Green Energy

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

• The EPA ends regulations on chemical plants, and then another Texas chemical plant explodes.
• NorthWestern Energy’s attempt to charge Montana customers more for solar is rejected.
• A car-free housing development breaks ground in Tempe, Arizona.

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

• The UN’s 10th annual Emissions Gap Report 2019 was released today.
• Energy efficiency jobs in the US Midwest have soared in the last 20 years.
• An anonymous Microsoft engineer writes an eye-opener about the link between Big Oil and Big Tech.
• Gainesville becomes the first Florida city to recognize the Green New Deal.

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The United Nations (UN) released its 10th annual Emissions Gap Report 2019 today. The report presents the latest data on the expected gap in 2030 for the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C and 2C temperature targets.

For the first time, it looks at how large annual cuts need to be from 2020 to 2030 in order to meet the Paris goals. And that includes the electrification of transport.

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

• More Americans die from pollution than car crashes, according to health insurance premium study.
• EV bus workers join the steelworkers union — with management’s support.
• 2019 will see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on record.
• Virginia’s Dominion Energy will remove a coal plant from a green energy package following backlash.

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

• New York City buildings will get grades on energy efficiency from 2020.
• Environmental groups challenge utility solar fees in a hearing in Alabama.
• House Democrats unveil draft legislation that would extend tax credits for solar and wind.
• Solar jobs are increasing, but diversity within the industry is not keeping up.

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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.

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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%.

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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.

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Heliogen is a startup that wants to “replace fuels with sunlight.” And the Bill Gates-backed solar startup, which has flown under the radar until today, has made a major green-energy breakthrough for heavy industry. Heliogen “has created the world’s first technology that can commercially replace fuels with carbon-free, ultra-high temperature heat from the sun.”

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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.

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In a groundbreaking triumph for green energy, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s financing department, will cease funding for nearly all fossil-fuel projects by the end of 2021.

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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.

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

• Donald Trump’s firm will pay the Scottish government £225,000 in legal fees after it’s defeated by an offshore wind farm.
• EV time-varying rates incentivize off-peak charging, finds new SEPA study.
• IEA: Growth of SUVs kills eco-benefits from rise of electric cars
• Accelerator GCxN has announced its second cohort of five companies addressing utility grid and EV charging issues.

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

• Qantas Airways will cut its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 — good news among bad climate news.
• G20 countries get their report cards from Climate Transparency. Here’s the lowdown on transport.
• Three French nuclear reactors are suspended after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District wants to provide homeowners with centrally generated solar energy.

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