Green Energy, and the German Grid, from: Kiev Is Burning

[seahawk]

13 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

I have doubts about electric cars myself, far more than our betters seem to have, both in the US end the EU. But since both are either making or planning new laws banning the sales of new petrol and diesel engines care in 2030s, the electric ones are about the only alternative for now. Yeah, I know, hydrogen, there are whole two models on the market at the moment and the sales aren't impressive.

The third option are carbon-neutral or even carbon-free alternatives to fossil fuels. Produced from hydrogen and electricity from renewable sources, they can be distributed using existing infrastructure, can be stored with relative little risk and are practically limitlessly available. In addition you can make them where you have plenty of excess renewable electricity and once made, they can be easily transported and stored.

Drawback, they are expensive.

[Colin]

or vote idiots out of office and overturn the legislation. Let EV's stand on their own and the market decide.

[rmgill]

On 7/31/2023 at 12:16 PM, JWB said:

New nuclear reactor enters commercial operation, first in US in 30 years (msn.com)

We were just talking about that at my new job. We pay for power based on demand and time of day. The Peak hours at 2pm, is upwards of $.80/kWh. The residential fixed rate is $.06/kWhr. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that. MOST Of the time we pay something like $.04/kWhr. 

If this is in Georgia, no wonder the shit in California has hit the fan. 

[JWB]

 

[JWB]

Siemens Energy CEO on $2.4 billion wind turbine hit: We were 'going too fast' with new products (msn.com)

The Siemens Gamesa board is currently undergoing a review of the quality issues, which some analysts have suggested could turn out to be pervasive across the industry.

[JWB]

Don’t be fooled. There’s no such thing as cheap wind (msn.com)

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[sunday]

Glass fiber reinforced plastic, among the less recyclable materials ever.

Edited August 7, 2023 by sunday

[urbanoid]

4 minutes ago, sunday said:

Glass fiber reinforced plastic, among the less recyclable materials ever.

But possible at all? Or just too expensive to bother with?

[bojan]

Expensive due the health and safety factors involved.

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[lucklucky]

Do you want the Amazon or "sustainable" aviation fuel?

https://aviationweek.com/special-topics/sustainable-aviation-fuel/brazil-will-be-top-global-producer-saf-says-boeing

[JWB]

UPDATE 1-Siemens Energy's wind turbine problems could cost 4.5 bln euros -report (msn.com)

[Harold Jones]

Biofuels are just a fancy way to extract cash from the gullible.  

https://www.dw.com/en/is-china-flooding-europe-with-fake-biofuels/a-66603795

[sunday]

7 minutes ago, Harold Jones said:

Biofuels are just a fancy way to extract cash from the gullible.  

https://www.dw.com/en/is-china-flooding-europe-with-fake-biofuels/a-66603795

Most of "green" things are.

[urbanoid]

So it looks like the CDU might want to recommission some of the nuclear reactors.

 

[sunday]

7 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

So it looks like the CDU might want to recommission some of the nuclear reactors.

 

That is what they say for when they are back in power. However, there could be several problems here:

- The power plants could be deactivated past the point of possible recommissioning.

- It's is another case of electoral promise not to be followed upon when in power.

[urbanoid]

Anything is theoretically possible, but it's nice to hear such declarations at least. While the party may go back on its promises, the party that doesn't promise such a thing sure as hell won't do it. We won't know until it happens... or not. According to some polls I've seen here and there during the last months most Germans support such a move, which should make things easier.

[sunday]

30 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Anything is theoretically possible, but it's nice to hear such declarations at least. While the party may go back on its promises, the party that doesn't promise such a thing sure as hell won't do it. We won't know until it happens... or not. According to some polls I've seen here and there during the last months most Germans support such a move, which should make things easier.

Agree, and it would be nice.

[urbanoid]

Oh, and reportedly the business circles demand it as well, it might be far more important than what the people want.

So... the stars seem to align, now the main obstacle is... ideology, I guess.

[sunday]

1 minute ago, urbanoid said:

Oh, and reportedly the business circles demand it as well, it might be far more important than what the people want.

So... the stars seem to align, now the main obstacle is... ideology, I guess.

There has been some ideological realignment in Brussels on the matter:

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/eu-parliament-vote-green-gas-nuclear-rules-2022-07-06/

https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/how-can-nuclear-energy-help-europe-achieve-its-green-transition/

[urbanoid]

I mean the internal German 'greenism' that has infected other parties. The EU news I've already seen, also it looks like Sweden has ambitious plans:

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Swedish government plans to build at least 10 nuclear reactors

The Swedish government declared on Wednesday that by 2045, at least ten conventional nuclear reactors or a greater number of smaller, modular equivalents need to be built. The demand for electrical energy is expected to double over the next 20 years.

“In the coming years, new nuclear energy sources equivalent to at least ten conventional reactors must be established,” said Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari. On Wednesday, the politician received a report from experts at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority outlining regulatory changes that would allow for new nuclear energy investments.

Currently, the environmental protection code states that the country can only have a maximum of 10 nuclear reactors, and new reactors cannot be built anywhere other than existing sites. “We want to lift these restrictions,” emphasized Pourmokhtari.

Furthermore, new regulations to allow the construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are expected to be introduced. “We need to review Swedish regulations in order to capitalize on technological advances that have occurred in other countries,” she said.

The Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, is set to consider these regulatory changes in the autumn.

Pourmokhtari, who has been representing the Liberals in Sweden’s right-wing government since the autumn of last year, accused the previous Social Democratic government of neglect. She stated that the previous government, influenced by coalition partners from the Environmental Party - Greens, not only failed to develop nuclear energy but also decided to decommission four reactors prematurely.

Experts predict that Sweden’s demand for electrical energy will double over the next 20 years as a result of the electrification of industry and transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, during periods of high energy demand, particularly in winter, Sweden is forced to import electricity from Poland, including via submerged cables.

Presently, Sweden has six operational nuclear reactors, accounting for 30 percent of energy production. Three are located in Forsmark, north of Stockholm, two in Oskarshamn in southeastern Sweden, and one in Ringhals on the western coast of the country.

https://tvpworld.com/71907388/swedish-government-plans-to-build-at-least-10-nuclear-reactors

[sunday]

31 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Furthermore, new regulations to allow the construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are expected to be introduced. “We need to review Swedish regulations in order to capitalize on technological advances that have occurred in other countries,” she said.

This could be one of the main advances, by streamlining the approval process of individual installations.

Some background here.

Edited August 28, 2023 by sunday

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/sweetwater-wind-turbine-blades-dump/

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About forty miles west of Abilene on Interstate 20, Sweetwater has unwittingly become home to what is possibly the world’s largest collection of unwanted wind turbine blades. When forklifts deposited the first of these in a field behind the apartment complex where Pamala Meyer lives, on the west side of town, in 2017, she wasn’t initially bothered. But then the blades—between 150 and 200 feet in length and mostly made of composite materials such as fiberglass with a binding resin—kept coming. Each was cut into thirds, with each segment longer than a school bus. Thousands arrived over several years, eventually blanketing more than thirty acres, in stacks rising as high as basketball backboards. Every few dozen feet, a break among the stacks leads into an industrial hedge maze.

[Ivanhoe]

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By July 2021, the company owed more than $1 million in unpaid rent in Newton, according to testimony at the Iowa hearing from its landlord’s attorney. In Texas, it failed to pay taxes to Nolan County in 2020 and is now three years in arrears, according to tax records. Last year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality fined the company $10,255 for what it described as illegally stored solid waste. It allowed the company to pay the penalty in monthly installments for three years. In June, Global Fiberglass defaulted, according to the commission.