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🇨🇳 CHINA'S WIND TURBINES NOW FLOAT ABOVE THE CLOUDS China's new stratospheric airship is designed to cruise 12 miles above Earth and generate electricity using a built-in wind turbine. Up there, winds are 5 to 8 times stronger than on the ground, meaning this thing could produce serious, consistent... show more

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🇨🇳 China just tested a wind turbine floating 2,000 metres in the sky... and it worked. The S2000 is a helium-filled airship carrying turbines, tethered to the ground by cables that also transmit electricity. At 2,000 metres, winds are stronger and more consistent than at ground level. In recent tests over Sichuan, it generated 385 kWh which is enough to power around 1,500 homes for a day. Source: dw News

🇨🇳 China just tested a wind turbine floating 2,000 metres in the sky... and it worked. The S2000 is a helium-filled airship carrying turbines, tethered to the ground by cables that also transmit electricity. At 2,000 metres, winds are stronger and more consistent than at ground level. In recent tests over Sichuan, it generated 385 kWh which is enough to power around 1,500 homes for a day. Source: dw News

Mario Nawfal

216,150 views • 4 months ago

‼️🇨🇳China has tested a megawatt scale airborne wind power system, marking a major step in high altitude renewable energy. Developed in Changsha, the helium supported platform flies thousands of meters above ground where winds are stronger and more consistent, delivering higher output with far less land, steel, and concrete. Its biggest advantage is mobility. The system can be quickly deployed to remote or disaster hit areas for emergency power. Airborne wind is no longer just a concept. China is making it real.

‼️🇨🇳China has tested a megawatt scale airborne wind power system, marking a major step in high altitude renewable energy. Developed in Changsha, the helium supported platform flies thousands of meters above ground where winds are stronger and more consistent, delivering higher output with far less land, steel, and concrete. Its biggest advantage is mobility. The system can be quickly deployed to remote or disaster hit areas for emergency power. Airborne wind is no longer just a concept. China is making it real.

Defense Intelligence

11,700 views • 8 months ago

•042426• new interview of #zhanglinghe with Movie News for "The Answer is Earth" documentary 💬🌱 ZLH🚀: this is a small souvenir they gave me when I visited the wind turbine manufacturing plant. 👤: I know you really like these kinds of things. ZLH🚀: yes, this is the motor of the wind turbine, located at the highest point of the turbine shaft. these are the blades. they look small now, but in reality, when I went to the wind turbine manufacturing plant, it was about 80 meters long. really huge. and the proportions might not be accurate. when we stood below it, it was incredibly impressive. it works like this: the wind comes from this direction and drives the blades to rotate. then the motor converts that kinetic energy into electrical energy. there are cables below that can directly transmit the electricity to a substation, where it's stepped up or down in voltage, and then sent to places on land where the electricity is used. that's how a wind turbine works. 👤: it's a very meaningful souvenir. ZLH🚀: yes. 👤: where are you planning to put it? ZLH🚀: before I brought this with me, I usually keep it next to my computer.

•042426• new interview of #zhanglinghe with Movie News for "The Answer is Earth" documentary 💬🌱 ZLH🚀: this is a small souvenir they gave me when I visited the wind turbine manufacturing plant. 👤: I know you really like these kinds of things. ZLH🚀: yes, this is the motor of the wind turbine, located at the highest point of the turbine shaft. these are the blades. they look small now, but in reality, when I went to the wind turbine manufacturing plant, it was about 80 meters long. really huge. and the proportions might not be accurate. when we stood below it, it was incredibly impressive. it works like this: the wind comes from this direction and drives the blades to rotate. then the motor converts that kinetic energy into electrical energy. there are cables below that can directly transmit the electricity to a substation, where it's stepped up or down in voltage, and then sent to places on land where the electricity is used. that's how a wind turbine works. 👤: it's a very meaningful souvenir. ZLH🚀: yes. 👤: where are you planning to put it? ZLH🚀: before I brought this with me, I usually keep it next to my computer.

