Regular Global Warming news today, from our usual sources and from Our World in Data. I have put aside Jonathan’s broken Bluesky feeds that fail to pick up their designated tags. More tomorrow in Tuxville, including new feeds built correctly, with names distinct from Jonathan’s.
Global Warming
Not the End of the World: How to be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet, by Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data
Not the End of the World is filled with charts and data. That's fundamental to the book: I try to understand the world through data and research, not anecdotes or headlines.
Electric Vehicles
Poznań, Poland is adding 17 electric Solaris Urbino buses to its fleet, with delivery expected by Q2 2026. Each 18-metre bus will carry 110 passengers and feature advanced batteries for long ranges. MPK Poznań already operates over 300 Solaris buses, including 58 electric and 25 hydrogen models. [image or embed]
— CLondoner92 (@clondoner92.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
All Renewables
Which power generation technologies are the least harmful to the environment & society?
It's wind, solar and geothermal.
Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... [image or embed]
— Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Which power generation technologies are the least harmful to the environment & society?
It's wind, solar and geothermal.
Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... [image or embed]
— Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Solar Power
Bloomberg [paywalled]: New York's Biggest Solar Farm Gets $950 Million in Funding
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co., a clean energy and investment company, lined up $950 million in financing to build New York state’s largest solar farm.
The 500-megawatt Cider project in Genesee County east of Buffalo is expected to be complete in 2026, according to Dan De Boer, Greenbacker’s head of infrastructure. Construction began in October but is currently paused for the winter, and is set to resume by the end of the first quarter.
Wind Power
Fun fact: the second biggest buyer of wind turbines (after power companies) is the petroleum industry because it's cheaper to power their oil extraction equipment with wind power than with the product they extract from the ground. Think about that for a minute. [image or embed]
— Polar Nerd (@polarnerd.bsky.social) January 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Great news from Nova Scotia:
⚡625 MW of wind power with six projects 🤝Each co-owned with Mi'kmaw communities 🏡Cheaper power, lower bills 🏫$73.5M in social benefits, training, scholarships 📉Largest GHG reduction in NS history
#EnergySky #NSPoli #cdnpoli #Renewables
🧵⬇️
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... [image or embed]
— Stephen Thomas (@stephenjwt.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Geothermal Power
New geothermal projects can benefit greatly from an overlap in the skills & expertise of the oil & gas industry.
Sharing knowledge & improving productivity could help cut the costs of next-generation geothermal energy by nearly 75%.
Read more 👉 https://iea.li/40MxoQo [image or embed]
— International Energy Agency (@iea.org) January 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Power Storage
Pumping Heat
Community Solar
Global lenders can’t be bothered to work out deals with reliable but non-traditional partners, as Grameen Bank does.
EBicycles
Renewables Jobs
‘‘Renewable energy is the future—a sustainable and affordable solution to the climate crisis. Transitioning from fossil fuels reduces emissions, creates jobs, and enhances energy security. The time to act is now by embracing innovation for a cleaner, greener, and more equitable world.’’ [image or embed]
— The Vegan's Voice (@thevegandispatch.bsky.social) January 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Love seeing Georgetown, TX, on this list of US cities leading the charge to clean energy. Despite what the current WH says, renewable energy creates jobs and would've kept US ahead of the world in innovation. I hope more places follow these cities - Earth Day www.earthday.org/a-renewable-... [image or embed]
— Samantha M Clark (@samanthamclark.com) January 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Agrivoltaic Farming
The US now has 62,000 acres of land where solar and agriculture are combined (agrivoltaics), according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
US agrivoltaic sites now have over 10 gigawatts of capacity.
- Axios
— Nick Hedley (@nickhedley.bsky.social) December 17, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Circular Economy
Green Industry
I'm gonna call this a Fun Fact Friday until it gets me in trouble - repost with good news.
We are getting incredibly close to carbon-neutral cement recycling - this is the latest of a few studies showing that we can do this at scale, and relatively economically, with renewable energy sources. [image or embed]
— Bossett (@bossett.social) May 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Putin's war accellerated Green Energy use - 2 Hydrogen
Production of steel requires lots of coal (and CO2), but the Swedes, with a subsidy from the European Council, have been building a steel plant that uses only hydrogen.
It doesn't even look like a steel plant.
1/3 [image or embed]
— René Duba 🅿️ (@reneduba.bsky.social) January 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Nuclear Reactors
#NoNewNukes
It’s now clear #AUKUS nuclear reactors will be dismantled at Port Adelaide and the SA Government is considering storing spent nuclear fuel in SA. Why are discussions on these topics being held in secret with a UK company and not openly with the SA public? #FOI #saparli [image or embed]
— Rex Patrick (@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We have to do it, for sure. But we should figure out something better to do with the spent fuel.
Countries and Regions
Swiss government approves new climate goals after court rebuke
Switzerland's government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65% compared to 1990 levels.
Switzerland's efforts to counteract global warming came under close scrutiny last year when a top European court ruled that the country was not doing enough to tackle climate change.
The Swiss cabinet said it had adopted an amendment to its long-term climate strategy and would submit its new plans to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change by Feb. 10.
Another form of Russian bavovna, blowing up their own economy. More, please, everywhere in Europe. We need Putin’s war machine to collapse completely.
Denial and Obstruction
Texas has the most wind energy, industrial-scale solar energy, flexible storage options and, increasingly, geothermal development of *any U.S. state*.
It's crystal clear this is not about economics or energy security. It's about ideology and preserving the status quo at any cost; literally, any. [image or embed]
— Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe.com) January 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reports of offshore wind’s death have been greatly exaggerated…
@canarymedia.com analysis shows that Trump’s anti-wind EO will pause some offshore wind projects, but nine projects are fully-permitted and won’t be affected. Those projects represent 14 GW, enough to power nearly 5 million homes. [image or embed]
— Charles Harper (@charlesharper.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?
Trump's 'Ban on Wind Power' order would make the Outer Continental Shelf ineligible for wind energy leases.
Impacts: fewer renewable energy options for Americans, less competition and more profits for Big Oil and Gas, higher energy costs for consumers (9/9)
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@repjasmine.bsky.social) January 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Heat pump myths and benefits you need to know
'While countries like Norway and Sweden have over 40 heat pumps per 100 households, the UK lags far behind, with just 412 heat pumps per 100,000 people—approximately 86% fewer than our European neighbours.' [image or embed]
— Bylines Network (@bylinesnetwork.co.uk) January 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Yes, BUT with the wackadoodle Conservative government replaced…
From DK
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