The entire state of California can—and will—get 100 percent of its energy from wind, water, and the sun in a matter of decades, according to a Stanford professor who just published an extensive report outlining the state's renewable power potential.
"There's about a 95 percent chance that [California] will be powered by 100 percent clean energy" by 2050, Mark Z. Jacobson told me in a phone interview.
It’s 787 feet tall with a rotor diameter of 518 feet.
Cost goals met, the DOE is moving on to address grid reliability in solar.
Giant rechargeable batteries could soon be installed in Britain to aid green energy facilities.
The business secretary Greg Clark is expected to announce plans this week to install the batteries near wind and solar panel farms to help the energy resources continue to supply households when demand increases.
Correct me if I'm wrong...but I had the 'impression' that the solar farms charged the batteries...not the other way round...or have I got my Physics mixed up?