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14,289 views • 5 months ago

Must watch explanation on clean energy by Greg Jackson on #BBCQT - also watch Tim Stanley squirm repeatedly when Jackson gives answers Greg Jackson, "We've crossed the rubicon.. Clean energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels" "Power from wind and solar is cheaper than power from fossil fuels" "Consumers don't see the benefits because our markets are run in the old traditional way" "We need market reform so when we build wind farms, people get cheaper energy" "It doesn't help that we are paying wind farms to turn off when it's windy, instead of giving people cheap power at those times" "59% of all of the renewable energy has been built in China" Fiona Bruce, "They're also building huge coal plants" Greg Jackson, "The majority will never be used, they'll be mothballed" "Why are they building green energy? It's not because they're nice people. Now they recognise clean energy is cheaper, and energy is the engine of growth for their industry, they're investing in it" "Six or seven years ago if you went to Chinese cities people wore face mask because of air pollution.. That's gone" Tim Stanley, "If you have a period where the wind dies and the sun doesn't shine, what happens, you have to rely on back up.. Rely on gas.. Import the power from overseas" Greg Jackson, "Allow me to help you with this answer.. As somebody who buys more power than anybody in the UK.. I can give you an authoritative answer on what to do" "An electric car holds enough power in its battery for a typical house in the best part of the week" "As more and more electric cars hit our roads, we have distributed storage of electricity, days on end, without wind" "It's not the whole solution but it's a big part of it.. And it helps us reduce our reliance on things like those fossil fuel backups" "It's always windy somewhere, it's always sunny somewhere.. As we connect our country to others.. When they're windy we get their power, when we're windy we sell ours to them" "By the way, we are one of the windiest places in the world.. This is a huge export opportunity for the UK"

Must watch explanation on clean energy by Greg Jackson on #BBCQT - also watch Tim Stanley squirm repeatedly when Jackson gives answers Greg Jackson, "We've crossed the rubicon.. Clean energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels" "Power from wind and solar is cheaper than power from fossil fuels" "Consumers don't see the benefits because our markets are run in the old traditional way" "We need market reform so when we build wind farms, people get cheaper energy" "It doesn't help that we are paying wind farms to turn off when it's windy, instead of giving people cheap power at those times" "59% of all of the renewable energy has been built in China" Fiona Bruce, "They're also building huge coal plants" Greg Jackson, "The majority will never be used, they'll be mothballed" "Why are they building green energy? It's not because they're nice people. Now they recognise clean energy is cheaper, and energy is the engine of growth for their industry, they're investing in it" "Six or seven years ago if you went to Chinese cities people wore face mask because of air pollution.. That's gone" Tim Stanley, "If you have a period where the wind dies and the sun doesn't shine, what happens, you have to rely on back up.. Rely on gas.. Import the power from overseas" Greg Jackson, "Allow me to help you with this answer.. As somebody who buys more power than anybody in the UK.. I can give you an authoritative answer on what to do" "An electric car holds enough power in its battery for a typical house in the best part of the week" "As more and more electric cars hit our roads, we have distributed storage of electricity, days on end, without wind" "It's not the whole solution but it's a big part of it.. And it helps us reduce our reliance on things like those fossil fuel backups" "It's always windy somewhere, it's always sunny somewhere.. As we connect our country to others.. When they're windy we get their power, when we're windy we sell ours to them" "By the way, we are one of the windiest places in the world.. This is a huge export opportunity for the UK"

Farrukh

523,293 views • 1 year ago

The world has spent approximately $6–7 trillion cumulatively on wind turbines and solar panels. With that amount, we could have built up to 1,400 standard nuclear power plants (each with ~1–1.2 GW capacity, typical for modern large reactors). With proper maintenance, safety upgrades, and regulatory approvals, many nuclear plants last 60 years- 80 years or more. A typical wind or solar farm lasts about 20 years, meaning we would need to spend up to $21 trillion to produce the same energy as nuclear. With $21 trillion, the world could theoretically fund up to 4,000 nuclear power plants. Now lets talk about wind turbines. Without the Production Tax Credit (PTC), many wind farms were not economically viable from electricity sales alone, due to high upfront costs, intermittency (requiring backup power), and competition from cheaper sources like natural gas. The tax credits effectively offset a significant portion of costs—in some cases covering much or all of the investment for tax-liable entities—turning otherwise marginal or unprofitable projects into attractive ones. Are you seeing the scam? It's time to start building more nuclear and less of these green dream turbines and solar panels.

