Today liquefaction of air offers us a great solution to one of the biggest issues that world energy science faces – electricity storage. According to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers this type of energy storage is just as effective as …
From Guest Blogger Paula: Liquid Air Energy Storage System Read More »
Here’s an interesting article that talks about the need to store solar energy, and the decision on the part of the State of California to force its power utilities to buy a large amount of energy storage accordingly. These people …
I thought I’d pass along the status of my new Nickel/Iron batteries. They have arrived from China and passed through customs and are now on a truck from Colorado to my house. Arrival is expected on Thursday. I am really …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Energy Storage Read More »
Frequent commenter Brian McGowan writes: I found this article on an energy storage breakthrough and it nearly made me tear my hair out. Their first brilliant use for this technology was coal mining?? AARRGGHH!!!! I understand your frustration, my friend. …
Energy Storage Breakthrough Used To Improve Efficiency ….. Of Coal Mining??? Read More »
Obviously, renewable energy has a whole host of nay-sayers who make a variety of points, including: • It’s expensive. (This is true, though it’s becoming less so each day – and it depends on how one does the accounting. Some of …
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me this piece called “Better Batteries, Better World,” and notes, “Interesting topic for Foreign Affairs magazine; they rarely talk about renewables.” I don’t normally read Foreign Affairs; thanks for pointing it out. I’m delighted this …
Writing for Smart Grid News, Jesse Berst explains that the Obama administration’s call for a multi-billion-dollar grid upgrade could backfire, as his opponents are so aggressive with their attacks, and will be quick to label this more governmental waste. That’s …
A reader asked me to comment on the article linked below, but frankly, I simply don’t understand it. If this is to be believed, a power utility (Southern California Edison) denied a homeowner’s application to connect his solar PV array …
Here’s an article that points to one of the many issues we face in our quest to integrate large amounts of solar energy into our grid-mix: all this distributed generation is making it tough for the utilities. In 43 of …
Rethinking the Regulation of Our Electric Utilities Read More »
A reader asked for my comments on the following: I have just been reading about the various ways CO2 is captured from power plants and then transported and stored — underground and underwater. I don’t get it…we applaud companies for reducing their …
