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2024-11-14 China World’s Largest Open Sea Offsore Solar Farm

China’s 1 GW first and largest offshore solar farm.  Over 3000 acres sits 5 miles off the coast.  China has plenty of empty land in the western part but most of the demand is in the eastern part, so they have had to build hugely massive and expensive transmission lines to get the power to

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2024-11-11 Ultra High Voltage Workers In China

Notice the second worker clamping the conductor into that hexagonal ring.  Wow!  Each conductor is the size of his wrist!  But it’s even more amazing there are *six* of them in each bundle!  There are 3 or 6 of the bundles, and each bundle is held up by hugh insulators.  Each bundle of 6 conductors

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2024-10-19 Recycling Lead Acid Batteries From UPSes

A short video that says they won’t go to the landfill. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1199773171098373?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

2024-10-18 Just Stop Oil’s Protests Funded By US Philanthropists

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/29/just-stop-oils-protests-funded-by-us-philanthropists

2024-10-12 Toyota’s Portable Hydrogen Cartridges Could Spell The End Of Lengthy EV Charging

Toyota’s portable hydrogen cartridges look like giant AA batteries – and could spell the end of lengthy EV charging. https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/toyotas-portable-hydrogen-cartridges-look-like-giant-aa-batteries-and-could-spell-the-end-of-lengthy-ev-charging

2024-10-09 Stabilizing The Electric Grid

Article about V2G technology.  DER aggregators https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/october/University-of-Delaware-Delmarva-Power-V2G-technology-scalable-low-cost/

2024-10-05 Floatovoltaics – Floating Solar Panels

Floating solar panels are called Floatovoltaics.  Short video. Another floating solar farm in Utah, now complete. It’s a 587.5 kW array. Utah’s first floating solar farm is complete

2024-10-03 Tesla to do Research – Hydrogen

Copied from Facebook post. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1299445273516207/permalink/8193296270797705/?mibextid=Nif5oz ECONewsElon Musk won’t make any more Tesla electrics: He is going to experiment with a “stupid” fuelby Sarah I.  10/03/2024hydrogen Tesla engineCredits: prompthunt Japan buries hydrogen forever, now going to make “green fuels”: First prototype unveiledFerrari presents an engine that violates the laws of physics: It’s upside down and burns

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2024-09-28 New Calif Law – Bidirectional Charging EVs May Be Required

Gov. Newsom signs SB 59 into law. Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law

2024-09-27 Study Shows EV Batteries Outlast EVs

EV batteries lose about 1.8% capacity per year but less as the battery gets older.  https://www.facebook.com/reel/1943300709430612?mibextid=9drbnH

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