Headline News:
- “GEE Files Plans For 2-GW Scottish Pumped Storage” • Glen Earrach Energy submitted an application for a 2-GW pumped storage hydro project near Loch Ness. If approved, the project will deliver over £20 million annually during a 125-year life cycle to Highland communities through a community benefit fund. Polling shows strong support in the area. [reNews]
Glen Earrach Energy people (GEE image)
- Nuclear Power Reactors In Vermont? Not Again” • Recently, VTDigger published an article alerting its readers that Vermont governor Phil Scott and other New England government officials are considering the use of nuclear power to provide the region’s future electricity. The discussions are in the early stages, but we should be developing opposition. [CounterPunch.org]
- “Zelestra Closes $113 Million Of US Solar Financing” • Zelestra closed a $113 million financing transaction for an 81-MW solar project in Indiana. Banco Santander provided the senior secured credit facility for the Jasper County solar project. The project has long-term environmental attributes purchase agreement with Meta and is due to be operating in Q4 2025. [reNews]
- “China Says Wind And Solar Energy Capacity Exceeds Thermal For First Time” • China’s wind and solar energy capacity exceeds that of thermal, mostly coal-powered, its national energy body said. China, the world’s largest of greenhouse gases emitter, has pledged to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. [Yahoo News UK]
- “Nearly Half Of All Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air” • The American Lung Association issued its annual State of the Air report. It says that, after decades of successful efforts to reduce sources of air pollution, 46% of Americans, 156.1 million people, are living in places that get failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or fine particle pollution. [CleanTechnica]
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