SAVE NY ENERGY

Category: Costs

  • Net-Zero Emissions Is a Reachable Climate Goal

    Bloomberg published an article a week ago about “The Brutal Economics of Reaching Net Zero”.  It is at the following link and copied below.  Captions in italics were copied from the article. For background, the following graph shows Global GHG emissions with a total of 45 Gigatons of GHG annually.  NY State’s in state contribution…

  • Hydrogen Storage Costs

    9/11/24Emails between R. Ellenbogen and Roger Caiazza When I did the calculation, I figured in the 80% capacity factor and the 60% generation efficiency but I left out the loss of efficiency when turning using the electrolysis to turn the water into hydrogen. That 80% efficiency will add 25% ( 1.0 / .8) to the…

  • Can Europe’s chemical industry survive net zero?

    The attached pdf was sent to me by someone that reads my emails.  It discusses how Chemical Companies in Europe are trying to get to net zero but can’t because of a lack of green hydrogen and a lack of green energy needed to make the green hydrogen. Electrolysis used to make hydrogen is about…

  • …if the utility system can’t support a Christmas display…

    The following two links are about a home in Union Vale, NY in Dutchess County.  They set the world record for most lights in a residential Christmas display with 720,420 lights in the display. “Are You Going to Be the One to Get Rid of Santa?” – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/insider/union-vale-christmas-lights.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/realestate/christmas-lights-world-record-ny.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article Independent of…