Opinion:
¶ “A Bright Spot At The Intersection Of Farming, EVs And Solar Energy” • Across the US, more than 30 million acres of farmland is devoted to growing corn for ethanol. NREL calculated that we could power the country’s entire electricity demand with 10 million acres of solar panels. Solar panels pay taxes. Corn doesn’t. We can go on. [Virginia Mercury]
Corn field (Taylor Siebert, Unsplash, cropped)
Science and Technology:
¶ “The Turbo-Charged Plants That Could Boost Farm Output” • UN Food and Agriculture Organization says almost 30% people around the world went short of food in 2022, with more than 10% severely short. Improving plant yields is one way to cut the shortfall, and there have been great advances, though they come with increased water usage. [BBC]
¶ “A (Virtual) Deep Dive Into Marine Energy’s Capabilities” • Big energy is lying under the waves that crash on our shores and in the tides that come in and out each day like clockwork: so much power that, if we tapped all the marine energy we have access to, it would be equivalent to nearly 60% of the United States’ power generation in 2019. [NREL]
Wave (Jeremy Bishop, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “VinFast To Set Up Shop In Indonesia, Plans To Expand In Seven More Markets In Asia” • Vietnamese automaker VinFast is making good its announcement to enter Southeast Asia. It plans to set up shop in Indonesia in early 2024. The strategy is to first distribute vehicles to dealer-partners in the country and then build an electric car plant. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Roam Introduces The Roam Move Electric Bus In Kenya” • Roam has just unveiled a second model in its electric bus range. This time, a smaller electric bus to cater to the middle segment in the Matatu sector. The electric bus has a spacious interior with a capacity to accommodate up to 51 passengers. It is assembled entirely in Kenya. [CleanTechnica]
Roam Move electric bus (Roam image)
¶ “Japan Draws Up Whitewash Plan To Salvage Image” • Japan plans to strengthen the monitoring and analysis of information about the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean and is seeking extra funding to step up public relations efforts at home and abroad. [China Daily]
¶ “Fossil Share In Rajasthan’s Power Mix Drops To 50% As Solar And Wind Surge” • The share of fossil fuels in Rajasthan’s power generation mix hit the record-low level of 50% from April to July of this year. This is the first time that the lowest level has been sustained for over a quarter of the year, according to a new report by Ember. [pv magazine India]
Rajasthan (Sushmita Balasubramani, Wikimedia Commons)
Australia:
¶ “Australia Can Lead The Production And Utilization Of Green Hydrogen, Former Prime Minister Turnbull Says” • Australian former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that Australia has the potential to be a world leader in the production and export of green hydrogen. He was making his keynote address at a Global Wind Energy Council Summit. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “A Picturesque Island With The Cleanest Air On Earth” • Off the rugged north-western tip of Australia’s island-state of Tasmania is a wildly remote peninsula with a bleak name: Cape Grim. This is where you’ll find some of the cleanest air on Earth, according to the local air pollution station, which is there to collect and analyze the of the air. [BBC]
Cape Grim (Ian Cochrane, CC-BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
¶ “$1 Billion Contracts Awarded For Kwinana And Collie Big Batteries” • Western Australia’s Cook Government has awarded more than A$1 billion ($650,000) in contracts to deliver massive new battery energy storage systems in Kwinana and Collie as part of its commitment to cleaner, reliable and affordable energy for the state. [Government of Western Australia]
US:
¶ “Hundreds Of Flying Taxis To Be Built In Ohio, Governor Announces” • Joby Aviation Inc was selected to build an electric air taxi manufacturing site at Dayton International Airport, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and others announced. The electric air taxi is to carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph over a range of 100 miles. [ABC News]
Joby’s prototype eVTOL aircraft (Joby Aviation image)
¶ “Three Years After Hurricane Sally, Pensacola Is Still Struggling To Rebuild” • It has been three years since Hurricane Sally struck the Gulf Coast, but the recovery is nowhere near complete for communities that experienced the most severe impacts from the storm, according to local residents and officials. Pensacola is still reeling from the impacts. [ABC News]
¶ “Vestas Toasts $40 Million Colorado Factories Boost” • Vestas is celebrating its $40 million investment in two Colorado factories, which will create up to 1,000 clean energy jobs. To celebrate the Brighton Nacelles and Windsor Blades factories, Vestas hosted an event with Governor Jared Polis, Xcel Energy, and the American Clean Power Association. [reNews]
Vestas wind turbines (Vestas image)
¶ “New Consortium To Make Batteries For Electric Vehicles More Sustainable” • A battery material called disordered rock salt could pave the way for replacing combustion vehicles with EVs faster. DRX cathodes could provide lithium-ion batteries with higher energy density than those made of nickel and cobalt, and it could make EV batteries more sustainable. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Johns Hopkins Researchers Join Push For 100% Renewable Energy Power Grids” • At Johns Hopkins, the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, in collaboration with partners from around the globe, has established a new center focused on helping society transition towards 100% renewable energy for power grids. [JHU Hub]
Have an honestly enchanting day.
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