Category Archives: Natural Gas Energy Storage

the only energy storage that scales up to balancing intermittent wind and solar power is finite natural gas, increasingly important as coal and nuclear power plants shut down.

Natural Gas & Coal essential for energy storage

Preface.  The U.S. Department of energy has stated a renewable grid is not possible without long-duration energy storage (Colthorpe 2022). Another report  explains why around-the-clock renewables and decarbonization will not be possible without it (McKinsey 2022).  This post explains why … Continue reading

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World Peak Uranium Production

Preface.  The World Nuclear Association estimates 90 years are left.  Today  67,500 tonnes of uranium are consumed a year world-wide and production in 2020 was 47,731 tonnes (WNA 2021). Sounds a bit peakish, thank goodness for stockpiles and the infinite … Continue reading

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