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January 5, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From SwissInfo – Energy Vault Jan 3, 2020 Revolutionary idea to store green power for the grid By Armando Mombelli Stacking blocks of concrete with a crane to store energy and use the force of gravity to keep producing electricity when renewable sources are lacking: simple but revolutionary, the battery solution proposed by the Ticino … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: battery, C02, electricity, electro-chemical, electro-mechanical, Energy Vault, fossil fuels, gravity, hydrogen-based systems, nuclear power, oil-industry, reservoir, Softbank, solar panels, Solar power, thermal, Vision Fund, wind power, wind turbines

Wind Farm interference in NWS Doppler Radar

December 6, 2019 by sergneri 1 Comment

The National Weather Service (NWS) runs a system of WSR-88D Doppler radars across the USA, Guam and Puerto Rico. On our local northern California maps we often see a bright cluster of precipitation over Rio Vista CA, often on a sunny day with no rain. I’ve always thought that this was due to some local … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about Tagged: California, doppler radar, NEXRAD, Rio Vista, Sacramento River, Wind Farm, wind turbines

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