#Solar
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 3.09GW (7.05%) out of 43.85GW
🎉 ¡Pues sí! ¡Ya tenemos 1 millón de euros para los nuevos proyectos del #GenerationkWh gracias a más de mil personas y entidades que han participado!
➕ Seguimos sumando porque la autoproducción compartida en #cooperativa tiene muchas ventajas: precio estable, económico, fácil, a través de la factura, con renovables y más. Participa entrando aquí:
⚡️https://www.generationkwh.org/es/
#Energia #Renovable #EnergiaRenovable #COP28 #Autoconsumo #Solar #EnergiaSolar #Fotovoltaica
🎉 Doncs sí! Ja tenim 1 milió d'euros per als nous projectes del #GenerationkWh gràcies a més de mil persones i entitats que hi han participat!
➕ Seguim sumant perquè l'autoproducció compartida en cooperativa té molts avantatges: preu estable, econòmic, fàcil, a través de la factura, amb renovables i més. Participa-hi entrant aquí:
⚡️https://www.generationkwh.org/ca/
#Energia #Renovable #EnergiaRenovable #COP28 #Autoconsum #Solar #EnergiaSolar #Fotovoltaica
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 33.13GW
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 38.17GW
East/South East (8x 400w panels) panels generated
3.2 kWh
West/North (6x 400w panels) panels generated
1.0 kWh
Solar generated 4.2 kWh
Solcast forecasted 4.41 kWh
Imported from the grid 13.0 kWh - Cost (inc standing charge) £2.74p
Exported 0.2 kWh - Exported gain £0.03p
10.7 kWh went into the battery
Battery used 7.6 kWh
House consumed 12.5 kWh
Electricity cost for the day at 9pm (minus is a profit) £2.71p
"France adds 2.2 GW of solar in first 9 months of 2023"
#France #Energy #Solar #SolarPower #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/27/france-adds-2-2-gw-of-solar-in-first-9-months-of-2023/
Storm-Resistant Housing Gains Foothold in U.S. Hurricane Zones
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1765-68c6-e308-ff2842121293
Gregor hat zur Adventszeit einen Traktor weihnachtlich geschmückt, während HikE sich mit Corona herumplagt.
Mehr in der neuen Ausgabe des Feierabendpodcasts!
Podcast: https://www.bierpodcast.de/20/
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 2.11GW (4.73%) out of 44.54GW
Setting off with parcels today I stopped for a photo outside our home.
Our roof is the only one on the street on which you can still see some of the snow which fell yesterday. This is because we insulated everything in our home.
We also have the only house in the street from which the gas supply has been removed. Our heating now comes from an air-air heatpump.
Due to installing a lot of solar panels we have no energy bill.
There's no car parked on our driveway because we don't use motor vehicles, which also saves a great deal of money.
We have a low income and had to do everything on a budget. We had to save up for expensive jobs and spread everything out over years to get to the point that we're at now. But we live with a relatively small impact because of these measures. It's all described on my blog:
Insulation:
https://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/search/label/insulation
Heating:
https://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/search/label/heating
Solar panels:
https://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/search/label/solar
https://www.dutchbikebits.com
#heating #heatpump #insulation #efficiency #housing #solar #dutchbikebits
Posse in #Emmendingen: Alle Gegen die Grünen, die #Solar auf den Dächern in der Innenstadt erlauben wollen.
OB und Rest des Gemeinderates wollen gängeln, verbieten und haben Angst vor bunten Solardächern!
Solarparks füllen die Gemeindekassen
https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-1365-6860-f965-2db019827491
Es freut uns, das unser Vorschlag (https://balkon.solar/news/2023/11/24/masterplan-solar-in-freiburg-wir-haben-da-mal-ein-paar-vorschlaege/) #Solar Hürden in #Freiburg’er Gestaltungssatzungen zu beseitige, Teil des “Masterpla #Solar” werden soll (https://www.badische-zeitung.de/gemeinderat-beschliesst-ueber-kurzzeitparken-am-opfinger-see-und-muellgebuehren)
Daneben hätten wir noch einige weitere Vorschläge (siehe Link 1)
I'm pretty pleased with how our #solar battery contributed during yesterday's #octopusenergy savings session - especially considering I briefly stuffed up the config
Only thing is, I'm now probably going to have to tweak this graph a bit so that I can still read normal values.
