Opinion:
¶ “Pyrolysis Is The Latest Climate-Killing Plastics Scam From ExxonMobil” • Fossil fuel companies are touting a new way to deal with plastic waste called pyrolysis, and to hear the industry spin it, it is the greatest thing since ice cream. It is nothing short of a flimflam, the point of which is to keep profits high for fossil fuel companies. [CleanTechnica]
Plastics, part of the climate crisis (Courtesy of the US DOE)
¶ “Dutton’s Nuclear Option Is Nothing But A Power Grab” • Peter Dutton’s nuclear gambit is about power but not necessarily about electricity. Those now in charge of the Coalition have judged that the path back to governing Australia is to stoke and exploit fears about power prices, cost of living, and renewables not being enough to keep the lights on. [Riotact]
Science and Technology:
¶ “What The ‘Warming Stripes’ Tell Us About Climate Change” • Created by climate scientist Ed Hawkins, the “warming stripes” are visual representations of annual or monthly temperature anomalies for a specific location or region over the past 100+ years. The visualization uses a color scale to represent anomalies of temperatures. [Earth.Org]
Warming stripes with temperatures (RCraig09, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Award-Winning Software Tool Improves Cyber Defense Using Machine Learning” • An award-winning project helps utilities and manufacturers prevent cybersecurity attacks from affecting the US electric power grid. The software identifies cybersecurity vulnerabilities in firmware and improves the defense of devices and the electric system. [CleanTechnica]
World:
¶ “Some Interesting Insights From Uganda’s 2024/2025 National Budget” • Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development released a national budget with some interesting features. They give us a good look into the country’s electricity generation landscape, its current state, and its plans to grow the electric mobility ecosystem. [CleanTechnica]
Kiira Motors electric coache (Courtesy of Kiira Motors)
¶ “Equinor And Oceanex Bag Licence For 2-GW Oz Floater” • The Australian government has offered Equinor and Oceanex a feasibility licence for a 2-GW floater in the Hunter offshore wind area in New South Wales. Should the project go ahead, it would employ around 3,000 workers during construction and create around 200-300 permanent local jobs. [reNews]
¶ “Europe Unveils Solar Academy” • The European Commission has launched the European Solar Academy, the first in a series of EU Academies to be set up under the Net-Zero Industry Act to develop the necessary workfoce and skills along the net zero value chains. The PV manufacturing sector is expected to need 66,000 skilled workers by 2030. [reNews]
Solar array (First Solar image)
¶ “UK Offshore Wind Farms Vulnerable To Cyberattacks” • The Alan Turing Institute issued a warning about the vulnerability of offshore wind farms to cyberattacks, highlighting potential risks to the UK’s renewable energy goals. The research shows that old software and the remote sites of wind farms put them at risk of cyber threats. [Energy Live News]
¶ “Domestic Solar Power Output Up 80% In A Year” • Electricity generated from domestic rooftops in Ireland is up 80% in a single year, a new report has found. According to the current Scale of Solar report, solar energy could power 280,000 homes this year. Overall solar power output, including energy from commercial solar farms, went up by 43%. [Newstalk]
Solar tiles in Ireland (Stephen Craven, CC-BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
¶ “Europe’s Solar Power Surge Hits Prices, Exposing Storage Needs” • Wholesale power markets in most of Europe turned out zero or negative prices for a record number of hours in the first five months of this year. The mismatch between demand and supply as solar power generation soars, could potentially help shift investment to storage solutions. [MSN]
US:
¶ “EnergyX Announces Major Lithium Development In Ark-La-Tex Region” • Energy Exploration Technologies Inc (EnergyX) announced a major lithium project, Project Lonestar Lithium. The project aims to solidify EnergyX’s position as a leader in the global energy transition and bid to help secure the US battery supply chain. [CleanTechnica]
EnergyX plant (Courtesy of EnergyX)
¶ “The Electric Revolution Of Gardening Tools Is Here” • If you go to your local Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, or Farm & Fleet store, you will find brands of battery electric gardening tools that will do almost any gardening job as well or better than your old corded or gas-powered tools. Old gas-burning machines can be replaced with electric! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Volkswagen ID.4 Is The Third Most American Car! The Tesla Model Y Is Still Number One!” • What is the car with the highest proportion of its parts produced in the USA? It’s the Tesla Model Y. The number two place is taken by the Honda Passport. But it is really interesting to see that Volkswagen took the number three place this year with the ID.4. [CleanTechnica]
Volkswagen ID.4 (Mariordo, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “NY Unveils New Onshore Solicitation” • Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a new large-scale onshore renewable energy solicitation for New York. The process seeks proposals for the development of large-scale land-based renewables projects which are expected to spur billions of dollars in clean energy investments and create thousands of jobs. [reNews]
¶ “Carter’s Nuclear Energy Measure Set To Become Law” • A bipartisan bill sponsored by US Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA) to establish requirements concerning international nuclear energy cooperation and safety is headed to the president to be signed into law as part of larger legislation, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, S. 870. [Ripon Advance]
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