Science and Technology:
¶ “This Is How Electric Vehicles Win, One School Bus At A Time” • Typically, electric school buses are outfitted with smaller, less costly battery packs that are good for fast charging, because their routes are relatively short and they can recharge during the day. That is exactly the opposite pattern that energy planners aim for with V2G technology. [CleanTechnica]
Electric school buses (Highland image)
World:
¶ “Centragrid’s New 25-MW Solar PV Plant Shows A Way To Help Quickly Address Zimbabwe’s Electricity Rationing” • As an independent power producer, Centragrid was licensed to finance, construct, own, and operate a 25-MW solar power plant along with associated transmission facilities in Nyabira, Zimbabwe. It has now completed the plant. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The Extended-Range Electric Car Is Red Hot In China” • The South China Morning Post reports that extended-range electric car sales are ramping up quickly in China. With a combination of an electric motor and a gasoline engine, these cars can typically travel about 600 kilometers (370 miles) before needing to stop for recharging or refueling. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Seal in Australia
¶ “Turkey Aims To Boost Renewable Energy Share In Electricity Production” • Turkey is aiming to further boost the share of renewable energy in its electricity production to 47.8% by 2025, according to a report by the semi-official Anadolu Agency, citing the 2025 budget proposal of the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry. [News Room Odisha]
¶ “Masdar Targets 100 GW Of Wind And Solar By 2030” • Masdar is planning to expand its wind and solar capacity to 100GW by the end of the decade. In an interview with the Financial Times, chief executive Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi said the company will continue to invest significantly in the Middle East, Europe, and the US. [reNews]
Wind turbine (Masdar image)
¶ “Floating Wind Farms To Help Reach Net Zero Targets” • A renewable energy development hopes to help the UK meet its net zero targets and reduce the country’s reliance on foreign electricity suppliers. The Bristol Port Company announced it will be producing, assembling, and deploying floating wind turbines in a new deep water terminal. [Yahoo]
¶ “Statkraft Submits 2.1-GW Swedish Array Plans” • Statkraft has submitted a planning application for the Baltic Offshore Delta North fixed bottom offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The 2100-MW Delta North array is located in Sweden’s economic zone, approximately 100 km east of Stockholm and 55 km east of Sandhamn island. [reNews]
Offshore wind turbine (Statkraft image)
¶ “Bowen Targets 10 GW Of Renewables In Next CIS Tender Round” • Australia’s Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced that the next competitive tender in the Capacity Investment Scheme will be increased in size by two-thirds to 10 GW as the government seeks to transform its coal-reliant energy system to renewables. [pv magazine Australia]
¶ “Baseload Coal And Peaking Gas Paradigm “No Longer Fit” For Modern Grid, Says AEMO Chief” • Australia Energy Market Operator chief Daniel Westerman says the traditional blend of baseload power and peaking generation is no longer fit for the modern Australian grid, as cheap renewables backed by storage take over the markets. [RenewEconomy]
Wind farm (Karsten Würth, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “Two Dead, Hundreds Rescued In ‘Dangerous’ New Mexico Flash Flooding” • At least two people have been killed due to overnight rainfall and flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, State Police said. Nearly 300 people have been rescued by the National Guard, city officials say. Between 4 and 9 inches of rain fell in parts of the state. [ABC News]
¶ “Over Fifteen Million Under Fire Weather Alerts In California Amid Dry, Windy Conditions” • Over fifteen million people are under fire weather alerts in California – including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento – due to dry, windy conditions. Relative humidity is forecast as low as 5% in some places, along with wind gusts up to 55 mph. [ABC News]
Malibu fire, 2007 (Ron Reiring, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “29 New Electric School Buses Are Coming To Biloxi, Mississippi” • Biloxi Public Schools will acquire 29 new all-electric school buses and installing charging infrastructure for them. Health benefits and a reduction of climate change emissions such as CO₂ are important, and the all-electric buses will replace diesel buses. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “RWE, National Grid File 2.8-GW NY Bid” • A Joint Venture of RWE and National Grid Ventures, Community Offshore Wind, submitted a full proposal to provide up to 2800 MW of offshore wind for the State of New York. If selected, the project would be built in two phases in the developer’s federal offshore wind lease area in the New York Bight. [reNews]
Offshore wind farm (RWE image)
¶ “USDA Rural Development Funds Seven More Renewable Energy Projects In Kansas” • The US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kansas Director Christy Davis announced awards of more than $650,000 in grants to help rural Kansans in seven communities build renewable energy generation systems or improve energy efficiency. [Salina Post]
¶ “Amazon Announces Deal With Dominion Energy To Develop A Small Nuclear Reactor” • Amazon announced that it entered into an agreement with Dominion Energy to fund development of a small modular reactor as the utility explores building one at its North Anna Power Station, a traditional nuclear power plant in Louisa County. [Energy Central]
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