The world has spent approximately $6–7 trillion cumulatively on wind turbines and solar panels. With that amount, we could have built up to 1,400 standard nuclear power plants (each with ~1–1.2 GW capacity, typical for modern large reactors). With proper maintenance, safety upgrades, and regulatory approvals, many nuclear plants last 60 years- 80 years or more. A typical wind or solar farm lasts about 20 years, meaning we would need to spend up to $21 trillion to produce the same energy as nuclear. With $21 trillion, the world could theoretically fund up to 4,000 nuclear power plants. Now lets talk about wind turbines. Without the Production Tax Credit (PTC), many wind farms were not economically viable from electricity sales alone, due to high upfront costs, intermittency (requiring backup power), and competition from cheaper sources like natural gas. The tax credits effectively offset a significant portion of costs—in some cases covering much or all of the investment for tax-liable entities—turning otherwise marginal or unprofitable projects into attractive ones. Are you seeing the scam? It's time to start building more nuclear and less of these green dream turbines and solar panels.

John Lee Pettimore

120,600 views • 9 months ago

China completes installation of world's largest single-unit floating offshore wind turbine The world's largest single-unit 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine "Three Gorges Pilot" was installed on Saturday in waters off Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. The 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine consists of three parts, namely a 16 mw ultra-large capacity wind turbine, a semi-submersible floating platform, and a new mooring system. With a maximum tip height exceeding 270 meters, the wind turbine rotor has a diameter of 252 meters, with a swept area equivalent to seven standard football fields. Unlike traditional fixed-bottom turbines that are physically connected to the seabed, it is installed on a semi-submersible floating platform measuring 80.82 meters long, 91 meters wide, and with a displacement of 24,100 tons. The platform is secured through nine suction anchors, combined with domestically produced high-performance polyester fiber cables and anchor chains for seabed mooring and positioning. "To deal with the harsh sea conditions, our team has developed and applied a new mooring system, a dynamic monitoring system, an active ballast system, and 66 kV dynamic submarine cables for the first time in China," said Pan Hongguan, an offshore wind power engineer from Guangdong Branch of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). According to Pan, the new mooring system combines polyester cable and anchor chain, which is like adding a "spring" to the middle of the system, to deliver superior mechanical performance. The "Three Gorges Pilot" wind turbine previously completed its integrated assembly at Tieshan Port in Beihai of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It arrived at its target sea area located more than 70 kilometers off the coast of Yangjiang after a long-distance towed voyage across the Qiongzhou Strait which connects South China's island province of Hainan with Guangdong Province on the mainland. After being put into operation, the wind turbine is expected to generate approximately 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, enough to meet the annual electricity demand of 24,000 households.

China completes installation of world's largest single-unit floating offshore wind turbine The world's largest single-unit 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine "Three Gorges Pilot" was installed on Saturday in waters off Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. The 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine consists of three parts, namely a 16 mw ultra-large capacity wind turbine, a semi-submersible floating platform, and a new mooring system. With a maximum tip height exceeding 270 meters, the wind turbine rotor has a diameter of 252 meters, with a swept area equivalent to seven standard football fields. Unlike traditional fixed-bottom turbines that are physically connected to the seabed, it is installed on a semi-submersible floating platform measuring 80.82 meters long, 91 meters wide, and with a displacement of 24,100 tons. The platform is secured through nine suction anchors, combined with domestically produced high-performance polyester fiber cables and anchor chains for seabed mooring and positioning. "To deal with the harsh sea conditions, our team has developed and applied a new mooring system, a dynamic monitoring system, an active ballast system, and 66 kV dynamic submarine cables for the first time in China," said Pan Hongguan, an offshore wind power engineer from Guangdong Branch of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). According to Pan, the new mooring system combines polyester cable and anchor chain, which is like adding a "spring" to the middle of the system, to deliver superior mechanical performance. The "Three Gorges Pilot" wind turbine previously completed its integrated assembly at Tieshan Port in Beihai of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It arrived at its target sea area located more than 70 kilometers off the coast of Yangjiang after a long-distance towed voyage across the Qiongzhou Strait which connects South China's island province of Hainan with Guangdong Province on the mainland. After being put into operation, the wind turbine is expected to generate approximately 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, enough to meet the annual electricity demand of 24,000 households.

KABClub

26,065 views • 5 months ago

THIS VORTEX TURBINE COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR ENERGY. 🚨A Belgian company (Turbulent) has created a hydraulic turbine that uses the natural vortex of water to generate electricity 24/7. 💥It installs in rivers, canals, or existing waterways. Advantages: • Very low environmental impact • Only one moving part → almost no maintenance • Installation in about a week • Works as long as there is flowing water • Can power homes or small communities It’s simple, clean, and it actually works. So why isn’t this kind of solution being massively deployed everywhere there is flowing water?

