Very good explanation of Wright’s Law, applied to wind, solar and storage. And what it will do. We are not facing a slow energy transition. We are facing a rapid and total energy transformation, and it has already begun. https://youtu.be/6zgwiQ6BoLA
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category:
2021-04-03 Sand Battery To Store Heat
This is a novel idea. Heat up sand during the daytime with solar energy. After sunset circulate the hot sand through a steam generator to run a turbine and generator. Short 2 min video. https://youtu.be/KozXB04eM-c
2021-04-01 Azelio Stirling Engines
These Azelio Stirling Engines are high efficiency and use molten aluminum to store heat for later use. Matt Ferrel Indecided https://youtu.be/Be3FckQoDws One thing that he didn’t bring up is that it’s not necessary to change the reciprocating motion of the Stirling engine’s piston to rotary motion. The reciprocating motion could be used to move a
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2021-03-30 Aus Scientists Achieve Brkthru Carbon Capture
This method captures CO2 and stores it on calcium carbonate and produces green hydrogen at the same time. It can use treated seawater. Article has a link to the research paper. The world needs carbon capture on a massive scale. This is interesting because it accomplishes both green hydrogen generation and CO2 capture. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/03/30/australian-scientists-remarkable-renewably-powered-carbon-capture-breakthrough/
2021-03-29 Biomass Vs. Solar Power
“Solar panels can produce 100 times as much power per acre as biomass.” https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/26/biomass-carbon-climate-politics-477620
2021-03-29 Terrestrial Thermonuclear Fusion
In this Tech For Luddites YouTube video the lady from India explains the drawbacks of ‘terrestrial fusion’. For instance there are only 21 kilograms of tritium in the world. It has to be bred in a [fission] reactor. For an 800 MW fusion plant it will take 125 kg of tritium per year to run
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2021-03-28 Lavo, Hydrogen
From TSLA group – about hydrogen from my blog previous to this one. Nick Carrière Said, “…fundamental flaws with hydrogen vehicles…” Well, first off ‘converting to AC for a motor’ is necessary for battery EVs, too. But the losses are only a few percent either way. Said, “Total energy losses are several times higher…” That
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2021-03-28 Gov’t Should Fund Green Hydrogen Plant
Also on FB group The govt should fund a plant for electrolyzing green hydrogen from water. This should be able to soak up all the power from renewables that otherwise would be curtailed during off-peak demand times. The whole idea is to get the ball rolling on green hydrogen production without putting load on the
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2021-03-23 Tesla Energy Plan In South Australia
https://electrek.co/2021/03/23/tesla-energy-plan-launches-in-australia-to-lower-electricity-rates-with-virtual-power-plant/ Virtual Power Plant with 50,000 new rooftop solar plus Powerwall installations.
2021-03-22 LCOE Levelized Cost Of Energy – NREL
From FB reply Nuclear power plants are too expensive and are being taken out of service and decommissioned. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is being decommissioned at a cost of 4.4 billion dollars and will take 20 years. LCOE levelized cost of energy is how a utility judges its generating assets. Nuclear and conventional
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