Science and Technology:
¶ “Why The Tesla Model Y And Other EVs Are So Safe” • Each year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the best-known evaluator of vehicle safety, awards kudos to vehicles that adhere to top safety standards. EVs are tested no differently than other cars. The tests show why EVs are so safe, as they hold up quite well in simulated crashes. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Model Y (Michal Lauko, Unsplash, cropped)
World:
¶ “New Map Shows Just How Extreme Last Month Was For The Planet” • If last month being the planet’s hottest February – the ninth month in a row that a monthly record tumbled – failed to resonate, a map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the ways the extreme warmth translated to impacts around the world. [CNN]
¶ “Global Ocean Heat Has Hit A New Record Every Single Day For The Last Year” • The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. [CNN]
Panama City, Florida (Craig Cameron, Unsplash)
¶ “Encavis AG Partners With BELECTRIC To Construct 114-MW Solar Farm In Borrentin, Germany” • Encavis AG, a renewable energy operator based in Hamburg, is collaborating with BELECTRIC to build a solar farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with a capacity of 114 MW and an annual power output of 119 GWh. [SolarQuarter]
¶ “Four Countries Could Account for Most Near-Term Petroleum Liquids Supply Growth” • Growth in petroleum sales is driven primarily by rising crude oil production from four countries in the Americas – the US, Guyana, Canada, and Brazil – which would partially offset near-term voluntary production cuts in 2024 expected from OPEC+. [CleanTechnica]
Oil supply growth. Please click on the image to enlarge it.
¶ “Amazon Strikes PPA Deal To Source Power From Iberdrola’s East Anglia Offshore Wind Project” • Amazon has inked a major renewable energy offtake deal that has seen it secure 159 MW of electricity from the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm. East Anglia Three is currently under development in the English Channel. [Business Green]
¶ “Shell Backing Away From Retail, Focusing On EV Charging, To Sell 1,000 Fuel Retail Locations” • A recent article at Yahoo Finance says Shell is going to start backing away from retail fuel stations to better focus on EV charging. As part of this effort, 1,000 fuel retail locations will be sold, and more EV charging stations will be installed at rest. [CleanTechnica]
Shell charging area (Shell image)
¶ “Australia’s Largest Solar Farm Powers Up Queensland” • The 88-MW Dugald River solar farm will power key mines in outback Queensland’s North-West Minerals Province. Mining projects from MMG Limited, New Century Resources, and Mount Isa Mines are set for a green energy boost as Australia’s largest solar farm officially launches. [Australian Mining]
¶ “WWF: Nuclear Path To Net-Zero Is A ‘False Narrative’” • As world leaders gather in Brussels for a Nuclear Energy Summit, to identify a role for nuclear energy in the energy transition, WWF argues that the idea that nuclear energy can play a key role in reaching the net-zero emissions long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, is a false narrative. [Panda.org]
Nuclear power plant (Ondrej Bocek, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “How Climate Change Is Affecting Washington, DC’s Iconic Cherry Blossoms” • While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more than 150 trees that have lined the waterfront view for more than a century. [ABC News]
¶ “US Crude Oil Exports Reached a Record in 2023” • US crude oil exports established a record in 2023, averaging 4.1 million barrels per day (b/d), 13% (482,000 b/d) more than the previous annual record set in 2022. Except for 2021, US crude oil exports have increased every year since 2015, when the US ban on most crude oil exports was lifted. [CleanTechnica]
US petroleum exports. Please click on the image to enlarge it.
¶ “EPA Releases New Auto Emissions Rule” • In a move hailed as one of the most significant climate rules in US history, the Biden administration set forth regulations regulating tailpipe emissions on March 20. They call for reducing average fleetwide carbon emissions 56% by 2032. They are the strictest limit on US car and light truck pollution ever. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “University Of Pennsylvania Leads Ivy League In Transition To Solar Power” • The University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Ivy League with an extensive healthcare component. Together, the educational and healthcare facilities use around 300 MW, a third of what an average nuclear power plant might produce. U Penn now has 220 MW of PVs. [CleanTechnica]
University of Pennsylvania solar farm (AES image)
¶ “Vermont House Gives Its Preliminary Approval To A Major Renewable Energy Bill” • Vermont House lawmakers gave their preliminary approval for a major bill that sets strict requirements for utilities to buy power from renewable resources over the next five to ten years. There is still some disagreement over what the final price tag will be. [WCAX]
¶ “Bill Gates-Founded Energy Company Set To Construct $3 Billion Nuclear Power Plant In Wyoming, To Be Operational By 2030” • A power company co-founded by Microsoft’s Bill Gates announced plans to begin building a new type of nuclear power plant in Wyoming this June. TerraPower plans to start building the plant without permits. [Daily Mail Online]
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