This is important because of an energy-industry use of the word 'curtailment' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtailment_(electricity)
Basically, this is energy which is generated but cannot reach market due to some reason, such as lack of transmission capacity or demand. Batteries can absorb and release this excess, buying low and selling high.
Australia already experiences negative electricity prices.
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"How our demand for #sand is destroying our world"
Not a subject I have considered previously, yet perfectly logical. Sand is such a part of our daily lives we do not notice our buildings, windows, roads, dishware… everything in the built environment, it seems, uses sand as material or in its production.
As a commodity with increasing scarcity, it leads to conflicts.
What can we do about it?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-our-demand-for-sand-is-destroying-our-world-1.6472297
"Pratt #Canada Picks #Battery Supplier for #Hybrid-#Electric Project"
H55, a spinoff from the Solar Impulse project, develops lightweight propulsion and energy storage systems.
The government of Canada and the province of Québec have committed to funding half the investment into a Dash-8-100 hybrid demonstrator, scheduled to fly in 2024.
#News #Business #travel #airtravel #flight #PostCarbonEconomy #RandD
" #Canada Gets its First Grid-Connected #Tidal #Energy Project"
"Tidal power startup Sustainable Marine has begun providing #electricity to the grid from an experimental array in #NovaScotia's Bay of Fundy, a region famous for its extreme tidal currents."
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/canada-gets-its-first-grid-connected-tidal-energy-project
#News #Business #Energy #RenewableEnergy #PostCarbonEconomy #NS #NSPoli #CanPoli #CDNPoli
"695 MW #Canadian #hydro comes fully online"
The #Keeyask #Hydropower LP, a joint #renewableEnergy #project of the Keeyask #Cree Nations and #Manitoba Hydro, has commissioned the 7th generating turbine in its #Keeyask project, completing construction.
This project, like all #MB Hydro generation projects since the 1985 Limestone Generation Stn was brought in by an #NDP government.
https://www.renews.biz/77829/watch-695mw-canadian-hydro-comes-fully-online/
#News #Business #Indigenous #Energy #PostCarbonEconomy #MBPoli #Cdnpoli #CadPoli
"The #Navajo Nation’s transition to #renewable #energy: what and where to expect it"
#NavajoNation includes land in 3 SW states in the #USA. With the closure of #coal strip mines in their territory, the nation began investing in #renewableEnergy. Already producing 55 MW, two planned #solar projects will bring production up to 200 MW, the first should complete in Nov. 2022.
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/10/navajo-nations-transition-renewable-energy-what-an/
#News #Indigenous #Business #PostCarbonEconomy #USPoli #AZPoli #NMPoli #UTPoli
Since the closure of the Peabody Black Mesa coal mine near the four corners region in northeast Arizona, the Navajo Nation has established a transition from coal to renewable energy sources, like solar power.
" #Siemens Gamesa #Renewable #Energy signs 192MW onshore #wind turbine supply deal in #Canada"
The Wild Rose 2 wind farm being developed in #Alberta is the destination for 38 turbines. Capstone Infrastructure has a 15 yr power purchase agreement #PPA with Pembina #Pipeline corp, making this a not-exactly #PostCarbonEconomy project.
#News #Business #renewableEnergy #ABPoli #Carbon #ClimateCrisis #CC #FF
" #Oil has long been used as a geopolitical weapon. Could electrified #transport change that?"
The #energy-scarcity #economy model has concentrated power and influence in the hands of a few. Technology now allows for an energy-plentiful economy, and the nature of #renewableEnergy is perforce decentralized. But what does that mean now, in real terms?
Will the energy transition lead to a safer, more-peaceful #earth?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/electric-vehicles-oil-transition-1.6434080
" #Renewable #Energy Met 100% #California’s Energy Needs For 2 Minutes, Breaking A Record"
Saturday's lower energy demand allowed California's 18,629 MW of renewable production to carry the whole grid, briefly. It was not a blip, either; the renewable supply was greater than natural gas for 12 hours on April 30th, further proof it is possible to go 100% renewable.
#News #Business #Energy #PostCarbonEconomy #solar #wind #renewableenergy
" #Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as #Biden Administration Investigates #China"
#US Commerce Dept. has (finally) looked at the open secret - that China has a strangle-hold on the industry, and moves entire factories overseas to assemble Chinese parts into #solarpanels to circumvent 2012 rules against state-subsidized mfg. The examination is having wide national impacts.
#News #Business #Economy #PostCarbonEconomy #RenewableEnergy #Energy
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