A Walk Through the Mind
Balancing the Grid
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream
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