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Sweden plans 2.6 GW floating/fixed offshore wind installation – 61 turbines at 20 MW, 94 turbines at 15 MW, generating 5.5 TWh a year

Sweden plans 2.6 GW floating/fixed offshore wind installation – 61 turbines at 20 MW, 94 turbines at 15 MW, generating 5.5 TWh a year

  • Colonial Pipeline said to have paid $5 million in cryptocurrency to get control of network from hackers
    Colonial Pipeline said to have paid $5 million in cryptocurrency to get control of network from hackers
  • Spain seeks 74% renewable electricity by 2030, no oil drilling after 2042 and public divestment of all fossil-fuel companies
    Spain seeks 74% renewable electricity by 2030, no oil drilling after 2042 and public divestment of all fossil-fuel companies
  • Abengoa to build 39-mile-long 220-kV double ternary transmission line in Peru to service 260 MW wind-turbine installation
    Abengoa to build 39-mile-long 220-kV double ternary transmission line in Peru to service 260 MW wind-turbine installation
  • U.S. has 1.8 GW of parabolic trough solar
    U.S. has 1.8 GW of parabolic trough solar

Tweet of the Week

With all the fancy new climate pledges countries are making, annual emissions will be exactly the same in 2030 as they are today, when they need to be cut in half. It is unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/YwTXEwJ7v7

— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) May 6, 2021
  • Map of the 2.6-million-mile network of U.S. fossil-fuel pipelines
    Map of the 2.6-million-mile network of U.S. fossil-fuel pipelines
  • Colonial Pipeline, valued at $8.1 billion, is owned by pension funds, Shell, others
    Colonial Pipeline, valued at $8.1 billion, is owned by pension funds, Shell, others
  • Colonial Pipeline has cyber-insurance policy from LLoyd’s
    Colonial Pipeline has cyber-insurance policy from LLoyd’s
  • Univergy seeks to build 500 MW floating wind turbine installation in Scottish waters
    Univergy seeks to build 500 MW floating wind turbine installation in Scottish waters
  • EPA rule would create October 2022 deadline to stop emitting HFC-23, 12,400 times more potent than carbon dioxide
    EPA rule would create October 2022 deadline to stop emitting HFC-23, 12,400 times more potent than carbon dioxide
  • U.S. citizens sigh with relief as EPA brings back climate website summarizing previously published climate news
    U.S. citizens sigh with relief as EPA brings back climate website summarizing previously published climate news
  • EV Owners may be charged annual fees of up to $400 in Texas
    EV Owners may be charged annual fees of up to $400 in Texas
  • U.K. goverment refuses to drop support for blue hydrogen
    U.K. goverment refuses to drop support for blue hydrogen
  • Drivers in Southeastern U.S. ignore government warnings not to hoard gas
    Drivers in Southeastern U.S. ignore government warnings not to hoard gas
  • Fishermen say Vineyard Wind wants to “privatize” a piece of the ocean
    Fishermen say Vineyard Wind wants to “privatize” a piece of the ocean

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