Quote: “”Dispatchable Renewables are the future.”” Scatec’s 540MW PV + 1,140MWh Battery Storage Project In South Africa Begins Supplying Electricity To National Grid
Archive for the ‘construction’ Category:
2023-12-11 Hydrogen Electrolyzers Made In China Are Having Major Problems
The hydrogen electrolyzers are having problems when run at less than 50% capacity, and have to be shut down. The makers claim that they would run at 30% capacity. At lower capacities the hydrogen leaked into the oxygen can exceed 1.8%, causing explosions. Also the Chinese are building a very long H2 pipeline. Quote “”…the
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2023-11-28 SMRs Aren’t Viable – a History Of Failures
The article was disheartening – but understandably the reality is renewables plus storage is so much cheaper that SMRs can’t compete The utilities will not contract for a nuclear power plant when they can get solar, wind and battery storage for a fraction of the cost per MWh. What I saw no mention of so
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2023-10-16 Newsom Signs Powering Up Californians Act Into Law
Helping electrify California by reducing time. Sounds like it’s supposed to smooth over the bureaucratic red tape. Powering Up Californians Act Is Signed into Law
2023-09-28 40 Stall Charging Station Coming To Santa Ana!
OMG! I used to work down the road and we used to go to lunch at that buffet/all-you-can-eat restaurant! It’s been closed since the pandemic. So it’s good to see that there’s going to be something in there soon. McDonald’s is across the street, and a lot of other restaurants nearby. It’s on 17th St.
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2023-09-02 Green Hydrogen Plans For Mediterranean
There apparently are millions of armchair experts who badmouth about all the dangers and impossibilities of making, storing and transporting hydrogen. They all say that H2 leaks like water through a sieve and that hydrogen causes containers to become brittle, as fragile as a clay pot. They are being ignored by the engineers who have
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2023-08-20 Demolition By Deconstruction
I thought about this a few years ago, as a way to recycle building materials. But I decided it was far too labor intensive than just imploding it with high explosives. Turned out they’re doing it now. 🤷🤷 https://youtube.com/shorts/J75MV6fZP8Q?feature=share
2023-07-26 Tesla Cybertruck Caught Outside Gigafactory Texas
Thanks, Joe! Joe Tegtmeyer’s 26 July 2023 Construction Update Video, at time 29:52, caught a newly manufactured Cybertruck outside Gigafactory Texas. The “machine that makes the machines” is now making Cybertrucks, and we can expect to see many more of them as they ramp up production and Cybertrucks come off the line. Those with reservations
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2023-07-10 Tesla Gigafactory Mexico Set For Construction
Th governor of Nuevo León says the permits are done. The new generation of low cost Tesla EVs will be made here. I wonder how many Tesla EVs are currently being sold in Mexico and other countries south of the border. I suspect not very many. They’re a lot more expensive than other cars there.
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2023-07-03 FERC Proposes Overhaul Of Interconnection Procedures
FERC Proposes overhaul of interconnection procedures Article about FERC changes to clear the backlog of thousands of interconnection requests that are holding up renewables projects from connecting to the grid. Fees and penalties of tens of thousands of dollars. RTOs have already done some of this. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ferc-proposes-overhaul-interconnection-procedures?amp
