https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/14/unlimited-energy-storage-in-europe/ Most studies of European 100% renewable energy overlook pumped-hydro energy storage (PHES), for the following, incorrect, reasons: there are few PHES sites; more dams on rivers are required; large areas of land are flooded; large amounts of water are required; there is a heavy environmental cost; and the capital cost of PHES is high. […]
Posts Tagged Renewable energy
Eventually, and sooner than we think, the effects of our fossil fuel driven society will make themselves felt in ways that we can scarcely imagine. Our palatial homes will become uninhabitable and worthless. Economies will collapse. Nations will fail. And we will be left to wonder how we never saw this coming. Research like this […]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farmers-using-urine-to-grow-their-crops
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/24/britain-net-zero-economy-booming-cbi-green-sector-jobs-energy-security
https://theconversation.com/a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-a-handful-of-australians-are-selling-power-from-their-cars-back-to-the-grid-249696
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/feb/13/a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-some-australians-are-selling-power-from-their-cars-back-to-the-grid
https://electrek.co/2025/02/04/solar-streetlights-can-withstand-category-5-hurricanes/ Assembling something like this in Ghana would be straight forward
https://www.howtogeek.com/instead-of-a-powerwall-i-backed-my-home-up-with-tons-of-solar-generators
Solar Panel Installers Tell You NOT To Do This. (But They’re Wrong!)