THIS VORTEX TURBINE COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR ENERGY. 🚨A Belgian company (Turbulent) has created a hydraulic turbine that uses the natural vortex of water to generate electricity 24/7. 💥It installs in rivers, canals, or existing waterways. Advantages: • Very low environmental impact • Only one moving part → almost no maintenance • Installation in about a week • Works as long as there is flowing water • Can power homes or small communities It’s simple, clean, and it actually works. So why isn’t this kind of solution being massively deployed everywhere there is flowing water?

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12,521 views • 3 months ago

UK wind farms are being paid billions to switch off and not produce energy, with Britain's largest wind farm paid to sit idle 71% of the time. It's called "curtailment". Wind farms are built in places with no grid capacity to carry the power. Regulators then pay them for the electricity they 'would' have generated. Originally meant as a short-term fix, it's now a business model. Many companies make more money by not generating power than by selling it. And the insanity doesn't stop there. Often the same companies that own the idle wind farms also own the gas plants paid to fill the gap. So they win on both sides of the equation. This grotesque system drives up bills, wastes resources, and exposes just how broken the UK's green energy regulations really are.

UK wind farms are being paid billions to switch off and not produce energy, with Britain's largest wind farm paid to sit idle 71% of the time. It's called "curtailment". Wind farms are built in places with no grid capacity to carry the power. Regulators then pay them for the electricity they 'would' have generated. Originally meant as a short-term fix, it's now a business model. Many companies make more money by not generating power than by selling it. And the insanity doesn't stop there. Often the same companies that own the idle wind farms also own the gas plants paid to fill the gap. So they win on both sides of the equation. This grotesque system drives up bills, wastes resources, and exposes just how broken the UK's green energy regulations really are.

Electroverse

44,948 views • 7 months ago

Solar and wind are sold as cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear using a number called LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy). But LCOE is a junk metric. It pretends that one-megawatt-hour of intermittent power is the same as one-megawatt-hour of reliable power. It isn't. When the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow, you still need electricity. So backup plants (coal, gas or nuclear) must run in the background, ready to fire instantly. LCOE fails to count that cost. It also ignores the miles of transmission lines for remote wind farms, the giant storage systems to cover lulls, the stabilizers to keep frequency steady, and the massive overbuild needed just to survive bad weather weeks.These hidden costs explode as wind and solar take over more of the grid. On paper, LCOE makes these renewables look cheap. In reality, they drive up costs system-wide. That's why nations with the most wind and solar have the highest electricity prices. LCOE isn't just misleading, it's a lie.

Solar and wind are sold as cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear using a number called LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy). But LCOE is a junk metric. It pretends that one-megawatt-hour of intermittent power is the same as one-megawatt-hour of reliable power. It isn't. When the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow, you still need electricity. So backup plants (coal, gas or nuclear) must run in the background, ready to fire instantly. LCOE fails to count that cost. It also ignores the miles of transmission lines for remote wind farms, the giant storage systems to cover lulls, the stabilizers to keep frequency steady, and the massive overbuild needed just to survive bad weather weeks.These hidden costs explode as wind and solar take over more of the grid. On paper, LCOE makes these renewables look cheap. In reality, they drive up costs system-wide. That's why nations with the most wind and solar have the highest electricity prices. LCOE isn't just misleading, it's a lie.

Electroverse

13,445 views • 6 months ago

CNN’s Abby Phillip: [The Department of Energy said today] that they're ending wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system. So, yes, I mean, I'm not sure there's any problem solving happening.” Ben Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So why would you invest in a BAD INVESTMENT. By the way, they’re doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed. We will have to go to 78 degrees.” Abby Phillip: “Here's the thing. I think that there is an argument to be made for all of the above energy, right?” Ben Ferguson: “But if it's ineffective and it doesn't work, why do it?”

CNN’s Abby Phillip: [The Department of Energy said today] that they're ending wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system. So, yes, I mean, I'm not sure there's any problem solving happening.” Ben Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So why would you invest in a BAD INVESTMENT. By the way, they’re doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed. We will have to go to 78 degrees.” Abby Phillip: “Here's the thing. I think that there is an argument to be made for all of the above energy, right?” Ben Ferguson: “But if it's ineffective and it doesn't work, why do it?”

