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The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has been awarded an eight-year pilot license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to test marine renewable energy generating tidal turbines at the Bourne Tidal Test Site in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Synop has launched its new Fleet Driver Mobile App, which will provide Managed Access Charging functionality to EV fleets. This feature is poised to further streamline electric vehicle charge management for Synop customers.

ABB has developed the Modular 20-megawatt (MW) class synchronous generator as a flexible, scalable approach to balance power grids as they transfer an ever-increasing amount of renewable energy. In contrast with previous designs intended for continuous output only, the modular platform can be configured for various operational profiles.

Renewco has announced, alongside its development partner, Locogen , that planning permission has been granted for Glenniston Solar Farm, located at Lochgelly in Fife, Scotland.

Oceantic Network’s Quarterly Market Report for Q1 2024 details new supply chain investments, new vessel launches, and expansion of the US pipeline to 10 GW ready for installation.

British company char.gy has installed its 3,000th EV charging point, located in the London borough of Lambeth.

The European Parliament has passed the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), recognizing and strengthening Waste-to-Energy's role towards a greener Europe. The European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology (ESWET) acknowledges the cooperation of the European institutions to get this legislation over the line.

The US Department of Defense is expanding efforts to enhance installation energy resilience using geothermal energy. Next-generation geothermal technologies show potential to produce onsite round-the-clock carbon-free energy year-after-year increasing resilience and eliminating the need for fuel deliveries during long-term power disruptions. 

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that New York is one of 60 applicants selected to receive funding by the United States Environmental Protection Agency through the $7 billion federal Solar for All grant competition for solar projects benefitting low-income New Yorkers.

To ensure the availability of hydrogen for its customers, Hyundai Motor Norway will contribute to the operational costs of Hynion's hydrogen refueling station at Høvik, outside Oslo. This cooperation is a step towards expanding Norway's hydrogen infrastructure.

 Companies bid on about 2% of the tracts offered for sale in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company will plead no contest to all six charges.

ExxonMobil will be bringing 40 to 60 new permanent jobs to the area.

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Is Antarctica gaining land ice?

While Antarctic sea ice varies seasonally, the continent's land ice has continued to melt at an increasing pace.

Sea ice forms during the Antarctic winter and retreats during the warmer months. Such freeze-thaw cycles have no impact on sea levels since they happen within the ocean. However, Antarctic land ice has seen a net decrease, resulting in a significant increase in fresh water flowing into the sea. That does affect global sea levels.

The behavior of Antarctic land ice varies from region to region. In particular, the West Antarctic Peninsula has seen drastic ice retreat. On the other hand, East Antarctica's land ice has remained relatively stable to date. But if global warming crosses a specific threshold, serious loss is expected to occur. The planet has already moved a third of the way towards that threshold and will pass it within a century, if fossil fuel burning continues unabated.

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Sources

Nature Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017

My NASA Data Sea and Land Ice Melt

NASA Ice Sheets

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INC-4 Day 4, April 26, 2024

.stk-y8rnzsy{margin-bottom:6px !important}Mid-Week Plenary: The Clock is Ticking

After days of slow progress in negotiations, tonight the dam seemed to break open. Many countries expressed their realization of how little time we have left to negotiate this critical, legally binding agreement to stop plastic pollution. 

And, observers were finally given an opportunity to intervene and they came ready. A series of powerful interventions from Soledad Mella of the International Association of Waste Pickers, Rafael Eudes from Aliança Residuo Zero Brasil and GAIA, and Nina Azzahra of ECOTON Indonesia, Break Free From Plastic, and GAIA, culminated in a moving intervention by Janelle Nahmabin with Aamjiwnaang First Nation in so-called Canada about the state of emergency her Nation was forced to declare because of ongoing benzene discharges from a nearby industrial facility, during which dozens of comrades and relatives stood in solidarity behind her. 

We’re hoping the delegates listened and heard what so many civil society observers have been saying for ages: plastic is pollution, it’s harming our communities and the environment, we need this binding treaty, and Member States have to act now.

.stk-9v6100c{margin-bottom:6px !important}Rwanda-Peru Speak Out for Plastic Reduction Targets

Rwanda and Peru were the visionaries behind the resolution that formed the basis of the mandate for a legally binding plastics treaty that covers the entire life cycle.

This partnership has once again provided an ambitious north star for the negotiations when late Thursday night, the two countries released a paper urging Member States to enshrine a global primary plastic polymer reduction target based on the available science, similar to the 1.5°C in the Paris Agreement. The countries put forward a 40% reduction by 2040 against a 2025 baseline, which by GAIA’s analysis would not be enough to avoid breaching the 1.5°C, but nevertheless is the first concrete proposal put forward by a Member State in the negotiations, which is worth celebrating. 

The paper also proposes including a transparency framework for countries party to the treaty to accurately report on their progress towards this collective reduction goal. They also recommend a “start and strengthen” approach mirroring that of the most successful environmental treaties like the Montreal Protocol and Stockholm Convention. This means that the reduction target can be made more ambitious over time as new science and strategies become available. 
On Friday evening GAIA had the opportunity to interview Yesica Fonseca Martinez, National Focal Point of the Peru delegation, who reinforced the country’s strong position on reduction: “We seek to regulate the reduction of primary plastic polymers, that plastics be regulated, and products of concern, and that chemicals are also regulated that are contained in the production process of plastics. All of this is designed to take care of the health of our citizens. And we expect Latin American countries to join us in this process.”

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Claire Arkin, Global Communications Lead

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Blake Dollier spoke excitedly as he watched the construction crews pulverize concrete along a quarter-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 52 where it passes through West Lafayette, Indiana.

Soon, the Indiana Department of Transportation, or INDOT, where Dollier works as the public relations director, will install a series of copper coils under the highway’s surface to test a new technology Purdue University researchers developed that can provide power to electric vehicles wirelessly as they drive past.

“Wouldn’t it really be something if we could just drive over the road and catch your charge for your vehicle as you drive across it?” Dollier said during a phone interview, watching the progress from the parking lot of one of the department’s satellite offices in West Lafayette.

The state began construction of its new pilot project this month, and officials say they believe it could spur greater adoption of EVs and redefine the way people think about them. The project, they said, which is being done in partnership with Purdue and the engine manufacturer Cummins Inc., will be capable of providing power to vehicles even as they cruise by at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour.

Ultimately, Purdue researchers and state officials hope the project will open up EVs to a wider customer base, largely by reducing battery costs and quelling concerns over range anxiety — the fear that an electric vehicle will run out of juice before reaching its destination. One in four U.S adults say that they would seriously consider buying an EV for their next purchase, but more than half of those who don’t want to buy an electric vehicle blame range anxiety, according to a survey conducted by AAA last year.

Purdue professor John Haddock and graduate student Oscar Moncada examine a slab of concrete pavement they tested to handle heavy truckloads with wireless power-transfer technology installed below the surface. Courtesy of Consensus Digital Media

While Indiana’s project wouldn’t be the first “dynamic EV charger” in the nation — Detroit installed a similar pilot project on a residential road last fall — it would be the first time the technology was installed on a highway.

If successful, the technology could also help to electrify long-haul trucks, which are among the most difficult vehicles to decarbonize, said Nadia Gkritza, a civil engineering professor at Purdue University and the project’s lead researcher. 

That’s because heavy-duty trucks would require significantly larger batteries due to their size, weight and the long distances they tend to travel, Gkritza said. However, she said, if they could receive power as they drive, it would allow those vehicles to carry smaller batteries, lowering overall costs and reducing the number of stops to recharge.

“Really the possibilities are endless,” INDOT’s Dollier said. “And we’re just hopeful that this is something that can really benefit a lot of people here in the state of Indiana and maybe even across the country going forward.”

INDOT says the pilot project should be complete by next summer, though private vehicles won’t be able to use it — at least not yet. Cars and trucks must be equipped with special receivers for the wireless charging to work, meaning current models are incompatible. The coils are installed underground and use magnetic fields to deliver the electricity wirelessly. Each coil only activates when a receiver is above it, Purdue researchers say, so the infrastructure won’t pose a threat to pedestrians, animals or other vehicles.

Kaylee Dann, executive director of Greater Indiana Clean Cities, a clean energy advocacy nonprofit that isn’t involved with the project, agrees that the new technology could spur greater EV adoption in Indiana and nationwide. In fact, she said, the project is coming at a time when more and more Hoosiers are choosing to go electric.

