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Fracked Rock Is Not A Rechargeable Battery
Geomechanical storage can reuse oilfield tools, but repeated pressure cycling risks erosion, sand production, and poor bankability.
6 hrs ago
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Michael Barnard
Compressed Air Storage Keeps Running Into The Same Physics
LightSail failed chasing cheap storage in tanks. Hydrostor adds water and caverns, but still has to beat pumped hydro, batteries, and underground risk.
16 hrs ago
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Michael Barnard
Canada Already Has The Pieces For An Electrified Future
Canada’s transition is less about missing technology than building transmission, storage, heat pumps, mass timber, and critical-mineral capacity.
18 hrs ago
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Michael Barnard
From Quay To Sea: A Port Decarbonization Roadmap
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May 28
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Michael Barnard
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The Clean Energy Future Hawaiʻi Can Actually Build
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May 28
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Michael Barnard
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The New Logistics: Electrifying Freight With Microgrids
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May 27
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Michael Barnard
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Africa’s Solar Boom Is Hiding In The Import Data
Official additions still look modest, but cheap Chinese hardware, weak grids, diesel displacement and African trade are starting a flywheel.
May 27
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Michael Barnard
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Agrivoltaics Works When The Farm Comes First
Solar and farming can share land, but real agrivoltaics depends on crop, climate, water, machinery, farmer authority, and honest definitions.
May 26
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Michael Barnard
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Canada’s Electricity Strategy Needs A Build Order
Clean electricity is now national strategy. Delivery depends on build order: use the grid better, add clean supply, connect provinces, and constrain…
May 26
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Michael Barnard
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Advanced Conductors Let Old Corridors Carry More Power
Reconductoring can raise transmission capacity without new corridors by replacing old wires with advanced conductors that run hotter and sag less.
May 26
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Michael Barnard
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Dynamic Line Rating Shows What Wires Can Really Carry
Static ratings assume worst-case weather. Dynamic line rating uses real conditions and forecasts to show what wires can safely carry.
May 26
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Michael Barnard
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Grid Control Devices Make Existing Wires Work Harder
Power-flow control does not build new wires. It steers electricity across existing AC paths so more clean power can move through constrained grids.
May 26
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