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October 30, 2022
One of Connie Ehrlich’s anti-solar billboards in Winamac, Indiana. Photograph: Taylor Glascock/The Guardian
‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm
A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of Manhattan
The Guardian by Oliver Milman in Pulaski county, Indiana | Oct 30, 2022
When proposals for the largest solar plant ever conceived for US soil started to gather pace – a plan that involves spearing several million solar panels into the flat farmland of northern Indiana – something in Connie Ehrlich seems to have snapped.
Ehrlich, 63, is part of a longstanding farming family in Pulaski county, the site of the new solar project, but doesn’t live in the county and previously only rarely dabbled in its usually somnolent local politics. She has carved out a comfortable life in a sprawling mansion set on 10 acres (four hectares) of land, just outside the city of Lafayette, and is known locally for her donations to medical research and her small fleet of deluxe cars with personalized license plates.
But to Ehrlich the idea of transferring 13,000 acres of prized farmland to solar energy production seems to have been so unthinkable that it demanded an extraordinary response. Within months of the project being proposed she had mobilized her wealth to fund a flurry of lawsuits, spearheaded a sometimes-vituperative pressure group and spent $3m buying new plots of land, including a cemetery, on the fringes of the project...snip
The opponents of the solar project, a $1.5bn venture appropriately called Mammoth that is set to span an area almost as large as Manhattan, say they are defying an egregious assault on time-honored farming traditions and are standing up to a newcomer that threatens to warp their pastoral way of life with Chinese-made technology. “We need to protect America’s farmland,” Ehrlich wrote in a February post for the Pulaski County Against Solar group’s Facebook page. “Not only from being sacrificed for the inefficient, unreliable energy generation, but from foreigners’ interest!” more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/30/its-got-nasty-the-battle-to-build-the-uss-biggest-solar-power-farm
The Ehrlichs - America's new Luddites. Proud and ignorant at the same time.
'It's got nasty': the battle to build the US's biggest solar power farm in Pulaski county, Indiana
One of Connie Ehrlich’s anti-solar billboards in Winamac, Indiana. Photograph: Taylor Glascock/The Guardian
‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm
A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of Manhattan
The Guardian by Oliver Milman in Pulaski county, Indiana | Oct 30, 2022
When proposals for the largest solar plant ever conceived for US soil started to gather pace – a plan that involves spearing several million solar panels into the flat farmland of northern Indiana – something in Connie Ehrlich seems to have snapped.
Ehrlich, 63, is part of a longstanding farming family in Pulaski county, the site of the new solar project, but doesn’t live in the county and previously only rarely dabbled in its usually somnolent local politics. She has carved out a comfortable life in a sprawling mansion set on 10 acres (four hectares) of land, just outside the city of Lafayette, and is known locally for her donations to medical research and her small fleet of deluxe cars with personalized license plates.
But to Ehrlich the idea of transferring 13,000 acres of prized farmland to solar energy production seems to have been so unthinkable that it demanded an extraordinary response. Within months of the project being proposed she had mobilized her wealth to fund a flurry of lawsuits, spearheaded a sometimes-vituperative pressure group and spent $3m buying new plots of land, including a cemetery, on the fringes of the project...snip
The opponents of the solar project, a $1.5bn venture appropriately called Mammoth that is set to span an area almost as large as Manhattan, say they are defying an egregious assault on time-honored farming traditions and are standing up to a newcomer that threatens to warp their pastoral way of life with Chinese-made technology. “We need to protect America’s farmland,” Ehrlich wrote in a February post for the Pulaski County Against Solar group’s Facebook page. “Not only from being sacrificed for the inefficient, unreliable energy generation, but from foreigners’ interest!” more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/30/its-got-nasty-the-battle-to-build-the-uss-biggest-solar-power-farm
The Ehrlichs - America's new Luddites. Proud and ignorant at the same time.
October 29, 2022
Foshan has around 1,500 hydrogen-powered public buses and logistics vehicles running on its roads. Photo: He Huifeng
China hopes rapid hydrogen energy push is as easy as riding a bike to aid economy, carbon-neutral goal
China has set the target of hitting peak emissions before 2030 and becoming carbon neutral by 2060, with new energy also seen as a way to boost the economy
South China Morning Post | He Huifeng in Foshan | 29 Oct, 2022
China’s hydrogen sector is seen to be in the early stages of commercialisation and industrialisation, and it still relies heavily on government subsidies due to its current high cost as a new energy source.