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 39.80GW
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 32.90GW
NORTHERN LIGHTS POSSIBLE:
Thanks to the latest #solar #flare from the Sun earlier this week, the #Northern #Lights will be quite strong the next several nights.
The #Northland will have some #clouds at times, but there should be some decent #viewing opportunities, especially when the #Aurora #Borealis peaks Thursday night.
On January 20, 1961 US President John F. Kennedy said during his inaugural address:
“...ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Decades later, I (Carl Englander) say:
“Ask not what Planet Earth can do for you—ask what you can do for Planet Earth.”
#ClimateChange #Climate #Energy #Solar #SolarPower #SolarEnergy #Wind #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyEfficient #Conservation #BioDiversity #NetZero #Sustainable #Sustainability
Danke nochmal an die #CDU und an die #SPD die ja lieber #Kohlekraft und #Atom verschätschelt haben statt in die Zukunft zu investieren 😡
East/South East (8x 400w panels) panels generated
2.9 kWh
West/North (6x 400w panels) panels generated
1.0 kWh
Solar generated 3.9 kWh
Solcast forecasted 5.39 kWh
Imported from the grid 12.9 kWh - Cost (inc standing charge) £2.56p
Solar exported 2.1 kWh - Exported gain £0.32p
10.3 kWh went into the battery
Battery used 8.9 kWh
House consumed 12.1 kWh
Electricity cost for the day at 9pm (minus is a profit) £2.25p
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 43.08GW
Casi 5.400 personas y entidades ya participan en el #GenerationkWh y han aportado más de 5,6 millones de euros para nuevos proyectos de energías #renovables.
Seguimos sumando para autoproducir más energía #renovable compartida. En los próximos meses esperamos acabar la construcción de dos nuevas instalaciones fotovoltaicas: Anglesola y Tiurana.
⚡️https://www.generationkwh.org/es/
#Energia #EnergiaRenovable #EnergiasRenovables #Solar #EnergiaSolar #Fotovoltaica #Autoconsumo #Cooperativa #Lleida
Gairebé 5.400 persones i entitats ja participen en el #GenerationkWh i hi han aportat més de 5,6 milions d'euros per a nous projectes d'energies #renovables
Seguim sumant per autoproduir més energia #renovable compartida. En els pròxims mesos esperem acabar la construcció de dues noves instal·lacions fotovoltaiques: Anglesola i Tiurana.
⚡️https://www.generationkwh.org/ca/
#Energia #EnergiaRenovable #EnergiesRenovables #Solar #EnergiaSolar #Fotovoltaica #Autoconsum #Cooperativa #Lleida #Catalunya
Today in Squirrel News: Arizona is building the US’s first #solar canal, Australia’s set to ban disposable vape imports, #Google, #Meta & #Discord are teaming up to fight online child abuse, and much more of the best #constructivenews we’ve found for you!👇https://squirrel-news.net/news/seven-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis-first-solar-canals-in-the-us-cheap-street-fix-saving-lives/
" Most people don’t realize how much progress we’ve made on #ClimateChange "
"#Solar and #wind energy accounted for less than 5% of global electricity production eight years ago; today their share is up to 14% and projected to reach 30% in 2030."
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/11/most-people-dont-realize-how-much-progress-weve-made-on-climate-change/
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 3.35GW (7.81%) out of 42.86GW
MORGEN in #Aachen! ⚡⚡
#Solar geht nicht nur auf den Dächern von Einfamilienhäusern, sondern auch in der Stadt auf MFH!
Wir informieren ab 18 Uhr im #OecherLab über die versch. Möglichkeiten #SFV
Gerne noch anmelden :)
➡ www.sfv.de/aktuelles/termine/photovoltaik-fr-miet-und-mehrfamilienhuser-weg
Photovoltaik-Anlage auf Schwimmbad-Dach in Bramfeld
Bäderland und Hamburg Energie Solar haben eine Photovoltaik-Anlage auf dem Schwimmbad in Bramfeld in Betrieb genommen. Weitere Schwimmbäder sollen folgen.
#Hamburg #Schwimmbad #Schwimmbäder #Photovoltaik #Bäderland #Kerstan #Energie #Solar #Bramfeld #HamburgNews
I built an eink display to show today's dynamic electricity prices.
As you can see, prices spiking starting around 1600.
Hopefully my solar panels are charging the battery right now.
