pv-magazine-usa.com
Also, currently...
Half a penny for “near firm” solar and trillions in renewable opportunities
NextEra, the United States’ largest renewable company sees 3.5 TW renewable capacity installations through 2050 worth $2 trillion. These figures could double if we were to fully decarbonize the economy.
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Disappointing. But feeling optimistic on my end that much of this is political theater related to ostensibly appeasing different lobbies and demographics.‘Putin rubbing hands with glee’ after EU votes to class gas and nuclear as green
Parliament backs plan to classify some projects as clean power investments
The European parliament has backed plans to label gas and nuclear energy as “green”, rejecting appeals from prominent Ukrainians and climate activists that the proposals are a gift to Vladimir Putin. One senior MEP said the vote was a “dark day for the climate”, while experts said the EU had set a dangerous precedent for countries to follow.
Under the plans, gas can be classed as a sustainable investment if “the same energy capacity cannot be generated with renewable sources” and plans are in place to switch to renewables or “low-carbon gases”. Nuclear power can be called green if a project promises to deal with radioactive waste.
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All I have to say is "What could possibly go wrong?"BGR: MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change.
MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change
MIT scientists have proposed a new plan to reverse climate change that uses 'space bubbles' to shield the Earth from the Sun's radiation.
I can see big oiling funding this. By blocking out the sun somewhat, they can reduce solar production and make the world rely on oil and gas.
www.businessinsider.com
newatlas.com
We still have coal powered Senators. What's the plan?
insideclimatenews.org
I think that once PG&E figures out their brand spanking new battery in Moss-landing becomes cheaper as it cycles more often, they'll cycle on the peakers daily (combined with batteries) to replace baseloads like coal.Inside Clean Energy: Did You Miss Me? A Giant Battery Storage Plant Is Back Online, Just in Time for Summer - Inside Climate News
On July 9 at 7:35 p.m., California’s power grid hit an all-time peak for battery storage. But that record is just one of many. All-time peaks—like the 2,519 megawatts on that evening—are going to be happening with regularity as more battery storage systems come online. What’s more interesting is...
As battery storage plants become more common, then what are they replacing? The answer is natural gas power plants, said Ric O’Connell, founding executive director of GridLab, a nonprofit in Berkeley, California that provides clean energy expertise to advocates and policymakers.
GridLab has been studying how California can move toward a cleaner grid, including a report issued in May that shows pathways for getting the state to 85 percent carbon-free electricity by 2030. All of them include big increases in solar and batteries. “We think we can retire probably half the gas (power plants) in the state and still be reliable,” O’Connell said. By that, he means that gas plants can continue to close as other resources come online over the remainder of the decade.
This chart is exactly my point. See that section between 11pm and 6am when batteries are idle, nat gas is winding down (since 8pm), and imports are rising? That's a point in time when the batteries could be sopping up power (for a second charge/discharge cycle) to carry the baseloads for a few hours before 7am.
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In California, there's no need to install them in the coldest places. In fact, the biggest ones are near the coast where the weather is the most consistent. However, given that they are now housed in something like a shipping container, it's relatively easy to maintain thermal conditioning.
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