Headline News:
- “Glasgow Dock Expects Record Year For Turbines” • Peel Ports Clydeport expects to see a record year for handling wind turbine components at its King George V Dock site in Glasgow as it keeps up support the renewable energy sector. The UK’s second largest port operator will process over 1000 components, weighing over 60,000 tonnes, in 2024. [reNews]
Wind turbine blades on a dock (Peel Ports Clydeport)
- “Statkraft Plans $6 Billion Hydro And Wind Investment In Norway” • Statkraft aims to invest kr44 billion to kr67 billion ($6.3 billion) in hydro and wind power. The company released its annual report for 2023, when Statkraft saw its net operating revenues fall kr65.3 billion ($6.1 billion) compared to 75.3 bn kroner the year before. [reNews]
- “Texas Adds Two More Utility-Scale Solar Power Projects” • In Texas, two large solar power installations came online. Clearway Energy Group said it completed the 452-MW Texas Solar Nova complex in Kent County. The Fence Post installation, in Navarro County, includes a 297-MW solar photovoltaic project paired with 86-MW of storage. [Yahoo Finance]
- “Electrolyzing Carbon Dioxide Out Of Sea Water Has Multiple Red Flags” • Recent news was that Germany’s vice chancellor, Robert Habeck, publicly backed a significant carbon capture and sequestration plan as actual decarbonization of the economy is not on track for targets. One assumes no one has bothered to tell him about Satartia, Mississippi. [CleanTechnica]
- “Why The Warming Effects Of This El Niño Event Will Linger For Several Months” • Several regions around the planet are expected to experience record-breaking average surface air temperatures through the summer as a result of the heating influence of the current El Niño pattern, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. [ABC News]
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