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Clean Power Hour Ep.54 | Solar vs. Nukes - who wins? | Resi Flow Battery | Starship Stacking

Aug 09, 202141 minSeason 1Ep. 54
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Residential flow battery ♫♪♪coming to America♫♪♪
SuperHeavy getting put together, beautiful!
Growing potatoes and broccoli indoors
$30 billion - nuclear or solar?

$30 billion - nuclear or solar? Who wins? 
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/05/youve-got-30-billion-to-spend-and-a-climate-crisis-nuclear-or-solar/

Superheavy. Nuf said!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422222995305676802
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1423041198764265473
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXOB90XXpU 

'can grow potatoes, strawberries, broccoli, celery seedlings, etc...IGS’s farms between 19.6 & 42.6 feet in height, footprint of 450 sq ft. Each tray is about 62 sq ft, and the company has grown as many as 50 crops in a single tower...'Broccoli normally takes six weeks. Our system ~11 days. Seed potatoes that normally take 18 months, our system will do it in 2.5 months compared to traditional farming. We can grow chilies in about a month. Basil normally takes a month to grow; we do it in about 16 days.'
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/meet-one-vertical-farm-venture-helping-industry-grow-past-greens

Residential flow battery coming to the USA, Gen 3 10kWh zinc-bromine flow battery, aka ZBM3
https://reneweconomy.com.au/redflow-in-strong-position-for-us-push-despite-falling-short-on-capital-raise/

ESS Inc flow battery installed in PA, saves company, ‘Power outages have a huge impact on our business – costing upwards of $40,000 per day(!) in lost revenue'’ !!!
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/08/ess-iron-flow-battery-to-join-solar-microgrid-at-pennsylvania-industrial-site/

*'film is 11% efficient; developers confident can increase to 16% by early next year'
https://twitter.com/SolarInMASS/status/1422165618262949890
https://powerroll.solar/

Joint statement from three automakers on aspirations - ASPIRATIONS - to go 50% EV by 2030
https://twitter.com/DJKoessler/status/1423251309067706368

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