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How Will Future Larger Turbines Impact Wind Project Electricity Output & Surrounding Community Sound Levels?

March 28, 2023 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, research, SCIENCE, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:00:27 +0000

New Berkeley Lab study finds a dramatic increase in estimated project output coupled with a decrease in surrounding sound levels for future turbines as compared to those installed in the past. Multiple technological, social, and market factors of wind power are evolving rapidly. Most notably, significant wind turbine scaling in height and size is occurring […]

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Comparing The Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, & Solar+Storage In The Western United States

March 19, 2023 admin clean power, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, Solar energy, US, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:25:37 +0000

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of a new Berkeley Lab analysis — “Mind the Gap: Comparing the Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, and Solar+Storage in the Western United States” — in the journal Renewable Energy. Studies show that a diverse portfolio of zero-carbon resources will be needed to decarbonize the U.S. […]

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How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar?

February 28, 2023 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:40:26 +0000

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. Fortunately, the answer is relatively little. A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48 — that’s an area […]

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How Business Locations Could Shape Rooftop Solar Adopter Demographics

February 10, 2023 admin clean power, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:18:05 +0000

Previous research has shown that the locations of businesses such as grocery stores can result in inequitable access to goods and services. Could the locations of rooftop solar businesses similarly help explain, among other factors, why rooftop solar adopters earn higher incomes, on average, than non-adopters? In a new paper published in the journal Energy Research and […]

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Report Notes Continued Growth of Hybrid Power Plants

August 11, 2022 admin Battery, DOE, Energy Storage, hybrid power, hybrid power plants, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, news, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:29:23 +0000

Hybrid power plants continue to be deployed across the U.S., with almost 300 such facilities (all with 1 MW or more of generation capacity) operating at the end of last year. An August 2022 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, based on research funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) and […]

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Can Meteorological Models Correctly Characterize Daily Cycles in Wind Generation?

August 3, 2022 admin berkeley lab, clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), university of california, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:50:20 +0000

In the United States, the towers of new wind plants often measure greater than 90 meters in height and the rotors themselves can extend another ~60 meters up. The tremendous height of these structures means that wind speeds far above the surface can impact wind generation. The ability to accurately characterize wind speeds at these […]

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New Ultrathin Capacitor Could Enable Energy-Efficient Microchips

June 25, 2022 admin berkeley lab, energy efficiency, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), policy research, research, SCIENCE, uc berkeley, university of california, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:10:13 +0000

Scientists turn century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices The silicon-based computer chips that power our modern devices require vast amounts of energy to operate. Despite ever-improving computing efficiency, information technology is projected to consume around 25% of all primary energy produced by 2030. Researchers in the microelectronics and materials sciences […]

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Cost Of Renewables Falls As Installed Capacity Increases

June 6, 2022 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:35:49 +0000

The latest research on renewables shows that the levelied cost of energy is a function of learning as much as project costs.

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Grid Interconnection Queue Filled with Solar and Energy Storage Projects

April 14, 2022 admin berkeley lab, Energy Storage, Gas, hybrid power, interconnection queue, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:42:08 +0000

A study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows more than 1.1 TW of solar and energy storage capacity were in the U.S. power grid’s interconnection queue at the end of 2021. Notably, that total is more than the currently existing capacity in the U.S. power fleet. Additionally, Berkeley Lab researchers found […]

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