This doesn’t look good. GM just agreed to exchange $2 Billion of Nikola stock for services rendered in making the Badger (truck) EV. Hindenberg claims Nikola is a scam https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200910005912/en/Law-Offices-Frank-R.-Cruz-Announces-Investigation Nikola fights back. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2621WR
Archive for September, 2020:
2020-09-10 Yale Climate Communication
This is sort of an opinion survey website. It’s important to know what and where people’s opinions are regarding climate change. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/
2020-09-10 Duke Energy IRP – Heavy On Renewables
https://www.pv-tech.org/news/gigawatts-of-solar-and-storage-inside-duke-energy-progress-renewables-heavy-irp
2020-09-10 Model Of Least Cost All Renewables Grid
This is supposed to be a least cost model. Solar reaching up to 4.3 times capacity. I would expect that much of the curtailment would be replaced by “flexible loads” controlled by the grid, most of which would be hydrogen generation. The hydrogen could be stored and used for longer term storage/generation and/or transportation fuel.
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2020-09-10 Ultimate Economic Costs Of Climate Change
The effects of climate change in the next century have been calculated at $100 a ton of CO2. This article says that the ultimate costs will be about $100,000 a ton because the effects will last a thousand times longer or 100,000 years. https://phys.org/news/2020-09-climate-ultimately-humanity-ton-carbon.html
2020-09-10 FERC Order 841
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 841, what it is and what it means. https://www.energy-storage.news/news/ferc-order-841-us-about-to-take-most-important-step-towards-clean-energy-fu
2020-09-09 Tesla Powerwall
The VPP virtual power plant? https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/09/as-historic-heatwaves-cook-california-tesla-activates-its-distributed-army-to-save-the-grid/
2020-09-09 Tesla Germany VPP Virtual Power Plants
Already in Germany. Will be in Australia, too. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/09/tesla-puts-new-emphasis-on-becoming-an-electricity-supplier-in-germany/
2020-09-09 City Sues 24 Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Change
Charleston sues 24 fossil fuel companies for causing climate change. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/09/charleston-sues-24-fossil-fuel-companies-for-costs-of-surviving-climate-change/
2020-09-09 Fuel Cell Vehicles & Stations In California
As of 2020-09-01. Has a link to California ARB. https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/california-fcev-sales-fceb-hydrogen-station-data-as-of-september-1-2020/
