Energy Sector News

[navguy12]

From todays Guardian:

Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025​

Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025

Experts say world is ‘past peak fossil power’ but warn against uneven development of energy projects

www.theguardian.com

 

[navguy12]

From the Guardian:

(EU) Fossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly

EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low

Fossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly

www.theguardian.com

 

[navguy12]

From The Globe and Mail (free, gifted link):

Ontario to include nuclear power projects in its green bonds

Province has made a series of massive and costly pledges to expand the Ontario’s nuclear capacity

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[mongo]

Ummm.... what?
h/t Sawyer
CATL big battery to be removed from US Marine base over China security fears

 

[navguy12]

Ummm.... what?
h/t Sawyer
CATL big battery to be removed from US Marine base over China security fears

So, is every relay that was made in China in every fossil fueled power plant going thru the same rigorous process?

/S

 

[wws]

So, is every relay that was made in China in every fossil fueled power plant going thru the same rigorous process?

/S

A friend of mine is an expert on the topic. He has been sounding alarm bells on this cyber security stuff, especially in control systems, for years. As it turns out, power plants, even solar farms, may be very vulnerable to outside attacks. A lot of them were never designed with good security in mind. He can cite a lot of cases of hacks into our infrastructure that barely make the news, if at all.

 

[MC3OZ]

This is a good site with a lot of useful information:-

Research and Analysis - RMI

rmi.org

 

[navguy12]

From today’s Toronto Star

More policy backsliding in Canada:

Natural gas was once considered a transition fuel because it produces less carbon when burned. It was favoured as a way for heavy industry like power generation to reduce emissions and stop burning coal. But research over the last few years has shown that because natural gas is mostly made up of the particularly potent greenhouse gas methane, leaks during extraction and along the pipeline network make the gas worse for the climate than coal.

Toronto Star ePaper

Toronto Star ePaper

torontostarreplica.pressreader.com

 

[navguy12]

From today’s Guardian:

Ironically, enhanced geothermal uses similar fracking techniques currently used to extract oil and gas, which must be phased out if the world is to avoid climate disaster. In the geothermal version of fracking, fluid is injected deep underground, causing fractures to open up, with the liquid becoming hot as it circulates. The hot water is then pumped to the surface, where it can generate electricity for the grid.

This, and other new techniques that allow deeper and horizontal drilling, in some cases down to eight miles deep, allows geothermal energy to be drawn from hot rocks found anywhere underground, rather than select spots that have hot water near the surface. This vastly expands the potential of the technology.

US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale

Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050

www.theguardian.com

 

[navguy12]

From today’s Guardian:

A 2022 report from the consultancy firm McKinsey highlights the advantages of thermal storage, calculating a price of $65-$100 (£51-£79) a megawatt hour to produce steam heat from hydrogen; $45-$55 for gas with carbon capture and storage; and just $15-$25 for a heat pump with thermal storage.

Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?

Start-ups turn to heat over batteries and are aiming to industrialise the practice

www.theguardian.com