World:
¶ “Have China’s Carbon Emissions Peaked? New Analysis Shows They Haven’t Risen In 18 Months” • China is the world’s largest polluter by total annual emissions. The country, which is heavily reliant on coal for energy, makes up 30% of global emissions. An analysis finds that the country’s emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months. [Euronews]
Great Wall of China (Hanson Lu, Unsplash)
¶ “Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Watchdog Probes Large-Scale Energy Sector Scheme” • Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau is reportedly investigating a large corruption scheme in the country’s energy sector. It involves the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom. A 15-month investigation and 1,000 hours of wiretaps led to seventy raids. [Euronews]
¶ “Tesla’s Hail Mary: Signs Of Progress Vs Historical Concerns” • Tesla sales are down globally, and there have been no successful product launches since the Model Y. It doesn’t look good. But Tesla staff has worked hard, and there has clearly been progress. A key is that it is not focused on incremental improvements, but instead on revolutionary ones. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Cybercab (Avda, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Long Duration Batteries + Solar Replace Coal Mines And Gas Extraction” • Batteries are an integral part of that to store and time shift Australia’s abundant solar resources, and they make for some good news stories. We can start with attempts by the new conservative government in Queensland to slow the renewable energy transition. They are failing. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Cows, Jamaica, And Solar: Winning The Clean Energy Revolution” • Developing solar with cattle presents a major opportunity to expand solar energy, given the vast size of the US beef industry. There are other advantages and things that are changing, however, as solar comes through on emergencies and security for places like Jamaica. [CleanTechnica]
Solar farm with sheep (Silicon Ranch image)
¶ “IEA Says Faster Transition To Renewables Equals Lower Household Prices” • The best way to reduce household power prices is to adopt renewable energy faster, says the International Energy Agency. The finding was included in the organisation’s 2025 World Energy Outlook, which said the move to renewables is a proven path. [Renew Economy]
¶ “SSE Unveils £33 Billion Grid Investment Drive” • SSE has unveiled its “Transformation for Growth” plan, a £33 billion fully funded five-year investment plan that will significantly increase its focus on UK electricity networks in what the company says is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to upgrade national energy infrastructure. [reNews]
Transmission towers and lines (SSE image)
¶ “How AI And Electrification Are Transforming The Power Grid” • Renewable energy is facing a two-pronged problem: too many new clean energy projects without a grid to plug into, and too much clean energy already on the grid at times when no one needs it. But all of this is about to change as the world’s rate of electrification heads into overdrive. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Ørsted Claims Green Transformation Complete” • Ørsted claimed it will be the first energy company to complete a green transformation after it met its 2025 decarbonisation target. The Danish utility said the achievement marks the culmination of its transition from one of the most fossil-fuel-intensive utilities in Europe to a renewable energy major. [reNews]
Hornsea offshore windfarm (Ørsted image)
¶ “Austria Appeals To EU’s Top Court To Drop ‘Sustainable’ Label For Nuclear Energy” • Austria will ask the Court of Justice of the European Union for help in its fight against the official classification of nuclear energy as “sustainable.” The newspaper Der Standard reported the story with reference to sources from the Austrian environment ministry. [Brussels Signal]
¶ “Enercon Deploys New Push Barge For Turbine Transport” • Enercon finished the first transport of wind turbine components using its new push barge Rhenus Berlin I, marking a milestone in the company’s project logistics operations. They were unloaded at the Port of Emden and sent by land to the Emlichheim wind farm site. [reNews]
Rhenus Berlin I (Enercon image)
US:
¶ “Solar Power To Be Developed In Louisiana Project” • Treaty Oak Clean Energy recently announced it signed agreements with the technology company Meta for two solar projects totaling 385 MW in Louisiana. The solar projects are backed Meta through the power purchase agreements. Chris Elrod, Co-Founder and CEO, gave an interview. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Expects To Add 32 More Gigawatts Of Solar Power In Next Twelve Months” • Electricity demand in the US is going through the roof, and solar is the one domestic energy resource that is most abundant, accessible, and economical. The US EIA issued a report on November 10. It says 32 GW of solar are coming in the next twelve months. [CleanTechnica]
Solar power (Werner Slocum, NREL)
¶ “Tesla Sales Crater As Top Executives Flee” • Sales are bad for Tesla in Germany. And they are equally bad in China. By in the United States, it is not just customers who are fleeing. Two more senior executives exited the company, according to Bloomberg Hyperdrive, Siddhant Awasthi and Emmanuel Lamacchia, both program managers. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “TotalEnergies Inks 15-year Solar Deal” • TotalEnergies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement to supply Google with electricity from its Montpelier solar farm in Ohio. The nearly complete facility is connected to the PJM grid, the largest US electricity system, and will support Google’s Ohio data center operations with 1.5 TWh. [reNews]
Have a pleasantly aware day.
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