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Opinion:
¶ “Solar Has Been Quietly Running Up The Score During The Delayed Vogtle 3 And 4 Construction” • During the construction of the Vogtle nuclear units 3 and 4, more than 4,500 MW of solar was built in the state of Georgia. That’s double the peak capacity that those nukes will bring online, and at 1/5 the cost. Let’s look into this. [Southern Alliance for Clean Energy]
Georgia solar project (Riley Harwood, US DOE, public domain)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Clean Energy 101: Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling (Really Cool Roofs)” • At Third Derivative and RMI, they’re particularly excited about a class of advanced materials that provide a passive daytime radiative cooling effect, greatly reducing indoor heat. In fact, their heat and emissions reduction benefits may even save people’s lives. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Heat Pump Water Heaters Save Money And Lower Emissions” • Our world is facing a climate emergency because of the billions of tons of greenhouse gases we dump into the environment each year. A heat pump hot water heater can be three times as efficient as a normal electric water heater. Same amount of hot water at one third the cost. [CleanTechnica]
Heat pump water heater (NIST, public domain)
World:
¶ “To Save Climate, Oil And Gas Sector Must Greatly Reduce Planet-Warming Operations, Report Says” • The oil and gas sector is one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases. It will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extreme weather events fueled by human-caused climate change, a report says. [ABC News]
¶ “Peru Has Lost More Than Half Of Its Glacier Surface” • Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface over the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, said scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers. Peru’s glaciers cover only 44% of the land they did when the first inventory was done in 1962. [ABC News]
Pastoruri Glacier (Willian Justen de Vasconcellos, Unsplash)
¶ “DHL Express South Africa Gets Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo Test Fleet In South Africa” • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles partnered with DHL for the pilot test of an ID. Buzz Cargo fleet in South Africa. Four ID. Buzz Cargo units will be used as last-mile courier service in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban for a period of six months. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Vatican Getting Nearly Forty EVs From Volkswagen” • The Pope and the Vatican have been supporters of climate action and vehicle electrification for several years. The Vatican aims to have a completely carbon neutral fleet by 2030. Now the Vatican’s fleet is electrifying more than ever with an order for forty Volkswagen ID vehicles. [CleanTechnica]
Pope Francis and Volkswagen EVs (Volkswagen AG)
¶ “Zuellig Pharma And ACEN RES Forge Green Partnership For 100% Renewable Energy In The Philippines” • Zuellig Pharma is partnering with ACEN Renewable Energy Solutions to provide 100% renewable energy for two major distribution facilities in the Philippines – the Santa Rosa Distribution Center and Canlubang Distribution Center. [SolarQuarter]
¶ “Lightsource BP Launches Collective PPA Model” • Lightsource BP unveiled a collective purchasing framework so smaller and mid-sized businesses can access clean electricity by aggregating their demand. The company is inviting businesses to join a European multi-buyer corporate power purchase agreement for a portfolio of solar assets in Spain. [reNews]
Solar array with pollinator support (Lightsource BP image)
¶ “Giant Batteries Are Winning The Race Against Gas-Fired Power” • The longterm economics of gasfired generating plants are changing quickly. Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are getting cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gasfired generation worldwide. [Energy Central]
US:
¶ “Inflation Reduction Act Drives $92 Billion Investment In EV Production, 84,000 Jobs In USA” • The Inflation Reduction Act has been an enormous stimulus for the EV sector in the US. It is underrated and under-acknowledged for how it has brought manufacturing and mining jobs to the US, not to mention the many jobs it has retained. [CleanTechnica]
BlueOval City factory construction (Courtesy of Ford)
¶ “US Gas Prices Down As Gasoline Demand Down” • The US Energy Information Administration reports that gas prices in the US are down 10% compared to the same time last year. Or, taking inflation into account, they are actually down 13%! This is despite an expected 2% increase in miles expected to be traveled during Thanksgiving weekend. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Swift Current Energy’s Mineral Basin Solar Project Secures 20-Year NYSERDA Power Contract” • Swift Current Energy recently announced that its Mineral Basin Solar project has been granted a 20-year power contract by NYSERDA, marking a big step forward in New York State’s substantial investment in renewable energy. [SolarQuarter]
Wind turbines (Marcel Strauß, Unsplash)
¶ “Despite Setbacks, States Are Still Counting On Offshore Wind” • East Coast states’ plans to install massive new offshore wind farms have been battered by bad economic news and canceled contracts for projects officials were counting on to reach their clean energy goals. But state leaders don’t intend to dial back offshore wind ambitions. [Louisiana Illuminator]
¶ “Burlington Approves New Carbon Fee And Creates New Fund For Clean Energy Projects” • The Burlington City Council voted to charge developers a fee for installing new fossil fuel heating systems in new buildings and some existing buildings, despite opposition from some environmentalists who say the measure isn’t green enough. [VTDigger]
Have an appealingly convivial day.
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