Kauai's Power Supply Averaging 100% Renewables for 5 Hours Each Day

Denmark to Develop Two Energy Islands; Kauai at Almost 60% Renewables in 2019; BNEF Says We May Have Already Seen Peak Internal Combustion Car Sales; A New and Low-Cost Way to Create H2?

1) Denmark plans to develop two energy islands with wind turbines generating 4 GW by 2030. One artificial structure in the N Sea could host 10 GW of wind, partly used for production of H2.

2) Kauai generated 59% of its electricity from renewables in 2019 w/35% solar, 11% hydropower, 10% biomass. Customer rooftop supplied 1/3 of the solar. Kauai's been averaging 100% renewables for 5 hours daily in 2020.

3) BNEF reports that EV sales will fall 18% this year to 1.7 million. But internal combustion engine sales will fall 23%. More critically, BNEF's analysis, "Suggests that global sales of internal combustion engines peaked in 2017, and will continue their long-term decline after temporary post-crisis recovery."

4) Startup SGH2 claims that w/plasma torches, heating waste to 4,000°C, it can create green H2 for less than grey H2. Its $55 million facility to start construction near LA early 2021 yielding 38,000 tons of hydrogen annually, largely for fueling hydrogen vehicles in California.