Canadian company Hydrostor is developing a 500 MW plant based on Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) technology in California, i.e. a system Generates electricity from turbines powered by compressed air previously stored underground.
Hydrostor was founded in 2010, and built its first pilot plant in 2015, then built a small operational A-CAES installation in Canada in 2019, which distributes more than 10 MWh of energy to commercial facilities and is a reserve for peaks. Power is required from the electric grid.
Hydrostor’s goal is precise Replacing computers are powered by lithium batteries, which are more expensive and can save fewer hours of energy. Usually these accumulators charge electricity from renewable sources and can be used not only to meet peak demand but also to replace renewables when there is no sun for photovoltaic panels or wind for wind turbines.
Air instead of batteries
The A-CAES system consists of an underground plant that drives compressors. By compressing, the air heats up and this heat is stored in an adiabatic thermal system, which means that heat cannot be exchanged but work is done. Meanwhile Compressed air is pushed into the subsoil to a depth of about 600 meters in tanks that contain it.
When energy is needed, the system releases compressed air, which returns to the surface, adding stored heat, and It sends gas through wind turbines to generate electricity.
The system is hydrostatically balanced: until the wind blows, underground tanks are filled with water and connected by pipes to a tank on the surface, a kind of swimming pool. As compressed air fills the cave, it pushes the water through the tubes to the surface. The process is reversed when compressed air is used for energy. This balance ensures that the compressed air is always at the same pressure.
A 500 megawatt (4,000 MW) plant to be built by Hydrostar in California’s San Joaquin Valley will include reservoirs. Two American football fields (about 110 meters by 50 meters) are about 100 meters high.
Canada has an operational 1.75 MW plant 60% efficiency compared to 90% obtainable from a system with lithium batteriesBecause each step of compression, heat transfer, and water balance subtracts energy from the system.
However, the construction of the plant does not require new technologies and uses components that have been used by the oil and gas industry for decades. Also, stored energy is represented metaphorically by compressed air stored underground, which is maintained by hydrostatic equilibrium and allows for energy storage. It can store more time than the charge of lithium batteries.
The contract signed by California local governments with Hydrostar is 25 years and worth $775 million. However, the plant has a lifespan of more than 50 years. Hydrostor will build another 400W plant in California, a 200W plant in Australia and a smaller plant in the UK.
In the 1990s, Suzuki proposed the Samurai with a long wheelbase, but its successor Jimny was not offered this body type. The gap that has now been bridged with the launch of the Delhi Motor Show Suzuki Jimny 5 doorsIt is 398 cm long, 164 cm wide and 172 cm high, with a wheelbase of 259 cm (34 over 3 doors). Ground clearance 21 cm.
there Suzuki Jimny 5 doors It will debut in April 2023 in the Indian market, where the Japanese company is the undisputed leader. It will also be exported to different markets such as Africa and Latin America, however Was not expected This should be your first and last stop in Europeas the truck-certified three-door version will remain the only offering.
there Suzuki Jimny 5 doors It is based on the same extended wheelbase chassis as the 3-door. It also has a special rear seat. As confirmed by the Japanese manufacturer, this new version will maintain its off-road driving career, thanks to the reduction gear of the gearbox, the central differential lock and the robust chassis with side members and cross members typical of these vehicles.
The mechanics remain unchanged compared to the 3-door version, in fact Suzuki Jimny 5 doors It is powered by a 4-cylinder engine inhale 1.5 Direct injection capable of strength 102 hpwhich can be combined with a 5-speed manual gearbox or a 4-speed automatic transmission.
Awesome health updates have arrived Jeremy Rennerthe MCU star who was involved in a terrible snow accident last New Year – an accident so serious that many of the people close to him, including family and friends, not to mention the many fans of Hawkeye’s face in the Marvel films and series immediately apprehensive about his fate, feared for his life. Renner or, at best, to stay paralyzed for the rest of his days.
He was already the doer operate twice But despite messages of encouragement and videos he posted of himself from a hospital bed that gave hope for the best, the latest on his physical condition is worrying and not encouraging at all. «Jeremy has already had two minimally invasive surgeries. But there are serious doubts he’ll ever be able to walk properly again — or at all – A source said, as reported by Radar Online – His loved ones feared the damage might be great enough to occur He was prevented from moving as he used to, unless he completely lost his leg».
