Opinion:
¶ “Trends For The Next Decade Of Sustainable Investing” • The urgency for more capital to finance innovative sustainability actions is clear, as companies race toward a transition to net-zero energy and demand grows to finance additional related issues important to global economies, such as gender equity or ocean conservation. [Morgan Stanley]
Wildlife reserve in India (UnKknown Traveller, Unsplash)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Geothermal Energy Rising – Pros And Risks” • A geothermal energy technology by a Houston-based startup company, Fervo Energy is called Enhanced Geothermal Systems. It uses the oil and gas industry’s fracking techniques to access geothermal energy in placess where hot underground water does not reach the Earth’s surface. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Exploring Thermal Energy Storage Solutions For Energy-Efficient Buildings” • Established in November 2022, Stor4Build is a multilaboratory consortium working to hasten development, optimization, and equitable deployment of low-cost thermal energy storage technologies to enable buildings to run efficiently on renewable resources. [CleanTechnica]
Stor4Build laboratory (Werner Slocum, NREL)
World:
¶ “India’s Solar PV Capacity Soars To 71 GW, With Rooftop Solar Leading The Charge At 11 GW” • India has advanced its capacity rapidly, demonstrating a remarkable commitment to clean and renewable power sources. The Ministry of New And Renewable Energy said India’s solar PV capacity has grown to nearly 71,781 MW, with rooftop solar leading. [SolarQuarter]
¶ “HDF Proposes 1,500 MW Of Solar PV Combined With 3,500 MWh Of Green Hydrogen Storage” • South Africa has a fleet of over 20 GW of coal plants set to be decommissioned over the next couple of decades. HDF Energy, a developer of large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure and high-power fuel cells, has a proposal for how to replace them. [CleanTechnica]
Rendering of HDF Renewstable Mpumalanga (Courtesy of HDF)
¶ “Deal Inked For 1.5-GW Offshore Wind Projects” • Offshore wind developer Triconti Windkraft Group has entered into a partnership with Liechtenstein-based investor Sea Wind Holding AG for the development of two wind facilities in three provinces in Luzon and the Visayas to boost renewable power supply in the Philippines. [Inquirer Business]
¶ “EU Can Meet Its 2030 Solar Power Target With Agrivoltaics Alone” • Combining agriculture and photovoltaics as agrivoltaics on just 1% of agricultural area used in the EU could bring 944 GW of peak capacity online by 2030. This is according to data from the Overview of the Potential and Challenges for Agri-Photovoltaics in the European Union. [Balkan Green Energy News]
Solar panels on a rice paddy (Σ64, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “IAEA: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant To Move Second Reactor Into Hot Shutdown” • IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said authorities at the Russian-occupied plant informed the agency they were beginning to move reactor 5 from cold to hot shutdown in order to provide warm water and heating for Enerhodar ahead of the winter season. [Yahoo News]
US:
¶ “The Toll Of Heat Deaths In The Phoenix Area Soars After The Hottest Summer On Record” • After the Phoenix area’s hottest summer on record. the toll of heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County has reached over 360. The number is still being tallied, and it alarms public health officials who say the final count will surely set a new record. [ABC News]
Phoenix (Nader Abushhab, Unsplash)
¶ “Environmentalists Warn Of Intent To Sue Over Snail Species Living Near Nevada Lithium Mine” • In an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine, eco-activists are poised to return to court. They accuse US wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species status for a tiny snail. [ABC News]
¶ “Winthrop Center In Boston Named World’s Largest Passive House” • Millennium Partners, working with MIT, produced the world’s largest building ever to meet the Passive House Network standard. The 53-story Winthrop Center also meets the LEED Platinum standard set by the US Green Building Council and has been WELL Gold certified. [CleanTechnica]
Winthrop Center (Millennium Partners image)
¶ “EIA Expects Most US Households Will Spend Less On Energy This Winter” • US households that use natural gas and those that are located in the West, together over half of all US households, are expected to spend less on heating this winter, compared with last winter. US homes using heating oil will likely spend slightly more this winter than last. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Colorado Clean Energy Employment Rises To 64,000, More Than Double Fossil Fuel Jobs” • Colorado’s fast-growing clean energy sector today employs more than twice as many workers statewide as the fossil fuel industry, according to the Clean Jobs Colorado report. The report is released annually by clean energy business group E2. [Colorado Newsline]
Colorado (Thomas Morse, Unsplash)
¶ “Multistate Wind-Power Line Project Green-Lit By Missouri Regulators” • A major energy project got approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission, advancing a years-long effort to build a wind energy line across the Midwest. The Grain Belt Express would stretch nearly 800 miles from Kansas to Illinois. It will cost more than $7 billion. [KY3]
¶ “Former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Has One Building Left To Demolish” • Work continues on dismantling the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, but only the reactor building is still standing, Scott State, CEO of NorthStar Services, said tearing this building down is one of the job’s more complex operations. [Vermont Public]
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