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[Mike K.]

Going up in Flamanville?

Going up in flames?

No? Ok. I’ll let myself out. 🚪

[LJ]

I'm sure someone is... Who do you mean by 'They'?  Apparently it's like 10 years behind schedule lol.  Supposed to be $3B when priced in 2004.

Well, you know those Frenchmen, they don't work too hard and like to retire young.

[Matt R.]

The Tyee says we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Too bad the talking heads blew it so badly during Covid, now nobody believes anything anymore.

“The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’”

https://thetyee.ca/A...ynIcKdeU3sQxIkk

[Victoria Watcher]

This is interesting:

 

 

 

 

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found a way to generate electricity by harvesting moisture in the air.

 

According to a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, electricity can be harvested from air using a device made of nearly any material, merely requiring the material to be dotted with nanopores less than 100 nanometers (nm)—0.000004 inches—in diameter.

 

"This is very exciting," Xiaomeng Liu, lead author of the paper said in a statement. "We are opening up a wide door for harvesting clean electricity from thin air." Liu is a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering at UMass Amherst's College of Engineering.

 

 

 

https://www.newsweek...nopores-1802786

 

 

 

"What we've done is to create a human-built, small-scale cloud that produces electricity for us predictably and continuously so that we can harvest it. What's more shocking is that this device can be made from nearly any material.

 

"The ability to generate electricity from the air—what we then called the 'Air-gen effect'—turns out to be generic: literally any kind of material can harvest electricity from air, as long as it has a certain property," Yao said.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 June 2023 - 04:51 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Researchers have successfully turned an abandoned oil and gas well into a geothermal energy storage system, repurposing a once-polluting resource extraction site into what they say amounts to a green energy battery.

 

 

https://futurism.com...thermal-battery

[Mike K.]

This is interesting:




Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found a way to generate electricity by harvesting moisture in the air.

According to a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, electricity can be harvested from air using a device made of nearly any material, merely requiring the material to be dotted with nanopores less than 100 nanometers (nm)—0.000004 inches—in diameter.

"This is very exciting," Xiaomeng Liu, lead author of the paper said in a statement. "We are opening up a wide door for harvesting clean electricity from thin air." Liu is a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering at UMass Amherst's College of Engineering.



https://www.newsweek...nopores-1802786



"What we've done is to create a human-built, small-scale cloud that produces electricity for us predictably and continuously so that we can harvest it. What's more shocking is that this device can be made from nearly any material.

"The ability to generate electricity from the air—what we then called the 'Air-gen effect'—turns out to be generic: literally any kind of material can harvest electricity from air, as long as it has a certain property," Yao said.

The concept of free energy is what Tesla was talking about (the guy, not the car company). I wonder if it had something to do with that.

Now I wonder, how long before we never hear about this idea again? Or any mention of it is supplanted with the extreme dangers of the technology and how governments must ban it.

[Victoria Watcher]

Form Energy, one of the best-funded startups tackling the challenge of long-term clean energy storage, closed a ​“definitive agreement” to sell its largest system yet to utility Georgia Power.

 

Form is in the process of commercializing its iron-air battery, which it says will economically store clean power for delivery over 100 hours straight. If successful, this new technology will take the ups and downs of renewable power production and turn it into a steady source of power for days on end. Researchers have found that some form of dispatchable clean energy like this is necessary to keep the grid reliable while maximizing the share of renewables.

 

One of Form’s first installations will be a 15-megawatt/1,500-megawatt-hour iron-air battery for Georgia Power, the companies revealed this week. Assuming the project clears regulatory approvals, it could be operational by 2026. In a sign of how stunningly this market is growing, this single project would store more megawatt-hours than every energy storage project installed in the U.S. in 2019.

 

 

 

https://www.canaryme...-energy-storage

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 June 2023 - 12:06 AM.

