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A collection of 5 posts
A montage of marketing images for different portable power stations with capabilities of up to four kilowatt-hours. See footnote 2.
Electricity

Kilowatt Batteries. OMG!

Sophisticated and useful energy-dense "personal power stations" have quietly come to market. They are impressive.
22 Aug 2025 4 min read
Tapered white cylindrical object 8 metres tall, in front of workers and truck, background of treeless plain and distant hills
Wind

Bladeless Wind Generators

A Spanish company is developing wind generators that exploit the vortex-shedding effect. The tapered towers have no rotating parts.
08 Aug 2025 2 min read
Two-axis graph, showing % of net energy out as a function of EROI. EROI starting at 50 and declining precipitously below EROI of about 5
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Science

EROI and The Net Energy Cliff

13 Jul 2025 9 min read
Modern two-masted commercial sailing ship in New York, with Manhattan skyline in background
Wind

The Return of Commercial Cargo Sailing Ships

Modern, purpose-built commercial cargo sailing ships are now sailing trans-Atlantic routes
01 May 2025 2 min read
Gigawatts more offshore wind: coming in 2025
Wind

Gigawatts more offshore wind: coming in 2025

This will blow the doors off your DeLorean.
07 Mar 2025 3 min read
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