On the day of the accident, the two-time Academy Award-nominated actor was hit by ice spores that fell on his leg causing severe blood loss. A neighbour, a doctor by profession, managed to slow the bleeding with a tourniquet, waiting for the paramedics who arrived at 9.50am to take the interpreter by helicopter, in a critical but not desperate condition.
Buyer task. “The European satellite, with a lot of Italian technology that will be launched towards the largest planet in our solar system, will leave Europe on January 20, the destination Peru, where it will be launched at the end of April. It will reach Jupiter in 2030 and will focus primarily on Ganymede and possibly Callisto, Jupiter’s largest natural satellite. The mission, JOS, has several goals: to discover hidden oceans and find subterranean bodies of water, to map the surfaces of moons, to study what the moons are made of, and to analyze their rarefied atmospheres. Exploring Jupiter and its icy moons is important because, in addition to being a major part of our solar system, it will help us learn more about worlds orbiting other stars. Thousands of exoplanets have already been discovered, and there are countless more waiting to be found. Many of these distant worlds are gas giants like Jupiter. They are too far away to send space probes, but we will be able to make correct hypotheses about their nature by studying Jupiter and alien life can be searched on non-Earth-like planets.
The European Space Agency, the European Space Agency, is already planning future exploration of the outer solar system. Moreover, ESA and NASA are studying a possible joint mission targeting the icy giant planets: Uranus and Neptune »: Giorgio Saccoccia, 60, with a degree in aerospace engineering, has been the head of ASI, the space agency since It’s 2019 in Italy, and it announces plans for the new (and upcoming) year. “The challenge of 2023 awaits us – he says – also because space has returned to the forefront, to the extent that global regulation will be appropriate, so far only astronauts have gone into space, if ordinary travelers arrive now and space becomes crowded, it will be necessary to find common bases ».
Crowded space? It sure looks like this: In February, the Indian agency should carry three astronauts into orbit for seven days, and in March it will be the turn of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn rover, which will fly for five days with a crew made entirely of private citizens. . Maybe the first commercial spacewalk (700km from Earth) takes place, in April it will be Juice’s turn (to Jupiter), it will be followed by a new SpaceX flight and Virgin Galactic’s first suborbital flight which promises kind of a low cost, so to speak, price The ticket is 450 thousand dollars.
In the summer, ESA and ASI will co-launch Euclid, a space telescope to study distant galaxies, matter phenomena, and dark energies. NASA will then launch the Psyche probe toward the asteroid of the same name that resides around the Sun, in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, to study its composition, which appears to consist mostly of iron and nickel. Finally, the Russian Luna 25 mission should begin, which will bring a robotic rover to the moon.
The space economy is exploding, and woe to staying on the sidelines. “Space has become a huge factor in accelerating the growth of the country,” says Saccoccia. It is no coincidence that Pnrr was also involved. ASI has 880 million euros allocated which we will invest largely upstream, in what is sent into orbit, but with a return in terms of (downstream) satellite services and applications which will then be used by citizens and institutions. But with the agreements signed by the Ministry of Innovation with the European Space Agency and ASI, a total funding of 2 billion has been reached, which will allow Italy to keep some primates in the field.
Now Italy ranks third in terms of contributions to the European Space Agency with 18.2% and is close to Germany (20.8%) and France (18.9%). This allows us to interact very differently with France and Germany than it was a few years ago. Italy is more involved in decision-making processes, a change that our country must know how to ride.
Request. An investment that is pumped into the production system?
Reply. Yes, space is an issue that has a great multiplier factor, with a great return on investment. Then we must add that the entire supply chain has now grown, in terms of efficiency and ability to act on orders, to such an extent that it has been important to provide it with new opportunities for development. There is also an aspect of vision, positioning abroad, and having financial resources and investments, which we were able to define with complete independence at the national level, which represented a strategic opportunity and allowed us to choose the areas in which we invest. The Italian aerospace supply chain covers all sectors, from research to productivity, often aiming to develop and also support innovative start-ups. This makes it globally competitive.
Q: There is a very close relationship with NASA.
A: We are also actively collaborating on the demanding Artemis project, which aims not only to return man to the moon in 2025 but also to build a permanent settlement there and then proceed to exploit its mineral resources and use it as a base for a human expedition to Mars. This is also an affirmation of the renewed centrality of space from an economic and geopolitical point of view.
Q: Are there any reflections on the war space in Ukraine?
