Tag Archives: renewable energy

Does science have trouble seeing governments?

Posted on January 17, 2025 by

From ‘Energy megaproject in Chile threatens the world’s largest telescopes’, Science, January 10, 2025: The AES project would occupy several sites totaling 3000 hectares, and the plants making hydrogen and ammonia with renewable energy would be sited just 5 kilometers from … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science | Tagged carbon credits, carbon trading, Cerro Armazones, Cerro Paranal, Chile, climate change, European Southern Observatory, Extremely Large Telescope, green hydrogen, renewable energy, Science journal, SpaceX Starlink, Thirty Metre Telescope, Very Large Telescope | Comments Off

The covering COP27 quandary

Posted on November 19, 2022 by

“Of the 1,156 publicly-listed companies, regions and cities that have so far made net-zero pledges … [more than half] are little more than vague commitments or proposals,” according to a new UN report. Even when proper promises to cut emissions are … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis | Tagged blah blah blah, climate commitments, COP27, Global Goal on Adaptation, hydroelectric power, just transition, loss and damage, renewable energy | Comments Off

Renewable energy and technological debt

Posted on April 20, 2022 by

Renewable energy is a bit like oil. Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged climate adaptation, LMIC, nature-based solutions, renewable energy, resource colonialism, technical debt, wind energy, World Bank, YAGNI | Comments Off

Why a pump to move molten metal is awesome

Posted on December 12, 2017 by

The conversion of one form of energy into another is more efficient at higher temperatures.1 For example, one of the most widely used components of any system that involves the transfer of heat from one part of the system to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged cramic pump, energy storage, entropy, graphite, molten metal, molten tin, polymers, renewable energy, Shapal, thermodynamics | Comments Off

Curious Bends – nuclear Himalayas, tiny Indians, renewables victory and more

Posted on April 20, 2015 by

1. 50 years ago a bomb’s worth of plutonium was lost on India’s second highest mountain. The mystery remains unanswered “In October 1965, the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) joined hands in a clandestine mission to install … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged capacity building, Ghana, healthcare subsidy, Nanda Devi plutonium mystery, population demographics, power generation, private healthcare, renewable energy, stunting, suicide, water supply | Comments Off