It's Time to Start Wasting Solar Energy

04-28-2021 • Get Pocket

Plummeting solar panel prices make it cheaper to overbuild, even if producers don't always sell the power.

The 5 Best Portable Solar Panels for RV Use (2021)

04-27-2021 • RV Lifestyle

Whether you're boondocking, don't have access to electricity, or just want to rely on solar energy, these are the best portable solar panels for RV use.

EU Admits It Can't Go Net-Zero Without Natural Gas

04-27-2021 • Zero Hedge

"Where, and as long as, clean energy cannot yet be deployed on the scale needed, fossil gas may still play a role in the transition from coal to zero emission electricity,"

Orbital launches O2, the "most powerful tidal turbine in the world"

04-27-2021 • https://newatlas.com, By Loz Blain

Scotland's Orbital Marine Power (formerly Scotrenewables) has completed the build on what it claims will be the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine. It's now on its way to the Orkney Islands, where it'll have a chance to prove its worth c

Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis on $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal

04-26-2021 • XPrize

Join Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis as they discuss optimistic views of the future in wide-ranging topics from energy and communications to knowledge and transport, the importance of making humanity an interplanetary species plus the duo will announce

Full Load Test and Making a Neutral with an Auto Transformer, Growatt Inverter Review, Part2

04-24-2021 • https://www.youtube.com by https://www.youtube.com

Part 2 reviewing Growatt inverter 5000ES This all-in-one inverter is one of the least expensive inverters on the market. It works with 48v DC battery, and has solar MPPT input. It can handle up to 6000 watts of solar input.

To Replace Lithium Batteries For Grid Storage 'Gravitricity' Uses Gravity

04-24-2021 • https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy Corbley

A company that uses gravity to create a 'giant battery' has just completed a successful test in Scotland, paving the way for its commercial-scale roll out.

Is This The Solution To Bitcoin's Massive Electricity Consumption Problem

04-22-2021 • Zero Hedge

Tokenized carbon-offset credits

The Nuclear Option

04-21-2021 • John Stossel - YouTube.com

"Climate change is the existential threat!" warns Bernie Sanders and others. But if he really believed that, he should support nuclear -- the only technology that has a track record of rapidly replacing fossil fuels.

Methanol fuel cells shown to provide higher efficiency than pure hydrogen

04-20-2021 • Natural News - Franz Walker

Fuel cells use hydrogen - the most abundant element in the universe - to produce clean and efficient electricity to power cars, trucks, buses and ships, as well as even homes and businesses.

NextEra will use solar power to produce green hydrogen

04-18-2021 • https://www.naturalnews.com, by: Nolan Barton

NextEra Energy will use solar power from its principal subsidiary Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) to produce green hydrogen through a 20-megawatt electrolysis system.

$570/$1029 SOK LiFePO4 Battery Pre-order and Cycle Life Data

04-18-2021 • youtube.com, DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

$570/$1029 SOK LiFePO4 Battery Pre-order and Cycle Life Data

Feasability of Deploying Over 10 Terawatts of Space Based Solar

04-18-2021 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang

Zachary Manchester of Carnegie Mellon University has received a phase 1 NASA NIAC grant and will study how to create mechanical metamaterials to design lightweight deployable structures with unprecedented expansion ratios of 150x or more.

Remembering Solyndra - A $524 Million Green Energy Failure

04-17-2021 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Adam Andrzejewski

Biden asked Congress to invest $35 billion in green energy leadership to see "technology breakthroughs that address the climate crisis and position America as the global leader in clean energy technology and clean energy jobs," according to the W

Germany shuts too much coal, lasted 8 days without them, now admits they can't close them

04-17-2021 • https://joannenova.com.au

On January 1st, Germany shut 11 coal fired plants with about 4.7GW of generating power -- supposedly as a part of the Big Phaseout.

Germany shuts too much coal, lasted 8 days without them, now admits they can't close them

04-17-2021 • https://joannenova.com.au

On January 1st, Germany shut 11 coal fired plants with about 4.7GW of generating power -- supposedly as a part of the Big Phaseout.

Building a Solar Pool Heater for Huge in-ground Swimming Pool

04-15-2021 • David Poz - YouTube

Wim lives in Massachuesttes and love to swim. Unfortunatly, the swimming season is short, and his pool is shaded most of the day. We decided to build a Solar Pool Heater. We found some 4x8 solar collectors (hot water panels) on craigslist. They a

The Future Of Energy Storage Beyond Lithium Ion

04-13-2021 • CNBC

Over the past decade, prices for solar panels and wind farms have reached all-time lows. However, the price for lithium ion batteries, the leading energy storage technology, has remained too high. So researchers are exploring other alternatives, incl

Competition for the Future 35 Terawatt-hour per Year Battery Market

04-12-2021 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang

On Tesla's 2020 Battery Day, Elon Musk made the case that there will be a 35 terawatt-hour per year battery market if the world electrifies all vehicles and battery enables the entire electrical grid.

Solar Powered Air Conditioner Discussion for Gridtie or Offgrid Systems

04-12-2021 • DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

I bought all of these AC units with my own money. This is what I use (affiliate links)...

How to Determine the Ampacity of a Conductor

04-12-2021 • DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

Free, easy to use ampacity calculators that I use

Flatbed Trailer w/ 1200W Solar Array to test All-in-one Solar Systems and Air Conditioner

04-10-2021 • DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

Flatbed Trailer w/ 1200W Solar Array to test All-in-one Solar Systems and Air Conditioner

Converting Solar Wind and Interstellar Plasma Drag into Propulsion

04-10-2021 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang

The Plasma Magnet work sponsored by NIAC in 2004-2005 developed a means of producing drag against the interplanetary solar wind or interstellar medium with high drag-to-mass ratio.

Offgrid Solar Inverter Buyer's Guide for Beginners

04-09-2021 • DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

Working Voltage Range - Wattage Rating - AC Output Connection - Modified Sine Wave Versus Pure Sine Wave - Measuring the Waveform - Common Sizing Considerations - Inverter Grounding Discussion - Remote Switch Discussion

Bladeless turbines could help bring wind power to your home

04-09-2021 • Natural News - Franz Walker

A Spanish green energy company is pioneering the development of bladeless turbines that can harness energy from wind without the sweeping white blades that have become synonymous with wind power.

Scientists pinpoint source of "impossible" EmDrive's thrust

04-08-2021 • https://newatlas.com, By Loz Blain

In 2014, no less an authority than NASA proclaimed in peer-reviewed papers that it was getting mysterious thrust from the EmDrive, a strange, brassy trumpet of a thing that its creators claimed could produce thrust with no propellant.

The TRUTH About Nuclear Power! - CLEAN Or Dangerous? -

04-08-2021 • World Alternative Media - Josh Sigurdson - Bitchut

MASSIVE Monetary Revolution Is Happening!

China Nuclear Energy Plan is 70 GW by 2025 and 180 GW by 2035

04-07-2021 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang

Chinese nuclear capacity reached 51GW at the end of 2020. The new target for 70GW of nuclear generation before 2025 and 180 GW by 2035. The 51 GW of nuclear was 2.5% of total capacity.