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https://www.marineli...shipping-505960

The study created examples of illustrative fuel production pathways for three Canadian ports: Vancouver, Prince Rupert, and Halifax. The potential development of low and zero-emission fuel uptake across different scenarios was analyzed by the LR Maritime Decarbonisation Hub to estimate the size, type and cost of the infrastructure required.

As British Columbia has one of the lowest carbon intensity grids in the world, there is a significant opportunity to produce low carbon fuels such as hydrogen and biofuels. The study finds that a 200ktpa green methanol plant in the Port of Vancouver has the capacity to meet 2040 energy demands. It also finds that a carbon capture and storage enabled ammonia plant would be able to meet 2040 energy demands in the Port of Prince Rupert.

In Nova Scotia, the significant offshore wind energy capacity is expected to position the province as a major exporter for low or zero emission fuels. The study finds that a capital investment of up to $500m at the Port of Halifax could allow it to serve as a central hub for supporting and distributing sustainable ammonia-based fuel from large production facilities elsewhere in Nova Scotia.

[Victoria Watcher]

Ontario wants to build a new nuclear reactor at Bruce Power, Canada's first in 3 decades

 

Bruce Nuclear in Tiverton, Ont., is already the largest generating station in the world

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...build-1.6897701

 

Driven by clean energy goals and surging electricity demand, Ontario has announced it wants to add a third reactor to Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, which, if built, would be the first construction of a new large-scale nuclear plant in the province in three decades. 

 

On Wednesday, Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith said if built, the new reactor would generate up to 4,800 megawatts, enough to power 4.8 million homes.

 

It would be located on the site of Bruce Power's current generating station on the rim of Lake Huron in Tiverton, Ont. It currently has two reactors, but according to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the plant is not operating at full capacity. 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 July 2023 - 02:08 PM.

[lanforod]

Do it!

[Matt R.]

Everyone got their firewood stacked for the winter? Waiting to see about local prices, but I think the chainsaw ban is coming any day now so they must be working flat out.

[Mike K.]

About 2 cords so far. Need another two.

[Matt R.]

I’m in touch with a fellow from Crofton, about 370 for a cord of fir. My local guy is still $400, same as last year surprisingly. I think I’ll do five or six cords and another arbutus to last a couple years.

[Mike K.]

Buckin Billy Ray?

[Matt R.]

John.

[Victoria Watcher]

Fortis B.C. asks Metro Vancouver to reject recommendations for a quicker move away from fossil fuels

Fortis B.C. and other companies ask Metro Vancouver to slow its turn away from fossil fuels.


https://vancouversun...915e80c3e1/amp/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 July 2023 - 10:33 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

Here’s a headline to put into your back pocket:

With growth in clean energy 'unstoppable,' fossil fuels will peak by 2030, energy agency says

The way the world is powered will change dramatically by the end of the decade, thanks to surging demand for electric vehicles and clean energy technologies, a new report from the International Energy Agency says.

What utter nonsense:

Solar energy will generate more electricity than the entire U.S. power system currently does.

I don’t understand what EVs have to do with energy creation, but ok, here’s another date that is just far enough away to be forgotten when the targets aren’t met.

- https://www.cbc.ca/n...-2023-1.7005194

Remember when we were to have reached peak oil? They terrified us as kids in elementary school on how stark life would be, unless we did something etc etc. Downright terror, is what I was coming home with, sometimes so worried that my mom had to console me. This is what they did to little kids in early grade school back in the 90s, and today we have so much oil we’re trying to create policies -not- to use it.

[Victoria Watcher]

The growth in renewables has major implications for fossil fuels, with peaks in global demand for coal, oil and natural gas now expected to come this decade.

 

Under this scenario, oil and gas will plateau over the next three decades, with demand increasing in developing countries while declining in more advanced economies. Demand for coal is expected to decline.

 

 

 

 

 

That might be accurate, rather than saying the peak is 2030.

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 October 2023 - 07:25 AM.