Queensland has announced 2 large pumped hydro schemes costing over $30 billion and not due to come onliine on 2029 to 2035. Large projects have major financial risks, but QLD is determned to have large capacity long term storage.
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Green steel produced by direct reduction is likely to have metallurgical coal become a stranded asset, as cost reductions and increasing technology improvements to make green steel viable.
Green Steel with Carbon Capture Unlikely Read More »
Transport planners globally talk about active transport challenges to get people out of cars and into active transport (Walking, mobility devices, public transport. Cities have been designed for transport by cars, not for people.
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Terraform has announced a pilot solar powered synthetic methane gas process that could provide gas created from CO2 from air and not extraction from the earth.
Terraform’s Innovative Methane E-fuel Read More »
Fusion or fiction – can fusion actually provide essentially high quantities of low emission electricity. Or is another 30 years of research needed
Sophisticated modelling shows hydrogen for home heating is a non starter except in a few use cases and heatpumps and batteries provide a more effective solution to home energy use.
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IEA have consistently under forecast the increase in solar panels (PV) globally by 7,000 times. in 2009, they forecast just 30GW of solar. In 2023 there will be over 440 GW installed. How do they get is so wrong?
IEA Forecasts Wrong by 7 Times Read More »
A June 2023 article concludes sea ice will be sbsent in September as early as a decade, contradicting IPPC 6 conclusion it would not be until mid century. Lack of sea ice has major implications for climate change and weather
Arctic Ice Cover Gone in 20 Years Read More »
The food revolution by precision fermentation will be the most profound of the 4 disruptions occuring. By 2030 the dairy industry will be bankrupt. By 2035 land used for beef and dairy farming will be not used.
Food Disruption Impacts Read More »
Oil companies talk about changing to renewable energy but their investment in new energy is low to zero. Their claims should be dismissed as greenwashing.
Low Investment in Renewables By Oil Companies Read More »
Electric battery vehicles (BEV) continue their exponentional growth in Q1 2023 with some countries (Norway) over 90% and China, the largest car market globally over 30% new sales BEV
Toyota argues that for emissions reduction hybrids are more effective than battery electric vehicle as more can be manufactured as batteries are constrained. Greenwashing.
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The top 20 Chinese EV manufactures incresased sales by 82% from 2021 to 2022 and most of these sales were domestic. As the domestic market increases, more of these will be exported to other countries
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The Pipistrel electric plane is the first certified electric plane for pilot training with 80km range and 50 minutes flying time.
Pipistrel Electric Plane Read More »
Nuclear Renaissance v4.0 is sweeping the USA and UK. Even in Australia, some are pushing the barrow. Yet the data is unambiguous. Nuclear is 6-8 times more costly than renewables. Uninsurable. Old technology.
Nuclear Renaissance v4.0 Read More »
At the Fully Charged show in UK, the Chinese cars are coming. BYD, Geely, Great Wall, and SAIC all demonstrated new models addressing different market segments. Korean cars are already annouced.
Chinese Cars are Coming to UK Read More »
Hydrogen for transportation won’t die, and the big 4 Japanese motorcycle manufacturers have joined together to develop hydrogen engines for motorcycles. But Why?
Hydrogen Motorcycle Engines Read More »
Is Hydrogen like a cult? Hydrogen cult madness? Proponents claim that H2 will solve the renewable energy transition challenges but the science evidence it wont.
Hydrogen Cult Madness Read More »
DAC is at best unproven and more likely a strategy by major oil companies to delay meaningful reduction in green house gas emissions
Direct Air Capture – Unproven Read More »
The race with AI is continuing to run with Google releasing Bard in May 2023 competing with Microsoft Bing and Open AI ChatGPT4. Bard provides integration with Gmail and Google Docs and enhances programming support
Bard AI Model from Google Read More »
