by georgejetson | Mar 6, 2020 | Pumped hydro storage, Storage
Narratives and framing are an essential part of political story telling. Snowy 2.0, Australia’s proposed pumped hydro project, is building on the “nation building” narrative of the original Snowy 1.0, and being framed as a universal solution to wind and solar...
by georgejetson | Mar 6, 2020 | Emissions, Hydrogen, Solar, Storage
Hydrogen ‘colours’ can be a useful shortcut for differentiating hydrogen supply options. But delimiting by colour can obscure the nuances between supply options, and oversimplify what are difficult policy and commercial choices. There is no universal standard for...
by Graham Palmer | Feb 16, 2020 | Electricity, Energy, EROI, Hydrogen, Oil, Pumped hydro storage, Storage
This is my first post for over a year, and I’m planning on following up with several more posts in the near future. I’ve been working on several projects, including my project engineering role in manufacturing, research projects on hydrogen and a book on...
by Graham Palmer | Sep 30, 2017 | Storage
Storage, markets and blockchain I recently attended a presentation of the proposed Cultana Pumped Hydro Project in the Spencer Gulf South Australia, using sea water. Specifications are 225 MW power, 1,770 MWh storage capacity. It is conceptually similar to the...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 11, 2017 | AS/NZS 5139, Storage
A few thoughts on the AS/NZS 5139 battery standard The controversy around the draft AS/NZS 5139:2017 for the safe installation of battery systems highlights two competing interest groups. The first is the residential-based activist community that support ‘democratised...
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