World:
¶ “UN Chief Issues Global SOS As New Reports Warn Pacific Sea-Level Rise Outstrips Global Average” • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global call from the Pacific Island nation of Tonga with a plea to the world to “massively increase finance and support for vulnerable countries” in grave danger of the human-caused climate crisis. [CNN]
António Guterres (US State Department, public domain)
¶ “Google Ireland Data Centre Refused Planning Permission Due To Insufficient Capacity On Power Grid” • South Dublin County Council has refused planning permission to Google Ireland for a new data center. The Council cited the insufficient capacity in the electricity grid and the lack of significant on-site renewable energy as reasons. [BreakingNews.ie]
¶ “Green Hydrogen To Be Featured In World’s First Nationwide ‘Hydrogen Valley'” • Estonia has launched an ambitious 100% renewable energy goal for 2030. As part of that goal, energy industry stakeholders plan to showcase the entire country as the world’s first nationwide, integrated “hydrogen valley” hub, with a focus on green hydrogen. [CleanTechnica]
Running on green hydrogen (Courtesy of Invest Estonia)
¶ “UK Set For Record Solar Power This Summer” • Great Britain is expected to set a record for solar power this summer. Forecasts by ICIS indicate that from June to August, solar power output will outperform the high achieved in 2022, despite relatively poor weather conditions. Production will increase about 16% from the previous summer record. [Energy Live News]
¶ “Topsoe Opens Danish PtX Plant” • Topsoe and its partners Skovgaard Energy and Vestas have opened a green ammonia plant in Ramme, Denmark. The plant will demonstrate how renewable power can be coupled directly to an electrolyser while taking the fluctuations in power production into account, to produce green ammonia. [reNews]
Green ammonia plant (Topsoe image)
¶ “JSW Energy Arm To Build 250-MW Wind Power Project” • JSW Neo Energy Limited, a subsidiary of JSW Energy Limited, has received the letter of award from Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited for setting up a 250-MW wind power project. JSW Energy said the grid-connected project was secured following a tariff-based competitive bid. [Asian Power]
¶ “Sunly Bags €300 Million For Baltics Hybrids Buildout” • Renewables producer Sunly has raised €300 million in debt financing to accelerate the construction of 1300 MW of solar, wind, storage, and hybrid parks across the Baltics and Poland. One of the first projects to benefit from this financing is the 244-MW Risti solar park in Estonia. [reNews]
Solar panels (Sunly image)
¶ “India Adds Record 15 GW Of Solar Power Capacity In First Six Months Of 2024” • India’s addition to solar power capacity grew by 282% to nearly 15 GW in the first half of 2024, the highest-ever half-yearly installation, according to a report by Mercom India Research. As of June 2024, India’s solar capacity was 19.5% of the total energy mix. [Ommcom News]
¶ “Aggreko Expands Renewable Energy And Battery Storage At Gold Fields’ Granny Smith Mine” • Aggreko advanced the mine’s power system in 2019 by adding 7.7 MW of solar panels and a 2-MW, 1-MWh battery system. Aggreko is set to expand the solar farm and battery, reducing the carbon intensity of Granny Smith mine and its energy cost. [Mining.com]
Solar panels at Granny Smith gold mine (Courtesy of Aggreko)
¶ “IAEA’s Head Arrives In Russia To Inspect Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Safety” • International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi arrived in the Russian town of Kurchatov to inspect the safety of the Kursk nuclear plant. Moscow has repeatedly stated the plant was attacked by Ukrainian forces in recent weeks after their incursion into the Kursk region. [Yeni Şafak]
US:
¶ “Hydropower Generation Projected To Rise, But Climate Change Brings Uncertain Future” • In a new study assessing how climate change might alter hydropower generation across the continental US, researchers show that with the exception of some parts of the Southwest, hydropower generation is expected to rise in the future. [CleanTechnica]
Hydro dam (Andrea Starr, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
¶ “$31 Million To Reduce Costs And Expand Clean, Renewable Geothermal Energy In USA” • The US DOE announced that six projects will receive up to $31 million for advancing its goals of reducing costs of enhanced geothermal systems by 90% by 2035 and developing cost-competitive industrial heat with at least 85% lower emissions by 2035. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Electric School Buses In Oakland With Bidirectional Chargers Will Both Save And Make Money” • PG&E and Zum deployed the largest electric school bus fleet in Oakland? Oakland hopes to transform kids’ health and tackle climate change at the same time as the new electric school buses replace the current highly polluting, old diesel vehicle fleet. [CleanTechnica]
Boarding a bus (Courtesy of Zum)
¶ “US Agency To Reexamine Permit For Hyundai’s $7.6 Billion EV Plant In Georgia” • The Army Corps of Engineers said state and local agencies that applied for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion EV plant in Georgia 2022 permit never mentioned Hyundai would withdraw up to 6.6 million gallons per day from an aquifer that’s a major source of drinking water. [ABC News]
¶ “General Motors To Lean On Solar Power For Three Assembly Plants” • General Motors signed a 15-year renewable power purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy, which helps companies work toward their sustainability goals, the automaker announced this month. The deal will support GM’s operations at three US assembly plants. [Automotive Dive]
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