California Climate & Energy Update
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. Check out some of the state’s recent wins!
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Australia’s oldest wind turbine faces final spin, will be dismantled after nearly 40 years or service
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
The Breamlea wind turbine was built in 1987 but owner Barwon Water says the parts no longer exist to keep it operational. The post Australia’s oldest wind turbine faces final spin, will be dismantled after nearly 40 years or service appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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‘Emerging tech to challenge lithium-ion dominance’ in Australia’s long-duration energy storage sector
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
The Australian government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has indicated that lithium-ion batteries are poised to "dominate" stationary storage for durations under 4-hours, but alternative technologies could surpass them for long duration energy storage (LDES).
A multi-billion dollar solar sheep rental industry is taking shape in Australia
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Solar grazing is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US. Australian farmers are beginning to think about how it might work here, too. The post A multi-billion dollar solar sheep rental industry is taking shape in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Pacific Green launches EPBC application for 2.5GWh BESS in Victoria, Australia
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Pacific Green Technologies has applied for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, for its 1GW/2.5GWh Portland BESS in Victoria, Australia.
“I’m not a moron:” Barnaby Joyce warns of exploding solar PV and hot water systems
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Nationals MP continues his campaign of fear and doubt against Chinese made inverters, hot water controls and EVs. The post “I’m not a moron:” Barnaby Joyce warns of exploding solar PV and hot water systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Stanwell to buy Australia’s biggest publicly owned wind farm as coal giants accelerate renewables push
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
State owned Stanwell Corp is not taking chances on the election next month, consuming a deal to buy a major wind farm project to accelerate its transition from coal. The post Stanwell to buy Australia’s biggest publicly owned wind farm as coal giants accelerate renewables push appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread | Tim Winton
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are “Kids these days are such snowflakes! So flaccid and self-involved, so doomy and anxious. If it’s not the drugs, it’s the screen time, right? I mean, what’s their problem?” I try to sidestep conversations like these.
Nordex targets higher, stronger winds with new 200-metre turbine tower
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has unveiled a hybrid concrete and steel tower with a hub height of 200 metres, the highest hub height in the world to date. The post Nordex targets higher, stronger winds with new 200-metre turbine tower appeared first on RenewEconomy.
End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for good Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK for 57 years. The power plant will come to the end of its life in line with the government’s world-leading policy to phase out coal power which was first signalled almost a decade ago.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
South Australia sets spectacular new records for wind, solar and negative demand
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
South Australia sets some stunning new renewable records, Queensland coal falls to record low and Victoria rooftop solar leaps to record high, although no PV had to be switched off. The post South Australia sets spectacular new records for wind, solar and negative demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Electric Vehicle Safety: Protecting Against Flood-Related Risks
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Hurricane Helene’s recent rampage through Florida has brought an unexpected hazard to light: the potential fire risk of flooded electric vehicles. This incident underscores the importance of EV safety, especially in extreme weather conditions. A Shocking Discovery In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Pinellas County residents returned home to a startling sight.
EVs, process heat and hydrogen: Growing demand needs a targeted policy response
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
The demand forecasts in the ISP's Step Change scenario will not be achieved without more targeted policy, particularly for the electrification of industry and process heat, and a rethink of network tariffs. The post EVs, process heat and hydrogen: Growing demand needs a targeted policy response appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Octopus Energy CEO: ‘Most entrepreneurs are not lovers of risk. They’re lovers of control’
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
New competitor has shaken up UK market with a focus on technology but price spikes this winter could bring challenges
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
Introducing the Sting Package: Elevating the Tesla Cybertruck
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Sting Cybertruck: Futuristic Fusion of Civilian and Military Technology Let’s talk tactical STING Cybertruck. For the iconic Tesla Cybertruck has undergone a dramatic transformation. It’s also emerging as a formidable military-grade vehicle. This groundbreaking development, spearheaded by Archimedes Defense and Unplugged Performance. For it introduces the STING package.
US climate change targets threatened by tech energy surge from AI
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Lack of grid capacity proves significant constraint in green energy transition as demand booms
Mission Possible: How biosphere reserves are solving sustainability challenges
Ideas 4 Sustainability
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Biosphere reserves, designated by UNESCO, balance human and environmental needs for sustainable development. They can model transdisciplinarity by integrating diverse knowledge and involving local communities, businesses, and policymakers in solving complex issues. While challenges exist, successful projects, such as sustainable agriculture and eco-tourism, demonstrate the potential of biosphere reserves as models for global sustainability.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs nuclear fuel start-up
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Incubation effort comes as Big Tech looks to atomic energy to meet soaring power demand for AI race
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Which? builds Home Energy Planning Service to help households cut bills and carbon
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Consumer champion launches free tool connecting households with bespoke advice and verified tradespeople who can carry out green home improvements
Copper producers issue fresh warnings about price volatility
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Chile’s Antofagasta says there is a ‘disconnect’ between government policies and growing demand for red metal
Saudi Arabia: PV + Storage’s next destination for overseas expansion
EnergyTrend
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Saudi Arabia: PV + Storage’s next destination for overseas expansion TheMiddleEasthasuniquesolarresourceconditions.Underthedevelopmentofglobalenergytransformation,thedemandforsolarphotovoltaicsandenergystoragesupporting.
Fossil fuel projects face higher bar in UK as legal challenges mount
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Planning officials now need to consider emissions produced when customers use oil and gas before they grant permission
Papers Directory, Third-Quarter 2024 Update
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
This document contains links to all of the major / educational papers I have written and posted to Energy Central. I originally posted this document at the end of 2018. This quarterly update is at the end of the third quarter (September) of 2024.
EU joint gas-buying effort fails to ignite market
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Tool to harness bloc’s buying power led to contracts for just 2% of potential demand, say people with access to data
CATL Dismisses Photovoltaic Acquisition Rumors, Focuses on Energy Storage and Grid Integration
EnergyTrend
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
CATL Dismisses Photovoltaic Acquisition Rumors, Focuses on Energy Storage and Grid Integration OntheeveningofSeptember27,CATLChairmanZengYuqunmadearareresponsetothemedia,statingthatCATLhasnoplanstoacquireanyphotovoltaic(PV)companies,includingDAS.
Food and drinks brands must adopt more effective green marketing
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Companies should embrace the message that human health and planetary health are intertwined, writes IPP's Shelley Pierre
South Africa's power utility plans big tariff hike for 2025
EnergyTrend
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
South Africa's power utility plans big tariff hike for 2025 Recently,SouthAfricanpowerutilityEskomformallysubmittedaproposaltotheNationalEnergyRegulatoryAuthorityofSouthAfrica(NERSA),planningtosignificantlyincr.
Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.
AP Møller Holding throws weight behind cutting fossil fuel plastic production
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Maersk family investment group to develop €1.
Study: Almost 60 million trees could go unplanted if Nature for Climate Fund is not renewed
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Growth of English woodlands risks 'stalling' in the next five years if key fund not extended, think tank warns
U.S. Department of Energy - U.S. Department of Energy Announces Nearly $44 Million for Clean Energy Planning and Deployment on Tribal Lands
Global Renewable News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
$18.8 Million Awarded to Six American Indian and Alaska Native Communities to Install Cost-Saving, Clean Energy Infrastructure with an Additional $25 Million in Funding Available.
Spain | World First High Speed Hydrogen train, Forbes
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
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Australian Renewable Energy Agency - ARENA backs Jet Zero for sustainable aviation fuel
Global Renewable News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today (Sept 27) announced $9 million in funding to Jet Zero Australia to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in Townsville.The nex.
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