Opinion:
¶ “A First Ride In The Navier N30 Electric ‘Flying’ Boat” • The author started keeping an eye on electric boats earlier this year and was excited when an opportunity popped up on a recent trip. He spent some time on a prototype build of the Navier N30, talking with a few of their team members. Here is his review of the boat, which “flies” on hydrofoils. [CleanTechnica]
Navier N30 speeding across the water (Navier image)
¶ “Voters In Three Swing States Love Solar – But Does It Matter” • The US Solar Energy Industries Association recently put out an interesting story. It’s a fun topic with uplifting findings, and it is always the case: most people support solar energy, and support government support for solar energy. But people tend to vote based on other matters. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “England Just Closed Its Last Coal Plant. We Can Quit Coal Power Too” • Britain is the first major economy to quit coal power, ushering in a new era of cleaner power. This change will mean cleaner air, less climate pollution, and a greener future for the country. But the US can also quit coal power soon, if we work together to make it possible. [Environment America]
Coal power (Jason Mavrommatis, Unsplash, cropped)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Monitoring Methane Better – Finally” • The Biden-Harris administration put a $162.4 million loan guarantee into helping on an issue that really doesn’t get enough attention, or solutions. It is methane emissions, and specifically not tracking them well enough in this case. The loan guarantee is going to the company LongPath Technologies. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “No Bird Collisions At Offshore Wind Site, Study Determines” • For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway was monitored by a bird camera. The Norwegian company Spoor is responsible for the bird monitoring. No bird collisions have been recorded during that time. [CleanTechnica]
Wind turbine (Spoor image)
World:
¶ “Belgium To Prioritize Grid And Financing At NSEC” • The Belgian government has said it will focus on grid development, financing including possible creation of an offshore investment bank, public participation and the supply chain when it acquires the rotating presidency of the North Seas Energy Cooperation from Denmark in January. [reNews]
¶ “2024 On Track To Become Earth’s Warmest Year On Record Despite Slight Global Temperature Drop” • For the first time in over a year, we did not set a new monthly global temperature record. However, Earth did see its two warmest days on record globally in July, and it’s increasingly likely that 2024 will be the warmest year on record. [ABC News]
Meadow on summer day (Dakota Roos, Unsplash)
¶ “Softcar Aims For Full Circularity With Its 4-Seater Electric Microcar” • Softcar’s newly revealed 4-seater electric microcar, which is a small urban electric vehicle classified as a L7e (heavy quadricycle) in the EU, aims to lead the auto industry “fully into the circular economy” with its net-zero cars, to be built locally in net-zero micro-factories. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “DEME Wins OranjeWind Cable Job” • DEME was awarded a contract to carry out the transport and installation works for the inter-array cables and secondary steel for TotalEnergies’ and RWE’s 800-MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Belgian contractor will transport and install a total of 114 km of wires for the project. [reNews]
Living Stone (DEME image)
¶ “Serentica Global Planning 10-GW Renewable Energy Project In Andhra Pradesh” • After meeting with the Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology and Electronics, officers of Serentica Global, an affiliate of the Vedanta Group, said they are formulating plans to establish a 10-GW renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh. [India Today]
US:
¶ “How Crops Will Fare With 45% Of The US Experiencing Drought” • About 77% of the mainland US is abnormally dry, and almost half of the country is in drought, US Drought Monitor data shows. Nevertheless, a lot of the crops in the regions that harvest in the fall had good growing conditions last summer, and the crops are already being harvested. [ABC News]
Corn field (Patrick Fore, Unsplash)
¶ “Scout Returns As An Electric Off-Roader” • It is a name that hasn’t been seen on American roads since 1980: Scout Motors. Scout CEO Scott Keogh told ABC Audio that Volkswagen had acquired the rights to the Scout name when its heavy-duty truck division bought Navistar, a descendant of the International Harvester company. [ABC News]
¶ “New And Used EV Sales Were Up In September In USA” • In its latest market report, Cox Automotive says EV sales continue to expand in the US. The latest data for September 2024, shows a year-over-year rise in sales for both new and used electric cars. September marked the sixth consecutive month in which new EV sales surpassed 100,000 units. [CleanTechnica]
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV (Chevrolet)
¶ “Massachusetts Senators Suspend Rule To Pass Renewable Energy Bill; No Action In House” • Massachusetts state senators voted to circumvent a rule that bars branchs of the Legislature from convening for formal business after the end of the formal session on July 31. It took up the Clean Energy Siting Bill, which passed 38-2. [Worcester Telegram]
¶ “NextEra CEO ‘Not Bullish’ On SMRs As Company Assesses Potential Duane Arnold Restart” • NextEra Energy is evaluating reopening the Duane Arnold nuclear plant. But CEO John Ketchum said, “There are only a few nuclear plants that can be recommissioned in an economic way,” and newer technologies like SMRs are not among them. [Utility Dive]
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