H2 offshore production will hasten quicker than expected:
-Offshore power to H2 is more efficient close to the source
-Electricity transmission increase is linear: more power, more cables
-H2 transport can scale faster by using existing pipelines and increasing pressure
-Depleted gas field can serve as H2 storage
The #UK produced enough #renewable energy to power all its homes in 2023
Jack Loughran
January 3, 2024
"UK-based renewables generated over 90TWh of energy in 2023, which is more than enough to power all of the UK’s 28 million homes, an analysis has found.
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"There are also several large new #WindFarms in the pipeline such as an £11bn 3GW project led by Germany’s RWE and UAE’s Masdar, which followed the opening of #Scotland’s largest offshore #WindFarm yet in October."
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Hydrogen Future claims 270% efficiency gains in one year test of new wind turbine design:
-One-meter turbine
-12 months test in Nevada
-The company aims to increase the efficiency of #GreenHydrogen and also works on its own electrolyzer tech
Irish port of Shannon Foynes signs agreement with Rotterdam port to create a Green Hydrogen supply chain:
-The Irish port aims to export #GreenHydrogen produced from taping abundant #Windpower resources in West Ireland
-Proof-of-concept deliveries by 2030
A UK government that would propose installing small rooftop wind-powered turbines everywhere would very substantially lift geopolitical liabilities - and tilt the import/export balance significantly.
In other words the wind blows, often, and strong, like today. Harvesting a tiny fraction of the wind’s energy, in combination with solar panels and home insulation, would transform this country.
If the chimneys of coal-burning fireplaces in every room were a fixture of the glorified past, let wind turbines be the distinctive trait of present-day roofs.
China has built massive amounts of wind and solar capacity over the past decade. Its power grid couldn't always keep up, leading to significant curtailment. But now, despite a further acceleration in capacity additions*, the grid has caught up too, reducing curtailment to just a few percent. Impressive!
> .. #NuclearPower releases 3.5 times more CO2 per kilowatt-hour than photovoltaic solar panel systems. Compared with onshore #WindPower.. 13 times more CO2. When up against electricity from #HydroPower installations, nuclear generates 29 times more carbon.. similar results when considering entire life cycles. #MarkZJacobson.. at.. Stanford University, calculated a climate cost of 68 to 180 grams of CO2/kWh, depending on the #ElectricityMix used in uranium production..
The LNP is a bizarre cult. To quote the article: Nuclear in Australia is just an example of the LNP’s ability to sell anything to their base provided it doesn’t look “left”.
The resurgence of interest globally in nuclear power has made hordes of irrationally pro-nuclear techbros happy. But they're falling for the "anything but lefty" cult-thinking of RWNJs who politically polarise equate energy & environment and have decided renewables are "left" and therefore bad.
But how could the small bankrupt village in the Hunsrück, which doesn't even have 500 euros left, suddenly afford a spectacular suspension bridge? The answer: wind turbines. Lots and lots of wind turbines. (put translate on)
279 wind turbines provide electricity for more than 300,000 households.
Today, the country has almost phased out fossil fuels in electricity production. Depending on the weather, anything between 90% and 95% of its power comes from #renewables. In some years, that number has crept as high as 98%. #WindPower
The EIB Board of Directors approved €5bn to support Europe’s wind energy sector, in line with the #REPowerEU plan to accelerate the energy transition.
€20.4 billion to finance new projects, including:
🔵€4bn for #SustainableTransport
🔵€4bn for business investment & corporate innovation
🔵€2.2bn for regional development
🔵€1.9bn for education & healthcare
🔵€642m to improve water services