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Science and Technology:

¶ “It’s Happening: See-Through Solar Windows Kick Fossil Energy To The Curb” • The age of the fossil fuels is drawing to a close, and solar windows are coming to help. A solar window is engineered to let daylight in while also catching solar energy and generating electricity. The technology is maturing and poised for widespread adoption. [CleanTechnica]

Sleek, black solar windows (Courtesy of ClearVue)

World:

¶ “Samoa Warns Of ‘Highly Probable’ Oil Spill” • A fuel spill is “highly probable” after a New Zealand navy ship grounded, caught fire, and sank off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation’s acting prime minister said. All 75 people on board the HMNZS Manawanui were taken to safety on life boats. The ship is one of nine in New Zealand’s navy. [ABC News]

¶ “A New 200-kW Solar PV, 915-kWh Battery Minigrid Brings Electricity To Hakwaka Village” • We always hear that over 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity, and that close to a billion have no access to clean cooking! With the right business models and funding, hundreds of GWh of capacity can be installed in African countries. [CleanTechnica]

Local shopkeeper (Image courtesy of UNDP)

¶ “EVs Take 29.4% Share Of The UK Auto Market” • September saw plugin EVs take 29.4% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.4% year on year. Both battery EVs (up 24%) and plugin hybrids (up 32%) grew volume, year-over-year. Overall auto volume grew 1% to 275,239 units but was still far below the pre-2020 seasonal norms of over 350,000. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “RWE, TotalEnergies Forge German Offshore JV” • RWE and TotalEnergies have agreed to develop jointly two offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 4 GW. To this end, TotalEnergies will acquire a 50% equity stake in the projects from RWE. The projects are roughly 110 km to 115 km north-west of the German island of Borkum. [reNews]

Projects on the map (RWE image)

¶ “Maharashtra Aims For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030” • Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra will be India’s first state to get 50% of its energy from non-traditional sources. Also the state’s energy minister, he spoke at a ceremony laying the foundation stone for a facility for integrated solar manufacturing. [Rediff Money]

¶ “TagEnergy Completes 100-MW Yorkshire BESS” • Tag Energy’s 100-MW, 200-MWh facility in Drax, North Yorkshire, became its first transmission-connected battery energy storage system, following successful completion of the commissioning switching program by the project’s onsite team and National Grid engineers. [reNews]

BESS (TagEnergy image)

¶ “71.12% Of Referendum Participants Support Construction Of Nuclear Power Plant In Kazakhstan” • Kazakhstanis supported construction of nuclear power plant in the country, as an early count showed 71.12% of voters favored it, the Central Election Commission reported. Data show 5,561,937 voters supported it and 2,045,271 opposed it. [AKIpress News Agency]

US:

¶ “Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny” • A paper, “The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the United States” appeared in the journal Energy Science & Engineering. It’s a credible journal, and you wouldn’t think that this would be a subject of special contention, but it is. [CleanTechnica]

LNG carrier (kees torn, CC-BY-SA 2.0)

¶ “With Help From DOE Program, Moline Continues Planning For Solar Project” • As Moline, Illinois seeks to redevelop areas, administrator Bob Vitas says it is looking to the future, including in alternative energy sources. One way Moline is innovating is through a solar project planned on a parcel of land south of the Quad Cities International Airport. [Energy Central]

¶ “San Antonio Will Soon Be Home To A Pioneer Renewable Energy Plant” • Bexar County, New Mexico, will be home to a first-of-its-kind renewable energy plant when it opens in 2026. Ohio-based Synthica Energy broke ground on the plant on September 26. The plant is expected to divert nearly 250,000 tons of waste from local landfills each year. [MySA]

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