...Energy storage to transfer solar and wind power generated in the northwest to the rest of the country is instead viewed as the main driver, with China set to ramp up its output of clean energy in the next 5-10 years...
...Since China’s first hydrogen refuelling station opened in Foshan in 2017, the city said it has opened more than 150 hydrogen firms and research and development institutions and has 28 hydrogen refuelling stations, five hydrogen trams and over 1,500 hydrogen-powered public buses and logistics vehicles running on its roads.
By 2025, Foshan expects the cumulative output value of its hydrogen energy industry to reach 50 billion yuan (US$6.9 billion), according to the Foshan Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Plan for 2018-30...more
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3197607/china-hopes-rapid-hydrogen-energy-push-easy-riding-bike-aid-economy-carbon-neutral-goal?
RELATED:
Hydrogen generation could become a $1 trillion per year market, Goldman Sachs says
PUBLISHED WED, FEB 23 2022
“If we want to go to net-zero we can’t do it just through renewable power,” Michele DellaVigna, the bank’s commodity equity business unit leader for the EMEA region, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” earlier this week.
“We need something that takes today’s role of natural gas, especially to manage seasonality and intermittency, and that is hydrogen.”...
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/23/hydrogen-generation-could-become-1-trillion-market-goldman-sachs.html
China's rapid hydrogen energy push
Foshan has around 1,500 hydrogen-powered public buses and logistics vehicles running on its roads. Photo: He Huifeng
China hopes rapid hydrogen energy push is as easy as riding a bike to aid economy, carbon-neutral goal
China has set the target of hitting peak emissions before 2030 and becoming carbon neutral by 2060, with new energy also seen as a way to boost the economy
South China Morning Post | He Huifeng in Foshan | 29 Oct, 2022
China’s hydrogen sector is seen to be in the early stages of commercialisation and industrialisation, and it still relies heavily on government subsidies due to its current high cost as a new energy source.
...Energy storage to transfer solar and wind power generated in the northwest to the rest of the country is instead viewed as the main driver, with China set to ramp up its output of clean energy in the next 5-10 years...
...Since China’s first hydrogen refuelling station opened in Foshan in 2017, the city said it has opened more than 150 hydrogen firms and research and development institutions and has 28 hydrogen refuelling stations, five hydrogen trams and over 1,500 hydrogen-powered public buses and logistics vehicles running on its roads.
By 2025, Foshan expects the cumulative output value of its hydrogen energy industry to reach 50 billion yuan (US$6.9 billion), according to the Foshan Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Plan for 2018-30...more
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3197607/china-hopes-rapid-hydrogen-energy-push-easy-riding-bike-aid-economy-carbon-neutral-goal?
RELATED:
Hydrogen generation could become a $1 trillion per year market, Goldman Sachs says
PUBLISHED WED, FEB 23 2022
“If we want to go to net-zero we can’t do it just through renewable power,” Michele DellaVigna, the bank’s commodity equity business unit leader for the EMEA region, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” earlier this week.
“We need something that takes today’s role of natural gas, especially to manage seasonality and intermittency, and that is hydrogen.”...
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/23/hydrogen-generation-could-become-1-trillion-market-goldman-sachs.html
October 25, 2022
Singapore launches national hydrogen strategy
Singapore plans to develop hydrogen as a pathway to accelerate transitions to net zero emissions and strengthen the Southeast Asian nation’s energy security.
EnergyVoice.com | 25/10/2022
...Low-carbon hydrogen, including its derivatives such as ammonia, has emerged as a key potential pathway for Singapore and could supply up to half of the country’s power needs by 2050, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, said in a speech today at Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW).
“Hydrogen has the potential to be adopted across different sectors as a low-carbon fuel or feedstock. Hydrogen does not release any greenhouse gases when combusted. When produced through low emission methods such as through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, it can have close to zero emissions,” said Wong...
“First, we will experiment with the use of advanced hydrogen technologies that are on the cusp of commercial readiness. In this regard, we will launch an Expression of Interest for a small-scale commercial project on utilising ammonia for power generation, including developing ammonia supply chains to also support marine bunkering needs. Such a project will allow us to assess the viability of ammonia – as both a hydrogen carrier and as a direct fuel – and develop regulations and ecosystem to support it. Further details will be released in the coming months,” Wong told delegates.
“Second, we will conduct research and development work to advance these hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen will be a key focal area for Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Energy Research (LCER) Programme. In October 2021, we awarded $55 million for projects under Phase 1 of the programme for research into low-carbon technologies. A further $129 million will be set aside for Phase 2. Through collaborations between academia and industry, we aim to unlock key technological bottlenecks so that Singapore is able to import, handle and utilise low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives safely and at scale,” he said...
