Opinion:
¶ “How Much Is The German Auto Industry Under Threat?” • German carmakers such as BMW, Volkswagen, and Mercedes face the prospect of cheap, quality imports coming into Europe to erode the market share of stalwarts. They also face falling market share in the domestic Chinese car market. What is their economic future? [CleanTechnica]
Mercedes-AMG EV (Damian B Oh, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “Illinois Legislators Have A Lot To Learn About Nuclear Power” • It is important for legislators to actually know about what they advocate or vote for. It is clear that Illinois legislators lacked the knowledge they needed about proposed nuclear reactors before financially binding the state to a pro-nuclear future. Governor Pritzker’s veto is 100% correct. [Chicago Sun-Times]
World:
¶ “Invasive Species Cost The World $423 Billion Every Year And Are Causing Environmental Chaos, Un Report Finds” • Invasive species cost the world at least $423 billion every year as they drive plant and animal extinctions, threaten food security, and exacerbate environmental catastrophes across the globe, a major UN-backed report found. [CNN]
Kudzu (Scott Ehardt, public domain)
¶ “Real Renewables Avoid Burning 32 Million Tonnes Of Wood In UK” • It’s claimed that the UK needs to burn American and Canadian forests in its power stations to stop the lights going out. But analysis by NRDC shows that real renewables like wind and solar are already alleviating the need to burn millions of tonnes of wood in UK power stations. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Air Pollution And Its Threat To Health Are Unequally Spread Throughout The World” • As global pollution edged upward in 2021, so did its health burden, data from the Air Quality Life Index shows. If the world permanently reduced fine particulate pollution to meet the WHO’s guideline, life expectancies would increase by 2.3 years. [CleanTechnica]
Pollution (Jacek Dylag, Unsplash)
¶ “Kenya’s President Drives Himself From State House In EV To Open Africa Climate Summit” • The African Climate Summit is on this week in Nairobi. At the summit, leaders of the African countries will be called on to make pledges and commitments. One leader promoting an ambitious climate agenda is Kenya’s President, William Ruto. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Weekly Data: The Global Power Sector Saved $521 Billion In 2022 Thanks To Fuel Savings From Renewables” • A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that in 2022, renewable power deployed globally since 2000 saved countries an estimated $521 billion in avoided fossil fuel costs in the electricity sector. [Energy Monitor]
Solar array (Chelsea, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Philippines To Launch 100-MW Floating Solar Farm In Cadiz City” • A 100-MW floating solar power facility, the first in Visayas and Mindanao, is set to be constructed in Cadiz City, northern Negros Occidental. The facility, Zonal Renewables Corp and property owner AM Hijos Inc will be located on a 90-hectare fishpond. [SolarQuarter]
Australia:
¶ “Sunshine State Shows Its Wind Power Promise After Charting Best Month Ever” • Queensland has notched up its best month on record for wind energy generation, producing a new high output of 258 GWh over the month of August, beating the record of 247 GWh set in May. Queensland has 1.7 GW of windpower under construction. [Renew Economy]
Kennedy Energy Park construction (Supplied photo)
¶ “Queensland To Hit 50% Renewables Two Years Early, But Warns Energy Wars Only Just Begun” • The Queensland state government says it will meet its 50% renewable energy target two years early, in 2028 rather than 2030. It credits state ownership of energy assets and transmission lines for the progress. In 2018, 90% of its electricity was from coal. [Renew Economy]
¶ “Cheaper And Quicker: Distributed Networks Put Case To Host Wind And Solar” • John Cleland, the head of Essential Energy, which covers 95% of the land area of New South Wales, says that connecting new wind and solar farms into existing local networks will be “several times” less expensive than connecting into the transmission network. [Renew Economy]
Solar on Essential Energy’s network
US:
¶ “Burning Man Attendees Make A Mass Exodus After A Dramatic Weekend That Left Thousands Stuck In Nevada Desert” • Over 70,000 thousand Burning Man attendees made their exodus after intense rain over the weekend flooded camp sites and filled them with thick, ankle-deep mud, stranding them as they waited for the Nevada desert to dry out. [CNN]
¶ “Of Course EVs Are Appropriate For The Military!” • The US military is, without fanfare, starting to take some responsibility for its role as a major polluter, as reflected in its 2024 budget, which calls for systemic changes that would move it toward zero emissions. Some US House Republicans, however, want to stall the military decarbonization. [CleanTechnica]
The Pentagon (MSgt Ken Hammond, public domain)
¶ “$4 Billion For EV Battery Recycling And An Answer To The Question: Whatever Happened To JB Straubel?” • Co-founder JB Straubel left Tesla Motors in 2019 to pour his energy into an EV battery recycling startup called Redwood Materials. Four years and $4 billion later, there’s a lot of talk about Redwood and EV battery recycling. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ohio Utilities’ Efficiency Programs Among The Worst In Wake Of Corrupt Utility Law, Report Says” • Though its bailouts were repealed, an Ohio law intended to save failing nuclear plants – the product of a massive corruption scandal – is still on the books. It eliminated most efficiency programs, and it did damage to Ohio’s utilities. [Ohio Capital Journal]
Have an elegantly expressed day.
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