My comment from JHAT of this date with subject of space based solar power stations I pose the question: Should we (humans) collect solar power and beam it down to Earth by microwave or laser? The answer, and I quote, is “No. Don’t be ridiculous.” Are you serious? Who in their right mind would attempt
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Engineering with Rosie dives into the VALCOE – value adjusted levelized cost of energy. This is adjusted for time of use – most solar is available only during daylight hours. https://youtu.be/6_BGHy4sfMs She uses a car race analogy to compare the solar, onshore wind, coal and gas. Solar and wind win the race. One thing I
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California leads with more than 10 GW, many times that of second place. Texas and Florida are adding a lot more. The incentives are important! They don’t say, but I assume that this includes ‘behind the meter’ rooftop solar. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=46996
The Biden administration is approving 3 large solar PV farm projects on BLM lands in Riverside County, California. These utility scale projects total nearly 1 Gigawatt capacity. Up to 25 more will be built in other states. https://electrek.co/2021/12/23/biden-administration-approves-three-big-solar-farms-on-public-land/
This article gives a fair assessment of recycling wind turbine blades. They are being recycled but there is not enough incentive; some countries are mandating that they must be recycled. https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-wind-turbine-blades-235853274.html
The most sustainable energy country, Norway, Is granting $111 Million to clean hydrogen and ammonia projects. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/norway-grants-111-mln-clean-hydrogen-ammonia-projects-2021-12-17/
These claims were put forth by 1.) Solar is unreliable and makes the power grid more susceptible to blackouts. A- FALSE – Weather predictions make solar power predictable and storage makes solar or wind predictable and dispatchable. Rooftop solar plus battery storage and an islanding inverter gives a home protection against blackouts. 2.) Electricity costs
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Biden’s Build Back Better Act would boost solar installs 31% through 2026. https://electrek.co/2021/12/14/bidens-build-back-better-act-would-boost-solar-installs-31-through-2026/
A 24 min YouTube video: Generation of ammonia using solar energy: GCEP symposium Jens Nørskov Oct 8, https://youtu.be/FayZdrPx6xo Most fertilizer is made from ammonia. Humanity is heavily dependent on fertilizer for growing food. 1% of the world energy is used in the Haber-Bosch process to make ammonia. High energy: not as high as gasoline but
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The solid hydrogen patent owned by Plasma Kinetics was restricted from 2008 to 2017 by the U.S. Government as being a disruptive technology. In this youtube video he’s talking to Sandy Munro who tells him about Plasma Kinetics and solid hydrogen. He interviews the Plasma Kinetics boss. https://youtu.be/brEm4mEizns
