An illustration of why you don't mess with downed power lines. Over the winter a line went down and hung arcing into the street. It vaporized the asphalt road surface and fused sand into glass. The surface was freshly paved and smooth when winter started; the damage is all caused by the power line. Glad the power got shut off before more damage was done. #electricity
One thing I still do not get is why such a dangerous socket/plug system for #electricity#electricgrid#grid connections was approved and widespread. This is not cool. Especially if you have young kids.
Day-ahead prices have remained below €10 per megawatt-hour for the last week and output in the Mediterranean nation is on track for a record this month. (1/2)
With the new nuclear power plant in #Finland, the #EV charging stations have start5ed reducing their price. This new nuclear power plant have covered about 14% of Finland's #electricity consumption during the last year.
Today I received an email that is k-lataus.fi (one of the charging station providers) has reduced the price by 14% between 20:00 to 07:00 (0.33 €/kWh down to 0.29 €/kWh)
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This is good and all, but this price (although being flat-rate) is still much higher than the stock price that people have at their home (today is 0.03 €/kWh)
Electric City The Lost History of Ford and Edison's American Utopia by Thomas Hager
The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and their attempt to create an electric-powered city of tomorrow on the Tennessee River.
Good start from our new #electricity supplier: They sent us a letter yesterday (the 25th) wanting to know what our meter reading was on the 17th. Guess I'm going to have to power up the time machine, again.
As many as half a million households in Victoria have lost power after a major transmission line was brought down by a storm, tripping a power station and sending spot electricity prices soaring.
Given their need for #energy, but also their relative footloose status, as some states start to constrain the siting of data centres in-country for #environmental & energy reasons, we can expect to see some states seeing this as an opportunity....
Minesto's utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands.
Minesto tidal energy kite delivers first electricity to Faroe Islands grid (www.offshore-mag.com)
Minesto's utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands.