Numerous times I’ve heard these doubt mongers say “… but renewables will never be able to power heavy industry.” And I tell them they don’t know what they are talking about. Now we have a real life example of it being done. https://electrek.co/2021/10/14/egeb-a-colorado-steel-mill-is-now-the-worlds-first-to-run-almost-entirely-on-solar/
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2021-10-13 Wind Turbines Pay For Themselves In A Few Years
To the climate change deniers who can’t add 1 and 1. Wind turbines pay back their costs after a few years and save thousands of tons of CO2 during their lifetimes. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/12/viral-image/actually-wind-turbines-easily-produce-more-power-i/
2021-10-12 Azelio Unveils Solar Thermal Storage System
The solar energy melts aluminum at 600 deg. C and runs a Stirling engine even when the Sun isn’t shining. https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/10/11/electro-thermal-storage-system-for-commercial-applications-launched/
2021-10-11 Hydrogen House Project Tour Video
This guy runs everything off hydrogen. He makes his own, stores his own and powers everything from green hydrogen. He has six patents dealing with hydrogen. He made his own system. https://youtu.be/NMH1pBAYgYs GKN Hydrogen’s HY2MINI demonstrator. This is a similar setup. The solar array powers the electrolyzer. The green hydrogen is stored in metal hydride
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2021-10-08 Colossal 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
MingYang’s newest wind turbine << A single MySE 16.0-242 turbine will generate 80,000 MWh of electricity annually. It will produce 45% more energy than MingYang’s previous turbine model, the MySE 11.0-203. One of these turbines will be able to eliminate more than 1.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the course of its
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2021-10-08 Future Of Green Hydrogen
From FB group reply Troy Slavant Said, “hydrogen… Is more expensive than gasoline and always will be.” You’re right about the first half, green hydrogen is more expensive at this time. But it won’t be once the electrolysis plants are built. This is one example. Note the article mentions Japan, Korea, US, Germany. Note this
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2021-10-06 Agrivoltaics Benefit French Vineyards
The solar panels over the vineyards protect the grapes from hot and cold temperatures, and the power is fed into the grid, reducing fossil fuel use. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/solar-panels-help-french-winemaker-keep-climate-change-bay-2021-10-04/
2021-10-05 Renewables Plus Storage Replace Gas Plants
From FB comment re: Headwind”21 movie Alexander Pohl Said, “where does electricity come from when the wind doesn’t blow? They are building 100% standby gas for … wind…” No, they are not!! The gas turbine peaker plants are being replaced with BESS – battery energy storage systems. Search for Moss Landing BESS for an example.
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2021-10-04 H Quest Develops Hydrogen Pyrolyzer *Without CO2*
This makes hydrogen from methane using electricity, but without CO2. It uses microwaves at 2.45 GHz. from a magnetron. https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/-we-will-make-zero-co2-hydrogen-from-natural-gas-so-cheaply-we-could-give-it-away-for-free-/2-1-1075224
2021-10-01 Nuclear Power Phase Out In EU
Quote: << For those wondering what is happening with nuclear power, it is set to be phased-out by 2030 in Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. Italy has already closed all of its functioning nuclear plants as of 2020. Nevertheless, electricity sourced from nuclear power stations will grow 1% in 2021 and even 2% in 2022.
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