Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.

[mspohr]

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: ‘There isn’t enough cooking oil in the world to power one day of green aviation’

The explosive airline boss with a big bonus looming sees the need for climate action – but points out ships and cars are big emitters too

www.theguardian.com

 

[eevee-fan]

Overshadowed by electrification push, hydrogen gains steam in Nevada public transportation - The Nevada Independent

Read current Nevada news from The Nevada Independent: Overshadowed by electrification push, hydrogen gains steam in Nevada public transportation. Read more >>

thenevadaindependent.com

While other cities are dropping hydrogen buses in favor of electric...
Nevada sure like to bet against the odds.
LOL

 

[eevee-fan]

In Montana, wind is about to overtake coal generation capacity

When two new Montana wind farms come online, the state will have more nameplate capacity in wind than in coal.

electrek.co

Montana should adopt electric horses!

 

[fhteagle]

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: ‘There isn’t enough cooking oil in the world to power one day of green aviation’

The explosive airline boss with a big bonus looming sees the need for climate action – but points out ships and cars are big emitters too

www.theguardian.com

He's both right and wrong, because waste edible oils are far from the only feed stock for biofuels. And, we're spending way too much biofuel feedstock on ground transport that should be electrified anyway, freeing up that feedstock to be shifted to SAF for aircraft. Michael Barnard did a decent analysis on CleanTechnica about a combination approach of electrifying very short haul flights, and shifting ground transport biofuel to SAF for the short through ultra long haul stuff. The initial numbers looked pretty encouraging, but not fully a silver bullet.

But we haven't even explored some of the options like (iso)butanol that would be a drop in replacement for (av)gasoline without the problems of ethanol. However, Jet A is both harder and easier to make biofuel out of, for reasons that would make this post way too long to list.

But someone for the love all that is holy finish the research and commercialization on algae biofuels please..............

 

[mspohr]

Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo

Scientists have found a way to make jet fuel from human sewage and cut carbon emissions.

www.bbc.com

Firefly's team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel's life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly's fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel. Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it "has no fossil carbon, it's a fossil-free fuel".

 

[eevee-fan]

Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo

Scientists have found a way to make jet fuel from human sewage and cut carbon emissions.

www.bbc.com

Firefly's team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel's life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly's fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel. Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it "has no fossil carbon, it's a fossil-free fuel".

I hope they did not have any lab accidents. LOL

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo

Scientists have found a way to make jet fuel from human sewage and cut carbon emissions.

www.bbc.com

Firefly's team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel's life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly's fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel. Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it "has no fossil carbon, it's a fossil-free fuel".

That's a SAF we can all get behind.

I wonder where in the the sewage treatment process they'd get their *sugar* together. There's other waste and pathogens that generally need to be removed.

 

[fhteagle]

That's a SAF we can all get from behinds.

FIFY.

 

[mspohr]

Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era

Cautious optimism among experts that emissions from energy use may have peaked as net zero mission intensifies

www.theguardian.com

A growing number of climate analysts believe that 2023 may be recorded as the year in which annual emissions reached a pinnacle before the global fossil fuel economy begins a terminal decline.

“We can take a small pause to celebrate this tipping point,” said Dave Jones, a director at the climate thinktank Ember. “But in a way it’s worrying that we are still talking about when emissions might peak. The reality of the situation is that we need deep and fast reductions in emissions if we hope to stay within the vanishingly small budget for carbon which remains.”

 

[mspohr]

Spain Joins Germany and Calls it Quits on Nuclear Energy, Will They Come to Regret It?

As per a report first broken by Reuters, the Government of Spain reached an agreement this week to officially begin sun-setting the nation's commerc...

www.autoevolution.com

As per a report first broken by Reuters, the Government of Spain reached an agreement this week to officially begin sun-setting the nation's commercial nuclear energy grid in favor of more conventional forms of renewable energy. Per the agreed-upon terms, Spain's current fleet of seven active commercial fission reactors will soon begin a gradual process of prepping each facility for decommissioning before a comprehensive waste cleanup process ensures harmful fissile fuel doesn't enter surrounding ecosystems.

 

[fhteagle]

In don't know and the article didn't say, but is the Spanish reactor fleet reaching end of design life? Any chance of retrofit or extension? If it is possible to extend their life legally and practically, shuttering perfectly good working reactors is not a great move, as evidenced by Germany's recent troubles and emissions spike....

 

[eevee-fan]

Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo

Scientists have found a way to make jet fuel from human sewage and cut carbon emissions.

www.bbc.com

Firefly's team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel's life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly's fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel. Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it "has no fossil carbon, it's a fossil-free fuel".

Would be more impressive if they could make a toilet that makes biodiesel.

 

[mspohr]

21 Gigawatts of US Coal to Retire in Next 3 Years, 88–211 Gigawatts of Solar to Join Grid - CleanTechnica

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I just wrapped up reports on new power capacity in the United States and electricity generation in the United States. Clearly, the trend is toward more renewables and less coal. Aside from showing power ...

cleantechnica.com

According to this FERC forecast, 21 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity are expected to be retired in the next 3 years in the USA, while no coal power is expected to be added.

In contrast, 211 GW of solar power capacity is expected to be added in that same period of time, and more conservatively, 88 GW are “high probability additions.” That’s a bit insane, but it’s also not surprising

 

[Dave EV]

21 Gigawatts of US Coal to Retire in Next 3 Years, 88–211 Gigawatts of Solar to Join Grid - CleanTechnica

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I just wrapped up reports on new power capacity in the United States and electricity generation in the United States. Clearly, the trend is toward more renewables and less coal. Aside from showing power ...

cleantechnica.com

According to this FERC forecast, 21 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity are expected to be retired in the next 3 years in the USA, while no coal power is expected to be added.

In contrast, 211 GW of solar power capacity is expected to be added in that same period of time, and more conservatively, 88 GW are “high probability additions.” That’s a bit insane, but it’s also not surprising

That would be about what I'd expect, given that the capacity factor of utility scale solar is usually around 25%, so a 4-1 ratio between solar/coal makes sense.

Next add batteries!

 

[eevee-fan]

The US's first large-scale offshore wind farm just missed its first power delivery deadline [update]

Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn't.

electrek.co

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

That would be about what I'd expect, given that the capacity factor of utility scale solar is usually around 25%, so a 4-1 ratio between solar/coal makes sense.

Next add batteries!

In effect it's mostly natural gas combined cycle replacing coal, and then renewables will displace natural gas.

 

[eevee-fan]

Poland authorized SMRs.

 

[eevee-fan]

Google backed Geothermal Plant is online!

New Google geothermal electricity project could be a milestone for clean energy

Google announced Tuesday that an advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada electric grid to feed Google data centers there.

apnews.com

 

[eevee-fan]

bought a very nice Whirlpool fridge a few years ago from a chain dept store. At the time it was the lowest energy use device in the class I wanted at ~ 400 kWh a year. Fast forward to today and a couple casual checks show no model below ~ 600 kWh a year. It is possible that the testing changed but it seems more likely that manufacturers are still prioritizing features and size over energy consumption. Until that changes our ability to reduce CO2 emissions is a game of two steps forward and one step back.

That's interesting observation. Just checked my LG Door in door fridge. 30.2 cu ft that shows 598 kWh while a similar LG 30.7 cu ft on Costco.com shows 755 kWh!

Wow, my fridge uses almost as much energy as my Model 3. LOL

 

[fhteagle]

598 kWh .... Fridge uses almost as much energy as my Model 3. LOL

Do you only drive your model 3 like 2200 miles a year?