Science and Technology:
¶ “Why Cloud Seeding Cannot Make Or Control The Weather” • Meteorology may have come a long way since its inception, but it is not possible for anyone – whether government, scientists or billionaires – to control the weather, experts say. We might get a 10% increase in local rain by seeding clouds, but creating or even steering hurricanes is another thing. [ABC News]
Clouds (NOAA, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “Money To Respond To Climate Change Is Key To UN Talks In Baku. Nations Are Finding Ways To Raise It” • Rich nations hope to get financial leverage to come up with the money that poorer nations need to cope with climate change. It involves a complex package of grants, loans, and private investment. At the COP29 climate talks, it’s a major issue. [ABC News]
¶ “Chery Claims to Have 1-GWh Solid-State Battery Production Line” • Chinese automaker Chery claims to have a GWh-level solid-state battery production line under development in Wuhu, Anhui Province. It is developing the plant jointly by Anhui Anwa New Energy Co, Ltd and the Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Zone. [CleanTechnica]
Chery A5 (Overlaet, CC-BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
¶ “XPENG Entering UK” • XPENG will launch the G6 via partner International Motors Ltd. Reportedly, the company will start to deliver the G6 SUV to customers in the UK very soon. XPENG notes that the UK is a priority market for it in Europe. The UK government wants internal combustion cars to be completely phased out of new car sales by 2030. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD Reaches 10 Million New Energy Vehicles!” • BYD is the first automaker to produce 10 million plugin vehicles (known as “new energy vehicles” in China). The most exciting thing about BYD’s growth is that it is quickly expanding around the world. BYD is bringing EVs to all sorts of markets, from Ethiopia to Colombia to Australia. [CleanTechnica]
BYD celebration (BYD image)
¶ “Lithuania To Achieve 100% Renewable Energy In Electricity By 2030” • By 2030, Lithuania’s national electricity grid will turn green, with renewable generating capacity providing 100% of the country’s electricity, said Lithuania’s Minister of Environment Simonas Gentvilas as he addressed the COP29 summit in Baku, Trend reports. [Trend News Agency]
¶ “COWI Joins Nature-Focused Offshore Project” • COWI has joined the Wood Thilsted Joint Industry Project to develop a nature inclusive approach to offshore wind farms. This effort aims to “explore and redefine” collaboratively what it means to create offshore wind farms that positively impact ecosystems throughout their lifecycle. [reNews]
Offshore wind turbine (COWI image)
¶ “Australia’s Emissions Down 30% Thanks To Renewables” • A report published by the Clean Energy Council and Green Energy Markets shows that a surge in renewable energy investment since 2015 reduced emissions by 30% relative to what they would be if Australia had remained reliant on the fleet of power stations it had in that year. [Energy Source & Distribution]
¶ “Voltalia To Deliver 135-MW Spanish PV Scheme” • Voltalia will build a 135-MW solar project in Spain for its client Green Arrow Capital. Voltalia has signed a contract with Green Arrow Capital to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction as well as Operation & Maintenance for the facility in Sanlucar la Mayor, Seville. [reNews]
Solar project (Voltalia image)
¶ “Iran Increasing Stockpile Of Near-Weapons-Grade Uranium, UN Says” • Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels, says a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog that was seen by The Associated Press. [CNN]
US:
¶ “A Once-In-A-Decade Bomb Cyclone Is Taking Shape Off The West Coast” • A powerful “bomb cyclone” will combine with an atmospheric river to unleash over a month’s worth of rain, hurricane-force wind gusts, and feet of mountain snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Power outages already affect 400,000 customers. [CNN]
Cloudburst (Linhao Zhang, Unsplash)
¶ “Chris Wright, Trump’s Pick For Energy Secretary, Is Wrong About Green Energy, Experts Say” • Donald Trump’s pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is the chief executive of Liberty Energy, the world’s second-largest fracking services company. He has said, “There is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” [ABC News]
¶ “Creating Green Shipping Possibilities Through New Digital Solutions” • The US Environmental Protection Agency says that investing in port infrastructure and operations is vital to US economic prosperity. Because these investments provide not only economic but environmental gains, green shipping is essential for US ports. [CleanTechnica]
Maersk container ship (Petar Milošević, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “National Blueprint for a Clean And Competitive Industrial Sector” • The US Department of Energy and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from Departments and Agencies across the federal government, released “The National Blueprint for a Clean & Competitive Industrial Sector.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Salt River Project And Flatland Storage Plan 200-MW BESS In Arizona” • Salt River Project and Flatland Storage, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America have entered into an agreement to provide 200 MW of new energy storage to Arizona’s grid. The Flatland Energy Storage Project will be a 200-MW, 800-MWh battery energy storage system. [Solar Power World]
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