World:
¶ “Mexico Elects Claudia Sheinbaum As The Country’s First-Ever Female President” • A left-leaning climate scientist, Claudia Sheinbaum, has secured enough votes to become Mexico’s first-ever female president. Sheinbaum had previously worked as a contributing author to a report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [CNBC]
Claudia Sheinbaum (Claudia Shein, public domain)
¶ “Thousands Of Children In Afghanistan Are Affected By Flash Floods, UNICEF Says” • Tens of thousands of children remain affected by ongoing flash floods in Afghanistan, especially in the north and west, the UN children’s agency said. UNICEF said the extreme weather has all of the hallmarks of the intensifying climate crisis. [ABC News]
¶ “Dual Harvest: Agrivoltaics Boost Food And Energy Production in Asia” • In China’s Dongying City, PV panels were installed several meters above the water, helping to generate an annual 260 GWh of energy, enough to power 113,000 local households. Since its completion and grid connection in 2021, farmers have also gained many benefits. [CleanTechnica]
Flowers and solar panels (Argonne National Laboratory)
¶ “Scaling Up: Lopez-Led First Gen Sets $9 Billion Plan To Quadruple Capacity In Six Years To Stay ‘Relevant’” • The largest renewable energy producer in the Philippines needs to raise its capacity to 13.14 GW to stay ‘relevant’ under the government plan for renewables to generate 35% of the nation’s electricity by 2030. Its capacity is 3.6 GW now. [Bilyonaryo Business News]
¶ “EU Wind, Solar Grow 65% In Four Years” • Since the current European Commission took office in 2019, EU wind and solar capacity has grown by 65%, adding 188 GW, displacing fossil fuel generation, and driving down emissions, according to analysis from Ember. Solar capacity has grown even faster, up 113% to 257 GW, Ember found. [reNews]
Wind turbines (Thomas Reaubourg, Unsplash)
¶ “BayWa re Signs MOU with Hankuk Paper For Onshore Wind Project In South Korea” • BayWa re announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hankuk Paper. Part of the MOU is a land deal that will pave the way to develop BayWa re’s 60-MW onshore wind power project in the Gyeongsangbuk-do province. [Energetica India Magazine]
¶ “Terminal 3 Of Delhi Airport Reduces Power Consumption Per Passenger By 57%” • Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport reduced electricity consumption per passenger by 57%. GMR group’s Delhi International Airport Limited said that the electricity consumption, which was 5.18 kWh per person in 2010, fell to 2.21 kWh in 2023. [India Today]
Terminal 3 (Bharatahs, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Southeast Asia Gas Expansion Threatens Green Transition: Report” • Southeast Asia is on track to vastly expand its gas-fired power plant and liquid natural gas import capacity, threatening its green energy transition, a Global Energy Monitor report warns. The region’s existing plans project a doubling of gas-fired power capacity. [Japan Today]
¶ “South Australia Is Turning To Solar Energy For Its Economic Survival” • Australia is rapidly developing its solar generating capacity and gaining support from landowners all across the country. In South Australia’s Riverland region, many landowners are finding it extremely difficult to earn revenue from land on which nothing will grow. [OilPrice.com]
Solar array in SA (Leanne Davis, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “India Launches 2.4 GW Of Renewables Tenders” • SECI has started accepting bids to set up 1.2 GW of solar projects on a build-own-operate basis. The project can be located anywhere in India and must connect to the interstate transmission system. SECI will sign 25-year power purchase agreements with the successful bidders. [pv magazine International]
¶ “Why State MPs Are Knocking Logan Nuclear Plans On The Head” • Stockleigh, Queensland has been named as a “possible” site to house two nuclear power plants by one of Australia’s leading nuclear advocacy groups. But the Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs, and Springwood MP, Mick de Brenni, said he wouldn’t support nuclear. [MyCity Logan]
Small Modular Reactor Building (GE Hitchi)
US:
¶ “Two Firefighters Injured As Wildfire Spreads To 14,000 Acres Near San Francisco” • Two firefighters were injured and over 100 homes were evacuated as the Corral Fire spread to 14,000 acres of mostly dry grassland in San Joaquin County, California, close to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, about 50 miles from San Francisco. [ABC News]
¶ “California Wildfires Altering Ecosystems, Disrupting Wildlife Habitats” • US forest fires are becoming more intense, frequent, and widespread, climate scientists and wildfire experts said in a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The fires that burned large swaths of land in California are reshaping wildlife ecosystems. [ABC News]
Burned land (Intricate Explorer, Unsplash)
¶ “Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California! [UPDATE]” • For 55 days in a row, electricity from solar, wind, and water power exceeded 100% of power demand on California’s main grid for part of the day. Also, going back further, that has been achieved in 80 out of the last 87 days. That is since early March, late winter. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “ESS And Burbank Water & Power Celebrate Commissioning Of First Iron Flow Battery System On BWP EcoCampus” • Local elected officials and business and community leaders were on hand to celebrate the installation and commissioning of a 75-kW, 500-kWh Energy Warehouse iron flow battery on the BWP EcoCampus. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
Have a generously sustaining day.
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