RedWave Press

56,003 views • 3 months ago

Wind and solar have a built-in economic problem: the more of them you build, the less their electricity is worth. On sunny afternoons, solar panels all produce at the same time. Supply surges and wholesale prices collapse as a result. Then the sun sets, supply vanishes, and so prices rise. But the panels are no longer producing electricity to sell at those higher prices. Wind does the same thing. When it blows, turbines generate together and crush the price they receive. Then whenever the wind drops, supply tightens and prices rise. Renewables 'cannibalize' their own revenues. High output equals low prices. High prices means low output. The economics depend on subsidies, guaranteed contracts, curtailment payments, and backup generation. The more weather-dependent power you add, the bigger this system flaw becomes.

Wind and solar have a built-in economic problem: the more of them you build, the less their electricity is worth. On sunny afternoons, solar panels all produce at the same time. Supply surges and wholesale prices collapse as a result. Then the sun sets, supply vanishes, and so prices rise. But the panels are no longer producing electricity to sell at those higher prices. Wind does the same thing. When it blows, turbines generate together and crush the price they receive. Then whenever the wind drops, supply tightens and prices rise. Renewables 'cannibalize' their own revenues. High output equals low prices. High prices means low output. The economics depend on subsidies, guaranteed contracts, curtailment payments, and backup generation. The more weather-dependent power you add, the bigger this system flaw becomes.

Electroverse

15,575 views • 1 month ago

🚨 Wind is Not the Clean Energy it is Sold to be. Wind #energy has been sold to an unsuspecting public as a clean, renewable source of unending energy. But that isn't true. In fact, the building of an average wind industrial installation consumes vastly more CO2 producing raw materials per kwh than any other power source in use today. Ever wonder what really goes into building a wind turbine, its tower, and its foundation? This brief video does a great job of giving you the details, and they are neither pretty nor clean. Text: Compared with conventional technologies, wind power requires vastly more raw materials for the same installed capacity, up to 15 times more concrete, 90 times more aluminum, and around 50 times more iron, copper, and glass. Each two megawatt turbine uses about 1,700 tons of material, around 1,300 tons of concrete, nearly 300 tons of steel, plus iron, fiberglass, and copper. The foundation alone uses hundreds of tons of concretes. Concrete is one of the world's largest CO2 sources responsible for 8% of global emissions. Then there are the rare earths. Just one ton of rare earth elements generates 2,000 tons of toxic waste. Worse still, all of this ends up in landfill every 15 to 20 years, with the entire process repeated. Wind is not the clean energy it is sold to be. #windenergy #toxicwaste #rareearthminerals #steel #concrete #CO2 #falsenarrative

🚨 Wind is Not the Clean Energy it is Sold to be. Wind #energy has been sold to an unsuspecting public as a clean, renewable source of unending energy. But that isn't true. In fact, the building of an average wind industrial installation consumes vastly more CO2 producing raw materials per kwh than any other power source in use today. Ever wonder what really goes into building a wind turbine, its tower, and its foundation? This brief video does a great job of giving you the details, and they are neither pretty nor clean. Text: Compared with conventional technologies, wind power requires vastly more raw materials for the same installed capacity, up to 15 times more concrete, 90 times more aluminum, and around 50 times more iron, copper, and glass. Each two megawatt turbine uses about 1,700 tons of material, around 1,300 tons of concrete, nearly 300 tons of steel, plus iron, fiberglass, and copper. The foundation alone uses hundreds of tons of concretes. Concrete is one of the world's largest CO2 sources responsible for 8% of global emissions. Then there are the rare earths. Just one ton of rare earth elements generates 2,000 tons of toxic waste. Worse still, all of this ends up in landfill every 15 to 20 years, with the entire process repeated. Wind is not the clean energy it is sold to be. #windenergy #toxicwaste #rareearthminerals #steel #concrete #CO2 #falsenarrative

⚡️David Blackmon⚡️

12,547 views • 7 months ago

Elon Musk explains why solar is the path to energy abundance “Solar is by far the biggest source of energy. On earth and beyond earth, the sun rounds up to 100% of all energy. This is an important thing to consider. The sun is 99.8% of the mass of the solar system. Jupiter is about 0.1% and everything else is miscellaneous. Even if you were to burn Jupiter in a thermonuclear reactor, the amount of energy produced by the sun would still round up to 100%… So it’s really all about the sun.” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink asks Elon what it would take to electrify the United States with solar power. Elon replies: “The rough way to think about it is: 100 miles x 100 miles of solar is enough to power the entire United States. You could basically take a small corner of Utah or Nevada or New Mexico — obviously you wouldn’t want it all in one place — but it’s a very small percentage of the area of the U.S. to generate all of the electricity the U.S. uses.” He continues: “The same is true for Europe. You could take relatively small, unpopulated areas of Spain and Sicily and generate all of the electricity power that Europe needs.” Source: CNBC (Jan 2026)

