Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:07:36 +0000
Pumped storage hydro has far more resource potential than required for a fully decarbonized grid and it’s cheap per megawatt-hour (MWh) of storage. The downside is that it’s slow to build, capital intensive, and heavily regulated right now in the United States. The Department of Energy FAST program aims to change that
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:32:23 +0000
One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:24:04 +0000
One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:30:04 +0000
The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 2nd article covers an additional six pros and cons
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 01:48:53 +0000
The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 1st article covers evaporation management
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:25:58 +0000
Democratic candidates for President should elevate pumped storage hydro into a coal-country vote winner as well as a climate change winner
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:20:34 +0000
Scottish Power is planning a major increase in onshore wind development if the UK government restores supports for such projects
Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:55:49 +0000
Independent Scottish developer Muirhall Energy announced Monday that construction has begun at the Crossdykes Wind Farm, an important step in the company’s effort to deliver Scotland’s first subsidy-free onshore wind project
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:10:22 +0000
Tesla is piloting a new method of delivering new cars to customers. It puts the new owners in a group for the training part of the delivery process. A new owner from Edinburgh documented the group handover process as it went down during the delivery of his new Tesla
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 16:42:56 +0000
The UK has gone a week without using electricity from coal-fired generation, according to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO), which oversees the power network in England, Wales, and Scotland. Government officials said it’s the first time the UK has gone without coal in a week-long period since 1882, when a coal-fired plant opened […]
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