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When Hurricane Sandy swept across the East Coast last year, millions of people were without power after the initial onslaught of the storm. Restoring power takes time, but leaving people in the dark is never a good option. What if there was a way to give people the electricity they need while technicians work on downed power lines and boxes? What if drones could take to the skies and convert solar and wind energy to electricity for the people on Earth below it? Thats exactly what UK-based New Wave Energy hopes to do with its solar and wind collecting drones. Thats right, drones aren't just for warfare and delivering your Amazon packages any more.
Underwater Tidal Kites Are Producing Large Amounts Of Electricity Off The Coast Of Northern Ireland
Underwater Tidal Kites Are Producing Large Amounts Of Electricity Off The Coast Of Northern Ireland | Minds
Solar photovoltaics (PV) provided 2.5% of Spain's electricity generation with concentrating solar power (CSP) providing another 1.1% in November 2013, according to grid operator REE.
These figures show PV and CSP supplementing Spanish electricity generation even in the winter months. Over the first 11 months of the year, Spain's PV and CSP plants together represented 5.1% of electricity generation, with all renewables together at 43% of generation.
Critics of wind and solar have stated concerns over the seasonal variability of these forms of generation. However, similar to other winter months, Spanish PV and CSP production was still relatively strong in November 2013 despite the nation's location between the 36th and 44th parallels.
Spain is at the same longitude as much of the United States and Japan, and slightly north of the center of China. These are the three largest PV markets in 2013.
Spain: High penetrations of wind and solar
The nation has also shown that it is possible to integrate large amounts of wind and solar even with a relatively isolated grid. In the first twelve months of 2013 wind provided 21% of Spanish electricity, meaning that wind and solar together have produced more than a quarter of the nation's electricity over the full year to date.
Spain has one of the highest percentages of wind generation of any nation in the world, and the third-highest portion of solar electric generation of any large nation, after Germany and Italy.
German solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind peaked at 59.1% of the nation's hourly electricity production slightly before 12:00 PM on October 3rd, 2013, according to an analysis by renewable energy consultant Bernard Chabot.
This was the result of healthy PV output on a particularly windy day, combined with reduced electricity use on a German holiday. At peak production PV provided 20.5 GW, with wind peaking at 16.6 GW, and the peak of the two combined was 34.6 GW.
Over the 24-hour period PV and wind delivered 36.4% of total electricity production, with PV alone contributing 11.2%.
Solar Industry Data | SEIAThe third quarter of 2013 was the second largest on record for the U.S. solar industry. There were 930 MW of new photovoltaic capacity installed in Q3 2013, representing a 35 percent increase in deployment over the third quarter of 2012. The strong third quarter keeps the U.S. market on pace for another record year. SEIA and GTM Research forecast that an additional 1,780 MW of PV and 800 MW of concentrating solar (CSP) will be installed in the fourth quarter of 2013 alone, bringing the total for the year to over 5,000 MW of new solar electric capacity. (All data from SEIA/GTM Research “U.S. Solar Market Insight: Q3 2013” unless otherwise noted.)
Flying power plant concept harvests energy from the sky
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Flying power plant concept harvests energy from the sky | DVICE
I am guessing they will drill a couple meter hole into the ground and rig it to the surface.
Solar PV, CSP represent 3.6% of Spanish electricity in November 2013
I am guessing they will drill a couple meter hole into the ground and rig it to the surface.
Solar PV, CSP represent 3.6% of Spanish electricity in November 2013
Real forms of power represent 96.4% of Spanish electricity in November 2013.
I am guessing they will drill a couple meter hole into the ground and rig it to the surface.
Solar PV, CSP represent 3.6% of Spanish electricity in November 2013
Real forms of power represent 96.4% of Spanish electricity in November 2013.
What makes ancient plants and animals that were not allowed to properly rot, and are in limited supply, a real form of power, compared to the the sun, the original source of all energy here?
Real forms of power represent 96.4% of Spanish electricity in November 2013.
What makes ancient plants and animals that were not allowed to properly rot, and are in limited supply, a real form of power, compared to the the sun, the original source of all energy here?
