by Graham Palmer | Dec 5, 2017 | Electricity, Modularity
Electricity generation will be modular The delivery of Elon Musk’s battery is a triumph of modularity. Musk promised the South Australian Government that he would deliver the battery in 100 days and completed ahead of the deadline. Furthermore, wind and solar projects...
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...
by Graham Palmer | Apr 22, 2017 | EROI
A Framework for Incorporating EROI into Electrical Storage The fundamental problem with a transition to renewable energy is that modern society has been structured around demand-based power flows. Any quantity of power is available at any time – the only limit...
by Graham Palmer | Mar 19, 2017 | Electricity, Pumped hydro storage
A pumped hydro primer Nearly all electrical storage to date has been pumped hydro storage (PHS), which makes up 97% or 142 GW of global power capacity for electrical storage. The three leading PHS countries are Japan with 26 GW, China at 24 GW and the US at 22 GW. The...
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