Fixing and building roads, bridges, rail lines, ports and the electric grid could account for nearly $1 trillion of Biden’s forthcoming Build Back Better infrastructure program. The overall US infrastructure program is expected to be in the $3 to 4 trillion range. There will a first official release of information starting Wednesday, March 31, 2021. …
The technology that we long believed would characterize the future has not just gotten billions in investment but there are many companies with multi-billion valuations to transform the world to future technology. There are things like quantum computers and flying cars. Thirteen years ago in 2008, Nextbigfuture discussed a radically transformation of the world with …
The Malta energy storage system takes electricity, converts and stores that electricity as heat, and then converts it back to electricity to be redistributed on the electric grid. In charge mode, the system operates as a heat pump, storing electricity as heat in molten salt. In discharge mode, the system operates as a heat engine, …
Many will say that a claim that Elon Musk and China are competing for the future of space and energy is excessive hype. I will review the current data as people may not be aware of where China and Elon Musk companies are already the top competitors in space and electric cars. I will provide …
Elon Musk spoke with Joe Rogan about getting Mars colonization to the point where it would be self-sustaining without additional supplies or support from Earth. The entire point for Elon is to sustain the species indefinitely. Joe Rogan also asked Elon about aliens. Elon answered that there either many aliens or no aliens. Nextbigfuture believes …
The text of the GREEN act renewable energy bill was released. If it was passed in its current form it would subsidize Tesla for * 400,000 cars at $7000 per car * Battery energy storage at 30% of cost initially and then decreasing through 2028 * Extending solar energy subsidies at 30% through 2025 and …
RethinkX proposes and predicts a 100% SWB (solar wind and battery for the USA) system by 2030 for less than $2 trillion. This would have an average cost of electricity nationwide of under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour if 50% or more of the system’s super power is utilized. They relabel excess energy capacity and generation …
It is very difficult to have full economic development without about 5000-kilowatt hours per capita for electricity. The UK has about per capita electricity generation for a developed nation at about 4500-kilowatt hours per person. This electricity generation needs to be adjusted higher if the country is a major importer. A major importing nation is …
A thermoradiative devices (TRD) based power generator that harvests solar energy via concentrated solar irradiation during daytime and via thermal infrared emission towards the outer space at nighttime has been proposed on Arxiv. Researchers developed a rigorous thermodynamical model to investigate the performance characteristics, parametric optimum design, and the role of various energy loss mechanisms. …
China-based PV manufacturing industry has possibly over built new Solar PV Module technology for 2021. If global installs follows the 20% annual global growth of recent years then the world will installs 145GW to 160GW of solar. New Solar Gigafactories will increase total global PV to 300GW. Using actual capacity expansion data, PV Tech’s analysis …
Nuclear Energy generation increased 5% in 2020 over 2019. China’s nuclear energy production was 331 TWh for the first 11 months of 2020. China generated 349 TWh in 2019 and is on track to generate 367 TWh in 2020. Hydro power in China was up 5% over 2019. China’s 2019 power generation figures from the …