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Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.

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Arrakis, here we come.

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New Atlas: Charging tweak revives lost lithium to boost battery capacity & lifespan.
Charging tweak revives lost lithium to boost battery capacity & lifespan

We need Global Worming for our EVs! :)
 
New Atlas: Charging tweak revives lost lithium to boost battery capacity & lifespan.
Charging tweak revives lost lithium to boost battery capacity & lifespan

We need Global Worming for our EVs! :)
"move the detached lithium toward the anode during discharging, and these motions are faster under higher currents,” says study author Fang Liu. “So we added a fast, high-current discharging step right after the battery charges, which moved the isolated lithium far enough to reconnect it with the anode. This reactivates the lithium so it can participate in the life of the battery.”

Interesting, thanks.

This should be doable on Superchargers, hopefully taking into account each individual battery or group of cells. Especially useful for heavily supercharged cells. It might give some old Teslas a helping hand.
 
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"move the detached lithium toward the anode during discharging, and these motions are faster under higher currents,” says study author Fang Liu. “So we added a fast, high-current discharging step right after the battery charges, which moved the isolated lithium far enough to reconnect it with the anode. This reactivates the lithium so it can participate in the life of the battery.”

Interesting, thanks.

This should be doable on Superchargers, hopefully taking into account each individual battery or group of cells. Especially useful for heavily supercharged cells. It might give some old Teslas a helping hand.
How about a fast accelerating drive just after Supercharging? That should move those worms!
 
CNBC: Feds deny Oklo's application to build an advanced nuclear reactor in Idaho. Feds deny Oklo's application to build an advanced nuclear reactor in Idaho

Federal regulators have denied the application from Silicon Valley nuclear power start-up Oklo to build and operate its advanced nuclear reactor, dubbed Aurora, in Idaho. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission filed the decision on Thursday and cited lack of sufficient information about potential accidents and safety measures. Oklo may re-apply.
 
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Reuters: Analysis: Shrink to fit: the year Big Oil starts to become Small Oil. Analysis: Shrink to fit: the year Big Oil starts to become Small Oil

But unlike any other time in their history, BP, Royal Dutch Shell(RDSa.L), TotalEnergies , Equinor (EQNR.OL) and Italy's Eni are focusing on returning as much cash as possible to shareholders to keep them sweet as they begin a risky shift towards low-carbon and renewable energy.
 
A bit late, but good news. We need a lot more of it.

Still, 2021 showed a 17% growth in electricity generated by coal due to supply constraints and NG prices.

IEA report on coal: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/f1d724d4-a753-4336-9f6e-64679fa23bbf/Coal2021.pdf
 
Cool article, and I get why it's broken down by GW, but I think it's missing some information. Unless I missed it, nowhere in the article does it say how many coal plants are being retired. This is all by GW. So we don't know if that represents 1 coal plant, 10 plants, or 100 plants. We don't know to what degree of output the average coal plant differs NG, nuclear, etc. Depending on output, more of non-coal sources could be closed.
 
More detail on coal (globally) from the report.
The declines in global coal-fired power generation in 2019 and 2020
led to expectations that it might have peaked in 2018. But 2021
dashed those hopes. With electricity demand outpacing low-carbon
supply, and with steeply rising natural gas prices, global coal power
generation is on course to increase by 9% in 2021 to 10 350
terawatt-hours (TWh) – a new all-time high. However, coal’s share
of the global power mix in 2021 is expected to be 36% – 5
percentage points below its 2007 peak. In the United States and the
European Union, coal power generation is forecast to increase by
almost 20% in 2021 but will not reach 2019 levels. By contrast,
estimated growth of 12% in India and 9% in China will push coal
power generation to record levels in both countries. Taking into
account the rebound in global industrial output, overall coal demand
worldwide is expected to grow by 6% in 2021, bringing it close to
the record levels it reached in 2013 and 2014.
 
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Cool article, and I get why it's broken down by GW, but I think it's missing some information. Unless I missed it, nowhere in the article does it say how many coal plants are being retired. This is all by GW. So we don't know if that represents 1 coal plant, 10 plants, or 100 plants. We don't know to what degree of output the average coal plant differs NG, nuclear, etc. Depending on output, more of non-coal sources could be closed.
There is a map in the report which shows the individual plants, locations and circles denoting their size which should help.
 
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Cool article, and I get why it's broken down by GW, but I think it's missing some information. Unless I missed it, nowhere in the article does it say how many coal plants are being retired. This is all by GW. So we don't know if that represents 1 coal plant, 10 plants, or 100 plants. We don't know to what degree of output the average coal plant differs NG, nuclear, etc. Depending on output, more of non-coal sources could be closed.

EIA has detailed information about planned retirements:

Excel:
Filter on Technology Conventional Steam Coal
 
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Would be nice if the fact heat is a terrible... TERRIBLE source of electricity would become common knowledge.

When Will The U.S. Tap its Massive Geothermal Energy Potential?


Never... never in anyway that makes an impact. Because economics. And economics matters.
From oilprice.com...touting geothermal is a logical political strategy for them, given their current industry.

They know they must find some exit strategy from oil/NG (real or perceived), and their industry already has expertise and equipment for moving easily into geothermal with their current oil/gas/fracking technology.

So now they want us to know they need government subsidies as their fossil fuel industry wants to stay alive and they get to tell everyone they are reformed and going green by diversifying into geothermal...
 

Last winter, I described how cooler air allows gas-fired power plants to generate more electricity than the plant can generate in hot weather, because cooler air is heavier and able to absorb more heat. Despite this capability, nearly all new gas-fired power plants in the Mid-Atlantic during the past 20 years sought and received limits from grid operator PJM on their ability to use this physical capability through PJM’s process. Failing to implement this cooler-weather capability costs consumers money and makes it more likely there will be another power system failure this winter.

The problem of cold weather reliability is caused by power plant owners cutting corners to save money. This is related to, but not the same reason for the energy problems in Texas last February triggered by Storm Uri. There, the biggest problem was gas suppliers — and to a lesser extent power plant owners — that were unprepared to keep their equipment from freezing.
 
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Coal-based liquid hydrogen pivotal for green energy? The experts doubt it | Graham Readfearn

Bhavnagri told Temperature Check he doubts using coal to make hydrogen could have any commercial success. He said assuming the project could capture and store a significant amount of CO2, the carbon footprint of the hydrogen would still be higher than producing hydrogen from gas with CCS and “much higher than producing it from renewables”. Make no mistake – Labor and the Coalition have starkly different climate policies | Thom Woodroofe “If it’s more complex and more costly and more polluting than making hydrogen from renewables, why would you do it?”
 
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