Third, Fourth and Fifth...more
https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/454375/singapore-launches-national-hydrogen-strategy/
Singapore joins over 30 nations that have published National Hydrogen Strategies- naysayers either don't know about these or pretend this isn't happening - as if they know more about this than the top scientists of these nations. Hilarious, really.
International Hydrogen Strategies
Csiro.au
Many major global economies have assessed their positions on the role of hydrogen in their future energy systems and released dedicated hydrogen strategies, roadmaps or preliminary guidelines. These countries include the United States, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Chile, France, Canada, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom to name a few. The European Commission has released a hydrogen strategy. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China released a hydrogen energy industry planning document for the period 2021-2035. Countries without specific hydrogen strategies are including hydrogen as part of their decarbonisation policies.
A comprehensive catalogue of key global hydrogen policy documents (dedicated or highly relevant for hydrogen industry development) is provided in the table below. The catalogue focusses on official releases, including where Government is a partner in its preparation or has commissioned a hydrogen-specific study.
Summary points can be accessed by clicking on the specific jurisdiction; information is current as of October 2022...
https://research.csiro.au/hyresource/policy/international/
As of 25 February 2021 (more now)
Singapore launches national hydrogen strategy to strengthen the Asian nation's energy security
Singapore launches national hydrogen strategy
Singapore plans to develop hydrogen as a pathway to accelerate transitions to net zero emissions and strengthen the Southeast Asian nation’s energy security.
EnergyVoice.com | 25/10/2022
...Low-carbon hydrogen, including its derivatives such as ammonia, has emerged as a key potential pathway for Singapore and could supply up to half of the country’s power needs by 2050, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, said in a speech today at Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW).
“Hydrogen has the potential to be adopted across different sectors as a low-carbon fuel or feedstock. Hydrogen does not release any greenhouse gases when combusted. When produced through low emission methods such as through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, it can have close to zero emissions,” said Wong...
“First, we will experiment with the use of advanced hydrogen technologies that are on the cusp of commercial readiness. In this regard, we will launch an Expression of Interest for a small-scale commercial project on utilising ammonia for power generation, including developing ammonia supply chains to also support marine bunkering needs. Such a project will allow us to assess the viability of ammonia – as both a hydrogen carrier and as a direct fuel – and develop regulations and ecosystem to support it. Further details will be released in the coming months,” Wong told delegates.
“Second, we will conduct research and development work to advance these hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen will be a key focal area for Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Energy Research (LCER) Programme. In October 2021, we awarded $55 million for projects under Phase 1 of the programme for research into low-carbon technologies. A further $129 million will be set aside for Phase 2. Through collaborations between academia and industry, we aim to unlock key technological bottlenecks so that Singapore is able to import, handle and utilise low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives safely and at scale,” he said...
Third, Fourth and Fifth...more
https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/454375/singapore-launches-national-hydrogen-strategy/
Singapore joins over 30 nations that have published National Hydrogen Strategies- naysayers either don't know about these or pretend this isn't happening - as if they know more about this than the top scientists of these nations. Hilarious, really.
International Hydrogen Strategies
Csiro.au
Many major global economies have assessed their positions on the role of hydrogen in their future energy systems and released dedicated hydrogen strategies, roadmaps or preliminary guidelines. These countries include the United States, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Chile, France, Canada, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom to name a few. The European Commission has released a hydrogen strategy. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China released a hydrogen energy industry planning document for the period 2021-2035. Countries without specific hydrogen strategies are including hydrogen as part of their decarbonisation policies.
A comprehensive catalogue of key global hydrogen policy documents (dedicated or highly relevant for hydrogen industry development) is provided in the table below. The catalogue focusses on official releases, including where Government is a partner in its preparation or has commissioned a hydrogen-specific study.
Summary points can be accessed by clicking on the specific jurisdiction; information is current as of October 2022...
https://research.csiro.au/hyresource/policy/international/
As of 25 February 2021 (more now)
October 22, 2022
Bloomberg | October 21, 2022
A city in southern China is planning an offshore wind farm bigger than all of the power plants in Norway combined.
Chaozhou, in Guangdong province, intends to start work on the 43.3-gigawatt project before 2025,
according to a copy of the city’s five-year plan posted on industry publication bjx.com. The wind farm will be built between 75 and 185 kilometers (47 and 115 miles) off the city’s coast on the Taiwan Strait.
...Earlier this year, a city in neighboring Fujian province proposed a 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) project that would include 50 gigawatts of offshore wind.
