World:
¶ “Business Class Flights Are Major Polluters. Is Cutting Them The Key To Decarbonising Air Travel?” • Business and first-class seats are up to five times more carbon-intensive than economy seats, according to International Air Transport Association data. Scrapping premium seating could help to halve global aviation emissions, a recent study has found. [Euronews]
Primium flying (Frugal Flyer, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Germany Supplies Ukraine With Natural Gas For The First Time” • Germany is supplying gas to Ukraine for the first time through the LNG terminal on the largest German island of Rüge, according to a statement by the Ukrainian energy company, Naftogaz. Deutsche ReGas said the gas goes from the terminal to Ukraine via Poland. [Euronews]
¶ “400-MW Solar Power Farm Has Huge Battery System Too” • Robert Llewellyn, from the Everything Electric Tech show and various other TV shows, recently drove a Polestar to visit a huge solar power and energy storage facility in Australia. The solar power portion has nearly one million solar panels, and the battery system is huge. [CleanTechnica]
Solar power with sheep (Everything Electric Tech image)
¶ “Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Trips, 190 Million Driverless Kilometers” • Baidu’s Apollo Go launched its fully driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022. Now the news is that Apollo Go has provided 20 million rides worldwide, as it offers robotaxi services in some places outside China. Waymo took nearly two years longer to get to 20 million rides. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Germany Hits 10-GW Offshore Wind Milestone” • Germany’s installed offshore wind capacity has hit the 10-GW mark with this month’s new turbines, according to data of the International Economic Forum for Renewable Energies. Three turbines put online in the He Dreiht and Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farms helped it reach the milestone. [reNews]
Offshore wind farm (insung yoon, Unsplash)
¶ “Danske Commodities Seals 400-MWh Battery Deal In The UK” • Danske Commodities has signed a ten-year optimisation agreement for the 400-MWh Windyhill BESS battery storage asset outside Glasgow. The company said the deal is its biggest battery storage asset yet and will use its automated algorithmic setup to maximise returns. [reNews]
¶ “Nova Scotia Wind Project Will Soon Sell Power To Customers Directly” • Nova Scotians will be able to buy electricity directly from Mersey River Wind soon after it gets some of its 33 wind turbines running and hooked to the grid. Renewall Energy Ltd has already begun advertising to sell power under the province’s Renewable to Retail program. [EnergyNow]
Nova Scotia farm (Sharingknowledge, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
¶ “Earth’s Heat To Power 10,000 Homes In Renewable Energy First For UK” • The UK’s first geothermal power plant has been turned on, providing a completely new type of renewable energy using hot water from deep underground. The Cornish plant was switched on after nearly two decades in development. The well is the deepest in the UK. [AOL.com]
¶ “Russia And Ukraine Agree Local Truce To Allow Repairs At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant” • Russia and Ukraine agreed to a local ceasefire to allow for repairs of the backup power lines to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to the IAEA. The IAEA said the truce was to enable the restoration of the 330-kV supply line to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. [CNBC]
Zaporizhzhia buildings (IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
US:
¶ “Four Takeaways From The Nation’s Biggest Heat Pump Expo” • For those who have never heard of it, the AHR Expo in Las Vegas is a ginormous 50,000-person expo focused primarily on space and water heating systems. Joe Wachunas went and talked with dozens of manufacturers to see the latest innovations in heat pump water heaters. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Greenpeace Is Facing A $345 Million Decision In A Lawsuit. Can The Environmental Group Survive?” • Greenpeace is in a fight for its life in North Dakota’s court system, where a judge decided to order it to pay an expected $345 million to an energy company whose Dakota Access oil pipeline construction drew protests nearly a decade ago. [Euronews]
Dakota Access construction (Carl Wycoff, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “US Renewable Energy Capacity Set For Record 62% Jump In 2026” • The US is adding 86 GW of new power capacity in 2026, nearly double the previous year’s total, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. Solar, wind, and battery storage will account for 79% of all new generating capacity, while fossil fuel plants continue to retire. [Microgrid Media]
¶ “Meet The 2.6-GW Offshore Wind Project Trump Failed, To Kill” • Offshore wind farms generate clean electricity without taking up space on land. Five of the projects along the Atlantic coast were deep into construction. Regardless, Trump tried, and failed, to kill them. Here is a look at the massive, 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. [CleanTechnica]
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project (CVOW image)
¶ “Solar In Michigan Booms Amid Clean Energy Push” • Across Michigan, clean energy goals once debated as abstract ideas are beginning to reshape rural communities. Solar installations at utility scale, often paired with large battery storage systems, are turning large swaths of farmland into energy-producing “solar farms.” [The Center Square]
¶ “Nothern Cheyenne Tribe Swaps Diesel For Off-Grid Solar To Power Buffalo Ranch” • The Northern Cheyenne Tribe operates a buffalo ranch central to its identity, cultural restoration, and land stewardship hundreds of miles from the closest town. The ranch was powered by diesel generators. Now it has 36 kW of solar power and a battery. [pv magazine USA]
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