Balancing the Grid

20/09/2022 21 min Episodio 196
Balancing the Grid

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With the war in Ukraine still ongoing, the European Union is experiencing an energy crises, with California and their electric car mandate seeming to be not too far behind. How many dominoes are in the series of rising electricty costs or in the line of removal of not-so-Green energy?   Executive Producers: Jamie PocketParley https://www.newpodcastapps.com https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/europes-skyrocketing-energy-prices-cause-industries-to-close/   https://fortune.com/2022/09/01/california-electric-cars-charge-newsom/   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-25/uk-wind-power-sets-record-on-gusty-weather   https://fortune.com/2021/09/16/the-u-k-went-all-in-on-wind-power-never-imaging-it-would-one-day-stop-blowing/ (Read with Javascript disabled)   https://thedeepdive.ca/in-poland-people-are-lining-up-for-days-to-stock-up-on-coal-for-the-winter/   Wind Energy in Russia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X21000134   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Russia   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Russian-Natural-Gas-Production-Expected-To-Hit-All-Time-High-This-Year.html   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream   https://energyforprogress.org/article/one-question-on-energy-how-does-natural-gas-become-electricity/   https://petrowiki.spe.org/Gas_as_fertilizer_feedstock   Natural gas to fertilizer study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082608603531   https://gearandgrit.com/convert-watts-calories-burned-cycling/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower   https://www.solarproguide.com/how-much-electricity-generated-by-solar-panel/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_cycle_power_plant https://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Efficiency_of_Wind_Energy   https://www.ge.com/power/transform/article.transform.articles.2018.mar.come-hele-or-high-water   Older Price citations: https://infogalactic.com/info/Cost_of_electricity_by_source   More Recent Price citations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source   Gas and Electricity Prices: How are they Calculated?: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-11767544   https://www.leveltenenergy.com/post/energy-markets-101   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Energy_Regulatory_Commission NOVA: The Nuclear Option (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6418050/ YouTube Links: How is the price of electricity determined? How does the electricity market function?: (Fingrid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCx2gdakdc   Natural Gas 101: Natural Gas Pricing Components: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLr_YdlLiJ8 The Business of Natural Gas (Annoying audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9EF6NsloU Ammonia Production using Hydrogen and Nitrogen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44qx3JZzsGc   http://www.billybon3s.com