A: The repercussions are direct and indirect. The firsts in the space sector are mainly related to the reorganization of missions in which the Russians participate or to the use of technologies that may be less available. These missions, as with ExoMars, are being rethought because they want to move forward but will have to be reorganized. On the other hand, indirect repercussions relate to problems such as increased costs, including material costs, and scarce availability of electronic components. All of this will obviously have an impact, at least in economic terms, on current and future programmes.
s. Europe is also held back by the lack of its own carriers to put satellites into orbit.
A: This is true, and it is an issue that can no longer be postponed. We need to understand if there is a European (political) will to get its own bombers in order to have real space independence. The problem will be addressed at the next summit. Another topic related to launching projects, for example with Japan and Argentina. Space cooperation can be the driving force for other agreements, including trade agreements.
Two National and International Championships for the HC Gladiators U-13 and U-11 teams.
Under 13 years old She went to Torre Pellice to play I Memorial Mondon Marin, against Pinerolo, Chiavenna and Valpellice. After defeating Chiavenna 4-1 and 6-1, the boys triumphed in Varese shirts led by Centuri and lost 2-0, 0-1 with Valppelli and 3-1, 2-4 with Pinerolo. In the semi-finals, Varese defeated Valbles 7-2. In the final, the boys led by Century, perhaps frightened by the stakes, conceded two goals early in the first half. A second goal conceded at the start of the second half quenched all the enthusiasm. The final score is 9-1 in favor of Pinerolo.
under 11(in the picture) Ice skating in Mannheim (d). They were defeated 1-4 and 2-8 by River Ratz Geretsried, won and impressed (1-0; 3-3) with Frankfurt, suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the hosts and managed to win the German women’s selection. They were defeated 12-2 in the semifinals by Hannover, and finally lost last place 5-6 to Kassel. For many children, this was a great first experience of an international tournament that saw its doors reopen after the dark Covid years.
Weekend programme
IHL I div
to UstaSaturday at 19, HC GLADIATORS – AHC VALVENOSTA
Under 19 years old
Sunday in Merano, head-to-head for qualifying clinch, HCM MERANO – HC GLADIATORS
Under 17 years old
to Usta The main round (set of first rounds) which will lead to the selection of the qualifying grid begins. SATURDAY 3PM HC GLADIATORS – BRESSANONE / VIPITENO
Less than 15 years old
to UstaOn Sunday at 1pm, the third match of the undefeated wrestlers wrestling main round is against EGNA
Via the official support page of Hogwarts Legacy Learn that game VRR will support We will get Multiple graphics modes on PS5 and Xbox Series X | S, including 30fps resolution and 60fps performance.
The presence of multiple graphics modes was already confirmed in May last year by Community Manager Chandler Wood, who talked about “4K graphics” with the ability to choose between “loyalty and performance modes”.
The support page now confirms these options but says there will be others, which we assume relate to using VRR, without going into detail. Specifically, it’s not clear what resolution we can expect with Performance mode or whether dynamic resolution will be used.
“The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S console versions of Hogwarts Legacy support several game graphics modes, the two most popular being Loyalty mode that runs at 30fps and Performance mode that targets 60fps,” the support page reads.
As we said, support for VRR is also confirmed, provided you have a TV or monitor compatible with this technology. “Graphics modes for players with TVs or monitors that support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) are supported for Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.”
Hogwarts Legacy
At the moment, no further details have been disclosed, but we believe that other fee modes will be linked to VRR and thus save Frame rate unlocked and/or a variant of Loyalty Mode 40fps, as seen for example with God of War Ragnarok.
Hogwarts Legacy will be available from February 10th on PS5 and Xbox Series X | S and PC, starting April 4th on PS4 and Xbox One and July 25th on Nintendo Switch. Today the official requirements for the PC version were also revealed, from the bare minimum to those that run in 4K with maximum detail.
The quantum leap in military support for Kiev tightens the noose around the Kremlin’s neck. From the tanks promised by Britain and France to the Patriots guaranteed by the US and Germany, to the cluster bombs sent by Turkey, even the powerful Samp-T anti-missile shield that must arrive from Italy. “Attack” turn NATO aid He annoys the Tsar who flexes his muscles with the super torpedo test Poseidon. And to dismantle Euro-Atlantic support, he unleashed the usual propaganda, to the beat of fake news and low blows. But now, forced to ration artillery attacks due to scarcity of supplies and weakened by constant failures on the field, Moscow is playing ransom, symbolic at least, in hand-to-hand combat for a sliver of territory in Donetsk, sandwiched between the Bakhmut. and solidar.
