Green Energy

• Singapore starts to assemble one of the world’s largest floating photovoltaic farms.
• Bird deaths from wind turbines drop by 72% when a single blade is painted black.
• The next generation of solar panels could produce almost one-third more electricity.
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• Wind and solar were the only power sources to show growth year on year, despite a 3% drop in demand.
• Six former US EPA administrators are calling for a “reset” at the agency.
• Siemens to test measuring EV charging consumption in New York with a Meter Integrated Charger.
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• US electricity consumption will drop 3.4% in 2020 due to coronavirus lockdowns.
• Gas flaring in the US has declined by 70% in the last 12 months.
• Visa announces a $500 million green bond offering.
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• Baltimore’s natural gas infrastructure is aging — and leaking — and it’s putting people’s lives at risk.
• The EPA is expected to lift controls on greenhouse gas methane.
• A slight majority of Pennsylvanians oppose fracking, according to a new poll.
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• Simon Cowell had an accident on a CAB Recon and tells people to read the manual before they ride. Media reports that this is an e-bike are spreading fear of the platform.
• An oil spill in Mauritius is causing catastrophic damage to the Indian Island nation’s marine life.
• Barbados gets 33 electric buses — the largest fleet in the Caribbean.
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A wastewater treatment plant west of Adelaide, Australia, is using stale beer to generate biogas, which in turn can power up to 1,200 homes.

• The South Korean capital will phase out diesel vehicles in public-sector fleets by 2025.
• Newark, Delaware, launches a nearly $10 million solar project.
• Pure Electric opens a new store in central London as demand for e-bikes and scooters grows.
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• EDP Renewables’ Harvest Ridge wind farm in Douglas County, Illinois, is now operational.
• US appeals court allows the Dakota Access Pipeline to stay open.
• Global EV charging network ChargePoint secures an additional $127 million in funding.
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In its first corporate sustainability report, the federally owned utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says it’s on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.

But on Monday, Donald Trump fired two members of its board of directors, including its chair, on the grounds that it’s hiring low-cost foreign labor. The TVA says that’s not true. So what’s really going on?

• Fossil-fuel giant BP cuts oil and gas production and invests billions in EVs and green energy.
• The Tennessee Valley Authority is on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.
• UK architects say: Renovate, don’t demolish, old buildings.
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• Americans are staying home more this summer, resulting in high energy bills.
• Parcel giant DPD goes full throttle with EVs in the UK.
• Scotland unveils plans to decarbonize passenger rail services by 2035.
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• Construction of the UK’s first road made partially from plastic has begun in Carlisle.
• An EV coalition (but not Tesla) asked congressional leaders for help in the latest stimulus package.
• EV alliance ChargeUp Europe gains Portugal’s energy giant EDP as its eighth member.
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• Germany breaks ground on the world’s first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains.
• A Dutch offshore wind farm will also feature floating solar, batteries, and hydrogen.
• North Dakota will spend $66 million to plug disused oil and gas wells.
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Randolph County in eastern Indiana has adopted a first-ever solar energy ordinance that includes a pollinator-friendly provision ahead of the construction of Indiana’s largest solar farm.

• The United Nations has suggestions for making religious buildings more green-energy friendly.
• An Indiana county is launching a first-ever solar farm that requires pollinator-friendly fields.
• Green energy projects are approved for First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada.
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• Senator Tammy Duckworth introduces a bill to support communities hurt by the loss of coal.
• Mothers Rise Up and Parents for Future UK want the UK government to invest in green energy.
• NextEra Energy wants to pilot a green hydrogen plant in Florida.
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On Sunday, parents involved in Mothers Rise Up and Parents for Future UK gathered outside 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister’s residence (pictured above). They held wind turbines to symbolize the low-carbon pandemic recovery they want.

• Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which will fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
• Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns led to increased solar output, finds new MIT study.
• Oxford, UK, is trialing an e-refuse collection vehicle, with the aim of having all electric bin lorries.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US EPA rehashes “new” airplane emissions standards that were already set in 2016.
• The demise of coal in Europe is happening a lot faster than originally anticipated.
• New York has announced the largest renewable energy procurement efforts in US history.
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Green energy, which includes wind, solar, hydro, and bioenergy, has generated 40% of European Union electricity for the first time in 2020, compared to fossil fuels generating 34%, independent think-tank Ember said in a half-yearly report.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• China produced 59 gigawatts’ worth of solar panels in the first half of the year.
• A Dutch government advisory board declares that burning biomass is not sustainable.
• BP boosts its investment in wind energy by acquiring full ownership of an Indiana wind farm.
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