Onyx Insight & Nearthlab Partner, Compressed Air Storage, EU & US Truce, GE CO2 Capture

The world's first compressed air energy storage, in China, is now in operation. It's expected to power up to 60K homes. The technology is solid but it's less efficient than other energy storage systems. We consider the pros and cons. What did European Commission President von der Leyen and US President Biden agree to in their meeting last month regarding incentives in green tech? Joel and Rosemary speculate, and offer some suggestions for a stronger renewables market. (Hint: they're not fans of hydrogen subsidies.) A unique partnership between Onyx Insights and Nearthlab could pay off for both companies and for operators, too. GE is investing in carbon capture - is it worthwhile? Ask 3 engineers, get 3 perspectives. In Germany, Nordex is knocking down four 4.5MW turbines. What do we know about why? In the Gulf of Mexico, Shell and Gulf Wind Technology are working to develop, test and deploy a Cat 5 Hurricane-proof turbine by 2024. What's at stake, and what will we learn? Our Wind Farm of the Week, the Strauss Wind Energy Project in Lompoc, CA, has been more than 20 years in development. Find out why its time is now! Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  EP 159 Allen Hall: Well, I am in Åre, Sweden at the moment for winter Wind, which is the icing winter blade conference held in, in Sweden every year. And Joel, it's just like I imagine Sweden. It is beautiful, but it is ultra cold and very  Joel Saxum: snowy. The people are nice, though. The people are nice. Oh  Allen Hall: yeah. It's a lovely people actually enjoying the food. And the company here, and it's a pretty well attended conference. It, it starts off tomorrow. They had some, a little bit of adventures this afternoon, but the, the conference itself starts tomorrow. Really looking forward to learning a lot about wind turbine anti icing, some of the issues they're having with a e p and icing, and trying to keep these wind turbines running in these really harsh winter conditions. And, I'm used to cold. It's cold here. This is beyond cold. So this, this week we have a number of great topics. China has a compressed air energy storage system,