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 ‘Solar’ 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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2021-03-29 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
2021-03-28 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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2021-03-20 Energy Harvest Website
Reply on FB group climate change Den Wilmeth Much of what this website says is valid, but no further information is given, such as references or where to buy the thing. For instance, you can already buy a solar roof with the shingles, not panels, from Tesla Energy. There is a renewables revolution happening, and
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2021-03-11 Tony Seba Et.Al. Discuss Decline Of Coal, Conventional Energy
Tony Seba & co-author talk about the decline of coal and conventional energy, the incorrect predictions of the EIA, and how much cheaper renewables plus storage are and will be. Quotes: << …the costs of solar, wind plus storage will fall by another 70% by 2030. What natural gas did to coal in the 2010s,
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