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?
Archive for the ‘Energy storage’ Category:
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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2023-06-29 Less Than 99% Grid Availability: Utilities Must Change To Residential BESSes
This is my comment to this article. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/28/solar-will-reach-dominance-as-cheapest-source-of-electricity-in-world-dnv/ What the utilities failed to consider is the extremes in the variability of renewables. The utilities are unwilling to build a sizeable reserve into the system. They refuse to overbuild by a factor of 3 to 6 times, so that the valleys in the supply will be
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2023-06-16 Aluminum-ion and Aluminum-sulfur Batteries
This Cleantechnica article about research and development advancements on batteries using aluminum-ion and aluminum-sulfur chemistries. German Universities; Lyten company announcing opening a pilot battery factory for lithium-sulfur cells. Quote: “”Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust and its recycling is easy. Its high volumetric capacity of 8040 mA-h/cm−3 as a negative electrode
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2023-06-08 70 – 100% Renewable Energy – List of Articles
This article gives a list of articles, studies of renewable energy. 70%, 80%, 99.9%, 100% Renewables — Study Central
2022-06-18 MIT: Storage Can Deliver Carbon-free US Grid
An MIT Technology Energy Initiative study finds that storage can deliver carbon-free US grid. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/06/14/storage-can-deliver-carbon-free-u-s-grid-mit-study-finds
2022-06-16 Nanogrid Uses Hydrogen Storage
I really like this all-in-one solar plus storage system which has both batteries and green hydrogen generation, storage and fuel cells. It’s expensive but everything is integrated into one package. https://electrek.co/2022/06/16/check-out-this-solar-green-hydrogen-mobile-nanogrid-with-a-level-2-ev-charger/
2022-06-14 Calif Reached 100% Renewable Electricity
Originally an EarthDay.org article. They made 3 points. They said, <<California must still rely on fossil fuels to meet its energy demands.>> The peak energy demands can be reduced by using a ‘smart grid’ where the grid has some control over the heavier demands. One example is residential HVAC and hot water. These can be
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2022-06-01 VPPs Virtual Power Plants – Zero Carbon Grid
Zero carbon grid with VPPs – virtual power plants https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/05/31/achieving-a-zero-carbon-grid-opportunities-in-virtual-power-plants/
