I deal with UPS's as well. Not really the same thing as the utility batteries. UPS's have not changed much in decades. Most of them still use lead acid batteries. They don't last very long even when maintained. When looking at the cost, size, weight, maintenance and reliability I have to question why we keep doing it the same way with UPS's.
Both Exxon-Mobile and BP have wind and solar generation in 2016 in the 4-5% range. Predictions based 5-6 year old data is useless in the energy markets.
Worldwide most new power plants being constructed are renewable. They are cheaper and start producing power within weeks instead of years. Read the power and utility media and you quickly find out everything has changed in last 2 years. The rate of change keeps increasing.
Will GM, Ford and Fiat, issue a patch that kills the engine instead of reducing the performance when the octane isn't high enough? What could go wrong?
Unsubsidized PV has hit below 2 cents kW. Apparently the author did not read the report very well. Renewables dropped below other sources 2 years ago in much of the world.
We have used spinning hard-drives in audio for decades now in both studio and live production. Studios would not typically expose the drives to continuous levels over 91dB, but it is not uncommon. Live production you can over 105dB for many hours and I have never heard of anyone have vibration issues.
Desktops from 2010 apparently. Not much progress from my 2012 Macbook Pro i7, 16GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, 1TB spinning disk, 8 hours battery life (while running a Windows VM). GPU power is about the only progress in laptops in the last 5 years.
Heating elements don't care if they are AC or DC. It is pretty common to use them as dump loads. But getting the voltage to run yours off battery banks for homes is not realistic. 48 volts would be lucky to warm the water a few degrees. Utility type banks could run it no problem. You reminded me why I ended up with natural gas for our instant water heater. I about choked when I figured I needed 55kW just for the water heater.
What non standard screw? Metric? Torx? Pentlobe? Tripoint? Trilobe? Robinson? Allen? spanner? triangle? Since in the US we have auto parts stores well stocked with imperial tools, and lacking in metric sizes. I have to wonder what people are trying to repair, or how they are trying to repair it. US auto manufacturers stop using imperial sizes around 1982. How many 35 year old cars are still running around? Yes it hard to repair thing without the correct tool.
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I deal with UPS's as well. Not really the same thing as the utility batteries. UPS's have not changed much in decades. Most of them still use lead acid batteries. They don't last very long even when maintained. When looking at the cost, size, weight, maintenance and reliability I have to question why we keep doing it the same way with UPS's.
Both Exxon-Mobile and BP have wind and solar generation in 2016 in the 4-5% range. Predictions based 5-6 year old data is useless in the energy markets.
Nothing like a huge corporate security leak.
Worldwide most new power plants being constructed are renewable. They are cheaper and start producing power within weeks instead of years. Read the power and utility media and you quickly find out everything has changed in last 2 years. The rate of change keeps increasing.
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Will GM, Ford and Fiat, issue a patch that kills the engine instead of reducing the performance when the octane isn't high enough? What could go wrong?
So they work under better conditions then you would at a Murray Energy Mine.
Unsubsidized PV has hit below 2 cents kW. Apparently the author did not read the report very well. Renewables dropped below other sources 2 years ago in much of the world.
We have used spinning hard-drives in audio for decades now in both studio and live production. Studios would not typically expose the drives to continuous levels over 91dB, but it is not uncommon. Live production you can over 105dB for many hours and I have never heard of anyone have vibration issues.
8K at 60 does not fit in 48Gb it is over 71Gb, of course 4K does not fit in 16Gb either for the old standard. You have to be giving up something.
Desktops from 2010 apparently. Not much progress from my 2012 Macbook Pro i7, 16GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, 1TB spinning disk, 8 hours battery life (while running a Windows VM). GPU power is about the only progress in laptops in the last 5 years.
Getting rid of record companies could save music though.
Heating elements don't care if they are AC or DC. It is pretty common to use them as dump loads. But getting the voltage to run yours off battery banks for homes is not realistic. 48 volts would be lucky to warm the water a few degrees. Utility type banks could run it no problem. You reminded me why I ended up with natural gas for our instant water heater. I about choked when I figured I needed 55kW just for the water heater.
You have 3 phase power in your house? Many 3 phase elements can be rewired to single phase.
Panels price per watt, yes they have come down more then I expected. Inverters not so much. Inverters are the expensive part now.
You couldn't find anything with whale oil subsidies? It would be about a relevant to the current economics.
Utilities are already adding storage it became cost effective about a year ago. Cheaper then adding peaker plants.
Try living in a town or city filled with coal stoves. No reason to go back to that.
Did they account for all the waste from nuclear plants. They have a awful lot of control systems and plumbing systems. Many moving parts.
At current prices for an off grid system in the southwest on my house it will take about 7.5 years to pay for itself without any tax credits.
What non standard screw? Metric? Torx? Pentlobe? Tripoint? Trilobe? Robinson? Allen? spanner? triangle? Since in the US we have auto parts stores well stocked with imperial tools, and lacking in metric sizes. I have to wonder what people are trying to repair, or how they are trying to repair it. US auto manufacturers stop using imperial sizes around 1982. How many 35 year old cars are still running around? Yes it hard to repair thing without the correct tool.
You have zero outlets in your home? Is it a tent?
Correct still 93 million out of work using Trump measurements.
She is obviously exploiting her marriage to someone I have never heard of. Working with Edward Ka-Spel it far more notable.
I guess no dutch movies allowed in the US