World:
¶ “BYD And Ampersand To Collaborate On Electric Motorcycles In Africa” • BYD signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ampersand, one of Africa’s leading EV energy tech companies, to collaborate in the electric motorcycle sector. Ampersand will use BYD’s high-tech battery cells to build around 40,000 electric motorcycles by the end of 2026. [CleanTechnica]
Electric motorcycle production (Ampersand image)
¶ “Queensland Pilots Local Renewable Energy Zone” • The Queensland government is piloting a Local Renewable Energy Zone in the state’s Sunshine Coast region. It is providing $40 million for the Caloundra LREZ project, which will deploy up to 18.8 MWh of battery storage at 8.4 MW and support up to 2.8 MW of added solar PVs. [Government News]
¶ “Solar PV Installations Will Reach Up To 660 GW In 2024” • Global PV installations will be 600 to 660 GW (dc) in 2024, says analysis from PV expert Bernreuter Research. “Once market participants come to the conclusion that the crash of the solar module price has reached its bottom, demand will accelerate,” says Johannes Bernreuter. [CleanTechnica]
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¶ “Seven Countries Now Generate 100% Of Their Electricity From Renewable Energy” • According to newly compiled figures, seven countries, Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, produced more than 99.7% of the electricity they consumed using hydro, solar, wind, or geothermal power. [MSN]
¶ “DTEK’s Subsidiary DRI Buys 126-MW Solar Power Project In Romania” • Renewable energy company DRI, a subsidiary DTEK Group in the EU, acquired its third project in Romania. The 126-MW solar farm in Văcărești in Dâmbovița county is expected to become operational next year. DRI’s goal for Romania is to reach 1 GW by 2028. [Balkan Green Energy News]
Solar array (DRI image)
¶ “NSW Targets Road Upgrades For Wind Blades And Towers In Big $3.5 Billion Climate And Energy Spend” • The government of New South Wales set aside $128.5 million in the state budget to upgrade roads from the port of Newcastle to renewable energy zones to support transporting giant wind turbine blades, towers, and other heavy equipment. [RenewEconomy]
US:
¶ “US Acknowledges Northwest Dams Devastated The Region’s Native Tribes” • The US government acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest. Though they made electricity, he dams ruined Native American tribes by flooding villages and blocking salmon runs. [ABC News]
Columbia River (Ben Vaughn, Unsplash)
¶ “Hyundai To Start Manufacturing IONIQ 5 Electric SUVS At New Georgia Plant This Fall” • Hyundai Motor Group said it plans to start making IONIQ 5 electric SUVs at its new plant in Georgia this fall. It was the first time the South Korean car maker identified which model of EV it will produce at its $7.6 billion EV and battery plant west of Savannah. [ABC News]
¶ “Toyota And Pepco Team Up To Research Vehicle-To-Grid Technology In Maryland” • Toyota Motor North America and local energy utility Pepco are working together to research vehicle-to-grid systems for battery EVs. This effort will explore bidirectional power flow technology that will allow battery EV owners to charge or support the grid. [CleanTechnica]
Charging a Toyota (Toyota image)
¶ “Record High Temperatures Prevail As Heat Dome Spreads Across The US” • A heat dome is expected to bring temperatures in the 90s to much of the country, breaking records as it does, by this weekend. A heat dome is a ridge of high pressure that traps warm air beneath it and blocks milder weather systems from moving through. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US DOE Announces Over $41 Million In Funding To Deliver Clean Energy Solutions To Market” • The US DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions announced $41.4 million in funding for fifty impactful projects across seventeen National Laboratories to further clean energy. The funding is coorinated through a set of DOE program offices. [CleanTechnica]
Solar panes in California (Dennis Schroeder, NREL)
¶ “Octopus Energy To Invest $2 Billion In US Clean Power” • Octopus Energy, the UK’s largest electricity supplier, announced plans to invest $2 billion in renewable energy projects across the US by the end of the decade. Octopus Energy’s entry into the US clean power market begins with acquisition of two solar farms for a total capacity of 100 MW. [Business Matters]
¶ “Mississippi Just Got Its First Utility-Scale Wind Farm” • Wind energy development has long been stuck in the doldrums in the Southeastern US. Until very recently, nine states in the region had exactly 0 MW of commercial wind capacity, even as turbines spread across every other US state. Mississippi, however, has just bucked that trend. [Canary Media]
Wind turbines in Mississippi (AES Corp)
¶ “Fort Liberty Transitions To Mostly Solar Power, Clean Energy Partnering With Duke Energy” • Duke Energy and Fort Liberty say they’re partnering to use clean energy and solar power at the installation and several other military bases in the Carolinas. President Biden’s plan is to power the federal government with 100% clean electricity by 2030. [ABC11 Raleigh-Durham]
¶ “Capito-Led Nuclear Energy Bill Heads To President’s Desk” • The US Senate passed legislation that includes a bill to advance deployment of nuclear power led by Sen Shelley Moore Capito and two Democratic colleagues. It passed the House 393-13 last month and the Senate by 88-2 on Tuesday. Now it’s off to the president for his signature. [Dominion Post]
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