A hydroelectric power station the size of the Sydney Opera House is starting to take shape almost a kilometre underground in New South Wales’ Snowy Mountains. #snowy2 #pumpedhydro #hydroelectric #renewables #megaprojects #energytransition

A hydroelectric power station the size of the Sydney Opera House is starting to take shape almost a kilometre underground in New South Wales’ Snowy Mountains. #snowy2 #pumpedhydro #hydroelectric #renewables #megaprojects #energytransition
Ust-Khantaika, Russia Beneath the icy wilderness of Siberia, the Ust-Khantaika Dam generates over 2. #Landmark #SatelliteImagery #Geography #UstKhantaika #Russia #Dam #Hydroelectric #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Engineering #EarthFromSpace
Two new public domain (CC0-1.0) graphics related to renewable energy and fossil fuels were added to the repository.
#ClimateChange #CO2 #Coal #Hydro #Hydroelectric #Renewable #Green #art #SciArt #scicomm #Yuck
Hydro Tasmania says investigations are underway to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed Tungatinah Power Station. #fire #powerstation #tasmania #hydroelectric #renewables
Verkhne-Svirskaya, Russia Verkhne-Svirskaya is a dam marvel that’s harnessed the power of Russia’s Svir River since 1951. #Landmark #SatelliteImagery #Geography #VerkhneSvirskaya #Russia #Dam #Hydroelectric #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Engineering #EarthFromSpace
Mexican Authorities Bust Illegal Crypto Mining Operation Tapping Hydroelectric Dam Power
Mexican federal prosecutors, the Navy, and Puebla state police seized around 300 GPU-based crypto mining rigs from a remote site i…
pumped/storage #hydroelectric power plant #LagoRitom
Turbines: 4 × #Pelton turbines
Installed capacity: about #44MW
Operator: #SBB Energie / #Ritom SA
Special significance: it produces #16.7Hz single-phase #railway electricity for the Swiss Federal Railways, rather than ordinary 50-Hz grid power
#Europe: suspected #Russia #hybrid attacks & #sabotage #critical #infrastructure #CI in #Germany
While #explosion has seriously injured two people at #Ritom #hydroelectric #powerstation in #Piotta #Quinto #Switzerland.
No link established—but pattern demands scrutiny
Given that #Murica has done much, much worse to #Canadians… we’re rather numb to the fuckery
From the ‘totally organic’ #Québec #BikerWars th o control the #StLawrenceSeaway & #hydroelectric #corridor, to #torture… this is nothing new
Churchill Falls, Canada #Landmark #SatelliteImagery #Geography #ChurchillFalls #Canada #Dam #Hydroelectric #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Engineering #EarthFromSpace
Selingue, Mali The Sélingué Dam in Mali forms a lake so vast it can hold five times the volume of Sydney Harbour. #Landmark #SatelliteImagery #Geography #Selingue #Mali #Dam #Hydroelectric #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Engineering #EarthFromSpace
La Grande 2, Canada La Grande 2, one of the world's largest dams, holds back enough water to fill over 2 million Olympic swimming pools. #Landmark #SatelliteImagery #Geography #LaGrande2 #Canada #Dam #Hydroelectric #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Engineering #EarthFromSpace