mspohr
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It looks like people voted for less expensive power. The politicians promised lower costs but they were corrupted by corporate donations so they didn't deliver.
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Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.
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Well, another hit-piece by the fossil fuel 'journal'. How can energy price increase when new production is getting cheaper and cheaper? Hey, let's put the bill to bring the grid to standard and blame renewable. Very convenient.
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Why Californians Have Sky-High Electricity Bills | OilPrice.com
California is known to have the most expensive electricity in the U.S., and the distributed nature of its grid is negatively affecting less-wealthy Californians
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Merrill
Merrill
It really has nothing to do with costs it has to do with the utilities wanting to make more billions and since they are monopolies out of control they can do what ever they want.
New stack design for cheaper redox flow batteries
German scientists have proposed a new design for stacks used in redox flow batteries. Through a powder-to-roll process, a device that weighs 80% less than a conventional stack was fabricated.
www.pv-magazine.com
Some progress on redox battery, this should really cost less than Li-ion and LFP. It is so much simpler and safer. Hope this process gets more refined and more reduction in costs.
And it passes the nano test.New stack design for cheaper redox flow batteries
German scientists have proposed a new design for stacks used in redox flow batteries. Through a powder-to-roll process, a device that weighs 80% less than a conventional stack was fabricated.
Some progress on redox battery, this should really cost less than Li-ion and LFP. It is so much simpler and safer. Hope this process gets more refined and more reduction in costs.
mspohr
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Maybe a long vulnerable concentrated supply chain isn't such a good idea?
Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline Operator Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline Operator
A cyberattack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the United States, in what appeared to be a significant attempt to disrupt vulnerable energy infrastructure. The pipeline carries refined gasoline and jet fuel up the East Coast from Texas to New York. The operator of the system, Colonial Pipeline, said in a statement late Friday that it had shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which it says carries 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel supplies, in an effort to contain the breach on its computer networks. Earlier Friday, there were disruptions along the pipeline, but it was unclear whether that was a direct result of the attack.
Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline Operator Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline Operator
A cyberattack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the United States, in what appeared to be a significant attempt to disrupt vulnerable energy infrastructure. The pipeline carries refined gasoline and jet fuel up the East Coast from Texas to New York. The operator of the system, Colonial Pipeline, said in a statement late Friday that it had shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which it says carries 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel supplies, in an effort to contain the breach on its computer networks. Earlier Friday, there were disruptions along the pipeline, but it was unclear whether that was a direct result of the attack.
This is why I believe in producing energy locally and renewables are the way to do that. Locally mean not just American jobs, but local jobs! We don't need an area with buried fossil fuel resources taking advantage of the rest of us! Wyoming is suing other states for not buying their expensive coal power?!? Must be great to be able to demand people buy stuff they do not want and at a higher price. Ridiculous!
mspohr
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California proposes to steer new homes from gas appliances
The California Energy Commission released a draft building standards code on Thursday that would require new homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that support all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes.
The California Energy Commission released a draft building standards code on Thursday that would require new homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that support all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes.
Merrill
Merrill
A lot of utilities also run the gas lines. PG&E for example. My guess is that they would prefer to keep collecting the ~$20/mo gas connection fee than another $10/mo in kWh sales.
Merrill
Merrill
With earthquake risk, it'd be good to live in a development without gas lines.
SageBrush
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That was the headline, but the truth is slightly more nuanced. WY (apparently) plans to use the inter-state commerce clause to argue that states that regulate clean energy are discriminating against WY.
The lawyer talk is that WY will lose handily, since even if 'outlawing coal' could be construed as state discrimination, it is easy enough to just regulate carbon intensity. With any luck, the WY chattery will kill NG along the way. Or accelerate plans to tax carbon (YES!)
In any case, this is just political posturing. The state has funded the BS with a whopping $1 M. That should be enough to pay the photocopy operator bill.
You are right, I did extrapolate it to forcing us to buy more expensive power since renewables are becoming cheaper than coal plants.
The dumbest thing is that WY has excellent wind. So, the SW states are salivating at buying wind power from WY. WY residents are upset because the wind farm is being installed by outside teams... what they fail to see is that those people who stay behind to take care of the wind turbine becomes WY residents and/or the WY residents can learn to maintain wind farms.
NV Energy is building HVDC lines that will allow sharing of more renewable energy within NV and also importing renewable energy from WY.
NV Energy
NV Energy proudly serves Nevada with a service area covering over 44,000 square miles. We provide electricity to 2.4 million electric customers throughout Nevada as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually. Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks...
Yeah but wind employs ~90% fewer people per MWh. What good is that?
Electrek: Coal is losing the price war to wind and solar faster than anticipated.
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Coal is losing the price war to wind and solar faster than anticipated
The costs of most existing US coal-fired power plants are now more expensive than the total costs of wind and solar.
electrek.co
This would be really neat, if we can use this to transfer energy without wires. If so, perhaps we can put all our solar panel in the Sahara. LOL
ScienceAlert: Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at a Larger Macroscopic Scale.
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ScienceAlert: Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at a Larger Macroscopic Scale.
Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at a Larger Macroscopic Scale
Quantum entanglement is the binding together of two particles or objects, even though they may be far apart – their respective properties are linked in a way that's not possible under the rules of classical physics.
www.sciencealert.com
SageBrush
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My state of NM is in a similar position, but the gross receipts and land lease revenues keeps the politicians and landowners happy. While WY is playing moron, NM is eating their lunch.
While states like FL, TX, LA, and WY double down on stupid, yes, great opportunities for those taking the other side of the bet.
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