World:
¶ “Japan’s Mount Fuji Breaks Record For No Snow In October” • Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a record for no snow in October, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Climate change may be be a cause of the unseasonably warm temperatures. [ABC News]
Mt Fuji in August (contri, CC-BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
¶ “Extreme Flooding In Spain Kills More Than Ninety People” • The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now. The Mediterranean region, including eastern Spain, is frequently affected by heavy rainfall and significant flash flooding events. This recent disaster saw a year’s worth of rainfall in just eight hours. That produced floods. [ABC News]
¶ “In September, 60% Of European Automotive Sales Were Electrified ” • Some 295,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in September, rising 6% YOY, which represents the EV market’s return to growth for the first time since April. This is even more significant when you consider the overall market fell by 4%, to 1.1 million units. [CleanTechnica]
Electric car (Vitali Adutskevich, Unsplash)
¶ “Gas Stoves Are Hazardous To Your Health” • A study by researchers at Jaume I University in Spain, found that residents of the EU and Britain are twice as likely to die prematurely from exposure to pollution from gas stoves than they are from a car crash. The New York Times reports that gas stoves cut about two years from the lifetimes of their users. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “PHEV Sales In China Are Skyrocketing, Led By BYD. Here’s Why” • Plugin hybrid EV sales are growing at an amazing rate in China, driving new energy vehicle market share above 53% in the largest car market. New PHEVs are being introduced, as well as new batteries designed specifically for these applications. Here, we examine why. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Qin L (Image courtesy of BYD)
¶ “NTPC Tenders 1.8 GW Of Hybrid Wind-Solar Power Projects” • NTPC Ltd invited online bids from hybrid power generators for 1.2 GW of power from wind-solar hybrid power projects with an option of additional capacity up to 600 MW. The projects are to be developed on a build-own-operate basis and can be sited anywhere in India. [pv magazine India]
¶ “RWE Bags Offshore Construction Permit For Thor” • RWE has been awarded a permit from the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) allowing it to carry out offshore construction activity for its 1100-MW Thor project. RWE now has all the permits to start construction work at sea in spring 2025. Work on land is already well advanced. [reNews]
North Sea wind farm (RWE image)
¶ “Climate Change ‘Worsened All Ten Deadliest Weather Events In Past Two Decades’” • Climate change made the ten deadliest extreme weather events over the past two decades worse, making the deaths of over 570,000 people more likely, climate scientists said. The finding “underscores how dangerous extreme weather events have already become.” [Yahoo News UK]
¶ “280-MW Forty Mile Wind Farm Begins Power Generation” • Acciona Energia has begun injecting clean power into the grid from its Forty Mile wind farm in southern Alberta. The 280-MW project, which is progressing as planned, will be completed in the first quarter of 2025. The Forty Mile wind farm is about 50 km south-west of Medicine Hat. [reNews]
Forty Mile wind farm (Courtesy of Acciona Energi)
¶ “Rachel Reeves Pledged £2.7 Billion To Nuclear Power Station” • Campaigners opposed to the new Sizewell C nuclear power station slammed chancellor Rachel Reeves for continuing to back it in her budget. She pledged a further £2.7 billion of government funding, but campaign groups opposed to the project are “appalled.” [East Anglian Daily Times]
US:
¶ “Lightsource BP Secures Funds For US projects” • Lightsource BP secured a structured equity investment from HASI, a leading investor in climate solutions, in a 288-MW solar portfolio with two utility-scale projects in Texas. The portfolio comprises a 163-MW Starr solar project located in Starr County, and the 125-MW Second Division PV scheme. [reNews]
Solar panels with flowers (Lightsource BP)
¶ “Snow, Record Heat And Possible Tornadoes In Crazy US Weather Forecast” • As people across a large section of the US mainland broke out T-shirts and shorts in record-breaking high temperatures, several inches of snow blanketed the mountain tops of Hawaii and residents across the Great Plains were bracing for possible tornadoes. [ABC News]
¶ “Cincinnati Zoo Solar Parking Lot Goes Live” • Solar power can be co-sited with other uses. The Cincinnati Zoo found a way to do three things at the same time: provide solar power, put shade over cars, and still leave room for cars to do what they already did there: park. The array will provide annually enough power for up to 330 homes. [CleanTechnica]
Solar parking lot (Cincinnati Zoo image)
¶ “Texas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With Oil & Gas Producers” • Startup Nova Clean Energy is just up and running, but it already has a pipeline of 1-GW of Texas wind projects. Nova cites as an attraction of Texas a “fast-growing demand” for wind energy on the part of the state’s oil and gas industries, with the addition of petrochemicals. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ford Gets Tesla-Like Charging Navigation with Help from Google” • One of Tesla’s big advantages, the author believes, is a much superior navigation system for long road trips, including great integration of charging stops. But Ford has worked with Google to offer something that has a very similar navigation system built in. [CleanTechnica]
Have a plainly resplendent day.
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