Elon Musk explains why solar is the path to energy abundance “Solar is by far the biggest source of energy. On earth and beyond earth, the sun rounds up to 100% of all energy. This is an important thing to consider. The sun is 99.8% of the mass of the solar system. Jupiter is about 0.1% and everything else is miscellaneous. Even if you were to burn Jupiter in a thermonuclear reactor, the amount of energy produced by the sun would still round up to 100%… So it’s really all about the sun.” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink asks Elon what it would take to electrify the United States with solar power. Elon replies: “The rough way to think about it is: 100 miles x 100 miles of solar is enough to power the entire United States. You could basically take a small corner of Utah or Nevada or New Mexico — obviously you wouldn’t want it all in one place — but it’s a very small percentage of the area of the U.S. to generate all of the electricity the U.S. uses.” He continues: “The same is true for Europe. You could take relatively small, unpopulated areas of Spain and Sicily and generate all of the electricity power that Europe needs.” Source: CNBC (Jan 2026)

Startup Archive

10,453 views • 2 months ago

These three IIT Madras scientists are insane. Their startup Sthyr Energy is literally turning electricity into metal. Which you can keep for months and turn it back into electricity when you need it. And this is incredibly huge. Let's break this down. Right now, India alone generates enough renewable energy to power countries like France. But we can either use it as soon as its generated or its lost forever. Because no one has figured out a way to store electricity for more than a few hours at scale. If Sthyr's solution works - we won't just be able to store it for years but we could also transport it on roads - without creating any new infrastructure. And it would change how the world uses electricity forever.

These three IIT Madras scientists are insane. Their startup Sthyr Energy is literally turning electricity into metal. Which you can keep for months and turn it back into electricity when you need it. And this is incredibly huge. Let's break this down. Right now, India alone generates enough renewable energy to power countries like France. But we can either use it as soon as its generated or its lost forever. Because no one has figured out a way to store electricity for more than a few hours at scale. If Sthyr's solution works - we won't just be able to store it for years but we could also transport it on roads - without creating any new infrastructure. And it would change how the world uses electricity forever.

Varun Guru

182,250 views • 5 months ago

After CNN NewsNight's Abby Phillip defends unreliable wind and solar energy, Ben Ferguson drops a TRUTH BOMB and torches the climate cult: Phillip: DOE ended "wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system." Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed." After Phillip pushes a line about "all of the above" energy nonsense, Ferguson responds "But if it's ineffective and doesn't work, why do it? ... My tax dollars should no go to support or subsidize a Green New Deal that is a disaster for the grid." Later, Yemisi Egbewole comes in from the top rope: "Let's just admit that we're better than Europe because we have AC."

After CNN NewsNight's Abby Phillip defends unreliable wind and solar energy, Ben Ferguson drops a TRUTH BOMB and torches the climate cult: Phillip: DOE ended "wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system." Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed." After Phillip pushes a line about "all of the above" energy nonsense, Ferguson responds "But if it's ineffective and doesn't work, why do it? ... My tax dollars should no go to support or subsidize a Green New Deal that is a disaster for the grid." Later, Yemisi Egbewole comes in from the top rope: "Let's just admit that we're better than Europe because we have AC."

Steve Guest

58,139 views • 3 months ago

This shocking clip comes from Harry Garrecht, who was off Coxes Ledge — more than four miles from the wind turbine pile driving — and could still hear it loud and clear. If the noise carries that far above the water, imagine what it’s doing beneath the surface to whales and other marine life. NOAA has already reported an “unusual mortality event” among whales since offshore wind projects began pounding away off the East Coast. Critics are calling it what it is: ecoterrorism in the name of green energy. Environmental advocates warn the relentless hammering may be disrupting migration routes, feeding patterns, and whale communication — turning the ocean into a war zone of sound. The offshore wind debate has been heating up, and this video is only throwing more fuel on the fire. Or in this case, pile-driving on the pods.

