Tag: transmission lines
The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work
A few months ago, I was invited by Dr. Sebastian Husein of the Battery Centre Twente to speak at the University of Twente’s 2025 Climate Event, a hybrid discussion with multiple speakers engaging with an audience of academics in the Netherlands and neighboring countries. That event occurred on November 5th, … [continued]
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Long Duration BESS + Solar Replace Coal Mines & Gas Extraction
Recently, CleanTechnica published an update on Australia’s progress in transitioning to a grid fully powered by renewables. Batteries are an integral part of that to store and time shift Australia’s abundant solar resources. Here are some more good news stories from Down Under. Despite attempts by the newly elected conservative … [continued]
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A Second Golden Spike for an Electrified Canada: Using Carney’s Budget to Link the Provinces
Mark Carney’s first budget as Finance Minister quietly provided Canada with the ingredients for something the country has lacked for a century: a truly national electricity backbone. The Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, a 15% refundable credit on new generation, storage, and the transmission of electricity between provinces and territories, … [continued]
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Michigan OKs landmark regulations that push up-front costs to data centers
New rules require big data centers in Consumers Energyâs territory to sign long-term power contracts and pay all costs to build transmission lines, substations and other infrastructure needed to serve the energy-hungry facilities….
The Second War of Currents: How DC Is Quietly Taking Over
Electricity has been shaped by two rival ideas that have taken turns defining our world. Alternating current, or AC, became the backbone of industrial civilization, while direct current, or DC, quietly survived in the background. The story of how AC first won, and how DC is now winning again, is … [continued]
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