March 28 Green Energy News

Headline News:

“Volvo Moves To Rail Transport To Reduce Carbon Emissions” • Volvo is just one of the many companies switching from over-the-road trucks to rail transport to move cars from its factories to storage depots across Europe, China, and the US. The switch to rail reduced CO₂ emissions by nearly 75% (!) on one European delivery route. [CleanTechnica]

Car traveling by train (Image: Volvo Cars)

• “Renewables Set To Win During China’s COVID-19 Lockdown” • In China, lower demand for electricity during the COVID-19 downturn is affects power generation sectors unevenly. Thermal power generation dropped 9% year-on-year during the first two months of the year, but wind generation increased by 1% and solar generation was up 12%. [Smart Energy]
• “US Renewable Energy Increases In 2019” • The production of US energy from solar sources increased by 13.85% in 2019 while output from windpower grew by 10.06%, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of newly-released data from the Energy Information Administration’s latest issue of the Monthly Energy Review. [North American Windpower]
• “The Coronavirus Is a Fast-Motion Climate Crisis” • We were told that “everything was under control” or that the worry was nothing more than “a hoax.” Instead of acting competent, the president has tried to lie, bluster, and bluff his way through the threat. The mishandling of the coronavirus has terrifying parallels to the climate crisis. [Rolling Stone]
• “Oil Price Volatility Will Give A Boost To Renewables” • You might think that a low oil price is good news sales of fuel-burning electricity generators, but that may not be true. The financing that makes building new facilities possible relies on stable prices during the term of the loans. So the growth of renewables is not related to the price of oil. [CleanTechnica]
• “Groups Selected For NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Integration Challenge” • Five teams won awards in the first two rounds of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Future Grid Challenge. The challenge is aimed at developing solutions to integrate clean and renewable energy into the electric grid. [Solar Power World]

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