#green

mcv@friendica.opensocial.space

Refugee from Nerdica, Pluspora and Google+ looking to reconnect

I don't have much luck with social networks, do I? I used to be mcv@nerdica.net, but nerdica seems to be quite thoroughly dead. Database is corrupt, and nothing can be recovered.

So that means I lost all my posts, comments, contacts, followers, and my place in the Fediverse. I'm trying to cobble things together, so if you recognise me, or even if you don't, please reach out and reconnect. I used to be on #Nerdica , #pluspora and I'm even a #googleplusrefugee.

So I'm not #newhere in the Fediverse, but I am new at this server. I run a #shadowrun #rpg #ttrpg campaign, occasionally post about a #boardgame I played, especially #18xx #railroad games, but also many others. I'm a #programmer , and I'm pretty sure I was also connected to a bunch of people in the #opensource #software world. I'm also interested in #tech, #science, and #computers in general.

I'm also occasionally interested in discussions of #politics, especially of the #leftwing #liberal #green and/or #libertariansocialism kind, though I'm not overly dogmatic on any of them. I #bicycle regularly, use #linux, and after all these social media servers I lost, I'm considering running my own #friendica server. I might even be nuts enough to try to write my own #fediverse software, which would probably end up much like Friendica (or #Diapora, or Google+), but not in PHP.

I'm probably forgetting a bunch of stuff, but I hope this post will help me reconstruct and reconnect what I lost.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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11 April, 2024 Thursday Tritiya #Green #Chandraghanta Puja
Who is Maa Chandraghanta? Know significance
The married incarnation of Maa Parvati is Maa Chandraghanta. According to Drik Panchang, after Maa Mahagauri married Lord #Shiva, she began to adorn her forehead with a crescent or #Chandra. She became known as Goddess Chandraghanta. She is shown riding a tigress and holding 10 hands, four right hands holding a lotus flower, an arrow, Dhanush and Japa Mala, the fifth right hand in Abhaya Mudra and the fifth left hand in Varada Mudra.

It is said that Maa Chandraghanta is Maa #Parvati in her tranquil form. The sound of the #moon and the bell on her forehead are said to drive away all kinds of spirits from her devotees. Legend has it that the sound of her bell has vanquished many demons during battles, sending them to the abode of the God of Death.

mlansbury@despora.de

Big sand battery to store wind and solar energy using crushed soapstone

A huge sand battery is set to slash the carbon emissions of a Finnish town.

The industrial-scale storage unit in #Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world’s biggest sand battery when it comes online within a year.

Capable of storing 100 MWh of thermal energy from solar and wind sources, it will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, helping to cut emissions by nearly 70 per cent.

The battery’s thermal energy storage capacity equates to almost one month’s heat demand in summer and a one-week demand in winter in Pornainen

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/10/sand-batteries-could-be-key-breakthrough-in-storing-solar-and-wind-energy-year-round

#green #renewable #heat #solar #wind #thermal #battery #CO2 #Finland #PolarNightEnergy #ThermalEnergy #SandBattery #Kankaanpää #eco #Vatajankoski #PowerPlant

drnoam@diasp.org

#UK #UKpolitics
Disappointed with Channel 4's coverage of the change in #Labour's commitment to spending on #green spending. Labour are not in government, and holding them to account for a declared intention a few years ago should not be compared to actual government policies and their impact.

mlansbury@despora.de

Disused mine in Finland is being turned into a gravity battery to store renewable energy

The firm has developed an energy storage system that raises and lowers weights, offering what it says are “some of the best characteristics of lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro storage”.

When there is excess power - from wind turbines on a windy day for example - weights would be winched up the Pyhäsalmi mine’s 530-metre auxiliary shaft. To generate energy, these weights can be released turning the winches into generators creating either a short burst of electricity or a slower trickle depending on what is needed.

The gravity energy system would be able to store 2MW of power and integrate into the local energy grid.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/06/this-disused-mine-in-finland-is-being-turned-into-a-gravity-battery-to-store-renewable-ene

#green #GreenElectricity #battery #renewable #storage #energy