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Someone had better get that conversion plan moving,...there are still periods when wind and solar can only produce less than 10% of the demand. Already happens. The last critical grid situation was in February 2012 and during that time Germany saved France from blackouts, not otherwise. BUT... I th...

Then on top if you look at the REAL-WORLD DATA on wind/solar renewables you don't on any notable level actually cut co2 emissions. This is the amazing reality mainstream media and politics ignore.. Because its all about the politics and financial gains pushing this crap, not science or logic. Look ...

I don't own a car. If I would own oe it would run on CNG or electricity I decided to eat less than 500g meat per week, this is closer to sutsainability as my countries average of 1,200g meat per week: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/EAT I mostly use (electric) bikes I keep my heat lo during wi...

... Sometimes it's hard to tell if I'm going too deep and then I remember this is Endless Sphere and there's no such thing as too deep. Still, the view counts don't tell you much about how many people find your post relevant or interesting... I do find your data, information and homepage SUPER inte...

What's your budget and what's your expectation? Is there a weight and size limit? I recommend to look into those: http://www.lensunsolar.com/Foldable-solar-kit ETFE cover is much better than the cheap PET cover For a charger use the Genasun boost charger if you want the best option. (max current fro...

German Utility company ENBW will build a 175MW solar power plant in Brandenburg, East Germany. This is a solar power plant without any suibsidies which just will sell electricity at market Prices. This is just the start of "phase 2" :-) https://www.pveurope.eu/News/Markets-Money/Germany-Utility-EnBW...

OR..the answer is so impractical that you dare not post it ? OR.. You dont know either. ? I already posted "the answer": https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=89002&start=3250#p1443736 You don't like it or you don't agree or whatever. Let it be, I feel no need to discuss this with y...

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I'm not arguing much about the low fat vs. low carb discussion. This sounds more like an religious thing to me. Obviously Homo sapiens can thrive on both and any mix between both. If you want a list on studys on keto diet look at those (mostly in English): https://www.inutro.com/ketogene-diaet#quell...

Denmark has done well growing a domestic industry producing wind turbines that employs many thousands. I'm sure ex-coal industry people could be redeployed (probably into cleaner jobs). Politians fear the voters in those regions in 2019. There is always more opposition when things chnage than there...

Germany plans to phase out electricity production from coal by 2038 This includes shutting down around 12GW of coal power plants in just 3 years parallel to shutting down the last nukes by 2022. So, what is the plan to keep the lights on when the wind stops blowing. ( as it will do !) ? ...another ...

How much total loss from the nukes? What is the plan to replace that much generation in 3 years? Something around 7-8 GW. Some of those powerplants are not needed, some coal power plants will go into "cold reserve" for emergency, there will be some new gas peakers and there are also some other idea...

Germany plans to phase out electricity production from coal by 2038 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/26/germany-agrees-to-end-reliance-on-coal-stations-by-2038 "...The final 336-page document agreed by the coal commission, seen by the Guardian, shows Germany plans to reduce its 42.6GW of c...

Me and my wife are both ex-sugar addicts who grew up in abusive households. Sugar was my gateway drug... I was addicted to soft drinks. Thankfully the addiction is not as hard wired to your brain as other drug addictions, so getting rid of it seems to be much easier. Can you clarify the 'increases ...

blueberries? Yea I say blueberries are good based on what I know about God. God make humans and he intended them to wander around all day and look for stuff to eat. Nuts, berry's, fruit, bugs? Never tried bugs but I like blueberries. Look for the colorful sweet stuff. That's why God made poison pla...

I'm 41 now and my plan is to be able to do intensive sports like badminton or volleyball into my 60s and moderate sports like biking, swimming, running and hiking into my 90s, if I life that long. I also hope to avoid cancer and dementia. It is not only how old you get but how you get old and I see ...

The only realistic way at -40°C ist to keep the batteries warm when usng them and especially when charging them LTO can handle 0°C quite well and this is because the usual limit for cahrging at low temperatures is the graphit anode Using other methods will quickly destroy your battery when charging ...

Latest tech LED means simply that instead 3 LED you would need only one for thesame light output best technology is using more(!) LEDs and use special mirrors to direct the light the way you want to have it. If you use one LED you often get something like a torch, especially if you wnat to have soe...

I tested one of my Speed pedelecs on a flat road during summer, wearing a T-Shirt. Made the test in both directions at varoius own power Input at mostly constant speed. Flat handlebar and upright position. If you look at the graph you can see total watt needed on the wheel in relation to speed. This...

Economy. energy, population, are correlated nearly 1:1:1. And population is predicted to increase a further 30% before it can begin going back down. We have only 20-30 years of affordable oil left. It will leave us before we are ready to leave it. Oil consumption is already falling in countries lik...

sendler2112 wrote: ↑

Jan 17 2019 3:08pm

12 MW GE turbine.
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https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind ... re-turbine
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Even better.

Did you also read this?:

The Haliade-X 12 MW also features a 63% capacity factor

High embedded carbon energy content of batteries also raises another question beyond atmospheric emission: Can batteries and solar panels make and store enough energy to mine, refine, transport, and manufacture more batteries? Or will our capacity to do these big things slip away as oil leaves us o...

Some news from the last days: 1. Siemens introduced its new 10MW offshore wind power plant: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/en-int/-/media/siemensgamesa/products-and-services/offshore/wind-turbine-sg-10-0-193/siemens-gamesa-offshore-wind-turbine-sg-10-0-193-dd-key-visual-c-02-00.jpg?mw=600&hash=147A6F...

One is "walk away safe" or "passively safe." No matter what happens, you can walk away and nothing bad will happen. Another is "passive cooling safe." Doing some very simple things makes the reactor able to cool itself after a shutdown. Another is "active cooling required." Most reactors are this w...

Building 60-80 GW of thermal back up is certainly cheaper than building 300-400gW of Wind /solar, but no nation can build all of that without some impact on their economy. Our economy is fine. Privatley for me energy prices are perfectly fine. I could very easy pay twice or three times per kWh for ...