Norway had 38 gigawatts of installed capacity as of 2021, according to BloombergNEF data.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/chinese-city-plans-offshore-wind-farm-that-could-power-norway
RELATED:
China debuts an offshore wind turbine with the world’s largest rotor diameter
Michelle Lewis - Oct. 17th 2022
A 13.6 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine with a record-breaking rotor diameter of 252 meters (827 feet) has debuted in China ahead of the country’s 20th Party Congress in Beijing, which opened yesterday.
World’s largest rotor diameter
The offshore wind turbine, which was announced on October 13 as having rolled off the production line in Fuqing City, east China’s Fujian Province, covers a swept area of 50,000 square meters (538,196 square feet), which is equivalent to seven soccer fields, the state-run People’s Daily reported on Saturday...more
https://electrek.co/2022/10/17/offshore-wind-turbine-worlds-largest-rotor-diameter/
China spends money on renewable energy while the US spends money on bombs...who will win in the end...
Chinese City Plans Offshore Wind Farm That Could Power Norway (43.3-GigaWatt)
Bloomberg | October 21, 2022
A city in southern China is planning an offshore wind farm bigger than all of the power plants in Norway combined.
Chaozhou, in Guangdong province, intends to start work on the 43.3-gigawatt project before 2025,
The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona is the largest nuclear power plant in the United states with three reactors and a total electricity generating capacity1 of about 3,937 MW (~4 GW) LINK
according to a copy of the city’s five-year plan posted on industry publication bjx.com. The wind farm will be built between 75 and 185 kilometers (47 and 115 miles) off the city’s coast on the Taiwan Strait.
...Earlier this year, a city in neighboring Fujian province proposed a 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) project that would include 50 gigawatts of offshore wind.
Norway had 38 gigawatts of installed capacity as of 2021, according to BloombergNEF data.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/chinese-city-plans-offshore-wind-farm-that-could-power-norway
RELATED:
China debuts an offshore wind turbine with the world’s largest rotor diameter
Michelle Lewis - Oct. 17th 2022
A 13.6 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine with a record-breaking rotor diameter of 252 meters (827 feet) has debuted in China ahead of the country’s 20th Party Congress in Beijing, which opened yesterday.
World’s largest rotor diameter
The offshore wind turbine, which was announced on October 13 as having rolled off the production line in Fuqing City, east China’s Fujian Province, covers a swept area of 50,000 square meters (538,196 square feet), which is equivalent to seven soccer fields, the state-run People’s Daily reported on Saturday...more
https://electrek.co/2022/10/17/offshore-wind-turbine-worlds-largest-rotor-diameter/
China spends money on renewable energy while the US spends money on bombs...who will win in the end...
October 20, 2022
Arrays of photovoltaic solar panels are seen at the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South. Photo taken over El Centro, California, May 29, 2020 by drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan
California is awash in renewable energy -- except when it's most needed
Washington Post | Erica Werner | September 21, 2022
LOS ANGELES — As California suffered through an epic heat wave this month, state officials pleaded with residents to conserve electricity. Almost simultaneously, power grid operators were rejecting thousands of megawatts of solar and wind energy that could have provided a cushion to get through the crisis.
The explanation illustrates one of the paradoxes confronting California as it rushes to transition to a clean-energy economy: The state has built up so much renewable energy production in recent years that it can rarely use it all during peak production hours. But it also doesn’t have enough storage capacity to hang onto it for when it might be needed.
The result is that officials are frequently forced to jettison solar power production while the sun is shining, just hours before customer demand peaks in the late afternoon and evening. The same thing happens to a lesser extent with wind energy — and the issue is surfacing in multiple other states as well.
“It all comes down to this problem of: It’s not how much energy we have, it’s the when and the where the energy is being produced,” said James Bushnell, an economics professor at the University of California at Davis. “Particularly the solar resources — it’s just in the wrong places and at the wrong times.”...more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/21/california-is-awash-renewable-energy-except-when-its-most-needed/
RELATED:
California invested heavily in solar power. Now there's so much that other states are sometimes paid to take it
LA TIMES | JUNE 22, 2017
On 14 days during March, Arizona utilities got a gift from California: free solar power.
Well, actually better than free. California produced so much solar power on those days that it paid Arizona to take excess electricity its residents weren’t using to avoid overloading its own power lines.
It happened on eight days in January and nine in February as well. All told, those transactions helped save Arizona electricity customers millions of dollars this year, though grid operators declined to say exactly how much. And California also has paid other states to take power...more
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/
In the future, will there be MORE Excess renewable energy or LESS Excess renewable energy???