While Indiana’s overall EV adoption rates still pale in comparison to California and other leaders in the EV market, the state saw an astounding 1,200 percent increase in registered electric vehicles between 2016 and 2022, according to a state report published last year. Some 24,000 electric vehicles were registered in Indiana last year alone, according to the state’s Office of Energy Development.

Dann believes that leaning into EVs has been a smart financial move by the state as the nation pivots to cleaner transportation options. Two recent federal policies — the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and the Environmental Protection Agency’s new tailpipe pollution standards, finalized last month — are expected to dramatically increase domestic production of EVs nationwide in the coming years.

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Indiana is already experiencing some of that economic gain. According to a state report published last September, Indiana has received about $8.2 billion in investments related to EV production since 2021. Those include a $3 billion investment by General Motors and Samsung to manufacture EV batteries in the city of New Carlisle and an $803 million investment by Toyota to expand its EV production in the city of Princeton.

“We’ve seen a lot of investment from manufacturers,” Dann said. “So we’re gonna see a big influx of EVs being produced in the state.”

But the biggest benefits to the state could be environmental.

In its annual State of the Air Report, the American Lung Association ranked the Indianapolis metro area the 10th worst city in the nation for year-round particulate matter pollution known as PM2.5. Regular exposure to PM2.5, which is produced any time something combusts, has been linked to increased health risks, including greater risk of asthma attacks, cardiovascular and lung diseases and even premature death. 

Because EVs draw power from batteries, not from burning fuel, a higher adoption of them would lead to better air quality for any state. Gkritza said that reducing air pollution is one of the broader goals of Indiana’s pilot project. “Greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, these are really bad across those freight corridors, transit corridors — we have communities that are negatively impacted by freight movement,” she said.

More EVs also means fewer greenhouse gas emissions, Dann said, which helps to slow climate change. Transportation is America’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA, making up nearly a third of the country’s carbon footprint.

In Indiana alone, EVs contribute 60 percent less carbon pollution than their fossil fuel counterparts, Dann said, despite the fact that the state’s electricity — the fuel for EVs — is predominantly produced by coal-fired power plants. More than half of the state’s electricity in 2021 was generated by coal, according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. 

Having strong EV charging infrastructure in Indiana could be a boon nationwide, given the state’s centralized location in the U.S. 

Indiana has more interstate highways passing through it than any other state, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb touted in a 2021 report. It’s also home to the nation’s second largest FedEx hub and 41 freight railroads, he added, noting Indiana’s motto of being the “Crossroads of America.”

“Simply put,” Holcomb wrote, “the world moves through Indiana.”

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline A highway in Indiana could one day charge your EV while you’re driving it on Apr 27, 2024.

PGSLOT โบนัสแตกง่าย พร้อมเล่นเกมฟรีไม่อั้น จริงหรือไม่

PGSLOT โบนัสแตกง่าย พร้อมเล่นเกมฟรีไม่อั้น จริงหรือไม่ ค่ายเกมดังน้องใหม่มาแรง อย่าง PG SLOT หรือ SLOT PG มีเกมให้เลือกเล่นหลายรูปแบบ ในหนึ่งเดียว พร้อมทั้งอัพเดทเกมใหม่ๆให้เลือกเล่นแบบไม่มีแผ่ว โบนัสแตกบ่อย แตกง่าย แจกจริง ไม่มีกั๊ก พร้อมทั้งยังเป็ค่ายเกมที่ยืนหนึ่งเรื่องการเข้าเล่นเกมฟรีแบบไม่อั้น อีกด้วย

เปิดให้เข้าใช้งาน หรือให้เข้าเล่นเกมตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง มีเกมเด็ดๆให้เลือกเล่นมากมาย ลิขสิทธิ์แท้ ส่งเกมตรงจากต่างประเทศ ไม่มีการล็อคยูส หรือการล็อคผลรางวัลใดๆทั้งสิ้น นอกจากนี้ ยังสามารถลุ้นรับเครดิตฟรีต่างๆอีกหลายรูปแบบ เล่นเกมสนุกสุดเพลินไปกับค่ายเกม PG ได้ที่นี่ PG SLOT สล็อตเว็บตรง ฝากถอนอัตโนมัติ เล่นเกมได้แบบไม่มีสะดุด และไม่ผ่านเอเย่นต์

พร้อมมีเหล่าทีมงานที่เป็นมืออาชีพ คอยดูแล และให้บริการลูกค้าทุกท่านอย่างทั่วถึง ตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง มีเกมให้เลือกเล่นมากกว่าหนึ่งพันรูปแบบ พร้อมทั้ง มีโหมดเกมฟรีให้เลือกเล่นอีกเพียบ สมัครสมาชิกกับเราเลยวันนี้ รับรองคุณไม่ผิดหวังแน่นอน 100%

มีเกมให้ลุ้นโบนัสหลายรูปแบบในค่ายเดียว PGSLOT โบนัสแตกง่าย พร้อมเล่นเกมฟรีไม่อั้น จริงหรือไม่

PG SLOT มีเกมให้ลุ้นโบนัสหลายรูปแบบในค่ายเดียว เป็นค่ายเกมน้องใหม่ ที่มีบริษัทจัดตั้งอย่างเป็นทางการอยู่ต่างประเทศ พร้อมทั้งมีเกมน่าเล่นหลายรูปแบบ พร้อมลุ้นรับรางวัลโบนัสแจ็คพอตเพียบ

โดยมีเกมยอดฮิตให้เลือกเล่นทุกวัน เช่น NEMO SLOT , JURASSIC KINGDOM , CANDY POP SLOT , FORTUNE OX , CAISHN WINS และเกมอื่นๆอีกเพียบ ท้าพิสูตร สมัครสมาชิกวันนี้ เล่นเกมสนุกได้ง่ายๆบนมือถือ ตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง

PG SLOT สมัครสมาชิกใหม่ ลุ้นรับโบนัสเครดิตฟรีได้ไม่อั้น

1. โปรโมชั่นถอนเงินโบนัสได้ไม่อั้น เมื่อฝากเงินครั้งแรก รับโบนัส 20% เมื่อฝากเงินครั้งแรก จำนวน 50 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 60 บาท , เมื่อฝากเงินครั้งแรก จำนวน 100 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 120 บาท , เมื่อฝากเงินครั้งแรก จำนวน 500 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 600 บาท และเมื่อฝากเงินครั้งแรก จำนวน 1,000 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 1,200 บาท

2. โปรโมชั่นถอนเงินโบนัสได้ไม่อั้น เมื่อฝากเงินทั้งวัน รับโบนัส 10% เมื่อฝากเงิน จำนวน 100 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 110 บาท , เมื่อฝากเงิน จำนวน 300 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 330 บาท , เมื่อฝากเงิน จำนวน 500 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 550 บาท และเมื่อฝากเงิน จำนวน 1,000 บาท สามารถรับเครดิตฟรี 1,100 บาท เป็นต้น

3. โปรโมชั่นสมัครสมาชิกใหม่ ลุ้นรับโบนัสฟรี 100% เมื่อสมาชิกเติมเงิน จำนวน 100 บาท สามารถรับโบนัสฟรี 100 บาท , เมื่อสมาชิกเติมเงิน จำนวน 200 บาท สามารถรับโบนัสฟรี 200 บาท , เมื่อสมาชิกเติมเงิน จำนวน 300 บาท สามารถรับโบนัสฟรี 300 บาท เมื่อทำยอดได้ 3 เท่า สามารถถอนเงินได้ทันที

4. โปรโมชั่นคืนยอดเสีย 5%

5. โปรโมชั่นเชิญเพื่อน 10%

นอกจากนี้ ลูกค้าจากค่ายเกม PG SLOT ยังสามารถสามารถสมัครสมาชิกเพื่อเช็คสิทธิ์ต่างๆ จากโปรโมชั่นเด็ดๆได้อีกหลายรูปแบบ กดรับได้ด้วยตนเอง ผ่านระบบอัตโนมัติ กดรับง่าย กดรับฟรี ตามเงื่อนไข ได้แบบไม่อั้น อย่ารอช้า สมัครสมาชิกกับเราวันนี้ คุณจะได้รับทั้งสิทธิพิเศษต่างๆ พร้อมรับประสบการณ์ที่ดีในการเข้าเล่นเกมได้แบบไม่อั้น อย่างไร้ขีดจำกัด

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Ship tracks reflecting heat off the U.S. West Coast (MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC)

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