August 30 NEC Energy News
¶ “Mingyang Installs 20-MW Turbine” • Mingyang Smart Energy installed its 20-MW offshore wind turbine in China. The turbine has been installed onshore by the coast. It has a rotor diameter of 260-292 meters. According to Mingyang, at an average wind speed of 8.5 meters per second the MySE 18.X-20 MW turbine can generate 80 GWh annually. [reNews]
¶ “Russia’s Attacks On Ukraine’s Power Sector Pose Risk To Nuclear Facilities, Kyiv Says” • A Russian drone and missile attack forced Ukraine to disconnect several nuclear power units from the grid, posing a risk to the nuclear power sector, a Ukrainian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency said. Russian is continuing attacks on Ukraine’s grid. [MSN]
¶ “Last Energy Nabs $40 Million To Realize Its Vision Of Super-Small Nuclear Reactors” • Last Energy, a startup next-generation nuclear company based in Washington, DC, announced that it closed a $40 million Series B funding round. The move will add more financial and human capital to the reinvigorated nuclear sector. [Canary Media]
¶ “Former Croplands Could Be ‘Sweet Spot’ For Renewable Energy Production” • Researchers mapped American croplands that have fallen out of production in hopes of inspiring new uses for them, such as for renewable energy. Roughly 30 million acres of croplands in the US have been abandoned since the 1980s, a recent paper says. [MSN]
¶ “Nation Helps Drive Global Transition To Green Energy” • From 2014 to 2023, the share of nonfossil fuels in global energy consumption rose from 13.6% to 18.5%, with China accounting for 45.2% of the increase. Today, China is collaborating with more than 100 countries and regions on green energy projects, a white paper noted. [People’s Daily Online]
¶ “First Wind Lease Sale Offshore Oregon” • The Department of the Interior announced that it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon. The two areas to be auctioned on October 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could generate more than 3.1 GW if fully developed and could power about a million homes. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump Bizarrely Claims People Have Stopped Eating Bacon Because Of Wind Power” • While taking questions at his latest campaign speech in Wisconsin, Donald Trump bizarrely claimed people don’t eat bacon anymore because of wind power. “You can always tell when Trump goes off teleprompter,” one person wrote on X/Twitter. [Yahoo]
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