January 16 NEC Energy News
¶ “Albania Kicks Off Qualifications For 300 MW Solar Power Auction” • Albania invited investors to qualify their PV projects for a tender for 15-year contracts for difference. The quota is 300 MW. The highest acceptable price is €59.97/MWh. Developers with the lowest bids will be selected in turn until their projects total 300 MW. [Balkan Green Energy News]
¶ “Fossil Lobby Claims Voters Want Nuclear. Grid Simulation Shows It’s The Last Thing Australia Needs” • Polls show support for nuclear power, but critiques published by physical and social scientists and engineers show its weaknesses. They argue that, in the real world, nuclear energy is too expensive, too dangerous, and too slow to plan and build. [Renew Economy]
¶ “More CEOs Fear Their Companies Won’t Survive As AI And Climate Challenges Grow” • More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul, due to pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence. [ABC News]
¶ “How Off-Road Electric Equipment Impacts Green Movement” • We often hear about electric cars, buses and trucks reducing, or even eliminating, emissions. But important changes are under way off-road as well, on construction sites, on farms, and in a variety of similar applications that require big machines to get the job done. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Vestas Introduces Low-Emission Steel Offering For Wind Turbines” • Vestas established a partnership with ArcelorMittal to launch a low-emission steel offering that significantly reduces lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from the production of wind turbine masts. Vestas’s sustainability strategy includes addressing the materials it uses. [Cision News]
¶ “Ireland Sets New Wind Record In 2023” • Wind farms provided 35% of the island of Ireland’s electricity and set a new record for power production in 2023. This is according to Wind Energy Ireland’s Annual Report, Cutting Carbon, Cutting Bills: Analysis, which examines savings in gas consumption delivered by wind farms in 2023. [reNews]
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