Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Power Out Again
September 20th, 2016I was just working on an off grid proposal for a solar customer… When the power went out. It’s a sign! Anyway, I’m taking the night off from Cryptogon. Green tea: Check Phone state of charge 54%: Check Audiobook loaded on phone: Check
Abu Dhabi: Solar Power at 2.42 Cents a Kilowatt-Hour
September 20th, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. Via: Bloomberg: Two companies offered to build the cheapest solar power plant on record in Abu Dhabi, reflecting declining costs for photovoltaic cells and cheaper financing for clean-energy projects. Government-owned Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority received a record-low bid of 2.42 cents a kilowatt-hour for […]
6 States Facing Possible Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Spill
September 19th, 2016The number of eggs in one basket with this thing is insane. Via: ABC: Six states — Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and North Carolina — are facing possible gas shortages after a pipeline spill, officials said. The states have all declared states of emergency, citing concerns about “fuel supply disruptions” and “disruptions of […]
Tesla Wins Massive Contract to Help Power the California Grid
September 16th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: Tesla just won a bid to supply grid-scale power in Southern California to help prevent electricity shortages following the biggest natural gas leak in U.S. history. The Powerpacks, worth tens of millions of dollars, will be operational in record time—by the end of this year. Tesla Motors Inc. will supply 20 megawatts (80 […]
Facebook Censored Live Stream Video Posted by Dakota Pipeline Protesters
September 15th, 2016Via: The Verge: Facebook has admitted to censoring a video posted by activists protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, with the social network blaming the removal on its automated spam filter. The live stream video, published on Tuesday by the media collective Unicorn Riot, showed police arresting around two dozen protesters at a Dakota pipeline site. […]
Thousands Protest North Dakota Pipeline
September 9th, 2016Via: CBC: Thousands of people have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Nation’s fight against construction of a contentious oil pipeline, a showdown Indigenous leaders in North Dakota warn won’t end anytime soon. They’re opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline, a multimillion-dollar project that’s supposed to transport light sweet crude oil from the Bakken oilfield near […]
MIT Spinout’s Lithium Metal Battery Doubles Power Density vs. Lithium Ion
August 19th, 2016Batteries for the drone market ship in late 2016. Consumer electronics, early 2017. Electric cars, 2018. Via: MIT News: Putting these new batteries in electric vehicles as well could represent “a huge societal impact,” Hu says: “Industry standard is that electric vehicles need to go at least 200 miles on a single charge. We can […]
Nissan: Variable Compression Gasoline Engine
August 14th, 2016Via: Reuters: Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co has come up with a new type of gasoline engine it says may make some of today’s advanced diesel engines obsolete. The new engine uses variable compression technology, which Nissan engineers say allows it at any given moment to choose an optimal compression ratio for combustion – a […]
EV West Shop Off Grid with DIY Powerwall
August 12th, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Guys who refuse to wait. Via: Jehu Garcia: Related: EV West
A Big Leap for an Artificial Leaf *
August 11th, 2016* “Commercializing the technology will likely take years.” Indeed, there are posts about Nocera’s various artificial leaf iterations on Cryptogon going back almost a decade… Via: MIT Technology Review: Daniel Nocera, a professor of energy science at Harvard who pioneered the use of artificial photosynthesis, says that he and his colleague Pamela Silver have devised […]
