World:
¶ “The World’s Biggest Companies Have Made Almost No Progress On Limiting Global Warming Since 2018” • The vast majority of the world’s biggest companies have done almost nothing in the past five years to cut their planet-heating pollution enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. Of big companies, 45% are aligned with warming of at least 2.7°C. [CNN]
New York Stock Exchange (Tomas Eidsvold, Unsplash)
¶ “Siberia Swelters In Record-Breaking Temperatures Amid Its ‘Worst Heat Wave In History’” • Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia, as temperatures climbed above 100°F (37.7°C). Despite the fact that it is only early June, records are tumbling across parts of Siberia as extreme heat pushes into unusually high latitudes. [CNN]
¶ “El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun” • Scientists confirmed that El Niño had started. Experts say it will likely make 2024 the world’s hottest year. They fear the world will go past the 1.5°C warming mark partly due to its effects on world weather. They could include drought in Australia, increased rain in the southern US, and a weak mosoon in India. [BBC]
Monsoon season in India (Boudhayan Bardhan, Unsplash)
¶ “Canada Wildfires: Global Help Arrives As Quebec Fights ‘Historic’ Fires” • Global firefighters are now beginning to arrive in Quebec to help put out the more than 130 forest fires burning in the region. Around 110 firefighters from France are scheduled to arrive in Quebec on Thursday, and 600 firefighters from the US are also headed for Canada. [BBC]
¶ “Hurtigruten Norway Plans Electric Cruise Ship With Sails And Solar Panels” • Norway’s Hurtigruten operates a small fleet of cruise ships that ply the country’s coast, giving people a chance to witness the wonders of Norway’s fjords. Now it says it will build a battery electric cruise ship that features actual sails that will be covered in solar panels. [CleanTechnica]
Cruise ship in a fjord (Courtesy of Hurtigruten)
¶ “Dynamic Line Rating – Pushing The Grid To Its Max In Denmark” • The Danish government has agreed on a framework for tenders of offshore wind to the tune of 9 GW of power! It was previously agreed that the build-out of this magnitude should happen, but now we are getting really close to the wind farms actually being built. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tata Power Renewable Energy To Build 966-MW Hybrid Wind-Solar Project For Tata Steel” • Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has received a Letter of Award to set up a 966 MW hybrid renewable power project for round-the-clock supply to Tata Steel. The project will comprise 379 MW of solar and 587 MW of wind capacity. [pv magazine India]
Renewable energy (Hpgruesen, CC0)
¶ “Bank Of America Is Betting Big On India’s Renewable Energy Potential” • India has ambitious climate targets, such as installing 500 GW of renewable energy capacity, reducing the emissions intensity of its economy by 45%. The Bank of America expects heavy investment in India’s renewable energy, battery storage, and green hydrogen sectors. [Oil Price]
¶ “TotalEnergies signs 1-GW Kazakh PPA” • TotalEnergies has signed a PPA for a 1000-MW wind project in Kazakhstan. The Mirny wind project is to be a 1-GW onshore wind farm with a 600-MWh battery energy storage system for a reliable power supply. It will be the first PPA signed in the country for a wind development of such scale. [reNews]
Wind farm (Total Eren image)
¶ “Ukraine Sent Note To European Commission Regarding Possible Intensification Of Cooperation In Nuclear Energy With Russia” • Ukraine’s note to the European Commission on any cooperation on nuclear power with Russia said, “Rosatom is part of the Putin regime, which supports its terrorist actions and endangers nuclear facilities.” [Ukrainian News Agency]
US:
¶ “Canada Wildfires: US East Coast Sees Worst Air Quality In Years” • Washington DC, Philadelphia, and New York City had their worst air quality in years, as intense wildfires in Canada impact more than 100 million people in the US. President Joe Biden described the fires as a “stark reminder of the impacts of climate change.” [BBC]
Haze in the countryside (Paul Earle, Unsplash)
¶ “GM Joins Ford In Using Tesla Superchargers” • CNBC reports that GM will begin installing the NACS charging port used by Tesla instead of the current industry-standard CCS charging port in its EVs starting in 2025. With Ford and GM now in the NACS camp, that will put pressure on other EV makers to adopt the Tesla technology in North America. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Solar Market Expected To Triple In Size In Five Years” • The US solar industry installed 6.1 GW of capacity in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie forecasts that the solar market will triple in size over the next five years. [pv magazine USA]
Solar project in California (White Pine Renewables image)
¶ “The Success Of “Clean Cities” Shows How US Government Can Help Deploy More Clean Tech” • A new National Renewable Energy Laboratory report, Clean Cities: A Model of Collaborative Technology Innovation Built Over 30 Years, tells the story of the Clean Cities Coalition Network, documenting how and why its success can serve as a model. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Decorated Climate Scientist Says Montana Should Expect Climate-Driven Water And Wildfire Woes” • Montanans should expect long, intense wildfire seasons and reduced streamflows, the state’s most decorated climate scientist said in the keynote address of Billings’ inaugural Climate Week. The event is to raise awareness about climate change. [NBC Montana]
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