Archive for February, 2022:

2022-02-23 Economic Inequality: Kroger

A quote dated today about 1:30 PM from… Robert Reich 49 minutes ago << Kroger paid its CEO more than $22 million. The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at the company is 909-to-1. According to an Economic Roundtable survey of more than 10,000 Kroger workers, about 75% are food insecure and 14% have experienced homelessness. This is

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2022-02-23 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

Articles pumped hydro energy storage https://www.freethink.com/technology/why-pumping-water-back-into-hydro-dams-beats-batteries-for-renewable-power?amp=1 Research paper? Downloadable https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2516-1083/abeb5b

2022-02-22 Tricking Bacteria To Convert CO2

Scientists found how to trick bacteria into converting CO2 into acetone or isopropanol. This could remove CO2 from the atmosphere. https://interestingengineering.com/bacteria-convert-co2-industrial-chemicals

2022-02-22 Ming Yang 16MW Wind Turbine Data

The biggest yet, this 16 MW wind turbine is still in development and will go offshore next year. It will generate 80 GWH annually. https://electrek.co/2022/02/22/a-chinese-company-is-building-a-colossal-16-mw-offshore-wind-turbine/

2022-02-21 Republicans Guilty Of Hypocrisy

A group of anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives put out an ad calling out GOP leaders for their hypocrisy on Jan 6. Republican Accountability Project put out an advert on Fox. Collective amnesia? They said it: Trump was irresponsible and allowed the Jan. 6 attempted coup d’etat to happen. A 1 min. YouTube video. https://youtu.be/68TCUFIi2Io

2022-02-21 Fab Lab Or GigaFactory? Or Both

Fab Lab = fabrication laboratory Do It Yourself. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/20/fab-labs-or-gigafactories-or-both/

2022-02-20 “Holy Grail Of Batteries?” Lithium-Sulfur

There seems to be a lot of research and development to go before they can have a producible battery. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techtimes.com/amp/articles/271897/20220216/holy-grail-batteries-lithium-sulfur-power-cells-three-times-capacity.htm

2022-02-20 Solar City Shareholders Lawsuit – Musk Should Pay $13B

This is the first I’ve heard about this lawsuit. Must be newsmedia ignoring it. https://www.reuters.com/business/telsa-investors-urge-judge-order-musk-repay-13-bln-solarcity-deal-2022-01-18/

2022-02-19 Calif Utilities Must Procure 40+GW Clean Energy By 2032

California lowers electric sector GHG target, directs procurement of more than 40 GW of clean energy resources The chart with the yearly figures shows 40.55 GW total must be procured by 2032. The utilities must procure 25GW clean energy generation and 15GW storage, while meeting strict reliability standards. Some of this will be pumped hydro.

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2022-02-19 Biden Admin To Decarbonize Industry, Build Green Hydrogen

The Biden administration’s Energy Department is launching a $9.5 Billion initiative to decarbonize the industrial sector and build green hydrogen. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/biden-launches-initiatives-decarbonize-industrial-sector-hydrogen/618928/ Another article about this and hydrogen. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydrogen/new-report-highlights-key-challenges-ahead-for-clean-hydrogen/

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