Green Energy

• Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major storm, and it’s going to affect offshore oil.
• PM Boris Johnson pledges £160 million to ensure that wind farms will generate power for every home.
• Denmark will contribute $1.6 billion to new climate initiatives.
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British prime minister Boris Johnson declared today at the Conservative Party conference that the UK would become “the world leader in clean wind energy.” He committed £160 million ($207 million) to upgrade ports and factories in northern England, Scotland, and Wales in order to build wind turbines.

• Bloomberg reports that Exxon plans to actually increase its emissions, according to internal documents.
• A New York state senator has introduced legislation requiring zero emissions for new vehicles by 2035.
• The UK’s Octopus Energy will create 1,000 clean tech jobs and a new tech hub.
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California announced a ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles from 2035 on September 23. Two days later, New York state senator Pete Harckham from the Hudson Valley introduced a bill that would also require all of New York State’s sales of new cars and trucks to be zero emissions by 2035.

• The UK’s Cambridge University will divest its $4.5 billion endowment fund from fossil fuels.
• Joe Biden yesterday announced that fossil fuel execs won’t be included in his transition team.
• Teesside has been named the UK’s first Hydrogen Transport Hub by the British government.
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• The US Army’s Fort Bragg, NC, will soon host the largest floating solar plant in the Southeast
• 20% of US homes use 45% of all cooling consumption nationwide, according to Sense.
• The UK’s National Health System becomes the world’s first health system to commit to net zero.
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Twenty percent of Americans have HVAC systems that cost the homeowner an extra $882 annually on average to keep their homes cool — almost four times as much as the most efficient similar homes. This is according to a new study conducted by smart home energy company Sense who make smart home energy monitors.

Turntide Technologies, which manufactures the Smart Motor System, “the world’s first sustainable electric motor with digital DNA,” announced a recently completed $33 million funding round with support from the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund.

• Royal Dutch Shell will cut up to 9,000 jobs by 2022 due to the pandemic and lack of oil demand.
• Turntide’s Smart Motor System has the potential to reduce global electricity consumption by 25%.
• Sustainable technology company Furrion launches a solar cooler that also packs a charging station.
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New Jersey has banned plastic bags and utensils, polystyrene foam containers… and even paper bags. And truth be told, it could afford to be even stricter.

• A Chinese climate research institute has created China’s road map to reach net zero by 2060.
• New Jersey bans plastic bags, polystyrene foam containers… and paper bags.
• French oil giant Total buys London’s largest electric vehicle charging network.
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• Greenlight Planet, the largest solar home product provider in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, secures $90 million.
• World leaders make a 10-point pledge to save the planet ahead of a UN summit.
• Maryland becomes the first US state to ban foam food containers.
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• UK prime minister Boris Johnson calls for a “global green industrial revolution” in a UN speech.
• The US House of Representatives passes a sweeping green energy bill — but will it go anywhere?
• India plans $4.6 billion in incentives for EV battery makers — Reuters exclusive
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IBM Research has announced its annual 5 in 5: five significant changes driven by innovation in science and technology within five years. IBM Research’s look into the future this year focused on the question, “How can we use technology to reinvent materials design and discovery to find more sustainable solutions to everyday problems?”

• Big banks invested $224B in fracking companies despite it being a really bad financial decision.
• IBM Research releases its annual 5 in 5 predictions, and this year they’re about sustainability.
• The UK’s largest green energy provider, Bulb, is making its official US debut in Texas.
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• Walmart will switch entirely to EVs by 2040 in order to reach its net zero target.
• SUNTober launches virtually throughout October to educate the public about solar energy.
• Maine gets five more community solar projects with PowerMarket and SunRaise.
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• GE, one of the world’s largest makers of coal-fired power plants, will stop expanding the fossil fuel.
• Airbus reveals three emissions-free aircraft concepts that run on hydrogen.
• The world’s richest 1% cause double the emissions of the poorest 50%, according to Oxfam.
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Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first emissions-free commercial aircraft that could enter service by 2035 — and all would run on hydrogen. Each concept explores different technology pathways and aerodynamic configurations to achieve net zero.

• The UK’s Labour Party wants the government to phase out ICE cars five years earlier than planned.
• Microsoft submerged a data center in the sea to keep energy and operation costs low.
• Green hydrogen will run ferries, trains, and buses in Scotland.
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The first hydrogen-powered dual-fuel engine with a capacity of 1 megawatt has been launched by BeHydro, a joint venture between Belgian-based ABC and CMB.

Kathy Hannun came to geothermal while at Alphabet’s X (formerly called Google[x]). In May 2017, she spun the company out and assumed the role of CEO of Dandelion Energy. She’s now in the role of president of the company, which allows her more free time, which means she can talk to us!

Hunnan spoke with Electrek‘s publisher Seth Weintraub and writer Michelle Lewis about why home geothermal systems are more affordable, convenient, and energy-efficient than anything else out there. At the same time, geothermal eliminates the fossil-fuel-based heating oil and gas systems currently in use.