Green Energy Updates

There have been a lot of new developments since my last post and I haven't felt the need to report each and everyone. But today, I feel like checking out the many articles I've bookmarked. Let's see what is in the list I found interesting.

Newest:  One of the worst things about electricity from solar or wind power is that it's generated in one place and used in another. That requires long-distance transmission. It sounds easy enough to build some towers and long-distance transmission cables, but those cables lose between 33% and 50% of all the electricity they carry. It just goes off into the air. However,...

Scientists Created a New Kind of Metal Where Electrons Flow Like a Fluid-ScienceAlert

Maybe this will enable them to bring electricity from further distances to cities without loss.

WIND & SOLAR COSTS KEEP DROPPING

Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest Sources of Electricity, and It's Getting Cheaper - Scientific American Blog Network

Cost of wind keeps dropping, and there's little coal, nuclear can do to stop it

America's Wind Energy Future Looks Seaward

Solar's reliability eclipses outdated energy | TheHill

New study reaches a stunning conclusion about the cost of solar and wind energy – ThinkProgress

Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheaper than coal : RenewEconomy

Global economy would save up to $160 trillion by shifting to renewables, electric cars – ThinkProgress

Oil giant Shell buys leading operator of electric vehicle charging stations | TheHill

If the gasoline giants get in the game they have tremendous financial capability.

FAST CHARGING

With fast-charging, electric cars will soon match or beat gasoline cars in every respect – ThinkProgress

EGEB: Maryland will spend $3.7M on electric car chargers - Electrek

New player claims technology leap in electric vehicle charging - Axios 

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BMW and Porsche Just Beat Tesla to Three-Minute Charge

What's luxury one day becomes common the next.

FLEETS OF VEHICLES

The increasingly irresistible case for electrifying city buses 

Shenzhen shows the world how it's done, electrifies all public transit with massive fleet of 16,000+ electric buses | Electrek

Hyundai unveils all-electric bus with 180 miles of range on a 256 kWh battery pack | Electrek

12 major cities pledge to only buy all-electric buses starting in 2025 | Electrek

Almost half of all buses will be electric by 2025 - Business Insider

'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city | Cities | The Guardian

Large fleets in government from national to city can make a big difference.

Going Green: Norwegian Shipbuilders Turning to Battery Power – gCaptain

World's first autonomous, 7MWh electric cargo ship to make voyage with zero crew onboard - Electrek

HOME CONSTRUCTION

Top 15 Green Home Building Techniques and Ideas - Conserve Energy Future

Green Home Building: Building Components 

Environmentally Friendly Building and Remodeling Materials

Conserving can still be very useful.

From a nuisance to a benefit, 'world's worst weed' finds new use as biofuel-Mongabay

Exxon Thinks It Can Create Biofuel From Algae At Massive Scale

It may be too late to ensure automobiles run on fluid fuels.

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Maybe Exxon can produce better biofuels for large factories which may not benefit from solar or wind.

CLEAN ENERGY Swedish technology could make geothermal as mainstream as wind and solar Quartz

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There are many kinds of Green Energy.

Anti-solar panel can generate electricity at night, researchers say

Scientists Built a Genius Device That Generates Electricity 'Out of Thin Air' 

I'd never have guessed that was possible.

New clean energy tech extracts twice the power from ocean waves-Techxplore

Swedish Group Delivers the World's First Batch of Green Steel-Gizmodo

I thought steel was made with carbon. How'd they do that?