Category: Climate Crisis
Why Lots Of Rabbits Have To Be Harnessed To Keep Grid Clocks Aligned
The UK now has an active market for grid inertia, marking a significant step toward ensuring stability in an electricity grid increasingly reliant on intermittent renewable energy sources. The first successful bidder to provide this inertia service was a notably straightforward yet effective technology: an electric motor spinning a massive … [continued]
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France Prepares For 4ºC By 2100
France is planning for average global temperatures to increase by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100, the first major country to do so.
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For the first time in more than a century, cougar cubs sighting confirmed in the western U.P.
This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s.
The Biggest Machine In The World Is Being Rebuilt While It Continues To Run
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark O’Malley, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems at the Imperial College of London and founder of the Global Power System Transformation organization, which was based on the principle of grids moving toward 100% renewables. The grid is the biggest machine in … [continued]
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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Fuel Cells Aren’t More Efficient Than Alternatives
Hydrogen is often promoted as a clean and efficient energy carrier, but its real-world efficiency is frequently overstated. Proponents of hydrogen fuel cells highlight their conversion efficiencies of 50–60%, comparing them favorably to internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, this selective framing ignores the full energy pathway, from hydrogen production to … [continued]
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