Clean Energy Has a Tipping Point, and 87 Countries Have Reached It
Clean Energy, Electric Cars Are Hitting Tipping Points for Global Mass Adoption (bloomberg.com)
Solar power, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, heat pumps—the world is crossing into a mass-adoption moment for green technologies.
“Nippon Paper and Stora Enso want to turn trees into batteries”
Japan’s Nippon Paper and Finland’s Stora Enso want to use trees to revolutionize the battery industry. Research into a replacement for lithium-ion and rare-metal batteries is underway globally. With the explosive popularity of electric cars, the industry could see safer, tree-powered batteries in EVs by 2040.
“Google’s Biggest Moonshot Is Its Search for a Carbon-Free Future”
Google’s New Green Campus Brings Sustainability to Silicon Valley – Bloomberg
Sundar Pichai wants to head the first giant company run without emissions around the clock. It will take far more than money to achieve
“How flooded coal mines could heat homes”
How flooded coal mines could heat homes – BBC Future
A quarter of the UK’s homes sit above abandoned coal mines, long since flooded with water. Now, the mines are being put to a new, zero-carbon use.
“Renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU electricity mix in 2020: Report “
Renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU electricity mix in 2020: Report | Reuters
“Renewable sources such as wind and solar generated 38% percent of the 27-member state bloc’s electricity in 2020, with fossil fuels such as coal and gas contributing 37%, the report by think tanks Ember and Agora Energiewende showed.”
“Booming Green Power Not Enough to Meet Climate Targets, IEA Says”
Electricity capacity from renewable energy is set to expand by as much as 50% in the next five years, bolstered by government support and falling costs. But more would be needed to slow down warming of the globe, the International Energy Agency said.
Those gains represent an increase of about 1,200 gigawatts from 2018 to 2024, equal to the total installed capacity in the U.S., according to a report published Monday by the Paris-based institution. Countries are adding more clean power as a key part of efforts to de-carbonize energy supply, but it’s still not fast enough, said the organization that advises rich nations on energy policy.
“Scientists Call for $2.4 Trillion Shift From Coal to Renewables”
The world must invest $2.4 trillion in clean energy every year through 2035 and cut the use of coal-fired power to almost nothing by 2050 to slow the quickest pace of climate change since the end of the last ice age, according to scientists convened by the United Nations.
“Better Than a Battery? Big Energy Backs Hydrogen Power Storage”
If hydrogen could be made to store energy cheaply enough, it would allow utilities to scale back on fossil fuel plants by making it easier for the grid to handle intermittent power flows from wind and solar farms. For example, about $3.4 billion of revenue was lost in China last year because wind farms were forced to remain idle because of congested electric lines.
“Sea change needed for low-carbon economy”
http://www.upi.com/Sea-change-needed-for-low-carbon-economy/6421490006404/?nll=1
A report published by the IEA and the International Renewable Energy Agency found the share of fossil fuels used to satisfy energy demand would need to be cut in half by 2050 and emissions would need to fall more than 70 percent to keep the mean temperature from rising.
“Combined Wind and Solar Reach 7.2% of Total US Electricity in 1H 2016”
http://gregor.us/coal/combined-wind-and-solar-reach-7-2-of-total-us-electricity-in-1h-2016/
The transition to renewables, wind and solar power in particular, has typically run ahead of expectations this decade and fresh data from the United States illustrates this phenomenon nicely. In the first half of this year, combined wind and solar provided 140.97 TWh of the 1959.20 TWh generated in the country.
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