They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To
Growing up I would often hear the phrase “they don’t build them like they used to.” The saying implies that […]
DYK: Land Use -The Magic .6% Percent
Did you know that photovoltaic (semiconductors that convert sunlight to electricity) would just need to cover 0.6% of U.S. land […]
DYK: Water Costs More Than Waste
Did you know that U.S. water systems need to invest $472.6 billion over the next 20 years to continue providing […]
DYK: How Much Water Do We Use?
Did you know in 2015, total U.S. water use was approximately 322 billion gallons per day where California and Texas […]
DYK: Renewable Energy Needs Critical Elements
Did you know silicon, tellurium, and indium are necessary parts of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels?
DYK: What Makes Technology Click
Did you know rare earth elements are a group of 17 elements used in various products such as alloys, batteries, […]
DYK: Pumped Hydroelctric Storage
Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing […]
DYK: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
DYK-Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) CAES captures and stores compressed air in an underground cavern. To create electricity, the pressurized […]
Good vs. Bad Just Makes No Cents
Team Building and Successful Decision Making Good vs. Bad Just Makes No Cents When I am sitting with friends, clients […]
DYK: Advanced Battery Energy Storage (ABES)
Did you know that ABES stores electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, which is then converted back into […]
DYK: Flywheel Energy Storage (FES)
Did you know that in 2018, flywheels accounted for 0.058 GW of rated power in the U.S. and have efficiencies […]
DYK: How Do you Store Large Scale Energy?
Did you know that PHS and CAES are large-scale technologies capable of discharge times of tens of hours but are […]
DYK: Delivered Powers Impact on Energy Storage?
Did you know 2.5% of delivered electric power in the U.S. is cycled through a storage facility. For comparison, 10% […]
DYK: More Energy Storage Needed
Did you know as of June 2018, the U.S. had over 25.2 GW of rated power in energy storage compared […]
DYK: Greenhouse Gas Emmissions- Which Energy Source Does It Best?
A geothermal power plant emits roughly 11 times less carbon dioxide (CO2) )per unit electricity that the average U.S. coal […]