Headline News:
- “2017: The year climate change hit” • “Crazy” weather has been a hot topic for elevator conversations this year, as extremes are becoming the new normal. No continent was spared by 2017’s extreme weather. From droughts to hurricanes, from smog to forest fires, events killing thousands of people have been directly linked to climate change. [Deutsche Welle]
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- With cheap shale gas, petrochemical companies have invested about $186 billion in 318 new facilities to turn shale gas into feedstocks for plastics since 2010, according to the American Chemistry Council. Half have already been completed. As a result, production of plastics is set to rise 40% from today’s levels over the next 10 years. [CleanTechnica]
- The Indian state of Bihar has 39,073 villages, and now all of them are electrified. Every household in the state would have a free power connection by the end of the next calendar year, its Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. The efforts in this regard were a part of Kumar’s seven resolutions (“saat nischay”) of good governance. [Doordarshan]
- On 75% of days this year, British wind farms generated more electricity than coal plants, the analysis website MyGridGB said. It also said that over the year solar power outperformed coal more than half the time. Overall, renewables provided more power than coal plants on 315 days in 2017, or more than 90% of the year so far. [Metro]
- A study from the University of California system found that developing solar energy arrays on alternative sites like buildings, lakes, and contaminated land would allow California to meet its 2025 electricity demands without sacrificing farmland. The study’s authors focused their analysis on California’s Central Valley. [Yale Environment 360]
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December 28 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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