels which have lost 20% of their capacity can’t continue to be used. They still have 80% of their capacity – 250 watts or more – and can
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2022-02-07 Combinations Of Wind, Solar, Storage
“Cost minimized combinations of wind power, solar power and electrochemical storage, powering the grid 99.9% of the time” Abstract, article, .PDF https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775312014759
2022-02-06 Hydrostor CAES Kern Co. Calif
Hydrostor will build a 500 MW, 4000 MWh A-CAES advanced compressed air energy storage system near Rosamond, California. Also another one nearby in San Luis Obispo County. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/12/01/hydrostor-plans-another-compressed-air-energy-storage-project/ Also: https://www.energy-storage.news/hydrostor-seeks-approval-for-3-2gwh-compressed-air-storage-facility-in-california/
