by Andrew Schaper | Sep 29, 2021 | Sustainable Energy, Uncategorized
We are back with a topic that is guaranteed to make your wheels spin. Today we are covering all things flywheel energy storage! Flywheel Energy Storage is a form of kinetic energy storage that uses rotating discs to store and release rotational energy. While the...
by Andrew Schaper | Sep 6, 2021 | Electric Power, Sustainable Energy
When you hear about Compressed Air Energy Storage, it almost sounds like science fiction. Using compressed air for power? It reads like a gimmick from a Jules Verne novel or like some crazy invention from the middle of the 19th century that got shelved in a museum....
by Andrew Schaper | Aug 30, 2021 | Carbon Strategies, Oil & Gas
I bet you guys thought we’d never be talking about cow manure here at Schaper Energy….well, you were wrong! There’s plenty of talk about natural gas and its usability for heating. A recent popular story featured the Russian natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, that...
by Andrew Schaper | Aug 23, 2021 | Electric Power, Sustainable Energy
Green energy seems to be the buzzword lately. We constantly hear about solar, wind, even tidal power and the great promises they hold, but we never hear about new technologies to store this abundance of clean energy. Rather, we hear that these technologies are...
by Andrew Schaper | Aug 11, 2021 | Carbon Strategies, Oil & Gas
Why all the sudden talk about carbon capture and storage (‘CCS’)? It seems the phrase is back ‘en vogue’ once again, despite little changing about the underlying capture technology. So what gives? It turns out that the recent focus around climate initiatives and drive...
