It works OK. Heated salt does too. Lake Eyre has 400 million tons of salt, sunshine and welders building subs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy_storage

lee wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2023 at 1:02pm:


Pumped hydro is usually somewhere where there is already one dam, and the second one is up in the hills above it. So it is often already national park or some kind of crown land, or dirt cheap. They don't put these things on the flat grazing land or downtown. The second dam does not need any kind of catchment at all, so it opens up all sorts of possible sites that would not be suitable for a water storage dam.

Also, if an existing hydro facility with a single dam get's it's use changed so it is used intermittently, it achieves the same thing (actually, something much better - intermittent, on demand, large scale power source, rather than just a battery). A lot of them don't have enough enough storage for full time operation anyway.

lee wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2023 at 1:02pm:

'By 2017, due to improvements, the [Ivanpah] plant was meeting the contract output requirements'.
This continues from 2022.

https://moonshinestills.com/products/15-gallon-electric-moonshine-liquor-still-c...

Feel the power of organic liquor at 23% MW alcohol, full moon or new moon. It's a gas, the full bottle and worth its salt.

lee wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2023 at 5:49pm:

Now why was that, eh?

Hi freediver,
Laxettes provides effective treatment of constipation in 8hrs and is great for those wanting overnight relief action & to restore regularity.

Yes the bulldust on my solar panels affects the looney electricity at night.

The lunar surface is covered by a layer of unconsolidated debris called the lunar regolith. The thickness of the regolith varies from about 5 m on mare surfaces to about 10 m on highland surfaces. Lumps smaller than 1 cm are called "lunar soil".

Just guessing, but wind power at night could produce heat to add to the salt. (carbon fibre or halogen radiant heaters?)

Subsidies, subsidies, subsidies.


Spain faces €8 billion in renewable legal claims over past solar boom

Spain is investing in solar energy but still faces billions of euros worth of legal claims over previous energy investments.

When work started on Andasol in 2008, it was the largest solar energy plant in the world and its black panels stretched over enough land to cover 70 football pitches in the south of Spain near Granada.

Fourteen years later, the 51-hectare plant which produces a total of 495 GW-h of power per year, is embroiled in a multi-million-euro international legal battle between the Spanish government and a series of investors.

But this is just one of 51 claims totalling €8 billion that Spain’s left-wing coalition government is fighting against.
Why is Spain facing legal claims?
In 2007, Spain implemented several regulatory measures with the purpose of stimulating investment in the burgeoning renewable energy sector.

Initially, the system was a huge success, attracting interest from domestic investors and international companies.

However, after the boom, came the bust.

After the 2008 financial crisis, Spain was no longer able to guarantee the initial incentives and between 2012-2014, the government retrospectively removed them, prompting legal claims by the investors.

One of these claims started in 2013, when Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.A.R.L and Energia Termosolar B.V, filed an arbitration claim against Spain with the International Centre for Settlement Investment Dispute (ICSID), alleging it breached its obligations under the Energy Charter Treaty because it removed incentives.

The companies claimed €196 million in damages. Spain denied the claim. Another investor involved in the same plant has also claimed damages.

Six years later, the tribunal ruled in favour of the companies and awarded €101m.

Spain has filed an application to annul the award, saying it would be construed as state aid.

Lawyers for the investors said they will pursue Spanish investments around the world to ensure payment.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/27/spain-faces-8-billion-in-renewable-legal-claims-over-past-solar-boom

How much does a conventional coal, gas or hydro power station generate?
Answer: https://openinframap.org/stats/area/Australia/plants

lee wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 3:02pm:

It's because of the lunar electricity load and supernova xray gamma power surge blowing a fuse.