That’s what I was saying to the guys at our computer Club meeting today. The cities and educational institutions should be putting canopies covered with solar panels over their parking spaces, and solar panels on their roofs. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/03/parking-lots-becoming-as-important-as-cars-in-climate-change-efforts.html
Archive for the ‘Solar’ Category:
2023-09-02 Swiss Solar Panels In Train Tracks
Switzerland is rolling out solar panels between the rails of the train tracks. That’s a creative use of the otherwise unused space. But I wonder how they hook them up to the grid? Short YouTube video. https://youtube.com/shorts/HInTmC7SxJ8?si=qmFem2K1MFYebUxv
2023-09-01 California – Putting Solar Panels Beside Highways
I definitely think that the vacant land is a good location to put solar panels. Another is to locate the panels on canopies that cover spaces in parking lots. One problem we had was vandals. There are electric gates along the bike trail and gates are run by a solar panel. The panels were on
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2023-08-17 EVs Support Power Grid Reliability And Reduce Costs
The problem with the idea of becoming more independent from the grid is something that the utilities will fight tooth and nail to prevent. They don’t want to lose customers and have them go off the grid. So they want to keep the customers as dependent as possible. Doing it the “cut the cord” way
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2023-08-16 Solar PV Installations This Year, Over Half Are In China
Sam Evans tells us that global solar PV installations will total 360 GW, and 200 GW of that will be in China. And Wright’s Law will cause the solar PV to drop further in cost. The statistics he gives are very interesting. China has 1000 GW of coal power that must be replaced, and they
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2023-08-15 Methane+Sunlight+ Catalyst = Emissions Free Hydrogen – Research
This sounds like it could be developed into a very important process. Methane + sunlight + boron nitride catalyst. The end products are hydrogen and just carbon – not CO2. So the carbon never enters the atmosphere, never becomes a greenhouse gas. Methane + Sunlight + Catalyst = Emissions-Free Hydrogen, Say UCF Researchers
2023-08-13 Tesla Too Big To Fail Even With Elon’s Antics
An Op-Ed; at the end she said: “”It’s another strength that will uphold Tesla in times of Elon’s antics, which may serve, again and again, to be little more than a puerile distraction.”” Op-Ed: Tesla Is Too Established Now To Fail — Even With Elon’s Antics
2023-07-23 Batteries Smooth The Duck Curve
Besides putting the duck to sleep, this puts the myth of “baseload necessity” to sleep. Myth: “You can’t have renewables alone. They need baseload to power the grid when the wind or solar isn’t enough.” Can Project Symphony Put The Duck (Curve) to Sleep?
2023-07-18 Tesla CyberCanopy: Is it a new Tesla product?
Tesla CyberCanopy: Is it a new Tesla product? I believe the US should introduce a ‘cyberincentive’ to add solar PV the all chargers. There has been a continual criticism that the EVs will “overload the grid”. The addition of solar PV and storage to charging stations will alleviate the demand on the grid. And once
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2023-07-16 Reducing Peak Usage – Demand Flexibility Schemes
After about the 15:00 minute point he describes this demand flexibility scheme where consumers are paid £2.50 for each kWh they do not use during peak demand times in the early evening – 4 to 7 PM. That’s ten times what consumers pay per kWh. But if the utility pays consumers that much, they must
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