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Mad Power thoughts

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The task of balancing the grid and maintaining electrical frequency has grown dangerously the more reliant on wind power we have become – as demonstrated by the widespread power cuts of August 2019. The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. Energy Solutions. Gas is the only answer.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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While production costs and refining costs for heavy oil exceed that for light oil, applying information technology solutions for decision-making has provided a significant increase in the margins and profits of operations, according to Chevron engineers in a paper presented on their system earlier this year. Kern River Field current stats.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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Essentially, if your EV has a smaller carbon footprint while driving compared with a petrol or diesel vehicle, but has a large carbon footprint during the manufacturing process – your EV might not be so clean and green after all. If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle.