November 9th, 2023
Courtesy of Energy Daily, a report on Indonesia’s recent inauguration of Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar farm Indonesia on Thursday inaugurated a $100 million floating solar farm, the largest in Southeast Asia, as the country seeks more opportunities to transition to green, renewable energy.The Cirata floating solar farm, which is expected to generate enough electricity to […]
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September 30th, 2023
Courtesy of HeatMap, a look at climate change’s impact on American hydro power: Climate change and energy production are in a kind of twisted embrace. There’s the obvious aspect of it: Much of the energy produced today comes from burning hydrocarbons, which leads to further building up of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing climate […]
Read more »September 25th, 2023
Via The National, an article on a project involving developing and operating facilities to sustainably treat and supply seawater for Adnoc’s onshore operations: Adnoc and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, better known as Taqa, have completed the financial closing of their $2.2 billion sustainable water supply project, which is aimed at supporting Adnoc’s decarbonisation efforts. The project […]
Read more »China, India Lead Asia’s Biggest Hydropower Crunch In Decades
September 23rd, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on the dramatic plunge in Asian hydropower production due to extreme weather and drought: Hydropower generation in Asia has plunged at the fastest rate in decades amid sharp declines in China and India, data shows, forcing power regulators battling volatile electricity demand and erratic weather to rely more on fossil fuels. […]
Read more »September 20th, 2023
Via Grist, an article on how an Estonian oil company’s plan to produce enough oil in 30 years to spew the equivalent of carbon emissions from 63 coal plants has dried up due to a conservation nonprofit’s efforts to protect the water required for its activities: The Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah is one of […]
Read more »Pennsylvania Fracker Wants to Take 1.5M Gallons a Day From a Small, Biodiverse Creek
September 17th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a report on a Fracker in Pennsylvania who wants to take 1.5M gallons a day from a small, biodiverse creek: Sometimes, when evaluating a river, size matters. If you need to supply 40 million people in seven states with drinking water, you would hope for a body of water that resembles the […]
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