This shocking clip comes from Harry Garrecht, who was off Coxes Ledge — more than four miles from the wind turbine pile driving — and could still hear it loud and clear. If the noise carries that far above the water, imagine what it’s doing beneath the surface to whales and other marine life. NOAA has already reported an “unusual mortality event” among whales since offshore wind projects began pounding away off the East Coast. Critics are calling it what it is: ecoterrorism in the name of green energy. Environmental advocates warn the relentless hammering may be disrupting migration routes, feeding patterns, and whale communication — turning the ocean into a war zone of sound. The offshore wind debate has been heating up, and this video is only throwing more fuel on the fire. Or in this case, pile-driving on the pods.

Newport Buzz

30,616 views • 1 year ago

A modern wind turbine looks deceptively simple from the outside. The largest onshore turbines now use blades stretching beyond 80 metres, sweeping more than 20,000 m² of air. Yet the entire structure rotates at only around 10-20 RPM. Actually, inside the nacelle is a precision gearbox that transforms this slow, high-torque rotation into the 1,000-1,800 RPM required by the generator. This gearbox is one of the most demanding mechanical systems in renewable energy. It continuously transmits megawatts of power, while surviving changing wind loads, vibration and billions of fatigue cycles over a 20-25 year lifespan. Inside are planetary gear stages, precision-ground alloy steel gears, advanced bearings, lubrication systems and cooling circuits. Some of the largest geared turbines contain close to 1000+ liters of specialised synthetic oil to manage lubrication and heat during continuous operation. A single large onshore turbine can cost around $4-5 million, with complete projects costing significantly more after foundations, roads, electrical systems and installation. The goal is for the machine to recover its capital cost within roughly 5-10 years, then continue producing electricity for decades. This is why reliability is the biggest challenge. Gearboxes, bearings, generators and electrical systems remain critical failure points, pushing engineers toward better materials, sensors and predictive maintenance. The scale of this industry is enormous. China has become the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing and exporting hub, with several Chinese companies among the largest turbine suppliers globally. Building a wind turbine is not just about capturing wind in an efficient manner, It is about creating a machine that can convert wind energy into electricity for millions of hours with minimal human intervention and sustain millions of load cycles.

A modern wind turbine looks deceptively simple from the outside. The largest onshore turbines now use blades stretching beyond 80 metres, sweeping more than 20,000 m² of air. Yet the entire structure rotates at only around 10-20 RPM. Actually, inside the nacelle is a precision gearbox that transforms this slow, high-torque rotation into the 1,000-1,800 RPM required by the generator. This gearbox is one of the most demanding mechanical systems in renewable energy. It continuously transmits megawatts of power, while surviving changing wind loads, vibration and billions of fatigue cycles over a 20-25 year lifespan. Inside are planetary gear stages, precision-ground alloy steel gears, advanced bearings, lubrication systems and cooling circuits. Some of the largest geared turbines contain close to 1000+ liters of specialised synthetic oil to manage lubrication and heat during continuous operation. A single large onshore turbine can cost around $4-5 million, with complete projects costing significantly more after foundations, roads, electrical systems and installation. The goal is for the machine to recover its capital cost within roughly 5-10 years, then continue producing electricity for decades. This is why reliability is the biggest challenge. Gearboxes, bearings, generators and electrical systems remain critical failure points, pushing engineers toward better materials, sensors and predictive maintenance. The scale of this industry is enormous. China has become the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing and exporting hub, with several Chinese companies among the largest turbine suppliers globally. Building a wind turbine is not just about capturing wind in an efficient manner, It is about creating a machine that can convert wind energy into electricity for millions of hours with minimal human intervention and sustain millions of load cycles.

Ammanichanda

64,661 views • 2 months ago

Meta is planning to power its AI data centers with solar energy beamed from space. If it works, solar farms could produce power 24/7 without batteries or backup generators. The company behind it all is Overview Energy -- they want to launch 1,000 satellites into orbit, 22,000 miles above the equator, where sunlight is constant. For context, Meta's data centers used over 18,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity last year. Enough to power 1.7 million American homes for a year. Each satellite collects solar energy, converts it into a wide beam of near-infrared light, and aims it at existing solar farms on the ground. The farms convert the light into electricity, just like they do with sunlight. Unlike high-power lasers or microwave beams, this infrared light is safe enough to stare directly into. Solar farms normally sit idle at night, so this system fixes that... from space. Really fascinating tech.

