Headline News:
- “Municipal Aggregation Savings ‘Shattering Expectations’ In Massachusetts” • The growing number of Massachusetts cities and towns that have negotiated community-wide rates for green energy have saved millions of dollars while also shrinking carbon footprints, according to a report released by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance. [Energy News Network]
Glouchester, saving money with aggregation (Robert Laliberte via Flickr)
- “Research Identifies Climate Change Fingerprints And Emitters’ Liability” • We have methods to quantify how much of an extreme weather event can be attributed to human-caused climate change and how to allocate costs of losses, based on work by an international team of scientists and economists. Emitters can be held responsible. [Phys.Org]
- “It Might Sound Insane, But Australia Could Soon Export Sunshine To Asia, Via A Cable” • The proposed Sun Cable project envisions a 10-GW solar farm, along with about 22 GWh of battery storage, in the Northern Territory. Power generated will supply Darwin and be exported to Singapore via a 3,800 km (2,360 mi) cable slung across the seafloor. [Inverse]
- “This Tiny Electric Car Looks Like A Washing Machine And Costs Just $6,600” • French automaker Citroën has unveiled the Ami, a tiny electric car that’s designed from the outset to be as cheap as possible. The car isn’t very fast and it looks a bit like a washing machine, but it only costs €6,000, or the equivalent of about $6,600. [CNN]
- “Tesla Model 3 – Only American Car In Consumer Reports’ 2020 Top Picks” • The Tesla Model 3 is the only electric car, as well as the only domestic US model, that made it into the “10 Top Picks of 2020: Best Cars of the Year” list published by the Consumer Reports magazine. All other brands are either Japanese or Korean. [CleanTechnica]
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