Energy: The future might be kinda cold at times
Germany's utilities will reduce electricity available for EV chargers and heat pumps, to maintain grid stability, as needed.
Energy: New battery technologies
New battery technologies will only get better, fortunately.
Energy: Siting solar PV on farms
Siting solar PV arrays on farms in ways compatible with agriculture is now hip. It is also a very old idea. But now it's a media meme.
Climate: Set maximum allowed energy use per person per day
From a retired environmental scientist – we need give each person a quota how much energy they may use per day (does this apply to people using their own solar,…
Energy: NY to get 40% of electricity from renewables by 2030
NY thinks it will source 40% of its power from renewables by 2030. Magical thinking?
Energy: Norway goes nuclear
SMR power plant proposed in Norway : New Nuclear – World Nuclear News (world-nuclear-news.org)
Energy: Royal Society study estimates need for months of electricity storage
Due to potential for weeks or months of limited solar and wind generation, the grid might need months of electricity storage - or backup generation.
Climate: Half the world is already past “peak fossil fuels”
"Half of the world’s economies are already at least five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels"
Energy: New startup building grid-scale batteries
Grid-scale batteries don't need to use Lithium batteries - more cost effective chemistries are available for these applications.