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Monday 30 September 2019

WASTE HEAT

Nearly three-quarters of all the energy produced by humanity is squandered as waste heat. 

Now, large businesses, high-tech operations such as data centers, and governments are exploring innovative technologies to capture and reuse this vast renewable energy source. - Link

Wednesday 25 September 2019

OXFORD CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

Earlier this month - Oxford climate change conference ramps up efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions - LINK

NOT ENOUGH GRETA?

From civil rights to the labor movement, children were on the front lines — and the fight against climate change needs the same young voices to succeed - LINK

RUSSIA'S BIGGEST WIND POWER PROJECT


As ice-cold autumn storms were gathering force in the far northern Russian region, a company of Russian and Italian businessmen and state officials exchanged warm handshakes in a party tent erected on desolate lands about 80 km northeast of Murmansk city.


The event took place in a desolate area located northeast of Murmansk City, on the spot that soon will house 57 major wind turbines.

It is the Italian company Enel and its subsidiary Enel Green Power that will build the the Kolskaya Wind Farm. By year 2021, the 201 MW park will be in operation. It will be able to produce up to 750 GWh per year. LINK - more like this (Russia) - link

RUSSIA JOINS PARIS AGREEMENT

By Natalie Sauer

The world’s fourth largest emitter, Russia, has formally adopted the Paris Agreement, drawing an end to months of national tensions on the subject.

“The Russian Federation has accepted the Paris Agreement and is becoming a full-fledged participant of this international instrument,” Ruslan Edelgeriev, the president’s climate advisor, told the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, before proceeding to list the country’s climate contributions. - Link

Tuesday 24 September 2019

ADAMS COUNTY ADMIN' BUILDING, COLORADO

New in at number one - it's the dirty unhealthy air around the Adams County Administration Building in Colorado - LINK

PORT TALBOT DYFFRYN SCHOOL

Dirty smelly air HERE - when it's not in Prince Street

ETHEL STREET, CALEXICO

Even worse air than Chewuch Road, Winthrop - LINK

WINTHROP


24/09/2019 - State Route 20 through Winthrop – dirtiest damn place in the USA. link

TOO MUCH GRETA ?

Critics responded strongly to a speech given by far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations on Monday, saying that the apparent level of emotional distress she appears to be dealing with constitutes "child abuse."

Thunberg, who repeatedly declared "how dare you!" in an arrogant manner, also claimed: "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood."

Critics weighed in on her speech, calling it "child abuse," "disturbing," "exceptionally creepy," "scary," "insanity," "fanaticism," and "propaganda."

Here is some of the reaction her speech garnered online:

Federalist editor David Harsanyi tweeted: "The idea that they can use a kid as a political shield, give her immense coverage, and then no [one] is allowed to talk about the substance of her arguments because she is a kid ... is just silly.

It's the same with the gun-control kid. He says tons of ridiculous things that are then amplified by media. Yet, people get mad when you point it out. Hey, don't use kids for your political causes. I hate when either side does it." LINK

Monday 23 September 2019

NOOR


This is Morocco’s Noor Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant, the largest solar complex of its kind in the world.

Located in the southern city of Ouarzazate, the more-than-6,000-acre facility is a stunning display of Morocco’s renewable energy ambitions. LINK

ATLIS MOTOR VEHICLES

Atlis Motor Vehicle company is a new-ish name on the scene, but it may not be for long.

Atlis says its XT electric pickup truck is among the most capable trucks to ever be revealed. According to the automaker, the truck can be configured to go up to 500 miles on electric by selecting the largest battery pack. LINK

Friday 20 September 2019

PM2.5


PM2.5 refers to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers, which is about 3% the diameter of a human hair.

Commonly written as PM2.5, particles in this category are so small that they can only be detected with an electron microscope. They are even smaller than their counterparts PM10, which are particles that are 10 micrometres or less, and are also called fine particles.

Fine particles can come from various sources. They include power plants, motor vehicles, airplanes, residential wood burning, forest fires, agricultural burning, volcanic eruptions and dust storms.

Some are emitted directly into the air, while others are formed when gases and particles interact with one another in the atmosphere.

For instance, gaseous sulfur dioxide emitted from power plants reacts with oxygen and water droplets in the air to form sulfuric acid as a secondary particle.

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SOLAR STREET BIN

Galway City Council has installed fifty (50) solar powered IoT SolarStreetBin™ litter bins from PEL Waste Reduction Equipment as a follow-up to a successful six-month trial of IoT litter bin technology in 2018. Link

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Thursday 19 September 2019

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TRIPADVISOR IN GURUGRAM

The tech hub of Gurugram, a city just to the south-west of Delhi which was previously known as Gurgaon, and where international firms including Uber and TripAdvisor have headquarters, ranked the most polluted in the world with an average of more than 135 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic metre (µg/m3) throughout the year. 

Delhi is ranked 11th. Link


St Clements, the worst affected area in Oxford has an average of 61 micrograms of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) per cubic metre of air.

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Sunday 15 September 2019

(GIZ) WORLD'S LARGEST OFFSHORE WINDFARM


The world’s largest offshore wind farm began operations last June in the North Sea.

According to Earther, the first 50 turbines at the Hornsea One wind farm, located 75 miles off the east coast of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, are now generating electricity for up to 287,00 homes.

When completed in 2020, the wind farm, operated by Ørsted, will have 174 turbines with a total capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW), enough to power 1 million homes. The facility — which will send electricity to the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Scandinavia — will have more than twice the capacity of the current largest offshore operation, also in the UK. Gizmodo - link - Brian Kahn - link - World’s largest green H2 project - link - more like this (Orsted) - link - more like this (Hornsea 2) - link

GREENMATCH

The UK’s tidal power resource is estimated to be more than 10 gigawatts (GW), about 50% of Europe’s tidal energy capacity - Link

Friday 13 September 2019

TIDAL DEMO GENERATES 800 MWh


Tidal energy project, led by Chinese developer LHD, has generated over 800MWh of cumulative power since summer 2016 – claiming a ‘world record’ with one full year of continuous power export to the Chinese grid. - Link

Tuesday 10 September 2019

HYDROGIN AND TONIC


A gin distillery has secured a share of £40 million of new government funding to use hydrogen power in its distillation process - link