October 31 NEC Energy News
¶ “280-MW Forty Mile Wind Farm Begins Power Generation” • Acciona Energia has begun injecting clean power into the grid from its Forty Mile wind farm in southern Alberta. The 280-MW project, which is progressing as planned, will be completed in the first quarter of 2025. The Forty Mile wind farm is about 50 km south-west of Medicine Hat. [reNews]
¶ “Rachel Reeves Pledged £2.7 Billion To Nuclear Power Station” • Campaigners opposed to the new Sizewell C nuclear power station slammed chancellor Rachel Reeves for continuing to back it in her budget. She pledged a further £2.7 billion of government funding, but campaign groups opposed to the project are “appalled.” [East Anglian Daily Times]
¶ “Climate Change ‘Worsened All Ten Deadliest Weather Events In Past Two Decades’” • Climate change made the ten deadliest extreme weather events over the past two decades worse, making the deaths of over 570,000 people more likely, climate scientists said. The finding “underscores how dangerous extreme weather events have already become.” [Yahoo News UK]
¶ “Japan’s Mount Fuji Breaks Record For No Snow In October” • Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a record for no snow in October, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Climate change may be be a cause of the unseasonably warm temperatures. [ABC News]
¶ “RWE Bags Offshore Construction Permit For Thor” • RWE has been awarded a permit from the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) allowing it to carry out offshore construction activity for its 1,100-MW Thor project. RWE now has all the permits to start construction work at sea in spring 2025. Work on land is already well advanced. [reNews]
¶ “Lightsource BP Secures Funds For US projects” • Lightsource BP secured a structured equity investment from HASI, a leading investor in climate solutions, in a 288-MW solar portfolio with two utility-scale projects in Texas. The portfolio comprises a 163-MW Starr solar project located in Starr County, and the 125-MW Second Division PV scheme. [reNews]
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