If only there was some way to store it...
California is awash in renewable energy -- except when it's most needed - WAPO
Arrays of photovoltaic solar panels are seen at the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South. Photo taken over El Centro, California, May 29, 2020 by drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan
California is awash in renewable energy -- except when it's most needed
Washington Post | Erica Werner | September 21, 2022
LOS ANGELES — As California suffered through an epic heat wave this month, state officials pleaded with residents to conserve electricity. Almost simultaneously, power grid operators were rejecting thousands of megawatts of solar and wind energy that could have provided a cushion to get through the crisis.
The explanation illustrates one of the paradoxes confronting California as it rushes to transition to a clean-energy economy: The state has built up so much renewable energy production in recent years that it can rarely use it all during peak production hours. But it also doesn’t have enough storage capacity to hang onto it for when it might be needed.
The result is that officials are frequently forced to jettison solar power production while the sun is shining, just hours before customer demand peaks in the late afternoon and evening. The same thing happens to a lesser extent with wind energy — and the issue is surfacing in multiple other states as well.
“It all comes down to this problem of: It’s not how much energy we have, it’s the when and the where the energy is being produced,” said James Bushnell, an economics professor at the University of California at Davis. “Particularly the solar resources — it’s just in the wrong places and at the wrong times.”...more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/21/california-is-awash-renewable-energy-except-when-its-most-needed/
RELATED:
California invested heavily in solar power. Now there's so much that other states are sometimes paid to take it
LA TIMES | JUNE 22, 2017
On 14 days during March, Arizona utilities got a gift from California: free solar power.
Well, actually better than free. California produced so much solar power on those days that it paid Arizona to take excess electricity its residents weren’t using to avoid overloading its own power lines.
It happened on eight days in January and nine in February as well. All told, those transactions helped save Arizona electricity customers millions of dollars this year, though grid operators declined to say exactly how much. And California also has paid other states to take power...more
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/
In the future, will there be MORE Excess renewable energy or LESS Excess renewable energy???
If only there was some way to store it...
October 17, 2022
Nation’s First Nuclear-Powered Clean Hydrogen Production Announced
A first for nuclear and hydrogen.
Tomorrow's World Today | 2022/10/17
The Nine Mile Point Generating Station, the oldest operating U.S. nuclear power plant, will soon house the nation’s first nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility. This hydrogen fuel cell project is currently being designed; it is expected to begin production by the end of the year and be operational in 2025.
Nine Mile Point, located in Oswego, New York, went online in 1969 and can produce up to 1,907 megawatts of zero-emissions energy—enough carbon-free electricity to power more than two million homes. The progress of the hydrogen production project was announced in September by leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), New York State Public Service Commission (PSC), and Constellation Energy Corporation.
Nuclear-Powered Hydrogen
Hydrogen fuel cells can produce electricity with only water vapor as a byproduct, making them a clean source of reliable backup energy to power the grid. When produced on a large scale, clean hydrogen can work towards decarbonizing industries like aviation, long-haul freight, steel making, and agriculture.
In order to meet the increasing global demand for hydrogen, the U.S. DOE is looking for ways to scale-up hydrogen production, including nuclear. Nuclear power plants can produce hydrogen in a variety of methods, taking advantage of the constant thermal energy and electricity it provides. As Joe Dominguez, president and CEO of Constellation Energy, described, “Clean hydrogen is an essential tool in addressing the climate crisis, and in a few short months we will demonstrate to the world how essential carbon-free nuclear energy is to unlock its potential.”...more
https://www.tomorrowsworldtoday.com/2022/10/17/nations-first-nuclear-powered-clean-hydrogen-production-announced/
Nuclear Hydrogen = Pink H2
Hydrogen: A Uniter - not a Divider
Nation's First Nuclear-Powered Clean Hydrogen Production Announced: Nine Mile Point
Nation’s First Nuclear-Powered Clean Hydrogen Production Announced
A first for nuclear and hydrogen.
Tomorrow's World Today | 2022/10/17
The Nine Mile Point Generating Station, the oldest operating U.S. nuclear power plant, will soon house the nation’s first nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility. This hydrogen fuel cell project is currently being designed; it is expected to begin production by the end of the year and be operational in 2025.
Nine Mile Point, located in Oswego, New York, went online in 1969 and can produce up to 1,907 megawatts of zero-emissions energy—enough carbon-free electricity to power more than two million homes. The progress of the hydrogen production project was announced in September by leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), New York State Public Service Commission (PSC), and Constellation Energy Corporation.
