In this YouTube video, Tony Seba shows us that 100% renewables plus storage, when it is about 4x the electricity demand, will be enough for powering the electricity sector. In the future with 20% more, the Solar, Wind and Battery Storage will be enough to power all sectors except for the industrial sector. It will
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I read a lot of warnings that we have gone past the point where the global warming would stop at 1.5 degrees C, so now we must stop emitting CO2 and also begin to remove it from the atmosphere. I read about carbon capture and storage but these have the major problem that the energy
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My replies to article cited by an “electrical engineer with 34 yrs experience”. https://returntonow.net/2021/02/09/the-spiraling-environmental-costs-of-lithium-batteries-could-rival-fossil-fuel/ << Ned Goldston Thanks for the link to the article. The article is written with false information (e.g. li-Ion batteries cannot be recycled), the reference used is at least 8 years out of date, and the most telling is the last
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Bloom Energy (BE) expects to be profitable in 2021. This article gives insight into its plans and finances. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/bloom-energy-sees-future-in-hydrogen-fuel-cells-electrolysis-and-carbon-capture
A quote from https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ << EIA forecasts that planned additions to U.S. wind and solar generating capacity in 2021 and 2022 will contribute to increasing electricity generation from those sources. EIA estimates that the U.S. electric power sector added 17.5 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in 2020. EIA expects 15.3 GW of wind capacity
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I’ve got them and Bloom Energy (BE) also. Cramer tells about the guy who founded Plug Power and believes in it even though it has been a struggle. But things are looking much better for Plug Power. https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/jim-cramer-here-s-what-successful-speculation-really-looks-like-15558258 I should have bought Ballard Power BLDP, it, like plug has gone up a lot.
For some small businesses the input is mostly manpower, the rest is the power from electricity. In this case the business model is sustainable with electricity that’s from renewables. Any raw materials would have go come from sources that are sustainable. Important concept. https://www.greenbiz.com/article/whats-sustainable-and-just-business-model
In the future there are going to be ships using solid oxide fuel cells to replace generators. The propulsion engines will be replaced with electric motors powered by fuel cells, which will use green hydrogen. https://splash247.com/solid-oxide-fuel-cell-developments-proliferate/ The future needs to be now, we must rush the transition to renewables and leave fossil fuels in the
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Every second, by thermonuclear fusion, the Sun converts 564 million tons of hydrogen to 560 million tons of helium. Where did 4 million tons go? The 4 million tons that are missing are converted into energy – photons, including sunlight. This energy amounts to 380 billion Megawatts, or 380 million Gigawatts, or 380,000 Terawatts, or
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The Hornsdale Battery Storage has made a big disruption in the market for electricity in South Australia. Since it can supply electricity almost instantaneously it outcompetes the gas turbine generating plants even though it is a much smaller percent of the total electric supply. The South Australia state has a large amount of renewables –
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