Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:50:46 +0000
The narrative that Americans and many Europeans share about China and themselves is not aligned with observable reality, and the USA is in significant danger of economic decline even as the world improves.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:37:21 +0000
Let’s start with the ABCs: what are inertia services on an electricity grid? Even before that, what is inertia in a grid setting? Most of us should remember “inertia” from our younger years in primary school. Inertia is an object’s natural inclination to just keep moving (if it weren’t for friction) or just keep sitting […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:05:12 +0000
Shah’s perspective is that we don’t have the ability to go into Sim City and design whatever we want. We have to work with pre-existing facilities.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:43:21 +0000
Shah’s perspective is that investing 3-5 times more in transmission and expecting improvements in battery storage is a risky strategy. Shah is bullish on nuclear, especially putting new SMRs on retiring coal plants where transmission is already built.
Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:05:31 +0000
The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to replace the business-as-usual (BAU) approach […]
Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:35:22 +0000
Rick Perry, the former Governor of Texas and former Secretary of the Department of Energy, told Fox News in an interview that we need base load power. He believes we need base load power because it is what we use when we turn a light on at 2:00 in the morning. He’s wrong. But unfortunately, […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:18:04 +0000
Through the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) pilot, participants will receive $2 for every additional kWh their Powerwall delivers during an event.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:52:44 +0000
Andy Tang, Wärtsilä’s global VP of energy storage and optimization, talks microgrids, optimizing battery safety and revenue, and flexible fuels.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:35:24 +0000
Wärtsilä is a 180-year old company that pivoted through technology changes leading to engines for marine power and electricity, and is now a storage leader.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:40:12 +0000
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly […]