Green Energy

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

• Italy and Spain have banned all but absolutely essential cycling on both pedal and e-bikes.
• A Scottish government floating wind technology acceleration competition announces eight winners.
• A new commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission poses conflict of interest.

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The coronavirus pandemic is affecting nearly every aspect of life in the world in a negative way, and solar and wind power is also taking a hit.

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

• What did Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders say about the Green New Deal in last night’s debate?
• The coronavirus slows solar and wind growth.
• Green energy applications hit a new high in the UK.

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

• Solar took a hit on the stock market this week — what does that mean for the industry?
• A new study shows that green energy is cheaper than coal, so is undercutting the fossil fuel.
• Hyundai will bring hydrogen-powered diggers to market by 2023.

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The UK’s chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak presented Britain’s 2020 budget yesterday in Parliament. Here’s what the majority Conservative Party announced about EVs, green energy, and the environment.

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

• It’s Public Witness Day on Capitol Hill for the Green Climate Fund, species protection, and more.
• The UK’s 2020 budget: How did green energy and the environment fare?
• Luxembourg has become the first country to make all public transport free nationwide.

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The US is about to get a comprehensive database of electricity prices that will be available to the public. The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and WattBuy, an energy intelligence service for consumers, is working together to bring the current national database up to speed.

The initiative is funded through a grant from Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative co-founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy.

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

• Honolulu files a lawsuit against oil and gas companies for monetary damages due to climate change.
• The US gets a public database that will comprehensively collect and maintain all electricity rates.
• Former US Secretary of State John Kerry will speak at June’s Movin’On Summit in Montreal.

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

• The state of Virginia passes landmark green energy legislation.
• Global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 2% in 2019.
• Companies in the UK will spend £12 billion over the next two years on switching to EVs.

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

• The Navajo Nation and the City of Los Angeles pair up to embrace green energy together.
• Saudi Arabia cuts its crude price in a signal to Russia after OPEC talks fail.
• 50 small steps you can take to help make your life greener.

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Russia refused to cut oil output quotas by up to 1.5 million barrels per day at a failed meeting on Friday between OPEC and non-OPEC nations. So in retaliation, Saudi Arabia will produce 2 million barrels per day at $6 to $7 a barrel into an already oversupplied global market. As a result, oil prices have dropped by a third today.

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ExxonMobil held its investor day at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday, and its CEO, Darren Woods, dismissed carbon targets as a “beauty match” with other companies.

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

• Local and state governments are at odds over natural gas bans.
• Connecticut lawmaker wants insurers to pull away from fossil fuels.
• Northwestern Arizona will get hundreds of jobs as the result of a new wind farm.

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

• The SolarTogether program will develop 1,490MW of solar over the next two years.
• A former chemical executive put in the EPA by Trump is now tapped to head the CPSC.
• Red diesel is expected to be scrapped in the UK.

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Donald Trump has nominated Nancy B. Beck to head up the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an independent federal agency responsible for — as the title says — consumer product safety.

For more than five years, Beck was a senior director at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the chemical industry’s main lobbying group. She then joined the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May 2017 as deputy assistant administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and was promoted to principal deputy assistant administrator in December 2018.

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

• Breakthrough Energy Ventures invests in a startup that makes sustainable palm-oil alternatives.
• Russia’s largest wind farm begins to supply electricity and power.
• Looks like solar will get a boost in West Virginia, but state legislators still debated it.

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