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Lithium batteries appear to be undercutting the use of fossil fuels. Gas accounts for 40% of California’s grid. However, its use in April registered its lowest proportion in seven years. “The data clearly shows that batteries are displacing natural gas when solar generation is ramping up and down each day in CAISO,” notes an analysis by Grid…
Home to the city of Adelaide, South Australia has already more than halved its emissions since 2005 thanks to a rapid shift to wind, solar, and battery technologies, which now meet around 70% of its annual power needs. By 2027, it must reach 100% net renewable electricity, though it’ll keep gas power plants on standby…
But as you can imagine, I don’t always want to rely on a wall outlet that is several acres away. As an alternative, I decided to create a charging shed out of a 20-foot shipping container. https://electrek.co/2024/08/26/i-run-my-electric-tractor-completely-off-grid-heres-my-secret/
It could change the performance of a pickleball paddle, a snowboard, a surfboard, even a rally car. It could also reduce our reliance on carbon fibre, restore Māori tikanga and put unproductive land to sustainable use. For Ben Scales and William Murrell (Ngāi Tahu), co-founders of KiwiFibre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the potential of composite materials…
Thanks in part to the IRA, US greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 will likely be between 32% and 34% lower than they were in 2005, according to the REPEAT project, which is led by Princeton University’s ZERO Lab. By 2035, the reduction will have reached 40%-43%. https://theprogressplaybook.com/2024/08/20/how-the-inflation-reduction-act-is-transforming-america-and-the-world/ One of the things I love about how…
After teasing the electric supercar’s sleek design, dance moves, and other fun features, BYD launched the Yangwang U9 in February. Starting at around $233,000 (1,680,000 yuan), the U9 is priced at a hefty premium compared to most low-cost BYD models starting at around $10,000 to $25,000. https://electrek.co/2024/08/19/byd-chinas-supercars-get-serious-new-1200-hp-ev/
In the first seven months of 2024, the US got more electricity from wind and solar than from coal — a historic inflection point in the world’s largest economy. https://theprogressplaybook.com/2024/08/19/wind-and-solar-overtake-coal-power-in-the-us-for-good/
I knew it was good… but I had no idea: How much antimatter is needed to heat 1 T of H2 from cryogenic liquid to 4000 K? About 300 micrograms. 1200 T of H2 requires 360 milligrams of antimatter. If that antimatter is cryogenically frozen solid antihydrogen, it occupies about 4 mL. Somewhat less than…
OceanX is one of the wind turbines that has been making a lot of noise lately as it is now the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform. It has finally started its voyage from Guangzhou, China and is expected to reach its final destination of the Qingzhou IV Offshore Wind Farm in Yangjiang, Gangdong by…
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