World:
¶ “Earth Experienced Its Warmest April On Record” • Earth just experienced its eleventh straight warmest month on record. Last month continued a relentless stretch of record-breaking global temperatures for the planet after it was found to be the warmest April on record, said the monthly climate report by Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. [ABC News]
Cooling off (Gary Cole, Unsplash)
¶ “Electricity From Clean Sources Reaches 30% Of Global Total” • Last year set a record for renewable energy sources, the ones that do not emit such global warming gases as carbon dioxide and methane, says a report published by Ember, a think tank based in London. For the first time, 30% of world’s electricity was from clean energy sources. [ABC News]
¶ “Hyundai Will Invest Nearly $1 Billion To Keep Motional Viable” • Hyundai Motor Group announced it will invest nearly $1 billion in Motional, a robotaxi business that is a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv. The Motional robotaxi, based on the Hyundai Ioniq 5, will be made at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center in Singapore. [CleanTechnica]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N (Hyundai image)
¶ “Saint-Gobain Invests In Renewable Energy For Romanian Glass Sites” • Saint-Gobain has signed a five-year renewable electricity supply agreement in Romania with OMV Petrom. The contract covers the purchase of green electricity from wind and PV sources provided by energy supplier OMV Petrom and will start in January 2026. [Glass International]
¶ “Company Receives Approval To Install Fully Submerged Wave Energy Converter To Generate Clean Power” • An Irish company, CETO Wave Energy Ireland, a subsidiary of Carnegie Clean Energy, has received approval to place a fully submerged wave energy converter system in Basque Country, Spain, Interesting Engineering reported. [The Cool Down]
Wave converter (CETO Technology image)
¶ “IKEA Is Now Selling A Hot New Product: Renewable Energy” • In order to hit its goal of becoming a climate-positive company by 2030, IKEA is increasingly focused on selling sustainable products. With a new product line, Swedish customers can buy both wind and solar power through an app, which also lets them track their usage. [Yahoo Movies Canada]
¶ “Fossil Fuels Are ‘Becoming Obsolete’ As Solar Panel Prices Plummet” • The cost of solar power has dropped by 87% over the last decade, a study by Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change shows. The world is moving towards a point where fossil fuel-generated power is no longer economically viable. [Yahoo News UK]
Fossil fuel burning power plant (Ivo Lukacovic, Unsplash)
¶ “Ingeteam Picks Up 380-MW Oz PV Order” • Ingeteam has been selected by Acciona Energía as a technology partner to provide its power conversion and control technology for a 380-MW solar project in Australia. The Aldoga Solar Farm, linked to a 15-year PPA, is 20 kilometres northwest of Gladstone on the Central Queensland Coast. [reNews]
US:
¶ “Lilium Announces Firm Order Of Twenty Lilium Jets From US Operator UrbanLink” • Lilium NV announced a partnership with air mobility operator UrbanLink for Lilium Jets in South Florida. UrbanLink will buy twenty Lilium Jets, with pre-delivery payments, and become the first airline in the US fully committed to using eVTOL aircraft in its fleet. [CleanTechnica]
Lilium e-jet (Lilium image)
¶ “Consider Climate Risk Events As ‘Constant Threats’” • In the US, climate risk events are happening more frequently in places where development was once deemed safe. Until recently, most people were not concerned with how their ability to be insured would change. But now, catastrophic climate disasters wreaking havoc have changed that. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Renewable Energy Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk” • Vermont lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that will accelerate the state’s transition toward clean energy by requiring utilities to get 100% of their power from renewable sources by 2035. The bill, H.289, was lauded by environmentalists. Republicans, claiming cost concerns, blasted it. [Seven Days]
Solar array in Guilford (Beyond My Ken, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “University Of Denver To Make Its Electricity 100% Solar” • The University of Denver is doubling down on becoming a leader in green energy. It has partnered with Pivot Energy, planning to build enough new solar panels on campus and at dedicated solar farms nearby to completely offset university electricity use in about three years. [The Colorado Sun]
¶ “Three Large Solar Projects Set To Come Online In Wisconsin This Year” • Wisconsin has three large solar projects with a total capacity of 650 MW expected to come online in 2024, with more coming after that. Two of the solar farms are joint ventures of WEC Energy Group utilities and Madison Gas & Electric. The third is an Alliant Energy project. [WPR]
Solar array (Courtesy of Wisconsin Public Service)
¶ “US Falls Behind Renewable Energy Transition Despite Global Progress” • Despite growing momentum towards sustainability seen internationally, the US seems to be struggling to match the pace of this transition. As countries increasingly adopt renewable energy, the US is lagging, primarily due to its preference for gas over cleaner alternatives. [Tech Times]
¶ “US Ready To Replace Russian Uranium Imports, Official Says” • The US Senate passed the legislation to ban Russian uranium imports, as part of the effort to curb revenues for Russia’s war on Ukraine. The bill, which will now go to President Joe Biden to be signed, starts 90 days after enactment. The DOE will be able to issue waivers, however. [Power Technology]
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