Opinion:
¶ “Tim Walz Will Turbocharge Climate Action By The Harris Administration” • Kamala Harris will win the presidency of the US in November by a margin so large that no one will be able to falsely claim the voting process was irregular. When that takes place, Tim Walz will be at her side, helping to make meaningful climate policies politically possible. [CleanTechnica]
Tim Walz (Image from Minnesota.gov)
World:
¶ “Deforestation In Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Is Down To Lowest Level Since 2016, Government Says” • Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials started using the current method of measurement. [ABC News]
¶ “2024 On Track To Become Earth’s Warmest Year On Record” • With the end of El Niño, last month was the second-warmest July on record globally. It was, however, the second-warmest overall month. The year, 2024, is still on the way to set a record as the warmest so far, as every one of the first six months set a record for highest temperature. [ABC News]
Road through Death Valley (Richard Hedrick, Unsplash)
¶ “Global EV Sales – Second Best Month Ever!” • Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 15% in June 2024 compared to June 2023. There were 1.5 million registrations. Battery EVs were up by just 4% year over year, but plugin hybrids jumped 41% YOY, selling over 500,000 units, a new record. Plugins had 22% share of the overall auto market. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Solar Power To Account For 46% Of India’s Capacity By 2047” • India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said that solar energy is expected to account for approximately 46% of India’s projected total installed capacity at 1,860 GW by 2047. In a statement, the ministry said this projection is based on the Business-As-Usual scenario. [Asian Power]
Solar plant in India (Sarvajanik Puralekh, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Second Life Concept: How Used Taycan Batteries Became An Energy Storage System For The Leipzig Plant” • It’s nearly the size of two basketball courts and consists of 4,400 EV batteries: the battery storage system to supply the Porsche Plant Leipzig with power. This stationary energy storage system was built out of used Taycan batteries. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Electricity From Large Solar Arrays With Batteries Is Now Cheaper Than From Fossil Plants In Germany” • Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries is now cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have found. [RenewEconomy]
Solar power in Germany (Paul Gipe, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “East Coast Railways To Equip Buildings, Infrastructure With Solar Power” • Sources said East Coast Railway plans to install solar power panels in phases at 149 station buildings, 248 service buildings, 6,924 residential buildings and 366 level crossing gates under its jurisdiction. The plan is to install 21,826 kW of capacity in the solar plants. [The New Indian Express]
¶ “US, India, Russia, And Japan Are Building Out Wind Power Much Too Slowly For Climate Change, Report Says” • The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, a report by Ember says. The world committed to tripling wind energy by 2030, but it is on track to double it. [CTV News]
Windpower (Typical Albanian, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “France Warns Of Nuclear Power Cuts As Heat Triggers Water Curbs” • Electricite de France will likely curtail production at nuclear reactors starting this weekend as hot weather restricts the amount of water that can be discharged into the Rhone River. EDF uses water to cool its reactors before releasing it into the river. [Luxembourg Times]
US:
¶ “Making Hay (And Solar Power) While The Sun Shines” • Siting renewable energy can be a complex process in which public and private entities weigh the costs and benefits of renewable energy deployments in a location. Developing renewable infrastructure that shares space with other types of production can help resolve some siting challenges. [CleanTechnica]
Deer help keep the grass down (Dennis Schroeder, NREL)
¶ “Big Oil Continues To Battle Lawsuits About Climate Pollution Culpability” • The attorneys general of the District of Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont have sued Big Oil. NOAA scientists can show 2023 was the hottest year in history and 2024 may be hotter yet. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Cable-Laying Vessel Comes To Play Its Part In Empowering New York’s $6 Billion Renewable Power HVDC Link” • According to COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Transport, the Kang Sheng Kou semi-submersible heavy lift vessel has completed transportation of the Atalanti cable laying vesselfrom Karlskrona, Sweden to New York. [Offshore Energy]
Atalanti vessel on ship (COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Transport)
¶ “New England States To Receive $389 Million In Federal Funding For Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure” • The US DOE selected the New England states’ Power Up New England proposal to receive $389 million. Power Up was submitted to the DOE through the second round of the DOE’s competitive Grid Innovation Program. [Baird Maritime]
¶ “Arkansas Solar Farm Opens, Providing Renewable Energy To GM Assembly Plants” • Back in September 2020, GM Authority reported that General Motors was setting up a solar array in Arkansas to power a few of its facilities. Now, NorthStar Clean Energy announced that the 180-MW Newport Solar is supplying electricity for GM operations. [GM Authority]
Have a really fabulous day.
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