World:
¶ “Barcelona Is Using Regenerative Braking To Power Subways And EV Chargers ” • Each year in Barcelona, people take 440 million trips on its subway system. Every time a subway train stops, the energy generated by regenerative braking is turned into electricity, which gets fed through inverters and distributed in the subway system. [CleanTechnica]
Barcelona subway stop (TMB Barcelona image)
¶ “The Carbon Footprint Of Live Music Is A Savage Beast: Is There Any Hope For Improvement?” • The quest to understand live music’s carbon footprint began in 2019, when a rep from the band Massive Attack got curious and contacted Carly McLachlan. The director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research soon had quite a challenge. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Vestas Confirms 1.1-GW Inch Cape Turbine Deal” • ESB and Red Rock Renewables signed a deal with Vestas to install 15-MW turbines at the 1080-MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. The contract is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 72 units together with a long-term service and warranty agreement. [reNews]
Vestas turbine nacelle (Vestas image)
¶ “Berlin’s Clean Industry Wish-List: Kick Nuclear Out Of EU Financing” • Laying out key priorities for the EU’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, German Economy State Secretary Sven Giegold said he wants the Commission to prioritize renewable energy. He wants to take a tough line on nuclear power and French renewable targets. [Euractiv]
¶ “Renewable Records Tumble For The Second Day In A Row, Pushing Fossil Fuels To New Lows” • The instantaneous share of renewable energy in Australia’s main grid has reached new highs for the second day in a row, steadily nudging out fossil fuels in preparation for the day that coal generation might be switched off completely. [RenewEconomy]
Solar panels (CCEP image)
¶ “‘Kyiv Attacks Substation’ Near Russian-Held Nuclear Plant; Russia Pounds Zaporizhzhia City With Guided Bombs” • The management of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had launched a new attack on a nearby substation, destroying a transformer. It said this was a “terrorist” attack. [MSN]
¶ “Tata Power To Invest $14.3 Billion In Rajasthan, Mostly In Renewables” • Indian electric utility Tata Power Co Ltd intends to pour ₹1.2 trillion ($14.32 billion) into projects in Rajasthan, among which will be 10 GW of renewable capacity. Tata Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the investment with the state government. [Renewables Now]
Lake Pichola, Rajasthan (Uri Sittan Tripo, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
US:
¶ “Helene Left At Least 128 People Dead And Communities ‘Wiped Off The Map.’ Now, Survivors Are Struggling To Get Food And Water” • The magnitude of devastation wrought by Helene intensifies by the hour as search crews find more bodies and floodwaters slowly recede – revealing more neighborhoods obliterated by the storm. [CNN]
¶ “Hurricane Helene By The Numbers: Catastrophic Destruction Covers 400 Miles” • After its landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene caused ruinous storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding across wide areas of the South. Helene was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the Big Bend region. [ABC News]
Hurricane Helene making landfall (NOAA, public domain)
¶ “Asheville Tragedy Shows There Are No Climate Change Safe Havens: Experts” • Asheville, North Carolina, has been called a potential safe haven for climate refugees. But the fatal floods and landslides seen after Helene ripped through the area highlight that “no place is truly untouched by climate change, anywhere in the world.” [ABC News]
¶ “California Climate And Energy Update” • Significant work is still needed to build a just and sustainable California, but the recent progress made in every major sector is worth celebrating. California has the vision and leadership needed, and the will of the state’s residents on its side to create a livable future for all in the face of climate change. [CleanTechnica]
California PVs (Tom Brewster Photography, BLM, CC BY 2.0)
¶ “After Six Years, Tesla Finally Accounts For Less Than 50% Of US EV Sales” • The US battery EV market is evolving, with more models, broader choices for consumers, more legacy automakers putting forward options. Unsurprisingly, Tesla has less than 50% of the US battery EV market for the first time in years, from a peak of around 80%. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ford CEO Jim Farley Targets 19 Million Potential EV Buyers With New Ford Power Promise” • Ford has introduced the Ford Power Promise, a program aimed to attract about 19 million people who may consider an EV. “Nearly 90% of shoppers say they would be more likely to buy an EV if they knew they could charge at home,” Farley said. [CleanTechnica]
Home EV charging (Courtesy of Ford Motor Company)
¶ “New Thin Film Solar Factory Transforms Red State Into Green Warrior” • Last week, Alabama state officials joined with the thin film solar manufacturer First Solar to celebrate the official opening of the company’s massive factory in Lawrence County. The facility will add 3.5 GW worth of solar capacity to the US each year. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “WPS, We Energies Announce Renewable Energy Projects To Power 250,000 Wisconsin Homes” • Wisconsin Public Service and We Energies announced plans to build nearly 800 MW of solar, wind, and battery storage around the state, providing enough energy to provide for annual needs of about a quarter of a million homes in Wisconsin. [WTAQ]
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