Gravity Storage 101, Or Why Pumped Hydro Is The Only Remotely Real Gravity Storage

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:50:15 +0000

In my recent article celebrating the great month that pumped hydro had, between the Loch Ness Red John facility selling to Statkraft, the UK finally settling on cap and floor for the technology and China having 365 GW of power and 4 to 8 TWh of energy storage under construction, … [continued]

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Quidnet’s Solution Is Probably More Short-Lived Sand Mining Than Energy Storage

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:35:06 +0000

It’s not often that a novel energy storage solution crosses my screen. It’s vastly rarer that it doesn’t immediately fail a few basic sniff tests. A solution that pumps water under high pressure a few hundred to a thousand meters underground doesn’t immediately fall apart in technical terms or claims. … [continued]

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Startup Gets $10 Million To Pump More Energy Storage Into Texas Grid

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 16:05:26 +0000

The US startup Quidnet Energy is leveraging oilfield know-how to bring a new underground pumped hydro energy storage system to Texas.

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Balancing Renewables Requires Big Grid Storage, But What Kinds? (India Seminar Slides & Transcript)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 04:57:42 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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Compressed Gas For Electricity Storage Claims Are Mostly Hot Air

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 19:19:35 +0000

Three years ago, I published my projection of grid storage demand and solutions through 2060. At the time, various compressed gas electricity storage solutions such as compressed air, liquid air, and liquid carbon dioxide were in my also-ran technologies. My review of the literature over the preceding years had made … [continued]

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Wind & Solar, But What Else? — India Edition Transcript

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:11:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:59:51 +0000

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s … [continued]

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New Method Monitors Grid Stability With Hydropower Project Signals

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:20:16 +0000

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid … [continued]

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The Devolution Of Hydrogen For Energy Over 25 Years Is A Fascinating Tale

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 01:56:25 +0000

About 25 years ago, hydrogen was the solution of choice for climate-aware technocrats and politicians, and with good reason. At … [continued]

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Importing Ammonia As An Energy Carrier Is Bad Policy & Worse Economics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:42:45 +0000

Many power-to-x firms and energy exporting companies are looking at Japan especially, but also other hydrocarbon light countries as a … [continued]

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