Science and Technology:
¶ “InductEV And EO Charging in Partnership To Advance High-Power Wireless Charging For Commercial EV Fleets” • InductEV, Inc, a leader in wireless charging, and EO Charging , a pioneer in charging for depot-based fleets, are evaluating use of InductEV’s inductive wireless charging technology in EO’s suite of charging systems for commercial fleets. [CleanTechnica]
Wireless charging (Image from Induct.com)
World:
¶ “Ariel Unveils The All-Electric E-Nomad Sports Car” • Ariel has unveiled the Ariel E-Nomad, an off-road beast for those who prefer electric motors instead of infernal combustion engines. Although it is just a concept, the company told ArsTechnica it will definitely use customer interest to gauge whether to build a production version. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Enercon Erects 6-MW Prototype” • Enercon has installed the prototype of its 6-MW wind turbine in Germany. The E-175 EP5 machine, which has a rotor diameter of 175 metres, was installed at a site in Borchen-Etteln, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is designed for medium to light wind sites. Commissioning is now underway at the site. [reNews]
Installing the turbine (Enercon image)
¶ “Nation Helps Drive Global Transition To Green Energy” • From 2014 to 2023, the share of nonfossil fuels in global energy consumption rose from 13.6% to 18.5%, with China accounting for 45.2% of the increase. Today, China is collaborating with more than 100 countries and regions on green energy projects, a white paper noted. [People’s Daily Online]
¶ “Mingyang Installs 20-MW Turbine” • Mingyang Smart Energy installed its 20-MW offshore wind turbine in China. The turbine has been installed onshore by the coast. It has a rotor diameter of 260-292 meters. According to Mingyang, at an average wind speed of 8.5 meters per second the MySE 18.X-20 MW turbine can generate 80 GWh annually. [reNews]
New wind turbine (Mingyang image)
¶ “Buffalo Plains delivers first power” • The 495-MW Buffalo Plains wind farm in Alberta has delivered its first power to the grid. The first turbine in the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ wind project was installed in April and more than a third of the wind turbines are now up. Completion of the remaining work is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024. [reNews]
¶ “Heerema Completes Sofia Substation Installation” • RWE’s contractor Heerema completed the installation of the offshore substation for the 1400-MW Sofia offshore wind project off the UK. The installation on site was carried out by Heerema with the heavy-lift vessel Sleipnir as a subcontractor of the consortium between GE Vernova and Seatrium. [reNews]
Substation installation (RWE image)
¶ “Russia’s Attacks On Ukraine’s Power Sector Pose Risk To Nuclear Facilities, Kyiv Says” • A Russian drone and missile attack forced Ukraine to disconnect several nuclear power units from the grid, posing a risk to the nuclear power sector, a Ukrainian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency said. Russian is continuing attacks on Ukraine’s grid. [MSN]
US:
¶ “First Wind Lease Sale Offshore Oregon” • The Department of the Interior announced that it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon. The two areas to be auctioned on October 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could generate more than 3.1 GW if fully developed and could power about a million homes. [CleanTechnica]
Installation ship (Rob Webbon, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Harris And Walz Expected To Take A Tougher Stance On ‘Forever Chemicals'” • Public health advocates are hoping that a Harris/Walz victory in the election will lead to greater regulation of toxic “forever chemicals,” so-called because they can take decades or even centuries to break down after they get released into the environment. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Four Kinds of Solar Workers Powering The Clean Energy Transition” • The solar industry has 330,000 employees. The US DOE expects it will grow to between 500,000 and 1,500,000 workers by 2035 to meet the country’s decarbonization goals. The jobs will be for installers, manufacturing workers, corporate professionals, and researchers. [CleanTechnica]
Technician at work (Joe DelNero, NREL)
¶ “Arizona Is A Magnet For Renewable Energy Investment” • It’s is a pro-business state and its commitment to free enterprise has attracted jobs and investment from many different industries, including technology, health care, and aerospace. But now you can also add renewable energy to the list of industries that are booming in Arizona. [Arizona Capitol Times]
¶ “Former Croplands Could Be ‘Sweet Spot’ For Renewable Energy Production” • Researchers mapped American croplands that have fallen out of production in hopes of inspiring new uses for them, such as for renewable energy. Roughly 30 million acres of croplands in the US have been abandoned since the 1980s, a recent paper says. [MSN]
Farmland (Vladimir Kudinov, Unsplash)
¶ “Trump Bizarrely Claims People Have Stopped Eating Bacon Because Of Wind Power” • While taking questions at his latest campaign speech in Wisconsin, Donald Trump bizarrely claimed people don’t eat bacon anymore because of wind power. “You can always tell when Trump goes off teleprompter,” one person wrote on X/Twitter. [Yahoo]
¶ “Last Energy Nabs $40 Million To Realize Its Vision Of Super-Small Nuclear Reactors” • Last Energy, a startup next-generation nuclear company based in Washington, DC, announced that it closed a $40 million Series B funding round. The move will add more financial and human capital to the reinvigorated nuclear sector. [Canary Media]
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