Pumped Hydro Storage

OCED Announces up to $31 Million for Small Businesses to Innovate American Energy Technologies

OCED Announces up to $31 Million for Small Businesses to Innovate American Energy Technologies The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) today released a new funding solicitation for up to $31 million to validate in operational conditions new energy technology components or systems to be integrated in larger-scale … [continued]

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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric. Per projections from HSBC, … [continued]

Draft US Energy Storage Strategy & Roadmap Update Released, Input Requested

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap and a Notice of Availability seeking stakeholder input on the draft Strategy and Roadmap. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap (SRM), a plan that provides strategic direction and identifies … [continued]

A Case for Small Hydro

Harnessing renewable energy is a crucial step in building sustainable communities, and as climate change accelerates, finding carbon-free energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and can handle changes in policy, extreme weather events, and rising demand is more important than ever. One often-overlooked solution? Our rivers. Small hydroelectric turbines (“Small … [continued]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure.

3-D Printed Concrete Enlisted For Futuristic Subsea Energy Storage Demonstration

A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure.

Slide from ISGF India utility professional seminar on hydrogen for energy by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy

Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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Bent Flyvbjerg, Author Of How Big Things Get Done Talks Pumped Hydro, Transit & More

Before How Big Things Get Done became the best-selling business book of 2023, before it topped best of 2023 lists and before Bent Flyvbjerg’s interview schedule became jammed with every media outlet in the world, I had the opportunity to sit down with him for 90 minutes in early 2023 … [continued]