World:
¶ “Assessing Global Progress Ten Years After Paris Climate Accords” • Critics claim the Paris Climate Accords have failed, but Émilie Laurence Tubiana, a former French diplomat, one of the architects of the Paris accord, and now chief executive of the European Climate Foundation, told The Guardian it has been a remarkable achievement. [CleanTechnica]
Please click on the image to enlarge it (Climate Analytics image)
¶ “Tesla’s 8-Year Model Sales Trends in 11 European Countries” • Zachary Shahan: “I poked around a bit more to see what else I could find that was a bit interesting. The good thing with Tesla is that it basically has two models and they’ve been on the market for several years now, so I did have a look at those models. The resulting graphs are truly interesting.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Plugin Vehicles Pass 75 Million Cumulative Sales!” • Reader Madan Rajan commented to CleanTechnica that total plugin vehicle sales passed 75 million units. The most recent global EV sales report showed the world reached 2.1 million registrations for plugins in September. If this level is sustained, it would take just 3 years to reach another 75 million. [CleanTechnica]
Polestar 2 EV (Benjamin Brunner, Unsplash)
¶ “Scottish Ports Sound AR7 Alarm” • Scottish port bosses warn their investments could become stranded without increased UK government funding for fixed-bottom offshore wind. A group of ports have written to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband seeking a higher AR7 budget, warning no Scottish offshore wind farms will secure CfDs, according to the Scotsman. [reNews]
¶ “Towards Net Zero” • Ørsted says, “With renewable energy at the center of our vision and purpose, it should come as no surprise that we take decarbonisation seriously.” Ørsted’s roots lie in coal-fired power stations. But the company refocused its business on renewables in 2009. It achieved a 98% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of 2025. [Ørsted]
Worker on a wind turbine (Ørsted image)
¶ “NLC India Renewables And PTC India Sign Green Energy JVA In India” • NLC India Renewables Limited and power provider PTC India entered into a green energy joint venture agreement in Tamil Nadu. This agreement aims to develop, operate, and maintain renewable energy projects totaling up to 2,000 MW in phases, start at about 500 MW. [Power Technology]
¶ “Yanara Names Gamuda To Deliver Massive Solar And Battery Project” • Renewables developer Yanara tapped the Australian arm of the Malaysian group Gamuda to deliver a 360-MW solar farm and 600-MWh battery energy storage project in southwest Victoria. The Mortlake Energy Hub will cost A$700 million ($465 million). [pv magazine Australia]
Solar farm (Yanara image)
¶ “Renewables Drive India’s Energy Security Push” • At the same time India’s energy demand has consistently risen in the past few years, generation has kept up allowing supply to keep pace with demand. According to the National Electricity Plan, the total installed generation capacity of all types is projected to reach 874 GW by 2031-2032. [Asian Power]
US:
¶ “The Oilfield Binge And Purge: Another Reason To Ditch Fossil Fuels” • There being no such thing as a free lunch, the oil and gas binge leaves Oklahomans holding the bag. Oklahoma has tens of thousands of abandoned wells. “The state has catalogued about 20,000 orphan wells, but federal researchers believe the true number may be over 300,000 …” [CleanTechnica]
Oklahoma wellhead (Government of Oklahoma image)
¶ “OpenAI Pushes Propaganda Over Research, Researchers Who Quit Argue” • There’s serious concern that an “AI revolution” will lead to a loss of jobs and economic struggles. As it turns out, we now have a former researcher at one of the big AI organizations coming out and saying that not only is this a concern, but the risk is being hushed up. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Solar Power And Farming Can Co-Exist On The Same Land. Just Ask Cameron Krebs’ Sheep” • Thousands of Cameron Krebs’ sheep go from one solar farm to the next, munching on grass, typically from March until June. Once they have eaten their lunch, they settle down to snooze under the shade of hundreds of thousands of solar panels. [The Spokesman-Review]
Sheep at a solar farm (Avangrid image)
¶ “Trump’s AI Dream Risks Being Undercut By His Attack On Solar And Wind Power ” • The plan by President Trump to make the US a world leader in AI and build a network of massive data centers is gaining speed. However, experts warn that his energy policies, which severely restrict solar and wind energy, could sabotage that ambition. [Microgrid Media]
¶ “Diablo Canyon Agrees To Coastal Commission Land Use Plan” • NRC approval for renewal of Diablo Canyon’s operating permit depends on its clearing two hurdles. One is approval of a land use plan by the California Coastal Commission. The is that the California Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board certify the water quality permit. [Neutron Bytes]
Have a particularly combobulated day.
geoharvey 
Leave a comment