Nuclear-Powered Hydrogen
Hydrogen fuel cells can produce electricity with only water vapor as a byproduct, making them a clean source of reliable backup energy to power the grid. When produced on a large scale, clean hydrogen can work towards decarbonizing industries like aviation, long-haul freight, steel making, and agriculture.
In order to meet the increasing global demand for hydrogen, the U.S. DOE is looking for ways to scale-up hydrogen production, including nuclear. Nuclear power plants can produce hydrogen in a variety of methods, taking advantage of the constant thermal energy and electricity it provides. As Joe Dominguez, president and CEO of Constellation Energy, described, “Clean hydrogen is an essential tool in addressing the climate crisis, and in a few short months we will demonstrate to the world how essential carbon-free nuclear energy is to unlock its potential.”...more
https://www.tomorrowsworldtoday.com/2022/10/17/nations-first-nuclear-powered-clean-hydrogen-production-announced/
Nuclear Hydrogen = Pink H2
Hydrogen: A Uniter - not a Divider
October 16, 2022
Could we see U.S. solar electricity for $0 per kWh?
A Credit Suisse report suggests that from 2025 through 2032, the United States could see solar and wind PPAs regularly signed for under 1¢/kWh, due to a combination of manufacturing and project tax credits.
PV-Magazine-usa.com | October 14, 2022 | John Fitzgerald Weaver
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) may become a transformative document, enabling a grand experiment in energy generation at a national level. A report from Credit Suisse suggests as much. The organization believes that the United States has an opportunity to become a global leader in clean energy, much like it is already in the fossil industry.
Among the many ideas discussed in the document is a striking prediction – there may be solar power projects whose levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) drops below a penny per kilowatt hour, bottoming around 0.4¢/kWh ($4/MWh) in 2029. We could see these prices as soon as 2025, and they could persist beyond 2030.
If we combine a few data points, we can see how this number is possible – and might even have room to go lower...
...Consider that it has only been a few years since First Solar told Bloomberg that their manufacturing costs were around 20¢/W – with the IRA, they’re on a pathway to a 2¢/W product. Since First Solar has nearly sold out for the upcoming few years, and may not feel enough pressure to reach pricing that low, this author doesn’t expect the most extreme lows to materialize. But according to this report, there are plenty of other solar module manufacturers that could get to an essential cost of 6-10¢/W. more:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/10/14/could-we-see-u-s-solar-electricity-for-0-per-kwh/
RELATED: This Nation Is Building the World's Cheapest Solar Farm
Popular Mechanics | Caroline Delbert | MAY 1, 2020
A collaboration in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) will help to install the world's cheapest solar farm in 2022. The public electric utility in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the U.A.E., chose a bid that will bring the cost of solar power down to 1.35 cents per kilowatt hour. The U.A.E. is home to many of the world’s biggest solar farms because of its extremely abundant sunshine and wide, flat, empty stretches of land...more
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30266828/worlds-cheapest-solar-farm/
Could we see U.S. solar electricity for $0 per kWh?
Could we see U.S. solar electricity for $0 per kWh?
A Credit Suisse report suggests that from 2025 through 2032, the United States could see solar and wind PPAs regularly signed for under 1¢/kWh, due to a combination of manufacturing and project tax credits.
PV-Magazine-usa.com | October 14, 2022 | John Fitzgerald Weaver
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) may become a transformative document, enabling a grand experiment in energy generation at a national level. A report from Credit Suisse suggests as much. The organization believes that the United States has an opportunity to become a global leader in clean energy, much like it is already in the fossil industry.
Among the many ideas discussed in the document is a striking prediction – there may be solar power projects whose levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) drops below a penny per kilowatt hour, bottoming around 0.4¢/kWh ($4/MWh) in 2029. We could see these prices as soon as 2025, and they could persist beyond 2030.
If we combine a few data points, we can see how this number is possible – and might even have room to go lower...