Meta is planning to power its AI data centers with solar energy beamed from space. If it works, solar farms could produce power 24/7 without batteries or backup generators. The company behind it all is Overview Energy -- they want to launch 1,000 satellites into orbit, 22,000 miles above the equator, where sunlight is constant. For context, Meta's data centers used over 18,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity last year. Enough to power 1.7 million American homes for a year. Each satellite collects solar energy, converts it into a wide beam of near-infrared light, and aims it at existing solar farms on the ground. The farms convert the light into electricity, just like they do with sunlight. Unlike high-power lasers or microwave beams, this infrared light is safe enough to stare directly into. Solar farms normally sit idle at night, so this system fixes that... from space. Really fascinating tech.

Rowan Cheung

69,397 views • 5 months ago

Elon Musk has been saying the same thing for years. Humanity is still underestimating solar energy. Not underestimating it slightly. Fundamentally misunderstanding what it is. Musk: “What would the Earth be without the sun? The Earth would be a frozen dark ice ball at roughly three degrees above absolute zero.” Three degrees above absolute zero. No light. No liquid water. No life. Not a worse version of Earth. A dead rock drifting through nothing. That is the default state of this planet without a single energy source. Everything else is commentary. The sun is not one option on a menu of power generation. It is the only reason biology exists here at all. Musk: “Because of the sun, we are at a quite a nice temperature, quite pleasant. Sort of roughly 300 degrees above absolute zero.” A 297-degree window between civilization and extinction. Every ecosystem, every economy, every human body operates inside that margin. The entire project of life fits between those numbers. And somehow the species looked at the source of all of it and decided it was a secondary energy option. Musk: “The sun powers, almost the entire ecosystem is solar-powered.” Every fossil fuel on Earth is stored solar energy. Oil is ancient sunlight captured by organisms, compressed by geology, buried for millions of years. Drilling for it is harvesting the sun’s output with a 300-million-year delay and a catastrophic loss in efficiency. The original source is still running. It will run for another five billion years. It delivers more energy to Earth’s surface in one hour than humanity consumes in an entire year. One hour versus one year. That is the ratio the world is ignoring. The argument against solar was never physics. It was cost, storage, and scale. Those are engineering problems. Engineering problems get solved. They always do. The compute demands of the next decade alone will require energy production at a scale fossil fuels physically cannot reach. The intelligence explosion does not run on oil. It runs on electricity. The cheapest and most abundant source of electricity is already overhead. It has been overhead for 4.6 billion years. We do not need to discover a new energy source. We need to stop ignoring the one that powers everything we have ever built. The star is right there. The only question left is how fast we build the infrastructure to capture it.

Elon Musk has been saying the same thing for years. Humanity is still underestimating solar energy. Not underestimating it slightly. Fundamentally misunderstanding what it is. Musk: “What would the Earth be without the sun? The Earth would be a frozen dark ice ball at roughly three degrees above absolute zero.” Three degrees above absolute zero. No light. No liquid water. No life. Not a worse version of Earth. A dead rock drifting through nothing. That is the default state of this planet without a single energy source. Everything else is commentary. The sun is not one option on a menu of power generation. It is the only reason biology exists here at all. Musk: “Because of the sun, we are at a quite a nice temperature, quite pleasant. Sort of roughly 300 degrees above absolute zero.” A 297-degree window between civilization and extinction. Every ecosystem, every economy, every human body operates inside that margin. The entire project of life fits between those numbers. And somehow the species looked at the source of all of it and decided it was a secondary energy option. Musk: “The sun powers, almost the entire ecosystem is solar-powered.” Every fossil fuel on Earth is stored solar energy. Oil is ancient sunlight captured by organisms, compressed by geology, buried for millions of years. Drilling for it is harvesting the sun’s output with a 300-million-year delay and a catastrophic loss in efficiency. The original source is still running. It will run for another five billion years. It delivers more energy to Earth’s surface in one hour than humanity consumes in an entire year. One hour versus one year. That is the ratio the world is ignoring. The argument against solar was never physics. It was cost, storage, and scale. Those are engineering problems. Engineering problems get solved. They always do. The compute demands of the next decade alone will require energy production at a scale fossil fuels physically cannot reach. The intelligence explosion does not run on oil. It runs on electricity. The cheapest and most abundant source of electricity is already overhead. It has been overhead for 4.6 billion years. We do not need to discover a new energy source. We need to stop ignoring the one that powers everything we have ever built. The star is right there. The only question left is how fast we build the infrastructure to capture it.

Dustin

21,594 views • 5 months ago