Opinion:
¶ “Estimating The Growth Of Electric Vehicles And Tesla Sales, An Exploration Of S-Curves” • Some say EV growth has stalled. Others acknowledge growth, but imagine that it’s linear, when in fact it’s exponential. Over-zealous advocates, on the other hand, assume that exponential growth will last forever, which of course is also not true. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Model 3 (Vlad Tchompalov, Unsplash)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Thermal Energy Storage To Beat Natural Gas In Northeast US” • Israeli startup Brenmiller made an agreement with the New York firm Rock Energy Storage, aimed to deploy its thermal battery to push natural gas out of the industrial energy market in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Bidirectional On-Board Chargers: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper” • Fraunhofer IZM managed to bring together some innovative ideas for a new generation of on-board chargers. Twice the performance at half the size, bidirectional capabilities, and efficiently made: The result is the economical ticket to the fast lane into the future. [CleanTechnica]
IZM on-board charger (Volker Mai, © Fraunhofer IZM)
World:
¶ “EV Sales in Australia Show Slight Improvement” • EV sales in Australia showed a slight improvement in May. Although, the battery EV penetration of the market was steady at about 8% in May in a rising market for all vehicles. There were 8,974 battery EV sales, up from April’s 6,194 units sold and also greater than May 2023 (8,124 units sold). [CleanTechnica]
¶ “EVs Take 25.7% Share of the UK” • May saw plugin EVs take 25.7% of the UK auto market, up from 23.1% YOY. Most of the gain was from plugin hybrids, whilst battery EVs barely improved. Overall auto volume was 147,678 units, up by some 2% YOY, and still below pre-2020 norms (~175,000). The UK’s leading battery EV brand in May was Tesla. [CleanTechnica]
Electric car (myenergi, Unsplash)
¶ “Adani Group To Invest Over $1 Billion In Sri Lankan Wind Projects” • Adani Group is set to invest over $1 billion in Sri Lanka, marking the nation’s largest foreign direct investment and its biggest power project to date. Sources say that Adani Green Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Adani Group, plans to build two wind farms in Sri Lanka. [News Track]
¶ “Clean Energy Investment Set To Run At Double Fossil Fuel Spending” • Investment in clean energy technologies will climb to $2 trillion this year, almost double the amount spent on fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency has said. The $1 trillion that will go to coal, gas and oil is far too much to conform with global climate goals. [Mining.com]
Wind turbines (Image from Pxhere, CC0)
¶ “TotalEnergies, Air Products Ink Hydrogen Deal” • Air Products and TotalEnergies signed a 15-year agreement to supply Europe with 70,000 tons of green hydrogen annually starting in 2030. This first long-term deal follows TotalEnergies’s call for tenders for the supply of 500,000 tons per year of green hydrogen to decarbonize its European refineries. [reNews]
¶ “RWE Inaugurates 44-MW Nouvions” • RWE has inaugurated its 44-MW Nouvions onshore wind in the Aisne department of Hauts-de-France. The array features 11 turbines, each with a capacity of 4 MW and will meet the annual electricity needs of around 19,000 households. The N149 hardware are the first of their kind to be installed in France. [reNews]
Wind turbines (Nordex image)
¶ “Dutton’s Climate Target Opposition Labelled ‘Disaster’” • Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would dump Australia’s legally binding climate target to cut emissions by 43% from 2005 levels by 2030. The move follows his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050. [Yahoo]
US:
¶ “New Steps to Advance Offshore Wind Progress in Maryland” • The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Maryland to support the coordinated development of wind energy generation offshore Maryland, the Department of Interior announced. [CleanTechnica]
Offshore windfarm (Jesse De Meulenaere, Unsplash)
¶ “Robyn Denholm Warns Musk Might ‘Step Back’ If Pay Package Is Not Restored” • On June 13, 2024, the world as we know it may be profoundly altered. That’s the day Tesla shareholders will decide whether to reinstate the $55.8 billion pay package for Elon Musk that Chancellor Kathaleen St Jude McCormick of Delaware invalidated four months ago. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Washington Wants To Hear Rural Communities’ Thoughts On Renewable Energy” • Washington officials had an online meeting to find out what rural residents think about renewable energy development. People from across the state asked questions about tax rates, farm and forest land use and views they said could be obstructed. [Northwest Public Broadcasting]
Windfarm (royharryman, Pixabay)
¶ “NV Energy Enters Power Purchase Agreement On $2.3 Billion 700-MW Solar Project” • Utility-scale solar developer Arevia Power signed a power purchase agreement with NV Energy, a Nevada utility, for one of the largest solar and energy storage projects in the state. The utility will buy power generated by the 700-MW Libra solar project. [pv magazine USA]
¶ “US May Revive Some Shut Nuclear Plants To Help Meet Goal For Emissions” • The US could revive some of its recently retired nuclear power plants or add reactors to existing sites to help meet rising demand for zero-emissions electricity, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said. The industry is hindered by the high cost of new construction. [MSN]
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