Headline News:
- “Senate Confirms Deb Haaland As Biden’s Interior Secretary In Historic Vote” • The Senate voted to confirm Deb Haaland as President Joe Biden’s Interior secretary, a historic move that will make her the first Native American Cabinet secretary. Haaland will be important for Biden’s plan to tackle the climate crisis and reduce carbon emissions. [CNN]
Deb Haaland at a wind farm (Deb Haaland, via Twitter, cropped)
- “Wärtsilä Providing 200 MW, 214.5 MWh Battery Storage For Texas Grid” • Wärtsilä Energy has installed 72 GW of power plant capacity in 180 countries around the world. Now it is bringing its expertise to Texas to help stabilize that state’s utility grid with two 100 MW battery storage facilities with a combined capacity of 214.5 MWh. [CleanTechnica]
- “Volkswagen Orders $14 Billion Of Battery Cells From Northvolt” • As part of Volkswagen’s Power Day, news came out that Volkswagen Group has put in an order for $14 billion worth of battery cells from Northvolt, which will be supplied via Northvolt’s Swedish battery factory. The $14 billion order is for the coming ten years. [CleanTechnica]
- “World Oil Demand May Have Peaked In 2019 Amid Energy Transition: IRENA” • Global oil demand may have hit the peak in 2019 and natural gas will follow suit around 2025, the director general of International Renewable Energy Agency said. “There is a structural change that is already there. The energy transition is already in place, it is unstoppable.” [S&P Global]
- “Seven Big Electric Vehicle Announcements From Volkswagen” • Volkswagen has hosted a live “Power Day” event to talk about batteries and charging. I’m not going to rate the acting and script reading (you can thank me later), but I do want to highlight some of the big announcements. Here are the seven takeaways I think are most important. [CleanTechnica]
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