California Activates Massive Solar Plant | Good Climate News
California has turned on a huge new solar energy plant relays PV Magazine. The 758 MW facility contains 1.3 million solar panels and will generate 7% of Los Angeles’ electricity. The project also includes 300 MW of battery storage.
Germany has approved a law encouraging geothermal development reports Reuters. The focus is on replacing fossil gas used for heating with clean geothermal heat, but electricity generation is also a goal.
China’s Qinling research station in Antarctica is now majority powered by renewable energy, details Scientific American. Engineers have built an energy system using solar panels, specially designed wind turbines, and lithium batteries with a bespoke cold-adapted battery chemistry.
Child asthma emergencies have fallen 40% after the closure of Pennsylvania coal plant, explains Inside Climate News. Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh closed in 2016, and the public health benefits that have accrued since highlight the co-benefits of ending fossil fuel use.
Indonesia has announced an ambitious plan to install 100 GW of solar energy in five years, heralds PV Magazine. The core of the program is replacing diesel generators in remote villages with solar + storage installations.
1.5 million trees have been planted in Canada’s Northwest Territories notes CBC News. The effort is part of Canada’s 2 Billion Trees reforestation project.
Japanese children are planting seagrass to restore a local blue carbon sink says Japan Forward. Seagrass beds store carbon and provide habitats for marine life, but 90% of Japan’s seagrass beds have disappeared since the country’s industrialization.
