Opinion:
¶ “Want A New EV Dirt Cheap? Get Ready To Act Fast In Two Months!” • It looks like a perfect storm of EV affordability is going to arrive in about two months (January 2024). If the vehicle described here, the Chevy Bolt, at the prices they’ll be available, for works well for your needs, it’s a deal that you’ll have a narrow window to jump on. [CleanTechnica]
Chevy Bolt (GM image)
¶ “Nuclear Or Net Zero. It Can’t Be Both” • It seems clear that Australia’s Coalition will go to the next election with a muddled strategy for energy and climate change. Net zero and nuclear won’t mix. Pursuing the first will effectively rule out the second. Westinghouse’s projected cost of $1 billion for its 300-MW small modular reactor shows this. [Quadrant Online]
World:
¶ “Explosion Off Nigeria Points To Threat Posed By Aging Oil Ships Around The World” • The Trinity Spirit was a floating production storage and offloading vessel, storing oil at sea. It had long since been a floating hazard when it had an explosion and fire in February of 2022. It is common for FPSO ships to fall into neglect and become dangerous. [ABC News]
FPSO ship off Nigeria (Ciacho5, public domain)
¶ “G-7 Nations Back Strong Supply Chains For Energy And Food Despite Global Tensions” • At a meeting in Osaka, trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies strengthened their pledge to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties. [ABC News]
¶ “BYD Makes A Splash At Japan Mobility Show With Seal Debut – First Chinese Carmaker There” • BYD is the first Chinese automaker ever to participate in the Japan Mobility Show. The world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles made a big splash at the global automotive show formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Seal (BYD image)
¶ “Irreversible Solar Tipping Point Has Passed, Researchers Claim” • A study in the journal Nature Communications comes to a rather extraordinary conclusion. The authors found, much to their surprise, the solar power tipping point is no longer in the future. In fact, it has already occurred. They found that the move to solar power is now irreversible. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “New Market Player Snaps Up 370-MWh Victorian Battery Project” • Sostoneo, set up only last month by Italian insurance and asset management provider Generali Group, acquired 100% of the A$400 million ($254 million) Koorgangie Energy Storage System project being developed near Kerang in Victoria by Edify Energy. [pv magazine Australia]
185-MW Koorangie Energy Storage System (Edify Energy image)
¶ “Coal To Fall As India To Get 50% Of Power From Renewables By 2030” • The Narendra Modi government has set an ambitious target of meeting 50% of the country’s energy requirements from renewable sources by 2030. Of the Indian power capacity, 41.4% is renewable, but that generated only 10.55% of all the electricity generated in the 2022-23 financial year. [NewsClick]
¶ “HD Hyundai Electric Inks 3-GW Korean MOU” • HD Hyundai Electric signed a memorandum of understanding with Pacifico Energy Korea, CS Wind, Korea Ocean Engineering & Consultants Co and Daebul Shipbuilding at HD Hyundai Global R&D Center to jointly develop an offshore windpower project of over 3 GW in Jeollanam-do province, South Korea. [reNews]
Offshore windpower (Jesse De Meulenaere, Unsplash)
¶ “China’s Installed Capacity Of Renewable Energy Surges” • China’s installations of renewable energy hit 172 million kW (172 GW) in the first nine months of the year, a 93% increase from to the same period last year, according to the National Energy Administration. This surge reflects the country’s commitment to promoting green development. [Xinhua]
US:
¶ “Water Woes, Hot Summers, And Labor Costs Are Haunting Pumpkin Farmers In The West” • Pumpkins can survive hot, dry weather to some extent, but the heat of this summer, which broke records and went well over 100°F (38°C), was just too much, said Mark Carroll, the Texas A&M extension agent for Floyd County, Texas. [ABC News]
Pumpkin patch (Marius Ciocirlan, Unsplash)
¶ “Poultry Companies Ask Judge To Dismiss Ruling That They Polluted An Oklahoma Watershed” • A number of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, asked a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed. They said pollution happened years ago and Oklahoma officials have noted its steady decline. [ABC News]
¶ “Ford’s EV And Battery Manufacturing Ambitions Get A Boost With Rockwell Automation Technologies” • Ford is making good progress on its battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky. Ground was broken for the plant last December. Called the Ford Blue Oval SK Battery Park, the $5.8 billion project will create 5,000 new jobs in the town. [CleanTechnica]
New Ford factory (Ford image)
¶ “California Is Sending NEVI Money Out To Contractors” • California announced that it’s time to cut some checks for 270 EV chargers at 26 stations in the state. Over the next five years the state is going to cut checks for as much as $380 million. All of this funding comes from the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Activists Gather Near Bow’s Coal Plant, Calling For Its Owners To Transition To Clean Energy” • On Sunday, climate change activists gathered near New England’s last running coal power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, to call for its owners to stop burning fossil fuels and transform the plant into a renewable energy facility. [NHPR]
Have a surprisingly civil day.
geoharvey 
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