Welcome to the Electrek Green Energy Brief. Put together by our Electrek authors, the Energy Brief is a daily technical, financial, and political review of important green energy news.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories Yesterday
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Natural historian Sir David Attenborough says the US could still stay in the Paris Agreement — with a new president.
- The World Economic Forum highlights three great green energy innovations in Europe in a cool video.
- Florida’s new municipal solar project is a small step in the right direction.
- If you’re an innovator who can help reduce air pollution in India, check out the UNDP Air Pollution Innovation Challenge.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 20
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- London’s Citicape House will feature a green wall that will absorb more than eight metric tons of carbon annually.
- Yemen has embraced solar out of necessity after years of air strikes.
- EasyJet becomes world’s first carbon-neutral airline by offsetting all emissions.
- Oregon biodiesel fuel company SeQuential has boosted production capacity by 30%.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 19
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The latest Keystone pipeline leak spread 10 times more oil across the land than originally thought.
- Bill Gates and Patrick Soon-Shiong-backed solar startup Heliogen announces major breakthrough for heavy industry.
- Wind speeds are picking up due to climate change — and this could benefit wind farms.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 15
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The European Union will stop funding fossil fuels by the end of 2021.
- Oil giant Aramco gears up for its initial public offering.
- The first-ever hydrogen-powered train is coming to the US.
- Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette had his first US Senate energy secretary hearing yesterday.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 14
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- African Development Bank pulls out of an eastern Kenyan coal plant project at Lamu.
- Seoul is putting solar on all public buildings and 1 million homes.
- German steel giant Thyssenkrupp uses hydrogen as a step toward its net-zero-by-2050 pledge.
- An earthquake in France earlier this week prolongs the shutdown of nuclear reactors until December.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 7
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Los Angeles has approved the largest solar and storage system in the US — enough for nearly 1 million residents.
- Italy is going to make climate-change study mandatory in state schools.
- A new report names the countries responsible for the most fossil-fuel emissions.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 5
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Royal Dutch Shell is buying French green energy company EOLFI.
- Mike Pompeo announces the US’s formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
- More than 11,000 scientists endorse a letter that warns of a global climate emergency.
- A quarter of Europe’s electricity needs could be met by rooftop solar, says new paper.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 4
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- EPA weakens pollution rules on how power plants store coal waste and release metals into waterways.
- The UK puts a moratorium on fracking.
- New Delhi declares a health emergency due to the worst pollution in three years.
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s new report says a US coast-to-coast transmission “super-grid” is possible.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories November 1
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The Keystone oil pipeline has spilled around 383,000 gallons of tar sands oil in North Dakota.
- Non-hydro green energy grew in the US by 6.15% compared to 2018.
- Credit Suisse senior banker says investments could ‘go to zero quickly’ if companies ignore climate change.
- Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have Twitter “words” over the Green New Deal.
Electrek Green Energy Brief Stories October 21
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Big Oil and Big Tobacco use the same tactics to mislead the public, says a new report.
- Cornwall’s Eden Project and the EU launch a £16.8 million geothermal project.
- Jane Fonda arrested for a second time for protesting the climate crisis and fossil fuels.
- Global solar PV market will see “spectacular growth” over next five years
