Opinion:
¶ “Isn’t Engaging In Ecocide A Crime? Shouldn’t Corporations Be Held Accountable?” • Some ‘super corporations’ cause lasting, severe, and widespread environmental devastation, but are not held accountable for the biodiversity loss and damage they cause. They are engaging in ecocide, and we should hold them liable for their actions. [CleanTechnica]
Pollution (Daniel Moqvist, Unsplash)
¶ “There’s One Real Coalition Energy Policy Now: Sabotaging Renewables” • For all the acres of words being written about Peter Dutton’s fantasy of seven nuclear plants, no such plants will ever be built in Australia. Yesterday’s announcement by Dutton […] was really about creating a cover for the one solid Coalition energy policy that currently exists. [Crikey]
Science and Technology:
¶ “Polyphase Wireless Power Transfer System Achieves 270-kW Charge, Sets A World Record for Electric Light-Duty Vehicles” • Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty EV. The demonstration used a polyphase wireless charging system developed at ORNL. [CleanTechnica]
Demonstration (Carlos Jones, ORNL, US DOE)
¶ “Climate Change Stoked US, Mexico Heatwave, A Report Says” • Human-induced climate change made recent extreme heat in the US southwest, Mexico and Central America around 35 times more likely, scientists say. The World Weather Attribution group studied excess heat between May and early June, when the US heatwave was mainly in the Southwest. [BBC]
World:
¶ “Superyachts For The Super Rich Cause A Whole Lot Of Environmental Damage” • Many of the super rich crave the unparalleled luxury that superyachts offer. While they may gratify their appetites in such floating homes, they don’t often pay much attention to the greenhouse gas emissions that they create as they do. [CleanTechnica]
Superyacht (Arno Senoner, Unsplash)
¶ “Digital Edge And Peak Energy Partner For Renewable Energy In Data Centers” • Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte Ltd and Peak Energy Investments Ltd announced a collaboration to bring renewable energy to Digital Edge’s data center operations in Asia. The initial effort is to develop a 500-MW pipeline of renewable energy capacity. [Digital News Asia]
¶ “Principle Power Inks South Korean MOU” • Principle Power signed an agreement with shipyard HSG Sungdong to advance serial manufacturing of its floating wind foundations in South Korea. The non-exclusive MOU outlines cooperation by the companies on engineering developments for mass production of the WindFloat technology. [reNews]
Manufacture of WindFloat foundations (HSG Sungdong image)
¶ “Wärtsilä Launches World’s First Large-Scale 100% Hydrogen-Ready Engine Power Plant” • Wärtsilä launched the world’s first large-scale 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant. According to the IEA World Energy Outlook 2023, hydrogen is an essential component of future power systems to reach net zero emissions by 2050. [Green Car Congress]
¶ “European Energy Seeks Green Light For 1.1-GW Solar Plant” • The largest solar power project planned for Australia’s main electricity grid has reached a new milestone. European Energy is seeking a green light under the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to build a 1.1-GW Solar Farm in Queensland. [pv magazine Australia]
Solar plant (European Energy image)
¶ “Group Will Invest $100 Billion In Energy Transition Over Next Decade: Gautam Adani” • The Adani Group plans over $100 billion of investments in energy transition projects and towards building a manufacturing base to produce the key components needed for a green energy generation, group chairman Gautam Adani said. [The New Indian Express]
US:
¶ “East Palestine Train Derailment Spread ‘Hazardous’ Pollution To 16 States: Study” • On Feb 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. It sent toxic chemicals into a region that is 14% of the US land area, where 110 million people live, a study published in Environmental Research Letters says. [ABC News]
Derailed and burnt cars (NTSB, public domain)
¶ “US DOE Leads Effort to Improve the Cybersecurity of Energy Supply Chains” • The US DOE has released new Supply Chain Cybersecurity Principles, developed in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory. The principles establish best practices for cybersecurity throughout the supply chain that supports energy infrastructure. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “One City, Two Offshore Wind Hubs, 9000 MW” • New York City’s boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, are both set to host hubs for offshore wind farms. Both claim to be among the largest in the US. They are further evidence that that US offshore wind industry is back on its feet, despite interferance of the fossil fuel industry and other setbacks. [CleanTechnica]
Offshore wind hub (Courtesy of Atlantic Offshore Terminals)
¶ “US Energy Storage Market Soars 84% In Q1” • The US energy storage market set a first-quarter record for capacity installed in Q1 2024, with 1,265 MW deployed across all segments, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie and ACP. This is the highest storage capacity ever installed in a first quarter in the US. It is an 84% increase from Q1 2023. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Holtec Confirms Pilgrim Worker Was Contaminated” • An incident that exposed a worker at the shuttered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to airborne radioactive contamination has been confirmed by the spokesman for Holtec International, Patrick O’Brien. Holtec is the company that has been decommissioning the plant. [The Provincetown Independent]
Have an outstandingly merry day.
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