World:
¶ “Two Studies Could Change Critics’ Opinions About How Many Birds Die From Wind Turbines” • Energy company Vattenfall and tech company Spoor analysed how dangerous wind turbines were to birds at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in and found no collisions. And a study in Germany found 99.8% of birds reliably avoid wind turbines. [Euronews]
Birds and a wind turbine (Pete Godfrey, Unsplash)
¶ “Germany Is Building A 364-Meter Wind Turbine At A Coal Mine, And It Could Transform Renewable Power” • Germany is building a 364-meter-high wind turbine, the world’s tallest. This is an engineering feat built in a historically mined area, and it marks a monumental shift away from fossil fuels towards clean, renewable energy. [MSN]
¶ “Boreal Orders Twenty Candela Electric Ferries For Use In Norway” • Norway’s fjords are beautiful to look at, but they hinder travel. People avoid long drives around them by taking ferries. Candela makes electric boats and ships. It announced that Boreal has ordered twenty P-12 electric ferries to replace diesel ferries on some cross-fjord routes. [CleanTechnica]
Candela ferries (Candela image)
¶ “March Sees Record New Plugin Vehicle Sales in Australia” • Ever increasing petrol and diesel prices are fueling a surge in interest in plugin cars. As reported by CleanTechnica here and here. It looks like every second-hand EV has sold and the ones still available have increased in price. But what about the new car market? That’s the exciting story! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Kia Beats Tesla To The Compact EV Sales Punch – In Europe” • Tesla CEO Elon Musk is letting word slip that a downsized, affordable Tesla EV is finally in the works. That may be so, but Korean automaker Kia has already pushed itself beyond the talking-it-up phase. Kia is now producing its new EV2 compact EV in Slovakia. [CleanTechnica]
Kia EV2 (Kia image)
¶ “South Korea’s President Calls For Urgent Shift To Renewable Energy” • South Korea’s president issued an urgent call to move rapidly away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy. He warned that reliance on imported energy threatens economic stability and security. “Relying on fossil energy is extremely dangerous for the future,” he said. [Microgrid Media]
¶ “Nations Reconsider US Energy Imports After Iran Tensions” • As tensions with Iran continue to impact global energy markets, several nations that previously relied on US fossil fuel exports are now reconsidering their commitments and rapidly shifting towards renewable energy. In Asia, they are fast-tracking solar, wind, hydropower. [National Today]
Solar power (Harisankar, Unsplash)
¶ “Scientists See Converging Evidence Of Antarctic Ice Retreat” • Drilling through 500 feet of floating ice into the Antarctic Ocean floor, climate scientists retrieved a rare 23-million-year record of sediments that helps demonstrate why the planet’s southern ice shield could determine the fate of distant low-lying coastal areas. They show irreversible melting. [The Invading Sea]
US:
¶ “Tesla Sitting On Record Inventory” • Tesla’s production and delivery report for the first quarter shows how many more vehicles were produced than delivered. There were 408,386 produced and 358,023 delivered. That gap of 50,000, or about 14% of the total delivered and 12% of the total produced! This is a record for Tesla, Autoblog says. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla (Taun Stewart, Unsplash)
¶ “Why Do Cities Continue To Accept Rising Utility Prices?” • Gas utility spending on distribution infrastructure has more than tripled since 2010. If utilities had maintained their pre-2010 levels of investment instead of dramatically accelerating their spending, customers would have saved $130 billion ($1,723 per gas household). But they didn’t. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The GOTRAX eFold Electric Bike: Compact, Practical, And Affordable” • If you’re looking for an electric bike that’s easy to store, simple to ride, and built for everyday commuting or errands, the GOTRAX eFold is designed for that. It’s focus is on convenience, portability, and affordability. As a compact, folding bike, it fits well into city life. [CleanTechnica]
GOTRAX eFold (GOTRAX image)
¶ “US States Are Struggling To Meet Their Clean Energy Goals. Data Centers Are To Blame” • Nevada’s largest utility says it will need three times as much electricity to handle proposed data centers as it uses to power Las Vegas just. It probably can’t do that without fossil fuels. It could miss the state’s clean energy target of 50% renewable power by 2030. [Japan Today]
¶ “Trump Proposes Fast-Tracking Nuclear Power For Tech Giants” • President Trump proposed a radical plan to fast-track nuclear power approvals for tech giants in just three weeks, aiming to fuel the AI revolution. The proposal would markedly shorten the standard NRC approval process, which typically takes four to five years. [National Today]
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