I sent this to our REEVA club with photos (removed for EVDL) but here’s the info from The Reykjavík power plant I visited with Tesla company cars. I was happier than a pig in you-know-what. Sent from my iPhone
On May 19, 2024, at 9:19 AM, Mark Hanson <markehans...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Folks Stopping by Reykjavík Iceland geothermal power plant with Carbfix and Climeworks seen in National Geographic Nov 23 and 60 Minutes was an amazing behind the scenes tour. 35% of their power is Geothermal and 65% hydro. Carbfix next to the power plant (also government run) sequesters the CO2 removed from the returning hydrogen sulfide reinjected into return bore holes bonding with basalt rock (over two years). Other co2 sequestering companies are “renting” the expensive boreholes to come up with creative uses for CO2. Climeworks next door is doing more expensive direct air capture, about $1k per ton of Co2. As a comparison my Enphase solar data shows 1ton of Co2 mitigated per 1.5Mwh monthly, about $100. So currently it’s much cheaper not to burn fossil fools in the first place (and all the other pollutants coal/oil generates). But as National Geographic points out, since we’ve gone from 280 to 420 ppm Co2 , we need to do both since we’ve injected so much into the atmosphere, even stopping now would require removal to get below the desired 300ppm. With the cheap constantly supplied geothermal and hydro, retail per KWH is 6cents! (equivalent in their money). Gas or petrol is $12 per gallon. So they make it easy to drive electric and very painful to drive a gas car. I see tons of Teslas and other EVs running around , charging stations easily available, even saw one at a tomato farm (most crops are done in greenhouses due to the 63 degree latitude). Walking around Reykjavík, each stoplight usually had one or two Teslas I noticed when crossing. Teslas are the company cars at the Reykjavík power plant (was identical to my blue Y in photo). Due to cheap hydro/geothermal 100% RE, there’s no wind turbines or solar (although it’s constantly windy sea breezes). It’s all about cost per kilowatt of course. Have a renewable energy day, Mark <IMG_1276.JPG> <IMG_1273.JPG> <IMG_1271.JPG> <IMG_1270.JPG> <IMG_1263.JPG> <IMG_1262.JPG> <IMG_1254.JPG> <IMG_1253.JPG> <IMG_1252.JPG> <IMG_1247.JPG> <IMG_1241.JPG> <IMG_1238.JPG> <IMG_1239.JPG> <IMG_1261.JPG> <IMG_1278.JPG> <IMG_1284.JPG> <IMG_1316.JPG> <IMG_1321.JPG> <IMG_1279.JPG> <IMG_1249.JPG> <IMG_1248.JPG> <IMG_1243.JPG> <IMG_1229.JPG> <IMG_1228.JPG> Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