(Join Octopus and we both get £50 https://share.octopus.energy/metal-dove-988 )
DE berichtet über einen #PV-Carport als Komplettsystem mit 5,6kWp (halbtransparente Module), 22kW Wallbox mit Tag/Nacht-Lademodi und Möglichkeit, mehrere zu kombinieren.
Sowas ist auch eine Option für Unternehmen, die ihren Fuhrpark elektrifizieren.
Das wird sicher kein Schnäppchen. Aber vermutlich günstiger und einfacher, als wenn man sich sowas von drölfzig verschiedenen Gewerken individuell bauen lässt.
Solar #flares are flashes of #solar #radiation powered by magnetic reconnection.
Many solar flares are accompanied by immense eruptions of magnetized #plasma called coronal mass ejections.
But one type of solar flares come with a coronal mass ejection, while others do not.
Part of the reason could be that that magnetic reconnection happens more rapidly in the former type.
#astronomy
https://aasnova.org/2023/11/27/featured-image-solar-flares-in-focus/
Paper by Kazachenko (2023):
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad004e
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 26.91GW
Almost finished my solar gazebo lighting project. A 100 watt #solar panel and controller, 12 volt battery, and some LED strips add some much needed light to my gazebo.
The project I'm using for the LEDs is the amazing #WLED project. https://kno.wled.ge/
In a first, US #solar will generate more #electricity than #hydropower in 2024
From 2009 to 2022, installed US solar capacity increased at an average rate of 44% annually, and installed US hydropower increased by less than 1% annually. In 2019, annual #windfarm generation surpassed annual hydropower generation. The growth of US solar and wind are following a similar pattern, largely following an increase in installed capacity.
https://electrek.co/2023/11/07/us-solar-hydropower-2024/
STRONG SOLAR FLARE: A sunspot directly facing Earth erupted today, Nov. 28, producing an M9.8-class solar flare only percentage points below category X. The explosion almost certainly hurled a CME toward Earth, joining 2 to 3 more CMEs already en route. These events set the stage for geomagnetic storms later this week. Developing story @ http://Spaceweather.com #cme #solar #spaceweather
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 36.28GW
Uploaded my first solar timelapse video! It's about 2.25 hours. You can see parts of the sun's surface dance around. 🔭 🧪
We added to our rooftop array. What a difference in peak production in November! I did exactly one year apart because the sun position changes so much here at this time of year. 2 weeks later (today), our peak was 3662W. 53°N
#solar #AB #renewables
The #Sun let go of a nearly X-class flare from AR 3500 (bottom-center in this hydrogen-alpha image) today at about 19:50 UTC. A wave of plasma already appears to be leaving the blast site. Stay tuned as to whether this will affect Earth...
Wer gerne in mehr #Solar Anlagen statt #Diesel Generatoren im Senegal investieren möchte:
Direkte Substitution von Diesel und Einsparung von CO2
Feste Laufzeit und feste Zinsen.
250 € Minimalinvestment,
25.000 € Maximalinvestment
Allerdings volles Risiko falls etwas schiefgeht.
#solar #us #arizona #environment
Arizona is building the first solar canal in the US. What are they and how do they work?
GB Grid: #Solar is generating 1.97GW (4.97%) out of 39.72GW
Interestingly, when looking at which #renewableenergy source to prioritise governments might be well advised to (for the moment at least) to pivot towards #solar.
It looks like both the ease of manufacture of components & the current post-Covid glut in the #supplychain are driving down the prices of solar components, while the more complex mechanical needs of #windpower are keeping prices high(er).
So a pragmatic policy right now would be to focus on ramping up solar energy...
h/t FT Lex
We had rooftop solar panels installed on October 30th.
#solar
@FediThing speaking of watches. I have a ten year old #Citizen #solar watch which I hope will see me out. (Not much of a stretch) but I dropped it on concrete and ruined the glass. Original company repaired it at reasonable cost and is as good as new. Result.
Investments in renewable energy are far surpassing previous projections, The Wall Street Journal reports. Plummeting costs have spurred higher-than-expected growth. https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/now-for-some-good-news-about-climate-27236f56?st=6cohi4g61y6asrb&reflink=share_mobilewebshare #renewableenergy #climatechange #climate #investment #greentransition #solar #windenergy #coal
No brainer: "The appeal of parking lots and rooftops...is that they are abundant, close to customers, largely untapped for solar power generation, and on land that’s already been stripped of much of its biological value." e360.yale.edu/features/putti… via @YaleE360 @RichardConniff
https://e360.yale.edu/features/putting-solar-panels-atop-parking-lots-a-green-energy-solution #climate #climatechange #solar
@harald It's a part of the #Fronius #solar ecosystem, meant to divert the solar surplus to a water heater. Here I just use its thermal sensor to plot the temperature of the 1,400-liter central heating tank.
Left and right peaks are wood firings, 3 middle ones are the 4.5 kW resistors working at full power.
Das amerikanische Umwelttechnologie-Unternehmen Ecosphere hat den nach eigenen Angaben größten, transportablen #Solar-Generator entwickelt – in einem Seecontainer. Einsetzbar in #Krisengebiet en, in denen die #Energieversorgung unterbrochen wurde, ebenso wie in Regionen ohne Infrastruktur, lässt sich mit der ausklappbaren Solaranlage nicht nur #Strom erzeugen. Der so genannte Ecos Power Cube® stellt auch die Verbindung zu Telekommunikationsnetzen her. #Kollaps
https://www.containerbasis.de/blog/upcycling/ecos-power-cube/
A convo with @solar_chase on the state of the solar industry.
This year China will install nearly 250GW of new PV, which is about what the entire world installed last year!
Globally, PV module prices are at $0.13/W, but they're double that in the US. Also, module prices are no longer a driver of PV system costs.
https://omny.fm/shows/switched-on-1/solar-supply-glut-crushes-margins-but-buildout-boo
Through the end of 📆 2023 and the first half of 📆 2024, we are nearing a period of time known as ‘#solar ☀️ maximum’. The current cycle was initially forecast to reach a similar or even weaker maximum in 📆 2025. However, activity so far has already surpassed 📈 that forecast and #NOAA’s #SpaceWeather Prediction Center says the cycle will likely peak in 📆 2024 — a year early and significantly #stronger than originally expected. 📆November 5, 2023, a passing #CME sparked #auroras that were visible across wide areas of #Europe 🇪🇺, #Canada 🇨🇦, and the #US 🇺🇸 https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/space/what-are-the-northern-lights-what-causes-them-and-where-can-they-be-seen
Orkney develops #solar-powered boat for #Philippines.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjpyn3e8z8o
"An Orkney company has helped to build a solar-powered version of a "#banca" boat which has been launched in the #Philippines.
The traditional vessels are typically made of wood and powered by a diesel engine.
The banca forms the backbone of coastal communities in the Philippines, providing lifeline sources of food, water, and livelihoods through tourism and fishing."
I have come to the conclusion that the only effective way to eliminate #FossilFuels is to do it on a personal level. Reducing my carbon footprint is a lens through which every decision is filtered. It works!
I know a lot of people who worry about climate change but never take steps to personally address the issue. Isn't it logical for us to actually live on the planet as if we intend to stay?
Lifestyle changes, purchasing decisions, and other forms of reducing one's carbon footprint sucks the air out of the fossil fuel industry. This impactful movement is growing rapidly. While we lobby for governments to change the rules (which may never happen) we can change our lives, save money, improve our health, and move the needle toward a better world for all.
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.
Be the change.
Our collective decisions matter.
#Bicycles #EV #Solar #Efficiency #DriveOnSushine #Electrify #HeatPump #Vegan #LiveInPlace #StopFlying
These Two Myths About #Solar Power Are Slowing The #EnergyTransition
"Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado have pushed back on claims that solar uptake will lead to a "waste mountain" of discarded panels, and further show that the purported toxicity of solar panels has been greatly exaggerated by media and even by government departments."
Our whole-home solar solution is live! We’re producing more power than we use, storing in a battery array, and no longer have to worry about those annoying PSPS power outages. And reducing that carbon footprint as the cherry on top! #solarpower #solar #homesolar #enphase #wholehomebackup #owensvalley #sierranevada #california
If I were ever planning on buying a new car, something like this would be at the top of my list. It is specifically designed to help in disasters, like the ones caused by all the other cars that have heated the earth!
https://electrek.co/2023/11/20/solar-powered-japanese-tiny-van-puzzle-unveiled/
#ElectricVehicles #EVs #Disasters #Resilience #Solar #ClimateChange
A #NativeAmerican #tribe is about to put #solarpanels over its #canals
The Gila River Indian Community signed a project partnership agreement with #ArmyCorpsOfEngineers to put #solar panels over its canals. The pilot is part of a broader effort by the Biden administration and the Bureau of Reclamation to implement solutions for the drought crisis that’s threatening the Colorado River Basin. The objective is to create clean energy and conserve water in the Tribe’s canal.
https://electrek.co/2023/11/21/indian-community-solar-canals/
"India’s residential rooftop solar potential estimated at 637 GW"
A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.
