and storing the diffuse electrical energy produced in batteries or pumped storage for when it isn’t working, makes it roughly ten times more expensive, if a week’s storage is required, assuming a 1/3 duty cycle, using best prices and life cycles for Li-Ion or Lead acid. Easy maths, ...
However, there is a stark difference in doing that in an urban area than in an area which is heavily rural and where the communities are heavily dispersed. For one council that I’ve been helping recently I could get to from Liverpool in something like 3.5 hours but once I hit the north...
The term "acrylic" is used for products that contain a substance derived from acrylic acid or a related compound. Most often, it is used to describe a clear, glass-like plastic known as poly(methyl) methacrylate (PMMA). PMMA, also called acrylic glass, has properties that make it a bette...
Biodiesel, which is made from the fatty acid methyl (extracted from animal fats) and food oils, is also being introduced for diesel engines. Hydrogen in hydrogen vehicles as well as natural gas in natural gas vehicles is also being encouraged. Scientists are also developing advanced technologies ...