The_Sun<p>Giant French Nuclear Developer makes investment in Australian Energy.</p><p>No, Dutton, Not a nuclear plant, but the future. A 30 MW solar thermal project with eight hours of storage (240 MWh) in Port Augusta, and an accompanying solar methanol plant, in what would be the first large scale solar thermal project in the country. </p><p>Vast Renewables says it has now secured nearly half of a promised grant. </p><p><a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Spud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spud</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/AUSpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSpol</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/SolarThermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarThermal</span></a> <br> <a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/vast-solar-secures-funds-to-advance-australias-first-big-solar-thermal-project-and-local-manufacturing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=thesun" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reneweconomy.com.au/vast-solar</span><span class="invisible">-secures-funds-to-advance-australias-first-big-solar-thermal-project-and-local-manufacturing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=thesun</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Not shure about that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NuclearFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFusion</span></a> theory tho...</p><p>I'd assume by 2100 we'll basically mandate buildings to be <em>"energy positive"</em> except historic buildings just out of need to have everyone supply into the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a>... </p><ul><li>We'll likely have more fluctuating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnergyPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyPrices</span></a> so people will prefer to cook and do laundry at peak energy output in the lunchtime...</li></ul><p>I'd rather see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DESERTEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DESERTEC</span></a> done than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fusion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPlants</span></a> simply because of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scalability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scalability</span></a> reasons: A <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/solarthermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarthermal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPlant</span></a> is way easier to build and maintain than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a> will ever be because both are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/thermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thermal</span></a> and controlling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactors</span></a> is more complex than <em>making just water/oil/salt "go phlooosh" through black pipes heated by sunlight off parabolic mirrors</em>...</p><ul><li>Potentially we'll see multiple giant setups in deserts around the globe if not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offshore</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tropical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tropical</span></a> areas...</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVrQ&t=1953s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVr</span><span class="invisible">Q&t=1953s</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portal</span></a> Space Systems emerges from stealth to share its vision for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> that make use of solar thermal propulsion for a quantum leap in space mobility. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/portal-space-systems-solar-thermal-satellites/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2024/portal-space</span><span class="invisible">-systems-solar-thermal-satellites/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarThermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarThermal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Supernova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supernova</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/waterheaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterheaters</span></a> were cool in 1980s. They could be again.<br> "[T]oday, hardly anyone is using these <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solarwaterheaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarwaterheaters</span></a> even as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/photovoltaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photovoltaic</span></a> panels have popped up on the roofs of nearly 4 million American homes."<br>Cheap photovoltaics still make economic sense for many homes (unless you're heating a pool). "But the cost of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solarthermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarthermal</span></a> could look like a bargain if we consider increasingly unreliable <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electricgrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricgrids</span></a> and the cost to the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> from burning <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a>." <br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/solar-water-heaters-were-cool-in-1980s-they-could-be-again/ar-BB1icPWI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/solar-wa</span><span class="invisible">ter-heaters-were-cool-in-1980s-they-could-be-again/ar-BB1icPWI</span></a></p>
Gordon J Holtslander<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@SuzanneR70" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SuzanneR70</span></a></span> Building Standards? Do any governments offer support or guidelines for people interested in district solar thermal? Drake Landing 10+ years of success. Does it get hot in summer, cold in winter anywhere else in Canada? <a href="https://www.dlsc.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dlsc.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EnergyEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SolarThermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarThermal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a></p>
LorenAmelang<p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> </p><p>The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Prosopagnosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prosopagnosia</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Alexithymia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexithymia</span></a> and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphantasia</span></a> and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PluralSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PluralSystem</span></a> by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...</p><p>Age nine I was forced to wear <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Bifocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bifocal</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PlusLensTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlusLensTheory</span></a> glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/CognitiveMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveMap</span></a> - <a href="https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-</span><span class="invisible">light/</span></a> Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/SpatialViewCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpatialViewCells</span></a> and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/HeadDirectionCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeadDirectionCells</span></a> can have a single basis and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/DorsalStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorsalStream</span></a> depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.</p><p>Despite all that, I've been online since <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ARPAnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARPAnet</span></a> and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/DJNR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJNR</span></a>, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/SolarPV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPV</span></a> and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/SolarThermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarThermal</span></a> house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...</p>
LorenAmelang<p>Despite all that, I've been online since <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ARPAnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARPAnet</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DJNR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJNR</span></a>, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SolarPV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPV</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SolarThermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarThermal</span></a> house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...</p>
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