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RE: grid and battery needs

Posted By william fitch 03-31-2023 10:34 AM
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I like the graph. Sums it up nicely on the cost end. "Storage question is essential for the energy transition so both the pro-clean energy and con-clean energy interpret it in a way that favors their position!" Of course. But if you ignore the cost and just look at the engineering, there no longer ...

RE: Solar powered factories making hemp batteries and the future is hemp buildings?

Posted By william fitch 03-31-2023 05:41 AM
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"PG&E in CA went bankrupt because they did NOT turn off the grid and fires caused huge numbers of homes to go up in flames. It is not just the West with abundant forests but also Colorado, Texas, areas in Canada that have recently experienced devastating fires. " PG&E went bankrupt because of Capitalistic ...

RE: Technology suggestions for Solar Today articles

Posted By william fitch 03-30-2023 02:36 PM
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Hi Kat: I will keep this short. Recent article on CleanTech... link as follows: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/30/industrial-heat-will-decarbonize-with-electricity-not-molecules-kanthal-svp-helps-us-understand-why/ It goes to the heart of de-carbonizing industry with elect over gas. A good read for ...

RE: grid and battery needs

Posted By william fitch 03-30-2023 12:34 PM
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Hi: Yes. A hybrid grid, local and centralized is the inevitable endgame in the next 50 years. Mitigating peak loads at the load source is becoming attractive for a whole host of reasons, including power when the grid is down. I am going to guess that all these power storage appliances will have grid ...

RE: What are some technologies that you would like to see covered more in Solar Today?

Posted By william fitch 03-30-2023 08:24 AM
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".....very relevant for Solar Today and ASES...." Then what would you think ASES's professed position to be? Or, is it merely a presentation of the different positions out there? Or, in fact, is that the question? ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com ---------- ...

RE: What are some technologies that you would like to see covered more in Solar Today?

Posted By william fitch 03-30-2023 08:13 AM
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Huh? Did I miss something? What apology? Not from this end.... ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com ------------------------------

RE: Technology suggestions for Solar Today articles

Posted By william fitch 03-29-2023 05:04 PM
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Listened to it, scanned through it. Ya, its the old "story" of sensible heat storage. It was a bit low end, see spot run. But I suppose they try and appeal to a broad audience. I would like to know what insulation solution they are using for the 1000DegF+ uses claiming a 30 year stability. If some ...

RE: What are some technologies that you would like to see covered more in Solar Today?

Posted By william fitch 03-29-2023 09:57 AM
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"Can we solve all these problems. Yes, but when you talk about adding a few percent a year to the grid and changing a few lightbulbs to LED, I believe you might be trivializing the real impact." Besides finding that remark incredibly insulting, as any true ASES member should, I don't think anyone here ...

RE: grid and battery needs

Posted By william fitch 03-29-2023 08:44 AM
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Nicely put.... ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com ------------------------------

RE: What are some technologies that you would like to see covered more in Solar Today?

Posted By william fitch 03-28-2023 07:02 AM
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This thread is exploding which is an interesting delay effect. I said before to everyone's glee about the solution is socialization of the grid, and the inescapable problem is that RE is free. When the user installs it, the "utilities" be it private or public gains no monetary benefit. Also inescapable. ...

RE: A new solar atricle.

Posted By william fitch 03-27-2023 01:27 PM
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Thanks.... .....Bill ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com ------------------------------

RE: What are some technologies that you would like to see covered more in Solar Today?

Posted By william fitch 03-26-2023 10:12 PM
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It is approaching 1:00am Monday morning here and I am kind of wrapping it up for the evening as they say. A PSD (Perfect Solar Day) here in Central PA., Sunday. I gened about 120KWH from just my res PV systems today. Always nice to see. I was checking my email as a usual "thing" I do as part of the ...

RE: Zoom Discussion - The problem(s) with hydrogen as an energy source

Posted By william fitch 03-25-2023 07:05 AM
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Climate has a tremendous amount to do with how a house is designed if you are really looking to be energy independent. And on top of that, WHO and how many are going to be living in the home also has a tremendous impact. Our major electricity use is not heating and cooling despite that we live in central ...

RE: What do you think is going to be important for the U.S. solar industry in 2023?

Posted By william fitch 03-24-2023 11:23 AM
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Well, I just literally finished the book. Has to be record time for me. I have to say, that when I read the solution of "underground" at the very end, I could not help chuckle since it was the very solution I suggested in the Puerto Rico thread a few days ago regarding climate mitigation and resiliency. ...

RE: Zoom Discussion - The problem(s) with hydrogen as an energy source

Posted By william fitch 03-23-2023 03:35 PM
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I sampled it really fast. Ya, its the simple unchangeable realities of H2. If you understand those, the rest is all smoke and mirrors.... Not a good choice. Of course the absolutely best way to get rid of CO2 and all the others is to STOP PUTTING IT THERE in the first place...!!.. ------------ ...

RE: What do you think is going to be important for the U.S. solar industry in 2023?

Posted By william fitch 03-23-2023 10:59 AM
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From the 30K foot view regarding your two top points, off grid and resilience, I must define resilience here. My def is really about the end result. IE, resilience is the design that enables the end user to have power the greatest amount of time with the littlest "work and cost". Off grid is not the ...

RE: Jacksonville/NE Florida JEA Electric Rate Change negatively affects Solar

Posted By william fitch 03-23-2023 10:36 AM
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"Cheaper energy will not motivate us to invest in solar." To be clear, they do not WANT YOU INVESTING IN ANYTHING" that they don't own the production on. Raising connect fees is a way to circumvent lost revenue through actual electricity usage. Again the telecom industry. We really don't care how much ...

RE: Call for pitches for our June issue of Solar Today

Posted By william fitch 03-22-2023 11:27 AM
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So are you circling back to pitch's, or have you received "enough" through your enthusiastic feedback..??.. ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com ------------------------------

RE: A new solar atricle.

Posted By william fitch 03-21-2023 10:00 AM
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Hi: here is the link as promised out on CleanTechnia for a version of the ASES and solar promo article. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/us-solar-energy-through-the-ages-deploying-evangelizing-solar/ ------------------------------ william fitch Owner www.WeAreSolar.com -------------------- ...

RE: Will Puerto Rico become the first truly solar state in America?

Posted By william fitch 03-21-2023 05:20 AM
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The answer to bad weather (IE Winds) is to go underground with the lines. It is STRICTLY a cost barrier, not a technological one. The majority of power losses from storms of any kind would mostly be neutered. But we keep doing the same bad designs over and over due to front end money vs the endless repetition ...