Opinion:
¶ “What Are the Benefits Of Using Renewable Energy For Businesses?” • With the increasing demand for sustainable practices, many companies have turned to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power. But why exactly should businesses make this switch? Here we look into a number of reasons. [Business Matters]
Talking about business (Jason Goodman, Unsplash)
¶ “How Human-Rights Court Challenges Are Moving The Needle On Climate Change” • In the book Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi paints a picture of ways in which a green economy is possible, and in many cases already happening. Here, an excerpt looks at the influence of court challenges in inducing change by private companies and governments. [Toronto Star]
Science and Technology:
¶ “Radia’s WindRunner To Be The World’s Largest Aircraft Ever Built” • The enormous blades required for today’s most potent offshore wind turbines can’t easily be transported over land. A Colorado-based energy startup believes it has the answer: A colossal plane purpose-built to ferry the largest turbine blades imaginable. [Interesting Engineering]
Radia’s WindRunner (Radia image)
World:
¶ “Hyundai Motor And Iveco Group Expand Their Partnership To Explore Synergies For Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks In Europe” • Hyundai Motor Company and Iveco Group signed a Letter of Intent, to work towards electric heavy-duty truck solutions, for both battery electric trucks and fuel cell electric trucks, for the European markets. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “On Track To Produce 30% Renewable Energy By 2030” • The Minister of Energy and Minerals of Oman confirmed it is on track to produce at least 30% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. He highlighted the fact that ongoing studies are assessing feasibility, costs, and necessary adaptations for industries to transition to renewable energy. [Muscat Daily]
Evening skyline in Oman (Muhammad Shoaib, Unsplash)
¶ “RECPDCL And BHEL Forge JV For Renewable Energy Project Development” • REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited announced a Memorandum of Understanding it had signed with Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited. The MOU aims to create a joint venture to develop 1 GW of renewable generating capacity. [Energetica India Magazine]
¶ “Odisha’s Single Window Committee Approves Projects Worth ₹556 Crore In Renewable Energy” • Odisha government’s Single Window Committee has approved investment proposals worth ₹556.49 crore ($67.14 million) in the renewable energy sector. The projects proposed generating capacity of 82.42 MW, including solar, wind, and hydropower. [odishabytes]
Temple in Odisha (Ayiman Mohanty, Unsplash)
¶ “Russia Spreading Fake News Of Ukraine’s ‘Strike’ On Nuclear Power Plant” • Kremlin propaganda is spinning a fake story about an alleged attack by the Ukrainian forces on one of the nuclear power plant’s facilities at Zaporizhzhia, according to the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, a Ukrinform report says. [Ukrinform]
US:
¶ “Climate Criminals – Prosecuting Big Oil For Environmental Crimes” • David Arkush, who is the director of the Public Citizen Climate Program, and Aaron Regunberg, who is a senior climate policy counsel at Public Citizen, have written an article for “The New Republic” called The Case for Prosecuting Fossil Fuel Companies for Homicide. Wow! Let that sink in! [CleanTechnica]
Symbol of Justice (DonkeyHotey, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Ford F-150 Lightning Race Pits Tesla’s Superchargers Against Electrify America” • Tom Moloughney and Kyle Conner took two Ford Trucks from New Jersey to Florida to see who would get there first. One had to rely on Electrify America stations, and the other had to use Tesla’s Supercharger network. Spoiler: They arrived minutes apart. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Orange County’s Pioneering Floating Solar Array: A Beacon Of Renewable Energy” • In Florida, Orange County is making a big move towards being more sustainable and using renewable energy. They’ve put up the biggest floating solar power system in the US Southeast on a 3.6 acre pond at their Southern Regional Water Supply Facility. [Microgrid Media]
Have a truly marvelous day.
geoharvey 
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