Its a great read. As you aptly mentioned, its high time Global South gets its due OR may be Global south should start driving this momentum and let the North know its worth
I love it. It's great to learn that Kenya is also helping its neighbors, south-south, as you say. We have a lot of geothermal here in California as well. It's able to provide energy to the grid at night, to help create that 24-hour clock of renewables being available. We are incentivized not to use energy (dishwashers, dryers) during high-use times (4 pm to 9 pm). Energy is cheaper after 9 pm, so I start up everything at that point.
You probably have heard about the great work of Fervo and their hot rock fracking for geothermal, this should vastly increase available sites and they think they can get costs down to $3mill a mega watt for a closed loop Rankine system within the next 10 years. (currently aprox double) couple this with thermal desal and prospects vastly improve for implementation. Another interesting aspect is the use of geothermal as a battery, the system naturally recharges and can be placed under pressure in times of excess other renewables, interesting options for the future they may even be able to charge a system with super heated steam in the future.
Its a great read. As you aptly mentioned, its high time Global South gets its due OR may be Global south should start driving this momentum and let the North know its worth
Thank you! 🙏
I love it. It's great to learn that Kenya is also helping its neighbors, south-south, as you say. We have a lot of geothermal here in California as well. It's able to provide energy to the grid at night, to help create that 24-hour clock of renewables being available. We are incentivized not to use energy (dishwashers, dryers) during high-use times (4 pm to 9 pm). Energy is cheaper after 9 pm, so I start up everything at that point.
Wonderful to hear about California - thank for sharing Amanda!
You probably have heard about the great work of Fervo and their hot rock fracking for geothermal, this should vastly increase available sites and they think they can get costs down to $3mill a mega watt for a closed loop Rankine system within the next 10 years. (currently aprox double) couple this with thermal desal and prospects vastly improve for implementation. Another interesting aspect is the use of geothermal as a battery, the system naturally recharges and can be placed under pressure in times of excess other renewables, interesting options for the future they may even be able to charge a system with super heated steam in the future.