Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Australia Fast-Tracks Plan to Send Solar Power to Singapore
August 10th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Australia granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion ($16 billion) plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Southeast Asia via undersea cable. The status recognizes the “strategic significance” of the project, which is expected to inject billions of dollars into the economy and create […]
5000W Direct-Drive Tesla Coil
August 7th, 2020Via: styropyro:
China Helped Saudis Build Secret Nuclear Site For Extracting Yellowcake
August 6th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: When it comes to America’s allies in the Middle East, Washington has long “looked the other way” while they recklessly pursue questionable weapons technology. Think Pakistan’s nuclear program at a time when the Reagan administration prioritized fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, or Israel’s estimated 100 to possibly 200 undeclared nukes. This has more […]
Unidentified Drones Flew in Restricted Airspace Above Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant
August 3rd, 2020Via: The WarZone: Less than a year ago… a bizarre and largely undisclosed incident involving a swarm of drones occurred on successive September evenings in 2019. The location? America’s most powerful nuclear plant, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station situated roughly two dozen miles west of Phoenix, near Tonopah, Arizona. … This particular story starts […]
World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Project Begins Assembly in France
July 29th, 2020Simply the latest fusion power boondoggle… Or, something else? Via: Guardian: The world’s largest nuclear fusion project began its five-year assembly phase on Tuesday in southern France, with the first ultra-hot plasma expected to be generated in late 2025. The €20bn (£18.2bn) Iter project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended […]
Afghanistan: Heroin Industry Increasingly Runs on Solar Power
July 27th, 2020Via: BBC: There are no subsidies here. Nobody is thinking about climate change – or any other ethical consideration, for that matter. This is about small-scale entrepreneurs trying to make a profit. It is the story of how Afghan opium growers have switched to solar power, and significantly increased the world supply of heroin.
Tesla Will Build Next Factory in Texas
July 23rd, 2020Via: Ars Technica: On Wednesday afternoon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk answered questions from investors following the publication of the company’s latest quarterly results. The headline news is that Tesla has picked Texas as the site for its next factory. When asked how many cars this new car plant could build, Musk told the call that […]
“New Cobalt-Free Lithium-Ion Battery Reduces Costs Without Sacrificing Performance”
July 19th, 2020Cobalt is the ugliest part of high performance lithium ion batteries, and the most difficult to eliminate. This research out of University of Texas might be good news. Via: UT News: For decades, researchers have looked for ways to eliminate cobalt from the high-energy batteries that power electronic devices, due to its high cost and […]
World’s Longest Subsea Power Cable
July 14th, 2020Via: Guardian: Construction work has begun in Lincolnshire on the world’s longest subsea power cable, which will run between Britain and Denmark to share renewable energy between the two countries. The 475-mile (765km) cable is a joint-venture between National Grid in the UK and Denmark’s Energinet. By 2023, the high-voltage, direct-current link will transmit the […]
Tesla Overtakes Toyota as the World’s Most Valuable Automaker
July 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Tesla Inc. displaced Toyota Motor Corp. as the world’s most valuable automaker, underscoring investor enthusiasm for a company trying to transform an industry that’s relied on internal combustion engines for more than 130 years.
