Articles tagged with "clean-power"
Former US landfill turned into 7 MW solar farm, cutting costs, emissions
Baltimore County, Maryland, has transformed a 213-acre former landfill site into a 7-megawatt solar farm featuring nearly 15,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels across four arrays. This installation is expected to generate approximately 8.2 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, meeting about 11% of the county government’s power needs. The project operates under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with TotalEnergies, which owns and manages the system, providing the county with a fixed electricity rate of 14 cents per kilowatt-hour. This arrangement offers long-term cost stability, reducing energy expenses for taxpayers while advancing Maryland’s sustainability and climate goals. Environmentally, the solar farm will significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to burning over 621,000 gallons of gasoline each year or offsetting emissions from driving more than 14 million miles in a gasoline-powered vehicle. The project exemplifies innovative land reuse by converting an idle landfill into a productive renewable energy resource, aligning economic efficiency
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The article discusses the growing potential of geothermal energy as a sustainable and reliable source of clean power. Geothermal energy harnesses heat from the Earth’s crust, generated by the decay of radioactive elements deep underground, to produce electricity and provide heating and cooling. Recent advances in drilling technology and closed-loop systems have significantly expanded geothermal’s viability, enabling continuous power generation with capacity factors often exceeding 90 percent. Experts estimate geothermal energy could supply up to 15 percent of global electricity demand by 2050, offering a carbon-free alternative to fossil-fuel baseload sources like coal and natural gas. Geothermal energy is abundant and nearly inexhaustible, with heat accessible within 2 to 12 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, containing vastly more energy than all fossil fuel reserves combined. It produces minimal emissions, operates independently of weather or daylight, and requires less land than solar or wind farms, making it suitable for diverse locations. Additionally, geothermal systems can efficiently provide heating and cooling through ground-source heat pumps.
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China has unveiled the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine, assembled by CRRC China in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The 16-megawatt turbine features blades spanning an area equivalent to seven soccer fields, with a rotor diameter of 826 feet (252 meters). Mounted on a semi-submersible platform equipped with China’s first dynamic ballast system, the turbine can adjust to wind and wave conditions by pumping water in or out of tanks, enhancing stability, safety, and operational efficiency in deep offshore waters. The system is designed for deployment in waters over 164 feet (50 meters) deep, where fixed foundations are not feasible, and is expected to generate approximately 44.7 million kilowatt-hours annually—enough to power around 4,000 average U.S. households. This project, led by the state-owned China Three Gorges Corporation, marks a significant step in China’s renewable energy ambitions and its broader strategy to reduce fossil fuel dependence. The turbine
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is advancing a novel approach to nuclear fusion through its Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX), which uses 36 plasma guns to fire high-speed plasma jets that converge into an imploding plasma liner. This liner compresses a magnetized target to achieve the extreme heat and pressure necessary for fusion, mimicking the sun’s energy generation process. Unlike traditional fusion methods that rely on massive superconducting magnets or large lasers, PLX’s modular and scalable design offers a potentially simpler, more affordable, and compact path toward grid-scale fusion energy. LANL is currently seeking commercial partners to collaborate on further developing this technology, with proposals due by October 4, 2025. In the near term, PLX also serves as a unique facility to recreate extreme conditions for testing aerospace and defense materials, such as heat shields for hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft re-entry components—capabilities that are currently scarce. Over the next decade, the goal is to establish PLX
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