Headline News:
- “The National Electricity Market Wasn’t Made For A Renewable Energy Future. Here’s How To Fix It” • Rooftop solar is Australia’s cheapest source of electricity. Consumers can get electricity from rooftop solar at less than a fifth of the average cost of buying it from a retailer. In 2022, total rooftop solar capacity exceeded 30 GW. Coal capacity was 21 GW. [The Conversation]
Solar panels on a school (Orderinchaos, CC-BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
- “Nautical SUNRISE Funds OranjeWind Floating Solar Farm” • The Nautical SUNRISE project will help fund a 5-MW offshore floating solar system for use on RWE’s 800-MW OranjeWind wind farm off the west coast of the Netherlands. The €8.4 million project is supported with €6.8 million of the Horizon Europe program. It kicked off in December. [reNews]
- “OPEC+ Production Cuts Deepen With Extensions From Saudi Arabia, Russia And Other Oil Giants” • The countries in OPEC+ announced they are extending reductions in oil production of 2.2 million barrels a day. Saudi Arabia led them by extending its previously-implemented cut of 1 million barrels a day through the end of 2024’s second quarter. [ABC News]
- “Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures” • The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods, chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil, has claimed, prompting a backlash from climate experts. Exxon is among the top contributors to global heating greenhouse gas emissions. [The Guardian]
- “Forty Collegiate Teams Advance In The Solar Decathlon 2024 Design Challenge” • Forty teams from 37 collegiate institutions are advancing to the final stage of the US DOE Solar Decathlon® 2024 Design Challenge based on their cutting-edge, zero-energy building designs. They were selected at the semifinal competition of February 23–24, 2024. [CleanTechnica]
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