Opinion:
¶ “Las Vegas Raiders Blow One Giant Raspberry At Renewable Energy Foes” • The Las Vegas Raiders will showcase Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as a paragon of renewable energy virtue to Super Bowl audiences everywhere when the 49ers and the Chiefs come to town. And the Raiders are not shy about laying it on thick. [CleanTechnica]
Allegiant Stadium (Jeffrey Hayes, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Getting To Know The ”Ghost” Inside Batteries” • Researchers at the US DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like. Their study relates to a condition called soft-shorts. It provides the research community with valuable knowledge and methods to design better EV batteries. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The Particulars Of PM 2.5: Why Particulate Matter … Matters” • Unlike the other major air pollutants, particulate air pollution is defined by size rather than the chemicals it contains. With their densities typically reported in micrograms per cubic meter, the smaller these particulates are, the more damage they can wreak on the human body. [CleanTechnica]
Smog in Sydney (Marek Piwnicki, Unsplash)
¶ “How California’s Hurricanes Are Predicted To Become More Severe With Climate Change” • Most of the rain in California and the West comes from atmospheric rivers. Scientists estimate that atmospheric rivers will get stronger as temperatures continue to rise, making this a bigger problem. dominant driver water supply and flooding in California. [World Nation News]
¶ “Olivine: Natural Solution To Combat Climate Change” • Sahit Muja, the Founder and CEO of Global Mining, Green Minerals, and Albanian Minerals, emphasizes magnesium olivine’s role as an eco-friendly building block poised to eliminate 1 trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. It could be a natural solution to climate change challenges. [EIN News]
Olivine (Hannes Grobe, AWI, CC-BY-SA 2.5)
World:
¶ “Climate Campaigners Urge China To Invest In Renewable Energy In Pakistan” • Pakistani climate campaigners urged China to invest in renewable energy in their country. Their demand was raised at a rally led by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita committee in front of the Lahore Press Club to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year on Saturday. [Business Recorder]
¶ “City Offering Stratas Free Energy, Solar Assessments” • The City of Penticton, British Columbia, is offering free energy assessments and solar generation studies for stratified multi-family buildings whose residents want to go green. A limited number of assessments and studies are offered in an effort to improve sustainability. [Penticton Herald]
Skyscape at Penticton (Luke Kowand, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Govt Weighs The Use Of Green Hydrogen For Peak Power Generation” • India’s Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy proposed using green hydrogen for power generation to ensure round-the-clock availability of green power and ensure peak grid power supply. A plan for a 100-MW pilot project is already under way. [domain-b.com]
¶ “Redcar Solar Energy Farm Plans Approved Despite Fears” • In North Yorkshire, members of Redcar and Cleveland Council’s regulatory committee went against the recommendation of a planning officer that they refuse plans by EDF Renewables UK for a site near Yearby village. The facility would generate up to 49.9 MW of electricity. [The Northern Echo]
Yearby (Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “France’s EDF Shuts Down Two Nuclear Reactors After Fire At Chinon Plant” • Nuclear energy operator EDF has shut down two reactors in western France after a fire in a non-nuclear sector of the plant, the company said. France’s nuclear safety watchdog said the fire had led to an electricity outage that triggered the automatic shutdown. [MSN]
US:
¶ “Transforming The US Steel Industry: A Great Lakes Memo Series” • The Great Lakes, from Minnesota to Pennsylvania, are a regional powerhouse of steel-making. The region has 60% of all steel production capacity in the US and 100% of coal-based steel production. RMI has produced a series of state-specific memos on reducing emissions. [CleanTechnica]
Steel making (Morteza Mohammadi, Unsplash)
¶ “Shell Shuts Down Its US Hydrogen Filling Stations” • Warning signs appeared last year when Shell scrapped its plans to build 48 hydrogen refueling stations for light duty vehicles in California. The $40 million in state incentives to install hydrogen fueling stations was not enough. Now Shell is closing the last of the ones it had opened. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “UK Largest Renewable Energy Supplier Building Longview Plant Along Columbia River” • Drax, the self-described largest power station in the UK, is building a plant along the Columbia River in Longview, Washington, to harvest wood pellets for Asia to generate power. Drax aims to use Pacific Northwest forests to replace coal overseas. [Longview Daily News]
Forest at the Columbia River (Elena Kuchko, Unsplash)
¶ “Controversial Energy Project In Southern Washington State Moves Closer To Breaking Ground” • A federal commission has released its environmental review for the Goldendale Energy Storage Project. It puts the project in Washington State closer to breaking ground, much to the consternation of several tribes and environmentalists. [Oregon Public Broadcasting]
¶ “Amazon’s Oregon Data Centers Set To Purchase Clean Power” • Amazon’s data centers in eastern Oregon will start buying clean electricity as they start to meet their renewable energy goals, according to a company statement. As part of the project, $1.2 million will be donated to a nonprofit organization that installs solar panels for NPOs. [Daily Tidings]
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