Science and Technology:
¶ “Researchers Unveil Innovative Technology That Outperforms Conventional Solar Panels Using Both Sun And ‘Cold Universe’ Energy” • Penn State researchers developed a way to harvest solar energy in a solar cell (like normal) but also direct heat away from Earth using “radiative cooling,” sending infrared light off into outer space. [The Cool Down]
Solar panels with reflectors (Image from Penn State University)
¶ “Key Drivers For Thermal Energy Storage Technologies In Industry” • Industries have long used fossil fuels to produce heat for their processes or to fuel power plants to generate electricity from natural gas, oil, and coal. That heat produces about 25% of global emissions. The emissions could be reduced by thermal energy storage. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
World:
¶ “The Frequency And Magnitude Of Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled In Last 20 Years, Study Finds” • The frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires – the most damaging to climate, society, and ecosystems – appear to have doubled over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. [ABC News]
Wildfire near Athens in 2021 (Anasmeister, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “EVs Take 28.2% Share In The UK – Tesla Still Leads” • June’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 28.2% share in the UK, up from 25.1% year on year. Battery EVs grew modestly, but plugin hybrids grew more strongly. Overall auto volume was 179,263 units, well below pre-2020 seasonal norms. Tesla was the UK’s leading battery EV brand. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tesla Model S Has 430,000 Miles On One Battery” • One of the many false claims some EV critics make is that somehow EV batteries just magically and suddenly stop working after a while. A YouTube video on the AutoTrader channel is about a Tesla Model S that has 430,000 miles on it using just one battery, and it’s still going. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Model S (Matt Henry, Unsplash)
¶ “Germany Set To Overhaul Subsidy Regime For Renewable Energy” • Germany’s coalition government is set to overhaul the way renewable energy is subsidised so that power producers would get one-off support for their investment costs instead of a guaranteed price for power they produce, a finance ministry document showed. [Bangladesh Post]
¶ “President: Uzbekistan Plans To Increase Renewable Energy Share To 40% By 2030” • President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced at the informal summit of the Turkic States Organization in Shusha about the country’s plans to increase the share of renewable energy in the overall energy balance to 40% by 2030. [UzDaily.uz]
Shavkat Mirziyoyev (МВД Узбекистана, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Gulf Nations Make Significant Strides In Renewable Energy Integration” • The Gulf countries, endowed with abundant solar and wind energy resources, have leveraged these assets in their renewable energy portfolios to varying extents, and achieved significant progress toward their ambitious targets, according to Fitch Ratings. [arab times – kuwait news]
¶ “Bangladesh To Import 1,000 MW Of Renewable Power From India” • The Bangladesh government signed an MOU with India to import 1,000 MW of renewable electricity. It also plans to tap Nepal and Bhutan for its energy needs. To have renewables meet 10% of all the electricity it needs by 2025, it will need 2,600 MW of green energy by then. [Outlook Planet]
Dhaka, Bangladesh (Austin Curtis, Unsplash)
¶ “Russia Is Firing Artillery From A Captured Nuclear Power Plant, Leaving Ukraine Reluctant To Shoot Back” • Russian troops are firing artillery at Ukrainian targets from a nuclear power plant, The New York Times reported. Russia selected the Zaporizhzhia site because it made it difficult for Ukrainian troops to retaliate, Ukrainian officials said. [Yahoo Movies UK]
US:
¶ “US Gets More Offshore Wind Farms And A New WIV, To Boot” • The US offshore wind industry has faced some choppy waters in past years, including demonstrably false accusations of whale-killing and the impact of a maritime law dating back to 1920. Nevertheless, the clouds are clearing, despite opposition from various groups. [CleanTechnica]
Offshore wind turbines (Courtesy of EDF-RE)
¶ “Evacuation Orders Issued For Latest California Wildfire Amid Scorching Heat Wave” • Evacuation orders have been issued due to a wildfire in central California, the latest among more than a dozen blazes burning in the state amid a scorching heat wave. The French Fire near Yosemite National Park has burned over 900 acres since erupting Thursday. [ABC News]
¶ “Professor Details Florida’s State-Directed Changes In Science Textbooks” • Ken Miller, a science textbook author and professor emeritus of biology at Brown University, told the Orlando Sentinel in an article published Friday that his publisher was told by state officials that some references to “climate change” had to be removed from the text. [Newsweek]
Have an enormously cool day.
geoharvey 
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