Energy: Using hot water tanks to store energy
This makes a lot of sense: Hot water systems are important and are one of the most basic energy storage devices available. Before, electric hot water systems were timed to…
Transportation: Should more people be riding bikes?
Read an item this morning promoting more people to ride bikes to work and to stores. Which reminded me of a key issue that goes ignored… Look at most urban…
Energy: Solar PV produced 12% of EU power this summer
And should increase year over year each of the next ten years: Solar power generation rose 28% in the summer period compared to 2021 Source: Europe’s Summer of Record Solar…
Energy disaster in Europe may last a decade
The next “5 to 10 winters will be difficult,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned on Monday as energy prices in Europe soared to new records. Source: 10 ‘Difficult’…
Germany shut down its nuclear plants and replaced them with coal plants
Face plant. Germany says it will compensate for a cut in Russian gas supply by increasing the burning of coal — the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel in terms of emissions.…
1 in 4 CA Bay Area EV chargers found not to be working
A study of public electric-vehicle stations in California’s Bay Area found that only 72.5% of chargers were operational. California has by far the most electric car owners of any state…
Just days ago, California boasted of being 100% renewable … for 2 minutes …
May 4th 2022: California renewable energy: State ran nearly 100% on renewables (for 2 minutes) May 8th 2022: (Reuters) – California energy officials on Friday issued a sober forecast for…
Green power in California not as green as it looked: State imports much electricity from other states
Note – that’s 2013-2017. The mix may have changed in 2018-2022. But it seems likely this is a real issue (see other chart in the linked report). And, Gov. Newsom…
Energy: Use abandoned oil wells for geothermal?
It may be possible to use existing but no longer used oil and gas wells to tap underground geothermal heat as energy sources. Source: The US may have an unexpected…
Funniest video you’ll see today
NBC Today show “reporter” tells us how to improve our gas mileage – but in the clip, she is doing her demonstration in an EV while telling us how to…