World:
¶ “How Climate Change Is Supercharging Pollen Allergies” • In a warmer climate, seasonal allergy sufferers are hit with more pollen in a longer season. But they also have much worse allergy events, experts say. “Thunderstorm asthma” occurs when storms break up pollen particles in the air, releasing proteins, which make people suffer worse. [BBC]
Thunder storm with stars above (Tom Strecker, Unsplash)
¶ “Beneath The Fjord: Inside Northern Lights’ Carbon Storage Core” • Phase 1 of Northern Lights carbon storage is subscribed fully now, but only with government-backed Norwegian projects, EU-subsidized initiatives, and one low-cost industrial emitter with a pure CO₂ stream. Most participants’ capture costs for are well over €100 per ton. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trinasolar Sets Green Hydrogen Record In China, Sets Sights On Global Market” • The global green hydrogen industry has a history of stalled ventures and failures. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that Trina Green Hydrogen, a branch of leading Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar, has just set a record for its new electrolyzer. [CleanTechnica]
Trinasolar green hydrogen effort (Trinasolar image)
¶ “Researchers Make Breakthrough On Revolutionary Device That Could Transform How We Power Our Homes” • At the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers have developed a new organic compound that can store four electrons at once in a flow battery. The finding could effectively double the energy these batteries can hold at the molecular level. [Yahoo]
¶ “Kabisa EV House Opens As Hub For e-Mobility In Rwanda” • Rwanda is encouraging investment in the e-mobility sector with initiatives to encourage investment. These incentives include a preferential corporate income tax rate for e-mobility investors. One of the companies leading this growth in Rwanda is Kabisa, based in Kigali. [CleanTechnica]
Kabisa EV House (Image courtesy of Kabisa)
¶ “Solar Power Station Opens In Chernobyl Exclusion Zone” • Ukraine and Spain opened a solar power station in Chernobyl with 0.8 MW capacity covering over 3,000 square meters. The solar facility was begun in 2019 as part of Ukraine’s cooperation with the Spanish government on climate change and innovative technology. [Euromaidan Press]
¶ “Tenaris Launched The First Solar Power Park In Romania For The Steel Industry” • International pipe company Tenaris has inaugurated its first solar energy park in Romania. It has 20 MW of capacity. The facility will supply the electricity generated by its PV panels to a steel mill in the town of Quelerasi, according to a press release. [GMK Center]
Solar park (Image from Tenaris.com)
¶ “Cuban Government Pledges 10,000 MW Expansion Of Solar Power In 2025” • Amid a sustained energy crisis with widespread power outages across Cuba, the regime has vowed to add 10,000 MW of solar power generating capacity by the end of this year. The plan is facing skepticism regarding its technical and financial feasibility. [CubaHeadlines]
¶ “Chinese Giant Envision Energy Has Its Eyes On Two Wind Power Projects In Vietnam’s Central Highlands” • Envision Energy Singapore Pte Ltd has proposed developing two wind power projects with a total capacity of 200 MW in Lam Dong province, as part of its parent company’s billion-dollar wind power journey in Vietnam. [Theinvestor]
Envision wind turbine (Envision image)
¶ “What Is Iran’s Nuclear Program And What Does The US Want?” • US and Iranian officials held indirect talks in Oman’s capital, Muscat, to try for a new deal over Iran’s controversial nuclear program. Donald Trump pulled the US out of a previous nuclear agreement. Now he is warning of military action if talks do not succeed. [BBC]
US:
¶ “Market Volatility Complicates Work For Lawmakers In Alaska” • After President Donald Trump returned to office, Governor Mike Dunleavy of Alaska declared “happy days are here again.” But Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs made oil markets more volatile, compounding uncertainty for Alaska lawmakers, whose budgets are based the price of oil. [ABC News]
Trans-Alaska pipeline (Luca Galuzzi, CC- BY-SA 2.5)
¶ “Schools Lined Up For Help Getting Cleaner School Buses, But Then Came The EPA Freeze” • Looking to cut pollution from its fleet of chool buses, an Oklahoma school district doubled its EVs last year. The funding had been promised by the EPA, but since Trump took office, the district has called and emailed the EPA regularly without a response. [ABC News]
¶ “Mojave Micro Mill Is First US Solar-Powered Steel Mill” • The Pacific Steel Group has begun construction of what it calls its Mojave Micro Mill. The factory is going up in California’s Mojave Desert, near Edwards Air Force Base, where it will produce rebar using electricity supplied by a solar panels and wind turbines located nearby. [CleanTechnica]
Have a delightfuly easy day.
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