Assuming you are looking for actual REAL answer to where human power generation comes from, ultimately it derives from only two places. Solar, in the form of carbon matter then converted into all the fossil fuels for example, wind, tides, all driven by the big convection engine that in turn is driven by the sun, and radioactive decay.
Ultimately, those are the only two. This angle makes eco-lunatics uncomfotable, because it squarely deposits wind and solar in with fossil fuels (historical stored sunlight and radioactive decay in the form of increased temperatures upon burial and conversion).
This happens because they have bought into the propaganda side of renewables without actually considering certain facts, those being...given time...all fossil fuels will be unearthed and released into the atmosphere, one way or another. Be it through simple erosion, as has happened in California oil fields already, or the Canadian tar sands, or tectonic activity as the fossil fuels are boiled away, subsumed within magma and released through volcanic activity, humans are just accelerating a natural process.
We have the technology available right here and now to start harvesting this least limited source directly, or through wind and hydro.
It makes no economic sense not to maximise this fuel and waste free resource first and foremost.
Then fill in only where we have to.
Why not let people get solar if they wish? Why so butt hurt???? Truly a limitless resource for us all.
Why not let people get solar if they wish? Why so butt hurt???? Truly a limitless resource for us all.
Then use it that way. And we won't have to see posts advertising investor hopes and dreams cluttering up the energy forum after dark.
Everyone knows quitting coal saves millions in externalities like healthcare, but what about when quitting coal also saves millions for utility ratepayers?
The city of Chicago recently showed how moving past coal can achieve both ideal outcomes, by inking a unique power supply deal with the utility Constellation that sources municipal demand exclusively from non-coal generation facilities.
But best of all, the two-year deal will actually cut Chicago’s utility bills by hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, adding quantifiable benefits to the esoteric environmental and climate impacts of cutting coal consumption.
The Peak Oil Crisis: California?s Bubble Pops *|* Peak Oil News and Message BoardsThere was an important study released by the Post Carbon Institute last week that gives us an insight into how long our great shale oil bonanza or more likely bubble is going to last. As you might suspect, the thrust of the new report is bad news so we are unlikely to ever read much about it in the mainstream media which continues to tell us about the bright energy-rich future ahead.
By now we should all know about the technological wonder of “fracking” that has raised America’s oil production by over 2 million barrels a day (b/d) in the last few years and has reversed the decline of our conventional natural gas production. The speed with which this has happened has been amazing and shows that if oil prices get high enough (oil has risen from $20 to $100+ a barrel in the last decade), then we can have all the oil we will ever want.
Rapid increases in production, however, mean that the faster we use up something the sooner will come the day when production starts to decline and that may not be very far away. In the case of North Dakota, new drilling seems to be concentrating in four counties, known as sweet spots, which may be the only places where it is profitable to drill at today’s prices. With new drilling concentrated in a small geographical area it may soon be the case that there are no new places to drill – but since this is probably at least a couple of years off, there is no sense in worrying about it.
While areas in Texas and North Dakota are where spectacular increases in oil production have taken place, less well known is that our energy future really is supposed to rest in California, where the government says some two-thirds of America’s shale oil will be found. Should North Dakota and south Texas ever start running dry, all we will need to do is move the drilling rigs to California and there will be enough new oil to last for many years. Energy independence, millions of jobs and a bonanza of tax revenue will come when California’s oil production revives.
To make sure there was no mistake about the good times ahead, the U.S. Department of Energy hired a contractor to examine America’s shale oil reserves to make sure there really was a bonanza of oil and gas out there that could be accessed by horizontal drilling and fracking. To no one’s surprise, the contractor came back and said “Yes America” there are 24 billion barrels of oil there for the taking.
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Matthew said:There was an important study released by the Post Carbon Institute last week that gives us an insight .
PIC-i.e.THE OIL IGNORANT said:By now we should all know about the technological wonder of fracking that has raised Americas oil production by over 2 million barrels a day (b/d) in the last few years and has reversed the decline of our conventional natural gas production.