...Consider that it has only been a few years since First Solar told Bloomberg that their manufacturing costs were around 20¢/W – with the IRA, they’re on a pathway to a 2¢/W product. Since First Solar has nearly sold out for the upcoming few years, and may not feel enough pressure to reach pricing that low, this author doesn’t expect the most extreme lows to materialize. But according to this report, there are plenty of other solar module manufacturers that could get to an essential cost of 6-10¢/W. more:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/10/14/could-we-see-u-s-solar-electricity-for-0-per-kwh/
RELATED: This Nation Is Building the World's Cheapest Solar Farm
Popular Mechanics | Caroline Delbert | MAY 1, 2020
A collaboration in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) will help to install the world's cheapest solar farm in 2022. The public electric utility in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the U.A.E., chose a bid that will bring the cost of solar power down to 1.35 cents per kilowatt hour. The U.A.E. is home to many of the world’s biggest solar farms because of its extremely abundant sunshine and wide, flat, empty stretches of land...more
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30266828/worlds-cheapest-solar-farm/
October 14, 2022
88,000 watts from a box the size of a freezer, with no emissions
Generac introduces hydrogen fuel-cell generator from France. It produces electricity and only emits warm water and filtered air.
Rick Barrett | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | October 11, 2022
Generac Power Systems, of Waukesha, has introduced a hydrogen fuel-cell generator that runs nearly silent and emits only warm water and filtered air as it produces electricity.
The 88-kilowatt unit is meant for commercial and industrial purposes and has been used to power a lights and laser show at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It's also been used at sporting events and concerts, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race, the Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco, a Rolling Stones concert, and the Lollapalooza Paris festival.
With its ability to run quietly and not produce harmful emissions, the portable generator has been used by a Netflix film crew to provide lighting for scenes in a castle. Generac is importing the GEH2 units, costing approximately $300,000 each, from EODev, a French developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel-cell generators.
The GEH2 uses a Toyota fuel cell and a lithium iron phosphate battery that stores and distributes the electricity. The unit can run independently or as part of the utility grid...more
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2022/10/11/generac-offers-hydrogen-fuel-cell-generator-no-harmful-emissions/8195000001/
China will crank these things out at $30-40k - low enough to add to a mortgage. Imagine every home a microgrid. It CAN happen.
Generac introduces 88 kW hydrogen fuel-cell generator that only emits water and filtered air
88,000 watts from a box the size of a freezer, with no emissions
Generac introduces hydrogen fuel-cell generator from France. It produces electricity and only emits warm water and filtered air.
Rick Barrett | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | October 11, 2022
Generac Power Systems, of Waukesha, has introduced a hydrogen fuel-cell generator that runs nearly silent and emits only warm water and filtered air as it produces electricity.
The 88-kilowatt unit is meant for commercial and industrial purposes and has been used to power a lights and laser show at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It's also been used at sporting events and concerts, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race, the Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco, a Rolling Stones concert, and the Lollapalooza Paris festival.
With its ability to run quietly and not produce harmful emissions, the portable generator has been used by a Netflix film crew to provide lighting for scenes in a castle. Generac is importing the GEH2 units, costing approximately $300,000 each, from EODev, a French developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel-cell generators.
The GEH2 uses a Toyota fuel cell and a lithium iron phosphate battery that stores and distributes the electricity. The unit can run independently or as part of the utility grid...more
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2022/10/11/generac-offers-hydrogen-fuel-cell-generator-no-harmful-emissions/8195000001/
China will crank these things out at $30-40k - low enough to add to a mortgage. Imagine every home a microgrid. It CAN happen.
October 14, 2022
The Hyster top-pick container handler, the first ever powered by a hydrogen fuel cell to be piloted in a real-world program
A US firm debuts the world's first pilot of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered container handler
Interesting Engineering.com | Deena Theresa | Oct 13, 2022
Hyster Company, a lift truck designer and manufacturer, has unveiled what could possibly be the world's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered (HFC) container handler.
Powered by two 45kw hydrogen fuel cells from Nuvera, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster's parent company Hyster-Yale Group, the pilot program of the industry-standard H1050-1150XD-CH container handler has begun at Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles.
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'Hydrogen is the right choice'
To achieve the electrification of a higher-capacity system for port terminals, the company has utilized its experience in electric truck design to develop smaller, lighter-capacity industrial trucks. Hyster Company has recently brought out lithium-ion powered forklifts and a pilot of a fuel-cell powered ReachStacker at the Port of Valencia, a fuel-cell-powered empty container handler at a terminal in Hamburg, Germany. The firm also announced a joint partnership to develop electric and hydrogen-powered terminal tractors.
"Our mission is to provide the innovative technologies our customers need to help meet their goals for emissions reduction and performance. For some operations, lithium-ion power might be the answer, but for others, hydrogen is the right choice," said Jan Willem van den Brand, director, of global market development, big trucks, Hyster....more
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-first-pilot-hydrogen-fuel-cell
Hyster Hydrogen: HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS – TECH THAT PERFORMS
https://www.hyster.com/en-us/north-america/industry-solutions/power-sources/hydrogen-fuel-cells/
Meanwhile, at the same Port, Toyota's Hydrogen Truck can eliminate emissions for all Drayage trucks
"If it moves - it can and will be powered by Hydrogen" - From drones to trains to trucks to boats, the biggest energy revolution in at least 100 years continues...
