Tag: Transmission
Xcel Energy Is Keeping Its Renewable Energy Train On The Rails
Renewable energy stakeholders in the US continue to hold the decarbonization fort and launch new wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
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Hydrogen Hype Meets Hard Costs: Europe’s Pipeline Plan in Trouble
The molecules for energy industry has been working hard for years to make it seem as if transporting hydrogen by pipeline is going to be cheap and easy, cheaper and easier than moving electrons in fact. I’ve been tracking this set of bad studies and assessing realities for years. Three … [continued]
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BYD Earns Contract for “World’s Largest Grid-Scale Battery Storage Projects” in Saudi Arabia
Grid-scale energy storage is all the rage. Battery costs have come down tremendously in the past decade, and that has enabled large-scale battery storage projects to help the grid balance out supply and demand. This is also particularly useful for integrating low-cost but intermittent renewable energy projects — terawatts worth … [continued]
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China Electricity Expert Talks Wind, Solar, & Storage In The Country
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the leading experts on electrical generation in China to discuss the absurd scales of all forms of electrical generation and storage. In the first half of our conversation, we talked coal, gas, and nuclear. In the second half — … [continued]
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We Need To Keep Our Eye on the Ball to Save the Planet
Air pollution, global warming, and energy security are three of the biggest problems facing the world today. Each year, at least seven million people die from air pollution and hundreds of millions more become ill. About 90% of this pollution is from energy. Global warming is already causing tremendous damage, … [continued]
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