#BalkonSolar Webinar(e)
🗓 Do 30.11.
🕖 19:00
Was bringen die gesetzlichen Änderungen? Was muß ich beachten? Welche Anlagen lohnen sich? Wie mache ich sie am #Balkon, Dach, Vorgarten fest? Was kostet es?
🧑💻Anmeldung: https://balkon.solar/webinare
#Steckersolar #Energiewende #Energie #Sonne #Solar #Autarkie #GuriellaPV
☀️ Alle öffentlichen Gebäude in Hamburg sollen Solardächer bekommen, sofern sie irgendwie geeignet sind - und zwar auch alte Häuser. Das sieht zumindest ein Zusatzantrag für die heutige Bürgerschaftssitzung vor, der NDR 90,3 exklusiv vorliegt.
☀️ Bislang hinkt Hamburg mit seinen Dienstgebäuden bundesweit noch hinterher. Deswegen wollen SPD und Grüne Hamburgs Klimaschutzgesetz verschärfen.
📝
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg,klimaschutz432.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=NDR.de
#NDRHH #Energiewende #Klima #Solar
You know 'em, I know 'em, we both hate 'em, and they just got themselves an exposé in Time magazine: https://time.com/6337766/solar-sales-bros-door-to-door/ #solar #sales
So kann übrigens #Photovoltaik auf Feldern auch aussehen: Ost-West #bifazial. Knicke (Wallhecken) 2.0
Vorteile: Schutz vor Winderosion, keine Bodenversiegelung, kaum Platzbedarf, relativ gleichmäßige #Stromerzeugung über den Tages- und Jahresverlauf.
#AgriPV #Solar #Freifläche #ErneuerbareEnergien #Landwirtschaft #Agrar
New #Blog: Checking in on our #Solar #battery Performance
For the past month, I've had our battery scheduled to charge from the grid twice daily - once before the morning pricing hump and another in the afternoon ahead of the evening peak.
In this post, I check in on how that's performed and look at some related factors
https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/checking-in-on-our-battery-savings.html
Today marks my 1 year #anniversary of joining #Mastodon!
Thanks to everyone for making this a positive & educational experience!
Thanks @Gargron for founding Mastodon! Thanks @ruud for #Mastodon.World!
#MastodonAnniversary #Fediversary #Mastoversary #Fediverse #Solar #SolarPower #EnergyEfficient #Tucson #NaturePhotography #Photography #Birds #Birding #Conservation #BiologicalDiversity #SonoranDesert #Desert #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching #NetPositive #NetZero
In #Berlin bei #EinhornEnergy. Die wollen mindestens ein #Kohlekraftwerk durch #Steckersolar ersetzen. Die Idee haben sie uns heute in der #Markthalle9 vorgestellt.
Dabei war auch #PlanB aus Berlin, die den Menschen beim Beantragen der Berliner #Balkonsolar Förderung geholfen haben.
Man konnte auch ein #Kohlekraftwerk zerschiessen. #dosenschießen auf die #Kohle!
#startup #renewables #berlin2030 #planb #pluginpv #PlanB #solar #mieter #balkon
2/ DIY Tech
"Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and locally autonomous. It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his work Small Is Beautiful. Both Schumacher and many modern-day proponents of appropriate technology also emphasize the technology as people-centered.
#AppropriateTechnology has been used to address issues in a wide range of fields. Well-known examples of appropriate technology applications include: bike- and hand-powered #water #pumps (and other self-powered equipment), the #bicycle, the universal nut sheller, self-contained solar lamps and streetlights, and passive #solar building designs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology
Momo Chang: Solar power to the people: #California program brings clean energy to #Oakland: Once only accessible to the well-off, solar power is making inroads to low-income households thanks to federal and state programs
#solar #renewableenergy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/18/solar-power-oakland-california-low-income
Perovskite solar panels surpass 25% efficiency. A new record, according to Northwestern University. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adk1633
#Solar #RenewableEnergy #Science
A revealing article on the headwinds facing the transition to #sustainable #green-energy.
