Headline News:
- “Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere Surged In 2024” • The latest update from NOAA shows an alarming increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, and no one is quite sure how to explain it. If the president has his way, NOAA will never have enough staff or funding to find the answer. But clearly, the levels are accelerating rather than slowing. [CleanTechnica]
Increases in CO₂ emissions (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory)
- “First Turbine In Place At 488-MW French Offshore Wind Farm” • Ocean Winds is celebrating the installation of the first turbine at the 488-MW Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm. In total, 61 Siemens Gamesa 8-MW turbines will be installed at the French offshore wind project between May and September this year. [reNews]
- “Cerulean’s 1-GW Aspen Floater ‘To Support 1,000 Jobs'” • Cerulean Winds said that the 1-GW Aspen floating wind project in the UK’s Central North Sea is expected to support more than 1000 jobs and attract a total investment of £10.9 billion over its lifespan. Aspen is being built by several partners with experience in large scale offshore projects. [reNews]
- “Illinois’ Grid Needs Batteries. Can The Legislature Deliver?” • Illinois’s clean energy transition mandates a phaseout of fossil-fuel power by 2045, but it depends on large amounts of energy storage. This is especially true now with the proliferation of data centers. Energy companies are pushing for action on batteries before the legislative session ends. [Canary Media]
- “Scars From The World’s First Deep Sea Mining Test 50 Years On” • A section of the Blake Plateau, off the east coast of the US, is barren with the scars from the world’s first deep-sea mining pilot test carried out in 1970. Half a century after the world’s first deep sea mining tests picked metal nodules from the seafloor the damage has barely begun to heal. [BBC]
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