Solar energy is on a roll.
"Uncertainties arise, however, over #grid stability in a #renewables-dominated power system, the availability of sufficient #finance in underdeveloped economies, the capacity of #SupplyChains and political #resistance from regions that lose employment. Policies resolving these barriers may be more effective than price instruments to accelerate the transition to #CleanEnergy."
Wait time for a new electrical transformer in the US is currently over a year. It's delaying new home construction and improvements to the electrical grid.
Ihr wollt wissen wie sich ein aktueller Racer in der #XCloud schlägt? Hat es 60 oder eher 30FPS?? Dann hab ich genau das richtige für euch :) Ich habe mir am heutigen @Cloudplay Tech Freitag #GRID Legends geschnappt und auf Herz und Nieren analysiert
Right now, could you prepare a slice of toast with zero embodied carbon emissions?
Since at least the 2000s, big polluters have tried to frame carbon emissions as an issue to be solved through the purchasing choices of individual consumers.
Yet, right now, millions of people couldn't prepare a slice of toast without causing carbon emissions, even if they wanted to.
In many low-density single-use-zoned suburbs, the only realistic option for getting to the store to get a loaf of bread is to drive. The power coming out of the mains includes energy from coal or gas.
But.
Even if they invested in solar panels, and an inverter, and a battery system, and only used an electric toaster, and baked the loaf themselves in an electric oven, and walked/cycled/drove an EV to the store to get flour and yeast, there are still embodied carbon emissions in that loaf of bread.
Just think about the diesel powered trucks used to transport the grains and packaging to the flour factory, the energy used to power the milling equipment, and the diesel fuel used to transport that flour to the store.
Basically, unless you go completely off grid and grow your own organic wheat, your zero emissions toast just ain't happening.
And that's for the most basic of food products!
Unless we get the infrastructure in place to move to a 100% renewables and storage grid, and use it to power fully electric freight rail and zero emissions passenger transport, pretty much all of our decarbonisation efforts are non-starters.
This is fundamentally an infrastructure and public policy problem, not a problem of individual consumer choice.
Adding to the difficulties, no single agency keeps a complete record of all such incidents. But the #attacks they know about have #regulators & other #power experts alarmed:
#Utilities reported 60 incidents they characterized as physical #threats or attacks on major #grid#infrastructure, in addition to 2 #cyberattacks, during the first 3 months of 2023 alone, acc/to mandatory disclosures they filed with the #DOE. That’s more than double the number from the same period last year.…
Ukraine is preparing its air defenses with upgraded weapons systems to combat Russian assaults on the power grid during winter, Reuters reported on Sept. 7.
I read an article about "vehicle-to-grid" technology the other day and it blew my mind to realize that EVs can be leveraged as energy storage systems when not in use. This makes such great sense, especially for fleets, and to me is one of the best-use cases for AI. It gives us the ability to coordinate resources across extremely complicated systems. That's huge if we want to shrink our resource use and create a more circular sustainable world.
I'm back to living after a tough experience. This time a cute bunny, another photo from the same roll as before, more material already waiting to be published! 😊
#TXwx#power#grid "BEXAR COUNTY: Conserve Energy! ERCOT is warning of possible power outages statewide, Bexar County and San Antonio through 10 p.m. today. Be prepared for power outages beginning at 6 p.m. Outages will be in 15-minute intervals. If you are impacted by an outage visit: outagemap.cpsenergy.com Source: 200607,Regional Emergency Alert Network"
#ERCOT says it will be a tight shave. But they're only on "Yellow" alert, the lowest above green. I suspect this will only be a "ENERGY BARON CAN AFFORD ANOTHER YACHT DUE TO INFLATED PRICES!" event vs. power outages, but who knows. #TX#grid#heatwave
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
@Lats That's in the video, including an example of how a combo of #ParkingLotSolar and #RooftopSolar could possibly justify the higher installation costs for a #Walmart-type retailer by covering all #energy costs and providing excess that can be sold to the #grid.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is my literal expression of what we all should be doing.
Nothing that mitigates #ClimateChange should be overlooked or left undone.
Reuters: Improved winter air defenses may protect Ukraine's power grid from Russian attacks (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine is preparing its air defenses with upgraded weapons systems to combat Russian assaults on the power grid during winter, Reuters reported on Sept. 7.