2023-12-05 1500 pF Capacitors “Age Down” In Value – Out Of Tolerance?
James Chessman gave me permission to use his comment. “””I have encountered a phenomenon called “age-down” in ceramic capacitors tested on ICT (In-Circuit Test) machines. I was working for a circuit-board manufacturer, developing new test sets. I was seeing these caps consistently read high in new tests. And, pulling them out of the circuit they
(Read More…)
2023-12-04 CR Car Reliability Report Explained – Important Details
One issue Consumer Reports had was the EVs and PHEVs were a smaller sample size, leading to one ‘bad apple’ skewing the overall results. So read this article for a better explanation before jumping to conclusions. Also, Tesla models 3 and Y are recommended by CR. Adding Context To That Consumer Reports Electric Car Reliability
(Read More…)
2023-12-03 EIA Webpage On CAISO, Curtailment
The EIA tells about how California’s excess solar energy is being curtailed. The solar should *not* be curtailed if excess capacity is the sole reason. CAISO should be mandated to curtail fossil fuel power plants before curtailing renewables, obviously because renewables are preventing fossil fuels from having to be burned and hence reducing the amount
(Read More…)
2023-12-02 Tesla 1.6GWh Megapacks Order Near Melbourne, Australia
This 600MW/1.6GWh project will make it one of the largest in the world. It’s a billion dollar project. Tesla secures massive 1.6 GWh Megapack order for giant project Quote “”The Megapack has quickly become the go-to solution for large-scale energy storage projects. Last quarter, Tesla reported a record 4 GWh of energy storage deployed. This
(Read More…)
2023-12-01 California’s Salton Sea Has Lithium To Power 375 Million EVs
The naysayers criticize that there’s not enough lithium. But they don’t know what they are talking about. The problem with the very hot brine that’s got the lithium is no one has yet figured out how to extract the lithium from it. https://electrek.co/2023/12/01/a-california-dried-up-lake-has-enough-lithium-to-power-375-million-evs/ Another article about lithium price https://www.arcamax.com/homeandleisure/automotive/s-2997652?ezine=566&lctg=7OzsSZc-x1SiBwEiTQMikJzPqvPdfr6pUASepJvYA0k&r=Fmlp
2023-11-30 No Country Globally Has The Conditions For Success For Nuclear Generation In The 21st Century.
Michael Barnard says the following quote in this article. Quote: “”No country globally has the conditions for success for nuclear generation in the 21st Century.”” Another quote: “”The vastly majority of the 450 or so nuclear reactors in the world that are generating electricity that gets put into the grid are gigawatt scale. That’s because
(Read More…)
2023-11-29 EVs Less Reliable Than ICEVs, HEVs In US – Consumer Reports
CR is stirring up a pot of controversy with their US study of EVs, gas and hybrid vehicles. The studies CR does are factually based, and they have vindicated themselves in court after being sued many, many times. CR are a force to be reckoned with. They’re fair and honest. Their studies use standard methods
(Read More…)
2023-11-28 SMRs Aren’t Viable – a History Of Failures
The article was disheartening – but understandably the reality is renewables plus storage is so much cheaper that SMRs can’t compete The utilities will not contract for a nuclear power plant when they can get solar, wind and battery storage for a fraction of the cost per MWh. What I saw no mention of so
(Read More…)
2023-11-27 GH Power And Other Green Hydrogen Companies
GH Power takes aluminum and water and with an exothermic reactor turns them into hydrogen and alumina, for much lower cost than electrolyzing water. They also hype Plug, Bloom, Ballard, Fuel Cell (FCEL), and others – investor talk. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reactor-design-gamechanger-green-hydrogen-010100528.html