PCI-i.e.Oil-Ignorant said:The speed with which this has happened has been amazing and shows that if oil prices get high enough (oil has risen from $20 to $100+ a barrel in the last decade), then we can have all the oil we will ever want.
can even provide numbers to back up that idea.The Peak Oil Crisis: California?s Bubble Pops *|* Peak Oil News and Message Boards[/QUOTE]PCI-i.e.Oil-Ignorant said:To make sure there was no mistake about the good times ahead, the U.S. Department of Energy hired a contractor to examine Americas shale oil reserves to make sure there really was a bonanza of oil and gas out there that could be accessed by horizontal drilling and fracking. To no ones surprise, the contractor came back and said Yes America there are 24 billion barrels of oil there for the taking.
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Oh now you are like waving a red flag of ignorance with the words "peak oil". Might as well tattoo "resource retarded" on your forehead.
That didn't take long to prove it now, did it? Do you know who PCI is? Where they originated, and from whom, and the proclamations of the natural gas cliff in 2005 in America? Yeah they won't talk about that much for obvious reasons.
If you want to reference flat earthers, fine by me, just don't do your normal whining when folks notice that you obviously can't tell the difference between real sources and advocacy group always predicting the end ..and then hoping idiots like you don't notice how many other times they have claimed the same crap and it didn't work out.
Notice the cute, and misleading, sidestep right here. PCI was founded by the "Natural Gas Cliff in America in 2005" gang and increased gas production didn't just reverse decline, it created an all time, NEW, high of gas production in the US, 40 years after the last one predicted by Hubbert. Discrediting HUbbert's method at the same time it does PCI.
But PCI doesn't state the facts now do they? And the oil-ignorant, like you Matthew, don't have a CLUE as to the difference between real sources and other oil-ignorant like yourself.
PCI-i.e.Oil-Ignorant said:The speed with which this has happened has been amazing and shows that if oil prices get high enough (oil has risen from $20 to $100+ a barrel in the last decade), then we can have all the oil we will ever want.
Here PCI demonstrates ignorance in the basics of economic theory. (Critical thinking lesson Matthew PCI has neither a petroleum engineer, nor an economist, on staff to explain these things to them take note if you ever wish to not be classed as just as dumbass as the public at large).
Cost supply curves are rarely linear, and explicitly demonstrate that high prices do not unlock all the oil we ever want, and obviously those who understand and have done resource estimates
But the oil ignorant like PCI always miss this one as well .
The Peak Oil Crisis: California?s Bubble Pops *|* Peak Oil News and Message BoardsPCI-i.e.Oil-Ignorant said:To make sure there was no mistake about the good times ahead, the U.S. Department of Energy hired a contractor to examine Americas shale oil reserves to make sure there really was a bonanza of oil and gas out there that could be accessed by horizontal drilling and fracking. To no ones surprise, the contractor came back and said Yes America there are 24 billion barrels of oil there for the taking.
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A creative application of a method previously used to analyze data at Mars also revealed that Ligeia Mare is about 560 feet (170 meters) deep. This is the first time scientists have been able to plumb the bottom of a lake or sea on Titan. This was possible partly because the liquid turned out to be very pure, allowing the radar signal to pass through it easily. The liquid surface may be as smooth as the paint on our cars, and it is very clear to radar eyes.
The new results indicate the liquid is mostly methane, somewhat similar to a liquid form of natural gas on Earth.
"Ligeia Mare turned out to be just the right depth for radar to detect a signal back from the sea floor, which is a signal we didn't think we'd be able to get," said Marco Mastrogiuseppe, a Cassini radar team associate at Sapienza University of Rome. "The measurement we made shows Ligeia to be deeper in at least one place than the average depth of Lake Michigan."
One implication is that Cassini scientists now can estimate the total volume of the liquids on Titan. Based on Mastrogiuseppe's work, calculations made by Alexander Hayes, of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., show there are about 2,000 cubic miles (9,000 cubic kilometers) of liquid hydrocarbon, about 40 times more than in all the proven oil reservoirs on Earth.
