Opinion:
¶ “’Capitalism Won’t Save The Planet’: Book Review” • The idea that ‘market forces’ can achieve a transition away from fossil fuels is demolished in The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet, a highly readable polemic by Brett Christophers. The wholesale electricity market will not be moved by prices. It will be moved by profits. [The Ecologist]
Fearless girl (Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández, Unsplash)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Light, Flexible, Efficient Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells” • All-perovskite tandem solar cells could soon pick up as silicon solar cells reach their limits. These highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible cells proved themselves in the laboratory. Now, Empa researchers are working on scaling them up and making them ready for the real world. [CleanTechnica]
World:
¶ “EV Sales Continue To Increase In Norway” • If incentives like the exemption from paying import duties and VAT disappear, sales should go down, right? Not always. Electrive reports that 10,051 electric cars were sold in Norway in April, 2024. EV sales were up by 2,580 vehicles compared to April, 2023, an increase of 34.5% year over year. [CleanTechnica]
Norwegian countryside (Michael Fousert, Unsplash)
¶ “RYTLE’s MovR3 E-Cargo Bike Has An Onboard Pallet Lift For Quick Loading And Unloading” • The MovR3 electric cargo bike from Germany’s RYTLE has a feature that enables the driver to swap out an empty cargo box for a full one, similar to how a semi can drop an empty trailer and hook up a full one. This does well in a delivery micro-hub system. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Capacity Addition in FY24, Solar Dominates with 15 GW Contribution” • In FY24, renewable energy sources dominated new power capacity in India, contributing 71% of the total. Solar led the way at 15 GW. The total installed capacity reached 442 GW, with renewables comprising 32.5% and coal dropping below 50% for the first time to 49.2%. [Krishi Jagran]
Indian farmhouse (VD Photography, Unsplash)
¶ “Tidal Energy Market To Reach $8.6 billion, Globally, By 2033 At 21.9% CAGR: Allied Market Research” • According to a report by Allied Market Research, the tidal energy market was valued at $1.2 billion in 2023 and is estimated to be $8.6 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 21.9% from 2024 to 2033. The report lists several factors pushing growth. [GlobeNewswire]
¶ “Ireland Unveils Roadmap For 37 GW Of Offshore Wind By 2050” • The government of Ireland announced a roadmap to enable the country to deliver 37 GW of offshore wind by 2050. It plans to deliver 20 GW of offshore wind by 2040 and at least 37 GW by 2050. It also provides the basis for Ireland’s ambitious offshore renewable energy targets. [Splash247]
Offshore wind farm (Enterprise Ireland, Irish Sea Contractors)
¶ “UK’s Battery Project Pipeline Skyrockets By Two-Thirds” • RenewableUK’s latest report on battery projects in the UK indicates a 67.4% growth in battery project capacity over the past year, totalling 95.6 GW. The operational capacity of battery storage has now reached 4.4 GW, with an additional 4.3 GW under construction. [Energy Live News]
¶ “Winds Of Change: UK Offshore Wind Sector Breaks Records” • In 2023, the UK offshore wind industry achieved significant milestones according to The Crown Estate’s UK Offshore Wind Report. Highlights include a record-setting 49 TWh of electricity generated by offshore wind, equivalent to powering half of all UK households. [Energy Live News]
Offshore wind farm (Pete Godfrey, Unsplash)
¶ “Paris Vows To Halve Offshore Wind Rollout Times” • The French Government vowed to halve the time it takes to develop offshore wind farms to help meet renewable energy targets. Government ministers said the length of time it takes to get an offshore wind operational in the country was damaging the development of the sector. [reNews]
¶ “Egypt Eyes Large Role In Green Hydrogen Production” • As host of COP27 two years ago, Egypt saw a flurry of proposals for large-scale green hydrogen production, mostly in the huge Suez Canal Economic Zone. The proposals draw upon Egypt’s rich solar and wind resources to power electrolysis, anticipating such hydrogen derivatives as ammonia. [OilPrice.com]
Suez Canal (Daniel Csörföly, public domain)
US:
¶ “US Funding Notice: Fiscal Year 2024 Photovoltaics Research & Development” • An office of the US DOE announced the 2024 Photovoltaics Research & Development funding. It will award up to $20 million for innovative solar PV R&D to reduce PV costs, reduce carbon and energy intensity of PV making, and optimize PV technology for new markets. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Lawsuits And Petitions Aim To Redirect Fossil Fuel Disaster Funding Toward Distributed Renewable Energy And Storage” • Energy justice, consumer, and environmental groups sued FEMA and HUD failing to produce plans to use resilient renewable energy to rebuild communities ravaged by the worsening climate emergency. [Center for Biological Diversity]
Impartial justice (Tingey Injury Law Firm, Unsplash)
¶ “Missouri House Approves Bill Prohibiting Eminent Domain For Solar, Wind Energy Projects” • With two weeks left in the Missouri General Assembly’s session, lawmakers are weighing bills that would bar developers from seizing land to build wind and solar farms. One such bill passed the House by a 115-27 vote. It now heads to the Senate. [Missouri Independent]
¶ “A New Nuclear Energy Law Will Likely Mean Higher Utility Bills” • Customers of Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power might soon start seeing higher electric bills. That’s because of a new law signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin that allows for utilities to make customers pay for the costs of developing nuclear power facilities. [WVTF]
Have a fundamentally grand day.
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