Opinion:
¶ “Renewables Are The Only Energy Solution That Can Avert Climate Disaster, Conference Told” • While it is the sovereign right and prerogative of nations to choose their energy mix, the arguments for adding new nuclear capacity are weak, according to the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency, Francesco la Camera. [Daily Maverick]
Wind turbines (Karsten Würth, Unsplash)
Science and Technology:
¶ “NOAA Calls For Urgent Geoengineering Investigation” • It is abundantly clear that we are not sufficiently slowing the pace of global heating. So the administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said NOAA is starting to study the effects of likely techniques for geoengineering, including the ones involving the oceans. [CleanTechnica]
World:
¶ “Schools To Reopen In South Sudan After Two Weeks Of Extreme Heat” • South Sudan’s government said schools will reopen next week after being closed for two weeks due to heat. The health and education ministries said temperatures were expected to drop in the coming days. During the heat wave, the country’s highs were up to 45°C (113°F). [ABC News]
Family in South Sudan (David Atoroyo Sika, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Chinese EV Makers Challenging Market Leaders At Auto Show In Bangkok” • Chinese EV makers are showing off their latest models, including a flying car, at the Bangkok International Motor Show. BYD, XPeng, Great Wall Motors, and others are challenging longstanding market leaders like Toyota, Isuzu, and Ford, as they expand exports. [ABC News]
¶ “Offshore Wind Industry Wants To Shed Its Fossil-Fueled Workboats” • The offshore wind industry seems to want to go beyond producing carbon-free renewable energy. They are also replacing the fuels used by their working vessels. Electric power is on the menu as a long term solution, and alternative fuels are getting attention for now. [CleanTechnica]
Service operations vessel (Courtesy of ESVAGT)
¶ “There Are Now Visibly More Electric Motorcycles In Nairobi, Kenya” • Hundreds of thousands of internal combustion engine motorcycles are sold each year in Kenya. These continue to add enormous amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. But a number of startups are making electric motorcycles, and they are starting to make a difference. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Offshore Wind Race Heats Up In Baltic Sea, Russia Or Not” • Russia has a slim coastal finger on the Baltic Sea, giving it a golden opportunity to tap rich offshore wind resources. To no one’s surprise, it has passed on that. However, activity has been increased by other Baltic nations. That includes a new 975-MW wind farm for Germany. [CleanTechnica]
Offshore wind turbines (Screenshot courtesy of Siemens)
¶ “UK Cable Superhighway Receives £3.4 Billion Boost” • Ofgem gave provisional approval to a funding package for the proposed 2-GW high voltage Eastern Green Link 2 transmission line. The line is a subsea and underground 500 km (310 miles) electricity superhighway between Scotland and Yorkshire. Its funding will come to £3.4 billion. [reNews]
¶ “Nordex Secures 98-MW Swedish Order” • The Nordex Group has received an order from Holmen Energi AB for 98 MW in Sweden. In summer 2025, the Nordex Group will supply and install 14 N163/6.X turbines for the Blisterliden wind farm in a forested area in the county of Västerbotten in the northeastern part of Sweden. [reNews]
Wind turbine (Nordex image)
¶ “Indian Police Report UFOs Flying Over Nuclear Plants ‘Every Few Days’” • Senior law enforcement in India video-taped UFO sightings over nuclear plants last year, a news report revealed. One witness, a police sub-inspector, said he was ‘100% sure’ the object he taped, with its high-speed ‘zigzag movements,’ could not be explained by human tech. [MSN]
US:
¶ “Why Stumpy, DC’s Iconic Cherry Tree, Is Drawing So Much Attention” • A hallowed-out, small cherry tree in Washington, DC, is getting a major amount of attention ahead of its removal from the Tidal Basin because of climate change. Over the last century, sea levels in the Washington, DC, area have risen by over a foot, according to NOAA. [ABC News]
Cherry trees in salt water (Javier Robles, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “What Is The Cost Of Climate Pollution? Corporate Profits, That’s What” • The US SEC proposed a rule mandating that public companies report their greenhouse gas emissions. But corporations will do just about anything to hide the true cost of their climate pollution, and the lobbying pressure against full disclosures won out. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “$50 Million For Tribal Clean Energy Projects” • The US DOE said that under the Clean Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands – 2024, the amount of funding available has been doubled, as it has increased from $25 million to $50 million. The DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes. [CleanTechnica]
USDA visit to Blackfeet Nation (USDAgov, public domain)
¶ “Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Offshore Project Gains US Government Approval” • The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved the 924-MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm. Its developers, Danish energy company Ørsted and utility provider Eversource, have also taken a final investment decision on the project. [Power Technology]
¶ “West Virginia Governor Vetoes Bill Expanding Renewable Energy To Protect Coal” • West Virginia Gov Jim Justice (R) vetoed a measure that would raise the allowable size for a solar plant operated by state utilities, citing concerns about its effects on the coal industry. The bill would have doubled the maximum size of utility solar plants to 100 MW. [The Hill]
Have a decidedly great day.
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