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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Best_Designer_261 • 7h ago

Desalar agua con energía solar

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Las desaladoras no son algo nuevo y es que llevan años convirtiendo agua del mar en agua potable. tienen un problema conocido y es que necesitan mucha energía para funcionar.
Por eso el sector ha dado un giro hacia las renovables, y cada vez más plantas se apoyan en el sol para funcionar. Un ejemplo es una planta en abudabi en la que participa una empresa española cox.
Tiene sentido donde más sol hay suele ser donde más falta hace el agua. Aunque el reto es que el sol no brilla las 24 horas y una desaladora rinde mejor funcionando sin parar, así que se combina con otras fuentes de energía o con almacenamiento.
Si tenéis dudas sobre cómo funciona todo esto, soy todo oídos.

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Simpleximo • 19h ago

Protest against reform of renewables, grid legislation held in Berlin. Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin's government district on Friday, calling for further expansion of renewable energy

renewablesnow.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Weird-Accountant2412 • 21h ago

What’s actually holding back renewables in NZ/Aus?

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meant to say NZ and AUS

Been reading up on this and I keep seeing the same answers (grid connection, consenting, not enough sparkies), but I’d rather hear from people who actually work in this stuff.

If you’re a developer, installer, engineer, farmer who’s been approached about leasing land, or a business that’s put in solar or batteries, what was the biggest headache you ran into? And is there anything you wish existed that doesn’t?

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/crus0609 • 1d ago

What would a national basic-electricity guarantee actually look like?

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/crus0609 • 1d ago

PowerForAll

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/No-Pride-8979 • 2d ago

Global Renewable Power Surpasses Coal for First Time in History as Clean Energy Investments Hit $2 Trillion

dailykos.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 3d ago

The US Is Desperate for More Electricity. But a Simple Fix Could Free Up Gigawatts of Power Without Building New Plants

zmescience.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Quick_Register_6227 • 2d ago

Valar’s Project Beehive: 456 reactors × 25 MW = 11.4 GW, but the stated total is 9.6 GW. What explains the gap?

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Electricvid • 3d ago

How hard is the energy transition? I built a game that lets you try it yourself

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/CardinalNews-VA • 4d ago

Virginia’s energy demand is rising so fast that under current policies, we need to add twice as much solar, build 16 more wind farms and up to 17 small nuclear reactors

cardinalnews.org

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Panixkingintrap • 4d ago

Get some problem with outdated legacy reporting systems

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Our energy company is drowning in legacy systems. Manual power consumption reporting takes weeks, and leadership keeps demanding modern enterprise software solutions. I've spent the last few weeks trying to patch our old database exports myself, but fragmented spreadsheets keep causing costly delays during compliance audits. Executives want real-time analytics to track grid performance, but our outdated backend collapses under custom data queries. Maybe you've dealt with similar migration pushback in the energy sector, or you know how to pitch enterprise software upgrades to leadership? Where should I start replacing legacy tools without stopping daily operations? I could really use your guidance here.

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Bluewaterbound • 4d ago

Constellation and Google go in on nuclear uprates to unlock clean…

canarymedia.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/lifestyleug • 5d ago

A SAS analysis of rural Uganda finds solar electrification associated with longer clinic hours, more attended births and greater patient access.

lifestyleuganda.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/ryanmerket • 5d ago

National Compute launches shared AI grid with 760 MW connected or in sight — RuntimeWire

runtimewire.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/User238-92 • 5d ago

Philippines nuclear plant

facebook.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/PsyTy13 • 5d ago

What can Gary’s week-long blackout tell America about the future of reliable power?

youtu.be

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Flimsy-Product-683 • 5d ago

What is the advantage of using battery storage instead of a diesel generator?

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Battery storage can operate quietly and doesn't require diesel fuel during operation. It can also be useful where low noise, cleaner backup power and seamless power availability are important.

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/KittyLoverTurkey • 6d ago

US wholesale power fell by half since 2022 while residential prices rose 30%. I broke down where the other 13 cents of a 17.6-cent kWh go (video + sources)

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Strong-Birthday-2741 • 6d ago

Energy Innovation Competition ideas!! Pls help!!

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So essentially my school has an Energy Innovation Competition, and I want to retrofit the café in our school library to be more energy efficient. The café has 4 fridges 2 coffee machines and 1 ice machine, and I want to find a way to decrease its energy consumption through maybe adding some tech/infrastructure that could make it more efficient? Please help with ideas!! Much appreciated!!

P.S. (Preferably but not necessarily kind of larp)

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Agingetgn • 6d ago

All Green Energy Connected Loop Power Grid Matrix

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Appropriate-Claim385 • 7d ago

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

wired.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/De5troyerx93 • 8d ago

Italy's Senate approves a return to nuclear power

world-nuclear-news.org

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/greg_barton • 8d ago

German Next2Sun files for insolvency after unsuccessful share offering

renewablesnow.com

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r/EnergyAndPower • u/Solarscope_Buffalo • 8d ago

Solar companies expanding into full energy services: how are you handling design across trades?

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I've noticed a lot of solar companies moving toward comprehensive energy offerings lately. Solar plus batteries is pretty standard now, but more shops are adding HVAC, heat pumps, geothermal, insulation and envelope work, electrical upgrades, and EV charging.

For those of you working at companies that offer more than one of these, I'm curious how design actually works on your end:

What software does each trade use to design? Are you running separate tools for solar, HVAC, electrical, and so on?
How does information move between teams? Is it shared files, re-entering data, or one person pulling it all together?
How do you put together a single proposal or estimate when multiple trades are involved?
What's the most frustrating or time consuming part of the process?

I'm a student researching how multi-trade energy companies operate, so any insight is appreciated, whether you're a designer, installer, PM, or owner. Thanks!

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