Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category:

2024-03-18 HVDC Is The New Pipeline Says Michael Barnard

Very informative article about several things involving fossil fuels. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarnard/2023/12/02/most-pipelines-will-be-replaced-with-hvdc-but-rest-will-be-electrified/?fbclid=IwAR0KNFVVUjgqXL3xLMiKcELNHMz4YZZUgoUGQTd-lOx1xsiVXe1KEWtlM68&sh=caba8276118e

2024-03-12 Oil & Car Industries Fought To Block EVs And Renewable Energy For 60 Years

Oil & Car Industries fought to block EVs and Renewable Energy for 60 years.  This is a very informative 11.6 min. YouTube video from the Electric Viking.

2024-03-12 Keeping The Grid In Balance

At the end he said “… keeping the grid in balance with millions of tons of spinning inertia.”  Well, this is now being simulated by the electronics in the battery energy storage systems and other electronics.  It’s called VMM – virtual machine mode. Soon, there will be very few thermal power plants left after all

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2024-3-05 Boron Nitride Stores Hydrogen –  Mechanochemical breakthrough – safe powdered hydrogen

This reminds me of Lavo, an Australian company that makes a hydrogen storage system. https://newatlas.com/energy/mechanochemical-breakthrough-unlocks-cheap-safe-powdered-hydrogen/

2024-03-01 CATL, BYD To Slash Battery Prices by 50% in 2024

The battery is the most expensive piece of an EV, so lower costs will reduce the COGS – cost of goods sold, thus the consumer will be able to get an EV for even less.  This makes the EVs more competitive with gas guzzlers.  It will also make the $25,000 EV easier to build. CATL,

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2024-02-28 USGS Says An Ocean of Hydrogen Underground In US

There is an ocean of hydrogen under the surface of the Earth that can be harvested, enough for hundreds of years according to the U.S. Geological Survey, a federal agency. A min. YouTube video by the Electric Viking, Sam Evans.

2024-02-24 Reconductoring To Increase Grid Capacity

Reconductoring: The Quick Way To Double Grid Capacity https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/24/reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity/

2024-02-15 India To Build 30 GW Solar And Wind Facility

30 Gigawatts!  They say that that’s enough to power 18 million Indian homes.  This will most likely be the biggest project in the world – for quite some time.  It takes about 3 million solar panels per gigawatt, so if half the 30 GW is solar, that’s 45 million solar panels.  The other 15GW would

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2024-02-15 A Legal Loophole Allows Gas Leaks To Keep On Flowing

It’s very sad. https://e360.yale.edu/features/natural-gas-midstream-emissions

2024-02-12 Catalytic Converter For Smokeless Fire Wood Stove

This is really interesting.  A catalytic converter for a wood stove.  1 min. YouTube video.

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