Science and Technology:
¶ “CATL Freevoy Battery Optimized For EREV And PHEV Vehicles” • Basically, an EREV (extended range EV) is a PHEV (plugin hybrid EV) with a big battery system to take it a long way. CATL is introducing a battery designed for EREVs and PHEVs. The Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery combines lithium-ion and sodium-ion technologies. [CleanTechnica]
CATL Freevoy battery system (CATL image)
World:
¶ “China Adds 160 GW in First Three Quarters of 2024” • China’s National Energy Administration reports that a shocking 160 GW of new solar power capacity were added in the first nine months of the year. 160 GW! That’s an incomprehensible amount of power. Also, China hit cumulative solar power capacity of 770 GW in August. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Volkswagen Group Africa Launches Multifunctional Facility In Africa With Electric Tractors” • As solar mini-grids are put up in Africa, it is possible for EVs to be powered by them. Volkswagen Group Africa announced that operations at its multifunctional facility in Rwanda have started. It will pilot modern farming with electric tractors, among other things. [CleanTechnica]
Introducing an electric tractor (Volkswagen Group Africa)
¶ “Enerco Plans For €75 Million Kilkenny Wind Farm Could Power More Than 32,000 Homes” • Enerco has applied to Kilkenny County Council seeking planning permission to develop its Briskalagh wind farm project. The proposed 49-MW project would include seven wind turbines in an area to the south of Tullaroan. [The Irish Independent]
¶ “China ‘Requests’ Its Domestic Automakers Stop Plans To Expand EU Sales” • Bloomberg reports that China is pressuring its automakers to pause expansion in the EU due to the escalating trade conflict over EVs, according to unnamed sources. Beijing is telling manufacturers to pause active searches for EU production sites, for example. [CleanTechnica]
MG Cyberster (Press Image)
¶ “Japan Struggles To Find Nuclear Waste Disposal Site” • Japan faces difficulties selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. First-stage surveys to find sites for an underground storage facility were conducted in three municipalities despite continuing anxieties among local residents. [The Japan Times]
US:
¶ “EVs And The $350,000 Celestiq: How Cadillac Is Trying To Win Back Customers” • Cadillac has struggled to connect with buyers in the last few years. Its flagship SUV, the Escalade, has been buoying the marque, but now, the company’s EVs, such as the Lyriq, are slowing winning over drivers. Cadillac has a lot riding on its all-new Celestiq. [ABC News]
Celestiq (Cadillac image)
¶ “Trick Or Treat? Several Cities On East Coast Could See Record Heat On Halloween” • Unseasonably warm air heading East next week could make for a hotter-than-average Halloween in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and down to Raleigh-Durham. Highs in those locations are forecast to be at least 15 to 20 degrees above average. [CNN]
¶ “US Renewable Output Triples Since 2014” • Environment America released its ‘Renewables on the Rise’ report, focusing on growth of the US renewable sector. The report says the US now produces over three times as much power from renewables as it did in 2014. Texas, California, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas are the leading states. [Data Center Dynamics]
Wind turbines (Markus Distelrath, Pixabay)
¶ “20% of US Rooftop Solar Systems Are Sunrun Systems, 45% of New Battery Installations Are Sunrun” • Sunrun, the largest rooftop solar company in the US, hit a big milestone: one million customers. CleanTechnica sat down with Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services & Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun, to discuss this and related matters. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Five US Cities Most At Risk For Climate Change Disasters” • Buying a home in 2024 takes a lot more consideration than ever before. Climate risk has to be evaluated. It has become a serious factor when making a large purchase like a home, a car, and or even booking a vacation destinations. Here are five cities in the US that are at risk. [MSN]
New Orleans flooded, 2005 (Jeremy L. Grisham, USN)
¶ “Reports Reveal Massive Change In US Energy Production, But ‘Future Growth May Depend On The Results Of The November Elections'” • SUN DAY Campaign broke down encouraging data from reports from FEMA and the EIA. Renewable energy has grown to 30% of US capacity. But future growth depends on who wins the election. [The Cool Down]
¶ “Renewable Hybrid Project Tied To Amazon PPA Reaches Commercial Operations” • Amazon has signed a power purchase agreement with AES for two of its new solar-plus-storage power plants in California’s San Bernadino County. According to AES, Amazon will be the primary off-taker of the energy from the projects. [Data Center Dynamics]
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