If “the probability of Russia’s defeat in Ukraine is increasing” – says A.S IlGiornale.it Robert D Kaplanone of America’s greatest geopolitical analysts, professor at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, former member of the Pentagon Defense Council, nominated twice by Foreign Policy Among the world’s “top 100 thinkers” – the West must ask itself if it is ready to face side effects it may not have foreseen.
Often, as you know, the weight and destiny of a nation is written in its geographical location. Why is Ukraine so important? Ukraine was part of the Romanov Empire as well as the Soviet Empire. From the point of view of Russians, Ukraine is one of “Russia” and is the birthplace of Kievan Rus in the Middle Ages. Without Ukraine, Russia remains more of a Eurasian empire than a European one.
So, what is the danger for Moscow and the West? For the Kremlin, in addition to geopolitical interests, there are important emotional ties with Ukraine. For the West, an independent Ukraine effectively solves the problem of the presence of the Russian Empire on the borders of Europe. Ukraine’s independence would greatly weaken Moscow’s international weight.
Robert D Kaplan
I wrote that The collapse of authoritarian regimes always has a price.. What would be the consequences of a possible Russian defeat in Ukraine? “Authoritarian regimes and empires are born out of chaos and when they collapse they leave chaos in their wake. History neither guarantees nor teaches us any solution to this dilemma. War is ultimately a form and way of doing politics. The question is, how will Russia’s poor military performance affect Moscow’s politics? We cannot To say this for sure. But we must prepare for Russia’s defeat on the battlefield. This could lead to a weakening of the Russian government or even a struggle to succeed Vladimir Putin, which is more likely to result in a destabilizing power vacuum than a democratic transition.
to save democracy, We need a few good tyrantsStill convinced that he is also the solution to a post-Putin Russia? “Let us remember that Moscow is a power with many nuclear weapons, both strategic and tactical. Hence, Western interests should be to avoid the risks of a context of chaos and inability to govern within Russia itself. Although the longer the war in Ukraine lasts, the more difficult it will be to maintain Putin’s control of his ‘marginal empire’ in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Far East. A disengagement from which anyone can profit.”
Month “When empires or great powers collapse, chaos and war resurfaceIs the conflict in Ukraine a symptom of the collapse of Western hegemony? We can say that the Western decline is relative. And for all the problems in the West, Russia and China face far greater difficulties. In short, I wouldn’t consider the West out of the picture.”
Haider Maroof twists four stumps from his palm. “I was planting trees in the garden when something exploded. I blacked out and when I woke up I couldn’t see my fingers. They’re gone.”
Maruf later learned that what he had stepped on was an anti-personnel mine. 400,000 are stationed along the border between Lebanon and Israel. Today 80% of contaminated land has been cleared by experts from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a British non-governmental organization that helps people affected by landmines.
On December 3, 1997, the Landmine Ban Treaty was signed in Ottawa, Canada, an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. Over time, 164 countries have joined. However, in Lebanon, buried bombs are still being found before the so-called Blue Line drawn by the United Nations in 2000 to mark the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south of the country. MAG operators arrived a year later. Demining is massive and continues on a daily basis. In 2023 alone, two million square meters of land will be cleared and 10,000 suicide bombs will be defused.
The Arab village of Ellouisi, a barrier that marks the end of Lebanon and the beginning of Israel, sits on the edge of the cut. The land is marked with red, white and black sticks. Red colors indicate potential danger. White colors represent green light. The blacks show where the anti-tank mine was, deactivating the explosives. A large part of the population of Arab Elwisi are Syrian refugees trying to make a living hundreds of kilometers from home. That is why, apart from conservation, there is another fundamental reason to clear the area: agriculture is the main occupation, and farmers desperately want the land cleared so that they can use it.
Suaad Hoteit has been a part of Mag since 2018. In Lebanon, in addition to the mines, he found love. Her future husband is also a part of this organization. Their life as a couple is a little different from the traditional life. “Every day I take my detector and go out into the field and start looking,” Hoteit told the BBC. “If I see a mine, I call the supervisor to check it. And at the end of the day, instead of the washing machine, I have a blast. It’s been four years so it’s a daily routine. I was scared when I came here, but now I live in danger.
