Opinion:
¶ “The Warning Signs In Trump’s Crusade Against Wind” • The Trump attacks on the wind industry strikes against the core of the free market and private enterprise. Targeting projects with active construction creates an unprecedented level of regulatory uncertainty that threatens development and puts government whims in the driver’s seat. [Time Magazine]
Windpower (Nejc Soklič, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under Ocean, Raising Hopes For A Thirsty World” • Nearly fifty years ago, a US government ship drilled into the seafloor off the US Northeast to see what it could find. It found fresh water. There are similar places around the world where frest water lies under the ocean. It is water the world needs. [ABC News]
¶ “Solnit Calls The Renewable Energy Revolution ‘Nothing Less Than Astonishing'” • In an editorial in the Guardian, historian, author, and activist Rebecca Solnit reminds us how renewables are now adequate to provide almost all our energy needs. The renewable energy transition is happening all around us, and “it is nothing less than astonishing.” [CleanTechnica]
Wind farm (Spencer DeMera, Unsplash)
¶ “Mozambique Embraces A $6 Billion Hydroelectricity Project” • Mozambique has won World Bank backing for the $6 billion Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric plant. Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest countries by per capita income, aims to connect all of its 33 million mostly rural citizens to electricity by 2030, largely through renewable energy. [ABC News]
¶ “Volvo Teases EX60 As ‘Groundbreaking'” • Volvo Cars has the most ambitious electrification plan among legacy automakers. Its global vehicle sales include 20% that are full EVs and 24% plugin hybrids. Volvo plans to reach over 90% plugin vehicle sales by 2030. It expects one models to supercharge this transition, the coming Volvo EX60. [CleanTechnica]
Volvo EX60 teaser
¶ “Battery Officially Opened” • A big battery has joined Victoria’s growing network of energy storage systems, supporting the state in its shift to renewable energy. Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy and Resources, opened the 100-MW Latrobe Valley Battery Energy Storage System, which is beside the existing Morwell terminal station. [TRFM]
¶ “Adani Group Plans To Invest $60 Billion In India’s Renewable Energy And Power Sector” • The Adani Group unveiled plans to invest around $60 billion by FY32 in India’s power sector, with a sharp focus on renewable energy, thermal generation, and power transmission. Renewable and thermal capacity would each get over $20 billion. [BW Businessworld]
Solar array in Gujarat (Citizenmj, CC BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “China Breaks Ground On Unprecedented Project That Could Reshape Global Energy” • China just kicked off construction on a power project that could reshape what global energy looks like: the world’s first large-scale turbine designed to run entirely on hydrogen. The 30-MW turbine does not require that methane be mixed with its hydrogen. [The Cool Down]
US:
¶ “NHTSA Rule Changes Favor Autonomous Cars” • If you want to sell a car in the USA, it must meet federal motor vehicle safety standards known as FMVSS. The old rules had never anticipated autonomous vehicles. Now the Transportation Department has announced it will create them. Federal overreach may be hidden in the plan. We will see. [CleanTechnica]
Zoox Fully Autonomous electric robotaxi
¶ “How US Politics Killed A Nearly Complete Offshore Wind Farm” • Some speculate that the halt to Revolution Wind that the US government ordered may have less to do with the project itself and more to do with geopolitics. Denmark, Ørsted’s home country, has clashed with Washington over issues ranging from Arctic policy to Greenland. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Iowa Nuclear Plant Is The Next Contender To Restart” • The Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa has plans to restart by the end of the decade. It had been shut down for economic reasons in 2020. The plant is the third, and likely the last, mothballed reactor in the US that is in shape to come back online to support growing power demand. [MSN]
Have a sensationally meditative day.
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