Headline News:
- “Starlink Private Beta Testing To Begin In 3 Months, Public Beta Testing To Follow” • SpaceX has launched 422 low Earth orbit Starlink satellites, with more coming in May and June. Private beta testing of the Starlink network will start within the next three months, Elon Musk says. SpaceX has permission to launch 12,000 satellites. [CleanTechnica] (This will bring internet in areas that now have no grid power. GHH)
Starlink launch (Credit: SpaceX via Flickr)
- “US Renewables Provide More Electricity Than Coal In January-February” • Renewable energy sources produced 10.6% more electricity than coal during the first two months of 2020 and topped nuclear power in February, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of recently-released data from the US Energy Information Administration. [Renewables Now]
- “Oil Tankers Lurk Off The Coast Of California” • The US Coast Guard is monitoring the “increased presence” of oil tankers that are hanging out in the seas near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. With the collapse in demand for crude oil, these tankers are being used pretty much as floating storage units for barrels of oil. [CleanTechnica]
- “Sweden Shutters Last Coal-Fired Generating Plant 2 Years Early” • Swedish utility Stockholm Exergi announced some time ago it would shut down its KVV6 coal generating station in 2022. It actually took one of the facilities two boilers offline last fall. After a winter that was milder than expected, it decided to close the entire facility now. [CleanTechnica]
- “Michigan Switches On Its Largest Wind Park” • DTE Energy has turned on the Polaris wind park, the largest in Michigan. Polaris is expected to provide enough electricity to power over 64,000 homes. Its 68 turbines have a combined capacity of 168 MW and will help avoid more than 355,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. [Energy Live News]
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