The type of landmine found in the Arabian Peninsula continues to injure and kill in 60 different countries. 15 people die every day around the world. But MAG demining equipment, at least in Lebanon, is well advanced. “Overall we have cleaned 80% of the contaminated land,” explained Hiba Kantur, one of the experts. “We must move forward, and the support of our international donors is what makes this possible.”
Countries such as the United States, France, Norway, the Netherlands and Japan are leading mine action funds. Financial support is vital, but funding is dwindling. In Lebanon alone, they decreased from 17 million euros in 2019 to 11 million in 2023. For this reason, it is difficult to predict how long it will take to clean up the remaining 20% of land.
The issue of expensive fuel has resurfaced in recent weeks after alarms over alleged speculative price maneuvers in the wake of the government’s decision to halt production tariff cuts decided by the former executive. But what exactly are we paying for when we refuel our car at the gas station? To answer the question, it is useful to start from the most recent prices photographed by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security which records the weighted average of the prices applied by companies each week: between January 1 and January 8, petrol in self-service mode from 1.644 euros to 1.812 euros per liter with an increase of 16.8 cents, while the diesel price increased from 1,708 euros to 1,868 euros, an increase of 16 cents.
fuel price structure
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major cost components
So let’s start with petrol and the value depicted by Mase: this bar, which equals 1.812 euros, consists of 58% of the tax component (VAT and excise duty) and the remaining 42% of the industrial price. The industrial price includes all costs associated with raw materials (equal to 0.548 €), plus costs for the structure (logistical, commercial and administrative), plus the manager’s margins. This last piece thus includes distribution chain revenue which often ends up in the dock as the main culprit for price hikes at the pump.
Weekly fuel prices
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Managers gross margin
Gross margin is used to cover all primary and secondary distribution costs, but also other fees, such as taxes and fees. And in this last part, which represents just under 12% of the total amount paid at the pump by motorists for petrol and about 8% for diesel, the operator can intervene to change the price. While on raw materials, it equals 30% of the total cost for petrol and 41% for diesel, international price quotations and the law of the effect of the euro/dollar exchange.
international quotations
The fuel benchmark is in fact the international prices for refined products (the so-called Platts SafeMed), which are valued at the euro/dollar exchange rate of the reference day. So, if the relationship is biased towards the US currency, this ends up affecting the price. From the end of November until today, the Platts petrol price has fallen by around 6 euro cents per litre, a decline more than absorbed by industrial prices which have in turn fallen by 12 cents. While, on the diesel front, the index shrank by 4 cents, and industrial prices fell by 14 cents downstream. This reduction essentially made it possible to counteract the first reduction in the fuel rebate that was decided by the government at the end of November.
The effect of management costs on highway prices
As for the prices noted on the motorway network, which are on average higher, it must be borne in mind that the lifts operate 24 hours a day. Thus, the management costs that are reflected in the industrial price are higher, plus there are royalties to be paid to the divisional franchisor. However, peaks of €2.5 per litre, reported by consumer associations, represent isolated cases rather than the reality of the market.
In the last few hours in the House of the Gf Vip Daniele Dal Moro he has allowed himself to be transported into the background of the past: here is what he said.
In the past few hours, Daniele Dal Moro, speaking with Nikita Pellizon, has released himself to revelations and backstories about his past. narrated How he had to fight and struggle over the years To achieve his freedom, which is the trait that represents him most and most important to him. But this is what he told his roommate in detail in the last few hours at Casa del Gf Vip.
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Daniele Dal Moro, in the last few hours, after listening to Nikita Bellizone’s outrage regarding the attacks of some housemates including Oriana Marzoli, has let himself go into the background of his past. He told Fibonna how he had to fight for so long to achieve the desired freedom And how it was not easy to get to where he was and where he is today.
He started his speech by saying:”I have struggled all my life to be a free person. My main character and all the people who love me know it is that I am a person who doesn’t let anyone or anything dictate it. I only do what I want and exclusively what I feel. All time. And this is the most important thing for me. Also because I have spent so many years not doing that. And I struggled for a long time to have the character to do that. Because once upon a time I didn’t have the character to do that, I was missing out. While today I am someone who really has the character, he built the character to be free. And so this sense of freedom that I always carry with me for better or for worse and in all the things I do makes me feel good. Makes me feel calm. I am a free boy. Free from the inside and in the head. I say what I feel, do what I feel. I am aware of who I am, what I do. And I am willing to pay and have always paid for my skin. All time. No one ever paid me. And as a kid, I wasn’t“.
