Solar at sea
Buffeted by waves as high as 10 meters (32 feet) in China’s Yellow Sea about 30 kilometers off the coast of Shandong province, two circular rafts carrying neat rows of solar panels began generating electricity late last year, a crucial step toward a new breakthrough for clean energy.
Nobody is used to this heat
[Africa] has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them. While studies on heat impacts on health are limited in Africa, research published last year found that children younger than 5 years old are particularly vulnerable to the hotter weather as they are less able that adults to self-regulate their bodies’ temperatures. The authors estimated that heat-related child mortality was rising in sub-Saharan Africa due to climate change.
The energy mix: China’s clean energy transition
From: International Energy Agency <energymix@iea.org> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 6:04 AMTo: paul.olson@nordicheads.comSubject: the energy mix: China’s clean energy transition Plus, tackling methane emissions; what could unlock greater hydrogen investment; meetings with UK leaders; climate resilience in the Middle East and North Africa; and more… Newsletter of the International Energy Agency […]
Big Oil backpedals from clean energy
Faced with three strategic possibilities for how to use their surplus, the five largest oil companies have returned cash to investors rather than investing in renewables. […] It may remove a percent or two of total investment in the energy transition, in a world where other investors abound.
What Paris did for climate finance
The recent Paris meeting to overhaul the global financial system to tackle climate change, with more than 40 world leaders who assembled in Paris, made limited progress on reforms that could increase support from rich countries to poor countries facing crises.
The negotiations resulted in an eight-page summary full of dense verbiage, as is the custom in international climate negotiations. So what did they achieve?
India battles heat
In the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, unbearable heat keeps arriving earlier and earlier in the year, making it more difficult for many women who work outdoors to provide for their families. Local labor union, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), […has a solution:] women can buy insurance against peak daily temperatures and receive payouts whenever heat makes it impossible to work outdoors. The industry calls this “parametric insurance,” with protection triggered by a particular metric [such as 400 Celsius].
Golden opportunity for green jobs
Two trades key to the US construction sector, engineering and electrical, are already in record employment territory. Heavy and civil engineering employment has rebounded from its pandemic-era low to more than 1.1 million last month. As of April, electrical contractors number more than a million as well.
eBike – mandatory solar
TrendWatch Newsletter Fresh roasted news eBike Project Lets Rider Charge While Riding Through Installation of Solar Panels Urian B., Tech Times 17 October 2022, 04:10 am A new eBike project was spotted where solar panels were attached to the front and back of the bike to charge it while riding or when on standby. The […]