World:
¶ “Heat Waves In US And Europe Would Have Been ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change” • Attribution analysis from the World Weather Attribution initiative shows that the searing heat in the US and southern Europe would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, and it made China’s heat wave at least fifty times more likely. [CNN]
Sun in a heatwave (Raphael Wild, Unsplash)
¶ “Sub-Saharan 12-Country Supergrid Proposed By Researchers” • A transmission grid proposed in the journal Scientific Reports stretches from Mali and Nigeria in West Africa, through Niger, Chad, and Sudan to Ethiopia in East Africa, then south through Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Mozambique, and finally to South Africa. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “8.5 GW Of Solar Parks Completed Under Govt Support Scheme” • Eleven solar parks with a combined capacity of 8.521 GW were completed and seven solar parks totaling 3.985 GW partly completed under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s scheme for “Development of Solar Parks and Ultra-Mega Solar Power Projects.” [pv magazine India]
200-MW PV plant in Gujarat (Engie image)
¶ “Exergy And Geothermal Engineering Sign Contract For UK’S First Deep Geothermal Power Plant” • Exergy International and Geothermal Engineering Ltd., the UK’s leading developer and operator of geothermal plants, signed a contract for the supply of a 3-MW gross capacity ORC power plant at a United Downs site in Cornwall. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “UAE To Work With COP28 Participants To Triple Global Renewable Energy Capacity By 2030” • The UAE will work with the participants of COP28 to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity and to double the production of hydrogen by 2030, according to Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. [The National]
Wind farm (American Public Power Association, Unsplash)
¶ “Australia Says Nuclear Isn’t Part Of Its Energy Mix. Here’s Why” • Nuclear energy has never been part of Australia’s energy mix as it has abundant renewables, according to Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy. Apart from being extremely expensive, it generates large amounts of waste and is an inflexible energy source, he said. [CNBC]
US:
¶ “Deadly Extreme Heat Is On The Rise In National Parks – A Growing Risk For America’s Great Outdoors” • Extreme heat appears to be killing people in America’s national parks at an alarming pace, highlighting both its severity and the changing calculus of personal risk in the country’s natural places as climate change fuels more weather extremes. [CNN]
Search and rescue personnel (Grand Canyon National Park)
¶ “Smoke From Hundreds Of Canadian Wildfires Blankets Northern Us Cities With Air Pollution” • Smoke from over 1,000 wildfires burning across Canada has wafted over the northern US, bringing poor air quality and pollution that threaten residents’ health. Chicago, Minneapolis, and Detroit are among top twenty most polluted cities in the world. [CNN]
¶ “How Desperate US Prisoners Try To Escape Deadly Heat” • Prisoners locked in cells without air conditioning are struggling as temperatures rise. So are the staff guarding them. On the countless blisteringly hot days, when temperatures climbed above 37.7°C (100°F), survival depends upon a mix of creativity and desperation to stay cool. [BBC]
Prison (Tom Blackout, Unsplash)
¶ “Colorado Adopts New Rules To Curb Methane Emissions” • The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission unanimously approved new standards that will directly tie the amount of oil and gas that companies can produce within the state to how well they measure and reduce the methane emissions from their operations. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “It’s About Time! Oil & Gas Companies Will Have To Pay More For Drilling On Public Lands” • A rule was proposed by the Biden administration to raise the royalties fossil fuel companies pay to pull oil, gas, and coal from public lands. They’ll also be required to increase the bonds they hold by a factor of ten before they start drilling on public lands. [CleanTechnica]
Orphaned well (National Park Service)
¶ “Texas To Release Offshore Wind Kracken As Foes Sharpen Knives” • The Biden administration is forging ahead with plans for 3.7 GW of wind turbines in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas would have the lion’s share at over 2.4 GW. Get ready for a remix of the Clash of the Titans, as renewable energy stakeholders head for a showdown with the usual suspects. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Maine To Go All In On Offshore Wind” • The legislature of the state of Maine is expected to pass a bill that calls for getting 3 GW of electricity from offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine by 2040. The measure also supports building port infrastructure and local supply chains to service projects in the gulf’s deep, frigid waters. [Canary Media]
Prototype floating wind turbine in the Gulf of Maine. (UMaine)
¶ “Keeping Contentious Nuclear Plant Open Could Cost Californians $45 Billion: Report” • If the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant stays online for two more decades, total costs to run the site could range from more than $20 billion to nearly $45 billion through 2045, according to analysis by the Environmental Working Group. [The Hill]
¶ “Massachusetts Senator Takes Victory Lap As State Blocks Radioactive Water Release From Nuclear Plant” • Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey applauded his home state for icing a private company’s plan to release about a million gallons of radioactive water into the Cape Cod Bay from a shuttered nuclear power plant. [Courthouse News Service]
Have a prudently blissful day.
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