Recent headlines on renewable energy
Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they're being built Elizabeth Weise & Suhail Bhat, USA Today, Feb 4, 2024
On February 6, 2024, the European Commission (part of the EU’s executive government) "announced one of the world’s most ambitious goals to slash planet-heating pollution ... backing a 90% cut in carbon emissions by 2040, from 1990 levels, taking a stance that is likely to set a benchmark for developed nations around the world. ... The announcement will kick off months of talks that could take up to a year before the European Parliament rubber stamps the target."
— The EU just unveiled one of the world’s most ambitious climate plans. But can it deliver? Angela Dewan, CNN, Feb 6, 2024
"Anchored to the seabed by a cable and connected to the power grid, the kite, which measures about twelve meters from tip to tip of the wings and weighs about 28 tons — actually, that corresponds to the Dragon 12 model, although there are smaller ones — navigates by taking advantage of predictable tides and currents describing a figure-eight or infinity-shaped trajectory, allowing it to move its propeller and generate up to 3.5 GWh of electricity annually."
— Tides and energy: why the best ideas are usually the simplest, Enrique Dans, Medium, Feb 13, 2024
How communities can benefit from being - literally - invested in big renewables Overseas projects show community co-investment can build social licence for large scale renewable energy projects. Jarra Hicks, SwitchedOn, Feb 19, 2024
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power: AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. Evan Halper, Washington Post, March 7, 2024
A coal billionaire is building the world’s biggest clean energy plant and it’s five times the size of Paris Diksha Madhok, CNN, March 20, 2024
"The world has passed a clean energy milestone, as a boom in wind and solar meant a record-breaking 30% of the world’s electricity was produced by renewables last year, new data shows.
The planet is reaching “a crucial turning point” toward clean energy, according to the Global Electricity Review published Wednesday by climate think tank Ember. It predicts global fossil fuel generation will fall slightly in 2024, before experiencing much bigger declines in subsequent years.
It’s a significant step toward the world reaching 60% renewable electricity by 2030, which is critical to meeting global climate goals, said Dave Jones, global insights director at Ember."
— These 4 charts show the world just passed a major clean energy milestone, Laura Paddison, Rachel Wilson, Jhasua Razo and Lou Robinson, CNN, May 8, 2024
And:
"New York could and should be a renewable powerhouse. It lacks a Mojave Desert, but Long Island Sound could be the Qatar of offshore wind—the DOE estimates it could power 11 million homes, which is four million more homes than New York contains. With NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, it has some of the finest energy conservation minds in the country. And it has an environmentally minded populace—everyone thinks about New York City as a liberal bastion, but it was upstaters who banded together to force a ban on fracking."
— Bill McKibben, What Democrats Do and What Democrats Don't, The Crucial Years, August 21, 2024
we are living through a fast paced technological revolution around green energy and the reason you've heard less about it than about NFTs is because some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet want to stop it.
— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw.bsky.social) September 24, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Previously
Germany puts up $8 billion to rescue huge green energy company Anna Cooban, CNN, Nov 14, 2023
‘Renewable’ natural gas may sound green, but it’s not an antidote for climate change, Emily Grubert, theconversation.com, Jul 6, 2020
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