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A Case for Small Hydro

December 7, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, Energy Storage, hydroelectric, pumped hydro storage, small hydro, small hydropower

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:58:06 +0000

Harnessing renewable energy is a crucial step in building sustainable communities, and as climate change accelerates, finding carbon-free energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and can handle changes in policy, extreme weather events, and rising demand is more important than ever. One often-overlooked solution? Our rivers. Small hydroelectric turbines (“Small … [continued]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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Undersea Pods Deployed For Energy Efficient Desalination

November 26, 2024 admin California, clean power, desalination, desalination plants, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, oceanwell, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, seawater, usa, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:49:59 +0000

The US startup OceanWell is developing undersea “water farms” that leverage water pressure to operate an energy efficient desalination system.

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$81 Million For Gigantic Energy Storage Showcase In Kentucky

November 9, 2024 admin clean power, edf group, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, hydropower, kentucky, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), us hydropower, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:58:06 +0000

Pumped hydropower is the basis for 96% of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the US, and it is ripe with potential for expansion.

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3-D Printed Concrete Enlisted For Futuristic Subsea Energy Storage Demonstration

November 7, 2024 admin 3D PRINTING, clean power, concrete, Energy, Energy Storage, GERMANY, grid, long-duration energy storage, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, pumped storage, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:17:17 +0000

A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure.

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, grid, grid storage, heat pumps, hydrogen, India, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, mass transit / public transit, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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Batteries in Phoenix, Heat Pumps in Houston — Here’s Where Cleantech Industries Are Best Poised to Thrive

August 15, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, pumped hydro storage, research, Solar energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:24:08 +0000

States and localities want to raise their chances of attracting clean energy investment. Industry leaders want to find the places best suited for scaling their technologies. The Clean Growth Tool helps with both. The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has triggered an explosion of clean energy investment in the United … [continued]

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US Energy Storage Market Soars 84% In Q1

June 22, 2024 admin american clean power association, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, press releases, pumped hydro storage, research, us energy storage, us energy storage monitor, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:44:09 +0000

Market sees an 84% increase compared to Q1 2023 The U.S. energy storage market set a first-quarter record for capacity installed in Q1 2024, with 1,265 megawatts (MW) deployed across all segments. This marks the highest storage capacity ever installed in a first quarter in the U.S., representing an 84% … [continued]

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Dense Fluid Pumped Hydro Doesn’t Make Any Sense & A Mea Culpa

June 20, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, grid storage, investment, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:29:31 +0000

A recent online discussion on gravity storage brought the usual suspects out of the woodwork. Proponents of heavy fluid pumped hydro reared their sludgy heads this time. Follow along for why this is a silly idea, as all gravity storage options that aren’t pushing water uphill turn out to be. … [continued]

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