World:
¶ “Egypt Announces New Mediterranean Gas Field Discovery Estimated At 200 Billion Cubic Feet” • Egypt has announced a new natural gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea, with the initial estimates pointing to around 200 billion cubic feet in the reservoir of the exploratory well. Cairo hopes the discovery will help reduce need for imports. [Euronews]
¶ “Leaders Gather In Turkey For UN Climate Summit” • World leaders, delegates and climate activists are to begin negotiations on curbing climate change at a climate summit in Turkey. In the last year climate change has led to rising temperatures and heat waves that have been deadly. It has played a role in disasters like the devastating floods in Nepal. [ABC News]
¶ “Bigger Than Godzilla!” • Fortescue’s plans for the Pilbara include wind turbine blades that are bigger than Godzilla. While Fortescue’s boss hobnobs with King Charles III and chats about sustainability, under the Commonwealth Nature Initiative, progress continues towards real zero in the remote Pilbara of Western Australia. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World – 32% EV Share in September!” • Plugin vehicle registrations were up 3% year over year globally in September, ending the month at around 2.16 million units, pretty darn close to the record (2.17 million) set last December. Once more, battery EV registrations grew and plugin hybrid EV registrations declined. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Kazakhstan’s Wind Power Auction Prices Fall 34% In Seven Years” • Kazakhstan’s minimum auction price for wind projects fell by 34% in 2018 through 2025, from 3.89¢/kWh to 2.57¢/kWh, following the introduction of a renewable energy auction system, according to the National Energy Report, which is a product of the Kazenergy Association. [Trend News Agency]
¶ “India’s Renewable Energy Boom Is Set To Be Faster Than Ever” • Overcapacity and falling prices have curbed China’s massive lead in renewable energy. India is emerging as a serious alternative both for investors in green energy and for its buyers. The IEA expects India to be the biggest growth market through 2031, outside of China. [CNBC TV18]
¶ “Rangebank battery boosts Victoria’s energy storage” • The new Rangebank battery at Cranbourne can store enough energy to power the equivalent of 80,000 Victorian homes for an hour during peak demand. The 200-MW, 400-MWh battery marks a global milestone for Shell Energy as the first large battery system the company has owned worldwide. [Utility Magazine]
¶ “Romania To Restart Second Unit Of Nuclear Power Plant After Months Offline” • Romania’s Ministry of Energy reported that the start-up sequence for Unit 2 of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant was initiated on Monday, November 9. The reactor is expected to resume operation after the Danube’s water flow allowed the restart. [Romania Insider]
US:
¶ “Even California’s Biggest Ports Aren’t Betting On Hydrogen For Ships” • Hydrogen, which California spent so much money promoting for transportation, did not make the cut for detailed deep-sea fuel planning. Two commercially notable institutions declined to spend the next decade preparing a major hydrogen bunkering business. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “A Houston Solar-Tracker Factory Moves Assembly Work Indoors, To Ship Ready-Made Components As Its Production Lines Expand” • A Houston-based solar tracker factory expanded to meet increasing demand. Photovoltaic infrastructure has become essential to the US energy mix, especially as pressures to decarbonize grow. [Energies Media]
¶ “Appalachian Power Customers Could Fund Site Work For A Nuclear Reactor That May Never Be Built” • Appalachian Power’s customers could end up paying to prepare a site for a nuclear reactor that never gets built. Regulatory permission would allow the company to pass development costs for a small modular reactor site on to customers. [The Cool Down]
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