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November 8 Green Energy News

Headline News:

  • “Hours After Trump’s Election, Biden Moved To Limit Oil Drilling In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge” • A Trump-era law requires an oil lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the end if this year. Now the Biden administration is offering the least acreage allowed under that law, limiting oil drilling so as to do the least damage. [CNN]

Owl (Zdeněk Macháček, Unsplash)

  • “Entrion Wind Bags US Patent For FRP Base” • Entrion Wind has won a US patent for its Fully Restrained Platform monopile. Entrion Wind’s design of the FRP foundation extends the range of traditional monopile technology to water depths of up to 100 meters, while offering improved economics compared to other foundation systems. [reNews]
  • “Could Bacteria Eat Away At Plastics And Help To Mitigate Our Pollution Problem?” • We tend to think of wastewater as the disgusting but necessary result of human life and living. Well, it seems that bacteria commonly found in wastewater may be able to break down a variety of plastics to turn them into food sources. [CleanTechnica]
  • “Turkey Unveils Offshore Wind Roadmap” • The World Bank Group, with Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has launched an offshore wind roadmap for the country. The government has set a target of 5 GW of installed capacity for offshore wind power by 2035, but the potential offshore wind resource estimated to be 75 GW. [reNews]
  • “Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Attracts US Army, Navy, And Air Force” • The US military has been scouting electric aircraft for new opportunities to improve performance and operational resiliency. Along with battery-electric aircraft, hydrogen fuel cell technology is also in play, as demonstrated by a small business startup called Hydroplane. [CleanTechnica]

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