Headline News:
- “Pushback Against Phaseout Of Fossil Fuels Upsets COP30 Climate Talks As EU Rejects Draft Deal” • Delegates at COP30 worked into the early hours of Saturday to find common ground on a host of proposals. Many nations want to explicitly cite the cause of global warming: burning fossil fuels. The EU rejected a draft that does not mention them. [Euronews]
Burning fossil fuels (Travis Leery, Unsplash)
- “Massachusetts Energy Market Ready For Jolt Of Canadian Hydropower” • In a bright spot for the state’s climate agenda during a year marked by stalled clean energy projects, the long-delayed transmission line that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New England is on track to send 1,090 megawatts of electricity into Massachusetts by the end of 2025. [NBC Boston]
- “Vermont Still Has Electric Vehicle Incentives” • Federal EV incentives have been gone for a little while now in the US. There are still incentives available in some states, though. California, Colorado, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York provide a variety of EV incentives to their residents. One more state of note is Vermont. [CleanTechnica]
- “Nuclear’s Costly Comeback Meets Harsh Market Reality” • It is a familiar set of arguments: nuclear will provide low-carbon baseload power, ensure energy security, and can one day deliver affordable, clean power. It sounds persuasive, until you look at the numbers. New nuclear continues to be slow, expensive, and deeply reliant on state support. [OilPrice.com]
- “Intermittent Solar And Wind Complement Each Other For A More Stable Grid” • A study funded by the UVA Environmental Institute finds combining wind and solar leverages the power sources’ alternating peak periods, boosting total generation capacity while providing a constant, predictable power curve critical for grid integration. [pv magazine USA]
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