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Transitioning the World to 100% Renewable Energy — Part 2

February 17, 2020 admin 100% renewable energy, batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, Energy Storage, green new deal, grid, grid parity, grid reliability, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, mark z. jacobson, nuclear energy, podcasts, policy & politics, policy research, pumped hydro storage, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, Stanford, wind energy

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:51:47 +0000

In the second half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, take’s Zach Shahan’s place as host to talk with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy

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Yikes — One Of My Favorite Political Commenters Bombs On 21st Century Energy

February 17, 2020 admin 100% renewable electricity, 100% renewable energy, batteries, Bernie Sanders, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, climate change, cnn, consumer technology, Energy Storage, fareed zakaria, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid parity, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, mark z. jacobson, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy myths, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:24:22 +0000

Ah, man. It’s annoying as heck to see people who you think are idiots screw up a topic you know well, but it’s an extra special kind of annoying when brilliant people screw up — massively — on that same topic. In this edition of “Smart people who don’t understand the energy industry of 2020,” we’ve got Fareed Zakaria of

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Tesla Steps Into The Utility Space With New Grid Controller Patent

February 14, 2020 admin batteries, building-integrated photovoltaics (bipv), buildings, cars, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, demand response, disaggregation, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid storage, natural gas, neurio, patents, pumped hydro storage, rooftop solar, Smart Grid, smart home, smartphone apps, Solar energy, tesla, tesla energy, tesla grid controller, tesla patents, tesla powerwall, tesla solarglass roof, wind energy

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:53:19 +0000

This week, Tesla locked in a new patent for a distributed electrical grid management system, with capability to control everything from massive grid-scale energy storage installations down to your washing machine to keep everything humming along nicely

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$3.6 Billion Energy Storage Project Rising From Ashes Of Coal Power Plant

January 22, 2020 admin clean power, daybreak power, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, navajo energy storage station, ness, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:40:37 +0000

A new coal-killing energy storage proposal fits right in with the Energy Department’s vision for wind and solar grid integration (wait, what about coal?)

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120 Gigawatts Of Energy Storage By 2050: We Got This!

January 3, 2020 admin batteries, Energy Storage, hydrogen, lithium-ion batteries, nrel, pumped hydro storage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:20:16 +0000

The next generation of energy storage is set to go far and beyond the capabilities of today’s Li-ion technology, as federal energy experts eyeball a goal of 120 gigawatts in storage by

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PSH FAST, Pt 2: Oscillating Disk Cutters For Tunneling Could Reduce Time & Cost

December 30, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, competition, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, investment, komatsu, Manufacturing, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, research, sandvik, United States, us doe

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:14:33 +0000

A big part of Livingston and Conroy’s pitch to the DoE was to leverage soon-to-be-commercialized oscillating disk technology in a mostly continuous tunneling model. This would entail not only having the oscillating disk cutter, but also automated ceiling bolting and shotcreting for tunnel stabilization

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PSH FAST, Pt 1: US DOE FAST Competition For Pumped Storage Picks 4 Winners

December 30, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, competition, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, investment, Manufacturing, nrel, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, research, scotland, United States, us doe, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:07:36 +0000

Pumped storage hydro has far more resource potential than required for a fully decarbonized grid and it’s cheap per megawatt-hour (MWh) of storage. The downside is that it’s slow to build, capital intensive, and heavily regulated right now in the United States. The Department of Energy FAST program aims to change that

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Pumped Hydro Social License, Pt 2: The Usual Suspects Will Raise The Usual Fears That Must Be Countered Early

December 29, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, nuclear energy, Oroville Dam, public relations, pumped hydro storage, scotland, social license, United States, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:32:23 +0000

One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake

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Pumped Hydro Social License, Pt 1: Wind Energy Experience Says Don’t Expect You Have Full Approval

December 29, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, loch ness, nuclear energy, Oroville Dam, patagonia, public relations, pumped hydro storage, scotland, social license, Uncategorized, United States, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:24:04 +0000

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Floating Solar On Pumped Hydro, Part 2: Better Efficiency, But More Challenging Engineering

December 28, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, efficiency, Energy Storage, engineering, floating solar, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, loch ness, pumped hydro storage, scotland, Solar energy, United States, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:30:04 +0000

The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 2nd article covers an additional six pros and cons

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