Opinion:
¶ “Sufficiency: It’s All We Need” • Lloyd Alter teaches sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University, and in his spare time, writes a blog on Substack called Carbon Upfront! In a piece this week, he focuses on sufficiency, a concept that we used consider normal before the Super Size Me movement took hold and we turned to extreme self-indulgence. [CleanTechnica]
It’s all we need (Architecture 2030)
Science and Technology:
¶ “Dangerous Hurricanes Are Being Made Even Worse Because Of Climate Change, Study Finds” • A study from Climate Central adds to growing evidence that human-amplified climate change is leading to more intense storms. It found that 84% of Atlantic hurricanes between 2019 and 2023 averaged 18 mph stronger due to climate change. [ABC News]
World:
¶ “At Least One Dead And Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power As Bomb Cyclone Slams Washington State And British Columbia” • A “once in a decade” bomb cyclone lashed the west coast with hurricane-force wind gusts, leaving at least one person dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Washington state, California, and British Columbia. [CNN]
Rainstorm (Dan Kreibich, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Ford To Cut 4,000 Jobs In Europe As It Faces Weak EV Sales And Economic Headwinds” • Ford Motor Co says it will reduce its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the UK by the end of 2027, citing economic headwinds with increased competition and weaker than expected sales of electric cars. Most of the job cuts will be in Germany. [ABC News]
¶ “Tesla Model Y News From Around The World” • The Model Y news started this month by announcing that Tesla would offer one full year of free European Supercharging for anyone who buys and takes delivery of a Model Y in Europe before December 31, 2024. The thinking is clearly that the promotion will boost overall 2024 Tesla sales. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Model Y (Michal Lauko, Unsplash)
¶ “Ocean Winds Submits Plans For 2-GW Scottish Project” • Ocean Winds has concluded three years of development work and submitted applications for planning consent to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate for the 2-GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm in the outer Moray Firth. Caledonia was awarded the site in 2022. [reNews]
¶ “Crown Estate Launches Research Projects” • The Crown Estate is partnering with a range of expert bodies across the UK on five new projects to support the acceleration towards net zero, while enabling marine and coastal ecosystems to thrive. The projects will aim to discover any negative effects of offshore windfarms and how to remedy them. [reNews]
Fish at an offshore foundation (BOEM image)
¶ “Solar Energy Corp Bars Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power For 3 Years Over Fake Tender Document” • In a setback for Reliance Power’s green energy plans, Solar Energy Corp of India has barred the Anil Ambani company, its subsidiaries and Reliance NU BESS Ltd from participating in tenders issued by the state-owned company for three years. [MSN]
¶ “Victoria To Build First State-Owned Solar And Battery Project” • The government of Victoria announced that the State Electricity Commission is investing A$370 million to build a solar-plus-battery project in Horsham. The facility is projected to generate around 242,000 MWh of renewable energy per year, enough to power 51,000 homes. [Asian Power]
Mitre Lake, Victoria (Ed Dunens, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Faces Second Blackout Of The Week After Russian Attacks” • The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is on the verge of a blackout after Russian attacks on power lines left the plant connected to only one line, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported on November 21. It is the second threatened blackout of the week. [The Kyiv Independent]
US:
¶ “Biden Administration Trying To Throw A Hail Mary To Save The Colorado River Before Trump Takes Over” • The Biden administration trying to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water so as to protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – before Donald Trump takes office. [CNN]
Colorado River (Zoshua Colah, Unsplash)
¶ “What Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Fracking Agenda Could Look Like” • Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign was partly built on a bedrock of US Oil & Gas production. Trump repeated his “drill, baby, drill” slogan, as he promised a fracking boom that he said could help make America more “energy independent” and lower the price of fuel. [ABC News]
¶ “Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping” • Skeptics abound, but EV battery swapping is attracting serious attention from automakers. The latest development is that Mitsubishi Corporation has announced a strategic partnership with the US battery swapping startup Ample, punctuated by an investment of $25 million. [CleanTechnica]
Mitsubishi battery swapping vans (Courtesy of Mitsubishi)
¶ “SOLARCYCLE’s New Georgia Facility Will Recycle 5 GW Of Solar Panels Per Year ” • SOLARCYCLE’s 5-GW recycling facility in Georgia will be able to recover “up to 90%” of the materials in solar PVs. Some will end up as feedstock for the company’s solar glass factory. The plant will start with recycling 2 million solar panels annually. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Billionaire Gautam Adani Indicted In New York On Bribery Charges” • Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives were indicted in New York by US prosecutors for their alleged roles in a yearslong, multi-million-dollar bribery and fraud scheme involving plans to develop a major solar power plant. The fraud allegedly hurt US investors. [CNN]
Have a certifiably amusing day.
geoharvey 
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