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I believe we have caused some issues but with that said I also think its just what earth does it changes. Parts that are frozen now were not frozen thousands of years ago. There was water and now there is desert. We are a spec on the time line of earth. We are also a cancer to earth as well.Comment
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A pilot project in the North Sea will develop floating solar panels that glide over waves ‘like a carpet’
- German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North Sea.
- RWE describes “integration of offshore floating solar into an offshore wind farm” as “a more efficient use of ocean space for energy generation.”
- Earlier this month, energy firm EDP inaugurated a 5 MW floating solar park in Portugal.
German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North Sea, as part of a wider collaboration focused on the development of “floating solar parks.”
Set to be installed in waters off Ostend, Belgium, the pilot, called Merganser, will have a capacity of 0.5 megawatt peak, or MWp. In a statement earlier this week, RWE said Merganser would be Dutch-Norwegian firm SolarDuck’s first offshore pilot.
RWE said Merganser would provide both itself and SolarDuck with “important first-hand experience in one of the most challenging offshore environments in the world.”
Learnings gleaned from the project would allow for a quicker commercialization of the technology from 2023, it added.
RWE described SolarDuck’s system as being based around a design enabling the solar panels to “float” meters above water and ride waves “like a carpet.”
A longer term goal of the collaboration is for SolarDuck’s technology to be used in a bigger demonstration project at the yet to be developed Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm, which RWE is currently tendering for.
In its statement, RWE said the “integration of offshore floating solar into an offshore wind farm” was “a more efficient use of ocean space for energy generation.”
The idea of combining wind and solar is not unique to RWE. The Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm, which will also be located in the North Sea, is also planning to deploy a floating solar technology demonstration.
CrossWind, the consortium working on Hollandse Kust (noord), is a joint venture between Eneco and Shell.
Earlier this month, Portuguese energy firm EDP inaugurated a 5 MW floating solar park in Alqueva. It described the park, which consists of nearly 12,000 photovoltaic panels, as “the largest in Europe in a reservoir.”
The project would enable solar power and hydroelectric energy from the dam at Alqueva to be combined, EDP said. There are also plans to install a battery storage system.
All the above projects feed into the idea of “hybridization,” whereby different renewable energy technologies and systems are combined on one site.
In comments published last week, EDP CEO Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade said that “the bet on hybridization, by combining electricity produced from water, sun, wind and storage” represented a “logical path of growth.”
EDP would continue to invest in hybridization because it optimized resources and enabled the company to produce energy that was cheaper, he added.
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Climate activists are idiots. I thought biker riding was supposed to be good for the climate.
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Apparently they don't want you to have food on your table either. Why don't their leadership just come out and admit the truth, they want a major portion of the population to die.
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Shocking: Over 1,100 Scientists Say "No Climate Emergency" - GOP Newsfeed
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Hi folks..
Just a simple question to all that believe in human made "climate change/global warming " , What percentage of "climate change" is directly caused by human activity. Please give an actual percentage and cite the source.
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2021 one of the seven warmest years on record, WMO consolidated data shows | World Meteorological Organization.Comment
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China's worst heat wave on record is crippling power supplies. How it reacts will impact us all
For weeks now, a power crunch caused by a record heat wave and accompanying drought has wreaked havoc across Sichuan, a province home to 80 million people in southwestern China.
It's dimmed skyscrapers, shut factories, darkened subways, and plunged homes and offices into rolling blackouts, forcing air conditioning to be unplugged -- and killed thousands of poultry and fish at farms hit by electricity cuts.
The impact has been felt far and wide, from the neighboring mega city of Chongqing and the eastern provinces along the Yangtze River to the financial hub of Shanghai -- where the iconic skyline went dark this week to save energy.
In a country that prides itself on economic growth and stability, the acute power shortage has come as a shock to residents who in recent decades have grown used to improved living conditions and infrastructure.To many, extended power cuts revive memories of the distant past -- a bygone era before China's economic rise ushered in its glitzy metropolises and lifted millions out of poverty.
And now, climate change is threatening to disrupt that sense of security and economic growth.
The ongoing heat wave is the worst China has seen since records began more than 60 years ago. It has stretched over 70 days, sweeping through large swathes of the country and smashing temperature records at hundreds of weather stations.
The sheer size of China's economy and population means any major disruption to its power supply can cause massive loss and suffering.
"These so-called extreme weather events will have more impact on our lives and electricity supply," said Li Shuo, climate adviser with Greenpeace in Beijing. "And perhaps we all need to reconsider whether these extreme events will become the new normal."
Experts say the Sichuan power crunch is an example that China's energy system is far less robust than it needs to be to face the growing challenges from climate change.
Some believe the industry is heading in the right direction toward reform, while others worry it will turn to building more coal-fired power plants to secure energy supply -- and risk undermining China's pledges to reach peak carbon by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
... even China is now being forced to admit to the effects of man made climate change.
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