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Why Lots Of Rabbits Have To Be Harnessed To Keep Grid Clocks Aligned

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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:37:01 +0000

The UK now has an active market for grid inertia, marking a significant step toward ensuring stability in an electricity grid increasingly reliant on intermittent renewable energy sources. The first successful bidder to provide this inertia service was a notably straightforward yet effective technology: an electric motor spinning a massive … [continued]

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Two-Tiered Resistance Hits Tesla

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:45:17 +0000

Recent news out of a Tesla retail and service location in Oregon is quite shocking. Not only are protests happening, but bullets are literally flying. Pro-Elon folks would tell us that Tesla is facing a violent intimidation campaign by evil leftists, while most people protesting against Elon Musk will correctly … [continued]

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More Data Shows How Two Successful (If Slow) Solar Cannonball Runs Went

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:00:28 +0000

A year or so ago, I wrote several articles about attempts to cross the United States on nothing but solar power, carried along on or in the vehicle. Since then, the slow pace and even slower release of information about these trips led to me moving on to other things … [continued]

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Tesla’s Stock Price Trend Is Sort Of Hilarious

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:59:09 +0000

Tesla’s stock price has never been a stable or sensible thing for long. It’s been one of the last decade, or at least the last five years. However, as I was glancing at it today while trying to see any noticeable effect from Trump and surrogates’ desperate appeals to buy … [continued]

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The 3 Things Tech Billionaires Get from DOGE

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:20:42 +0000

As others have pointed out in a comment thread today, DOGE (the “Department of Government Efficiency”) is not actually creating “government efficiency” just because that’s in the name and Elon Musk and his team of 20-year-olds are mass firing government employees. Without actually evaluating what’s needed and who should be … [continued]

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Debunking The Myth: Surplus Renewable Electricity Will Not Make Hydrogen Cheap

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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:58:32 +0000

A commonly cited argument is that surplus electricity from renewable sources, particularly solar and wind, makes hydrogen production both economical and practical. The rationale seems simple: when the sun shines brightly or winds blow strongly, there’s an abundance of electricity, potentially making hydrogen cheap. But this claim oversimplifies the economic … [continued]

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Green Hydrogen Cross-Border Collaborations Persist Despite Trump’s Trade War

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:33:57 +0000

Trump’s misbegotten trade war against Canada notwithstanding, leading hydrogen stakeholders continue to move forward with green hydrogen projects.

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Driving Intelligence into Action on the Road to a Smarter, More Resilient Grid

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Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:11:24 +0000

By Ernst Scholtz, S&C Electric Company’s Chief Technology Officer As the nation’s aging electrical grid faces more frequent extreme weather events, power outages are increasing and becoming more devastating. According to Climate Central, around 80% of major U.S. power outages between 2000 and 2023 were caused by weather-related events. The … [continued]

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