A US firm debuts the world's first pilot of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered container handler
The Hyster top-pick container handler, the first ever powered by a hydrogen fuel cell to be piloted in a real-world program
A US firm debuts the world's first pilot of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered container handler
Interesting Engineering.com | Deena Theresa | Oct 13, 2022
Hyster Company, a lift truck designer and manufacturer, has unveiled what could possibly be the world's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered (HFC) container handler.
Powered by two 45kw hydrogen fuel cells from Nuvera, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster's parent company Hyster-Yale Group, the pilot program of the industry-standard H1050-1150XD-CH container handler has begun at Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles.
snip
'Hydrogen is the right choice'
To achieve the electrification of a higher-capacity system for port terminals, the company has utilized its experience in electric truck design to develop smaller, lighter-capacity industrial trucks. Hyster Company has recently brought out lithium-ion powered forklifts and a pilot of a fuel-cell powered ReachStacker at the Port of Valencia, a fuel-cell-powered empty container handler at a terminal in Hamburg, Germany. The firm also announced a joint partnership to develop electric and hydrogen-powered terminal tractors.
"Our mission is to provide the innovative technologies our customers need to help meet their goals for emissions reduction and performance. For some operations, lithium-ion power might be the answer, but for others, hydrogen is the right choice," said Jan Willem van den Brand, director, of global market development, big trucks, Hyster....more
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-first-pilot-hydrogen-fuel-cell
Hyster Hydrogen: HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS – TECH THAT PERFORMS
https://www.hyster.com/en-us/north-america/industry-solutions/power-sources/hydrogen-fuel-cells/
Meanwhile, at the same Port, Toyota's Hydrogen Truck can eliminate emissions for all Drayage trucks
"If it moves - it can and will be powered by Hydrogen" - From drones to trains to trucks to boats, the biggest energy revolution in at least 100 years continues...
October 11, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden steps out of an electric Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup truck being shown to him by General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra
Reuters | Paul Lienert
DETROIT, Oct 11 - General Motors Co (GM.N) is expanding beyond car making, with plans to offer energy storage and management services to residential and commercial customers through its new GM Energy unit in a move that puts it in even greater competition with Tesla Inc (TSLA.O).
GM Energy will bundle the existing Ultium Charge 360 public charging service with two new units, Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, that will offer stationary storage batteries, as well as solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells, the company said on Tuesday.
"We're getting into the entire ecosystem of energy management," GM executive Travis Hester said in an interview.
"Our competition in this space on the (automaker) side is really only Tesla, which is a strong energy management company," added Hester, who heads EV Growth Operations. "There are a lot of analogies you can draw with Tesla."...more
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-takes-tesla-home-commercial-energy-storage-management-2022-10-11/
GM: HYDROTEC
The zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell solution for land, air and sea. Our vision to create a world with zero emissions goes beyond passenger vehicles.
https://www.gm.com/commitments/hydrotec
https://www.gmhydrotec.com/
https://twitter.com/GM/status/1579919769977126912
GM takes on Tesla in home and commercial energy storage, management
U.S. President Joe Biden steps out of an electric Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup truck being shown to him by General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra
Reuters | Paul Lienert
DETROIT, Oct 11 - General Motors Co (GM.N) is expanding beyond car making, with plans to offer energy storage and management services to residential and commercial customers through its new GM Energy unit in a move that puts it in even greater competition with Tesla Inc (TSLA.O).
GM Energy will bundle the existing Ultium Charge 360 public charging service with two new units, Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, that will offer stationary storage batteries, as well as solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells, the company said on Tuesday.
"We're getting into the entire ecosystem of energy management," GM executive Travis Hester said in an interview.
"Our competition in this space on the (automaker) side is really only Tesla, which is a strong energy management company," added Hester, who heads EV Growth Operations. "There are a lot of analogies you can draw with Tesla."...more
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-takes-tesla-home-commercial-energy-storage-management-2022-10-11/
GM: HYDROTEC
The zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell solution for land, air and sea. Our vision to create a world with zero emissions goes beyond passenger vehicles.
https://www.gm.com/commitments/hydrotec
https://www.gmhydrotec.com/
https://twitter.com/GM/status/1579919769977126912
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