December 30 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “National Grid Announces Commercial Operations Of Viking Link – The World’s Longest Land And Subsea Interconnector” • National Grid’s new Viking Link electricity interconnector is operational moving power between the UK and Denmark. With a capacity of 1.4 GW, the link runs for 475 miles to join substations in the UK and Denmark. [National Grid]

Laying a cable (Energinet image)

• “The Failed Nuscale Project Lets Utah Down – Again” • Early last month, Nuscale made headlines by canceling its proposed 462-MW small modular nuclear reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. Here in Utah, the news was met with little surprise. In 2015, the Nuscale project was eight years out. In 2022, it was still eight years out. [The Salt Lake Tribune]
• “New Technology Promises More Efficient Solar Cells And Faster Miniaturization Of Electronics” • A team of scientists at the University of Ottawa say they can make the first back-contact micrometric PV cells. The cells, with a size twice the thickness of a strand of hair, have significant cost and efficiency advantages over conventional solar technologies. [CleanTechnica]
• “Solar-Powered Truck Achieves World EV Altitude Record” • Gebrüder Weiss, a European logistics company, announced that the company’s Peak Evolution Team has achieved a remarkable feat: setting a new world altitude record for EVs. The team drove to the astonishing altitude of 6,500 meters (about 21,000 feet) above sea level on solar power. [CleanTechnica]
• “Climate Scientists Hail 2023 As ‘Beginning Of The End’ For Fossil Fuel Era” • Global efforts to slow runaway climate disaster may have reached a critical milestone as global carbon emissions from energy peak. A growing number of climate analysts believe that 2023 may be recorded as the year in which annual emissions start to decline. [The Guardian]
• “US DOE Finalizes Efficiency Standards For Residential Refrigerators And Freezers, Closing Out Remarkable Year of Cost-Saving Progress” • The US DOE announced two energy-efficiency actions to save American households and businesses $5 billion per year on their utility bills, while cutting energy waste and carbon pollution. [CleanTechnica]

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