Headline News:
- Carbon dioxide, the No 1 greenhouse gas leading to man-made global warming, has reached a dubious new milestone. The level of the gas in the atmosphere, as measured by instruments on top of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, topped 410 parts per million for the month of April. Scientists say this is the highest level in 800,000 years. [CNN]
Sunset from above the clouds, Mauna Loa Observatory (LCDR Eric Johnson, NOAA, Wikimedia Commons)
- Wind, solar, and other renewable sources accounted for almost 95% of all new US electrical generation placed into service in the first quarter of 2018, data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shows. 3,149 MW of solar and wind power came online, compared to 79 MW of natural gas and 4 MW from a nuclear power uprate. [Solar Power World]
- Iowa energy provider MidAmerican Energy has announced plans this week to build two new wind farms with a combined capacity of 550 MW in Adair County. They will be a part of the company’s previously-announced 2 GW Wind XI project. The Wind XI project is the largest economic development venture in Iowa’s history. [CleanTechnica]
- The Plan to Repower Australia, released by environmental activist Bill McKibben, provides a blueprint for the country to reach an entirely fossil fuel free power system by 2030. The plan attempts to transform Australia’s electricity system in a rapid and ambitious way; it envisions achieving that goal in just over ten years. [Climate Action]
- The biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere will be built about 130 km west of Melbourne, powering an estimated half a million homes a year by 2025, if the government of Victoria gives the project the green light. The proposed wind farm would have 228 wind turbines, each 230 meters tall at their highest point. [The Age]
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May 4 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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