Opinion:
¶ “How The US Can Become A Global Leader In Offshore Wind” • To become a global leader in offshore wind energy, the US must seize the opportunity to address three major areas: investing in employment and training, bolstering transmission infrastructure, and developing a comprehensive set of American standards and guidelines. [CleanTechnica]
Block Island wind farm (US DOE, public domain)
Science and Technology:
¶ “24M Introduces Electrode-To-Pack Battery Without Individual Cells Or Modules” • Prior to 24M ETOP™, cell makers, EV OEMs, and energy storage integrators built battery packs and modules from individual cells. However, current lithium-ion battery cells have a large fraction of inactive, non-charge carrying materials in them, adding weight. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “A Sustainable Alternative To Air Conditioning” • One major contributor to global warming is air conditioning. But scientists from McGill University, UCLA, and Princeton found in a study an inexpensive, sustainable alternative to mechanical cooling with refrigerants in hot and arid climates, and a way to mitigate dangerous heat waves during blackouts. [CleanTechnica]
Thermostat (Dan LeFebvre, Unsplash)
¶ “Designing cleaner vehicles” • As a second-year master’s degree student in mechanical engineering, Adi Mehrotra channels much of his energy into designing clean energy vehicles. He has taken the helm of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team, a student research team that probes the future of transportation by designing a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. [MIT News]
World:
¶ “The Isle Of Eigg: The Community-Owned Island That Powers Itself” • Eigg is one of a collection of islands in the Scottish Inner Hebrides called the Small Isles. It lies 15 miles from the mainland and is reliant on a ferry that runs a few times a week, weather dependent, for supplies and transport. Waste isn’t an option here and sustainability is a necessity. [BBC]
Wind turbines on Eigg (W L Tarbert, CC-BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
¶ “BMW Going With New Batteries For Its Ambitious EV Plans” • A core technology for transforming to an emissions-free world is batteries, and researchers around the world are looking to find what is best. BMW has just confirmed it will use LFP battery cells soon, and it is also working on solid-state battery and sodium-ion battery cells. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Electric Bus Traction In Stockholm And Sicily Is Increasing Exponentially With Bus Expert Solaris Supplying The Stocks” • Solaris, a Polish e-mobility leader in public transport, continues to make waves in the world of sustainable transportation with its latest orders from Sweden’s Nobina Stockholm and Italy’s AMTS Catania earlier this October. [CleanTechnica]
Solaris Urbino 15 LE electric bus in Sweden (Solaris image)
¶ “Indonesia’s Ambitious Plan To Cut Carbon Emissions And Boost Renewable Energy” • Indonesia is facing the challenges of rapid growth of industry and energy demands. It unveiled an ambitious plan to curtail its carbon emissions in the on-grid power sector and significantly increase the share of renewable energy generation to 44% by 2030. [DD News]
¶ “Amazon Expands Renewable Energy Footprint In India With 198-MW Wind Farm” • Amazon has unveiled a new 198-MW wind farm Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India. This addition marks Amazon’s fiftieth renewable project in India, pushing the firm’s renewable energy capacity past 1.1 GW. It is the seventh Amazon project in the past year. [Inc42]
Windpower in India (Debasish1974, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “G7 Pushes For Removal Of Japanese Food Import Bans” • The Group of Seven urged recent restrictions imposed on Japanese food products from around Fukushima to be removed. The restrictions follow the Fukushima nuclear Disaster. The G7 nations include Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the US. [Food Safety News]
US:
¶ “Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project In The Nation” • Located approximately 23.5 nautical miles off Virginia Beach, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is the largest yet, and would provide about 2,600 MW of clean, reliable offshore wind energy, capable of powering over 900,000 homes. [CleanTechnica]
Wind resources at 100 meters above the ground (NREL image)
¶ “Toyota more than doubles investment and job creation at North Carolina battery plant” • Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it’s constructing in North Carolina, more than doubling its prior investments and expected number of new jobs, the company announced Tuesday. [ABC News]
¶ “Bechtel Wins EPC Work On Texas Solar Project” • Bechtel has been selected by Sabanci Renewables to design and construct a 232-MW (DC) solar plant in Victoria County, Texas. Bechtel will do development, including engineering, procurement, building, commissioning, and project management. Construction is set to be completed in mid-2025. [reNews]
Solar farm (Sabanci Renewables image)
¶ “Ørsted Scraps Two Offshore Wind Power Projects In New Jersey, Citing Supply Chain Issues” • Danish energy developer Ørsted said it is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry federal and state governments are counting on to help transition away from fossil fuels. [CBS News]
¶ “Why The Military May Need Microgrids For Overseas Bases To Win A Near-Peer Fight” • A paper by an Air Force engineer warns of a major vulnerability on US military bases overseas. Most bases are wired into the electrical grids of host nations, but their backup generators may not have fuel for over a week. They need microgrids. [Air & Space Forces Magazine]
Have a curiously rewarding day.
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