From the article:
1. #Wind and #solar stocks are declining due to higher costs of raw materials and slow supply response.
2. #EV chargers and copper mining, critical for the energy transition, face demand uncertainties and reluctance in investment, and
3. Despite government subsidies, #renewable energy sectors struggle with high costs and interest rates, indicating a slower and more expensive transition than anticipated.
This is the problem with entrusting matters of such dire importance to #capitalism -- especially in an age of resource scarcity. As I say in my pinned toot:
**Capitalism is little more than an ideological hangover produced from a time long past when low hanging fruit was everywhere for the taking and people thought it would never disappear.**
That quote has deeper context than most suspect. I penned it years ago shortly out of law school after taking a Wildlife Law class from the, now deceased, Professor Dale Goble. He literally wrote the book on the #EndangeredSpecies Act. There he introduced me to the reason species have, historically, been driven to #extinction -- new technology + capitalist opportunism:
Gun powder killed the mega-predators. Whales? Spear gun. Passenger pigeon? Net guns. I could go on. But then we invented the petroleum economy, and in the opportunistic race for economic growth the decline has quickened by means of the collateral damage caused by #habitat degradation. Which, brings me to my point ---
The ideology that is capitalism was built around gluts. It cannot exist without low hanging fruit to fuel the #consumption #orgy necessary to get past the bottleneck of widespread consumer adoption. We are seeing the problem in stark outline today. Without #monopoly in the resource extraction sector, generating the necessary momentum to survive the capitalist "valley of death" is nearly impossible.
I conclude, there must first be an ideological transition away from the hangover that is capitalism, if we ever want to transition sustainable green-energy. **The fruit is gone, folks. If we ever want it back, capitalism won’t take us there**
#ClimateCrisis #climate #environment #ecosocialism #economy #SteadyStateEconomy
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/11/has-the-energy-transition-hit-a-wall.html
Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row
> For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
This is a really cool channel, I'll be watching it more.
Die Bundesregierung will den Bau von Solaranlagen über Fernstraßen erleichtern. Solche Solardächer schützen Fahrzeuge vor Witterung und liefern grünen Strom, ohne dass dafür Freiflächen in Anspruch genommen werden müssen. (€) @radiermann https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/photovoltaik-autobahn-solarenergie-solardach-laermschutzwende-laermschutzwaelle
@stevem Yeah, all of those grain-related farms that are grown in high-solar index states like Arizona and Nevada are really going to be impacted ;)
Are solar farms really a threat to food farms?
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-3665-5270-e957-c1f524641342
Si no tienes placas solares en casa o vives de alquiler, el #GenerationkWh te puede interesar.
Si tienes dudas o quieres saber qué es, sigue la sesión virtual de este jueves a las 18 h:
“This is how we feed our families and pay our mortgages.”
Windspeaker is sharing an article from Living Here, a journalism project that tells stories about people finding solutions that build healthy, safe, and strong communities.
In this story a Métis business owner is worried the Alberta government’s temporary ban on renewable energy projects could harm his #solar company, stopping it dead in its tracks.
https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/alberta-energy-company-worried-about-renewables-ban
This article raises a very good point about smart home tech and where data lives (usually on someone else's computer). That's something that needs to be dealt with in the next few years. Data collection is by far the hardest part of any smart home system. The main point of the article (something about android vs iOS) misses the point I think. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/one-of-the-worst-things-about-smart-homes-reminded-me-why-ill-never-use-an-iphone #smarthomes #data #iot #solar
The Queensland state grid has reached a new peak in solar output – in terms of share of local demand – with a new benchmark of 71.2 per cent set at 11.35am on Thursday.
The new record for the share of solar beat the previous peak of 69.9 per cent set in September this year and combined rooftop solar (about 3.6 GW at the time) and utility scale solar (2.5 GW), according to data experts GPE NEMLog2.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-grid-hits-a-new-solar-peak-71-2-per-cent-of-state-demand/
I published a video earlier today showing my entire solar photography workflow from start to finish. This image is the final result. My next todo item is to turn that massive prominence on top into a timelapse.
#astronomy #astrophotography #space #sun #solarimaging #solar #astrodon
Finally got around to switching to Octopus Flux, which gets us cheap electricity to charge the batteries during the night. Of course, the day it goes active we get glorious sunshine and now I have a full battery but nowhere to store the solar. *shakes fist at sun* #solar #solarpower #batterystorage #renewables