Weekly Climate Roundup #12
On #HistoricalCO2 #CO2emissions #Shipping #SolarPower #OffshoreWind #Renewables #CCUS #EnergyStorage #GeenHydrogen
How was your week? El paso del tiempo no perdona, this year is flying friends. On this weekly roundup edition: Who is it to blame for global warming? Green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project in Finland, the shipping sector's decarbonization needs are still a big challenge. Size does matter for the offshore wind industry and who are the countries with the biggest solar power by 2021?
CHART OF THE WEEK - 📈 Who has more historical responsibility for Climate Change?
One of the hot topics at the COP26, wealthy nations have historically emitted more CO2 than developing countries. How to agree on a responsibility quota? Can developing countries still take advantage of burning more fossil fuels to achieve development? Does the planet have time to wait for developing nations?
The EU Innovation Fund has given a positive grant decision of €88 million funding to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project, which aims to quickly and efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland.
The project will strongly contribute to the reaching of both Finland’s and the EU’s climate targets and has a significant role in Neste’s target of carbon neutral production by 2035. With this transformation project, a reduction of more than 4 million tons of CO2 emissions can be achieved at the Porvoo refinery in the first 10 years of operation.
🚢⛽🛳 For the Shipping Industry, Moves to Cut Carbon Emissions Remain a Struggle
Shipping operators are under pressure from governments and big customers such as Amazon.com Inc. to clean up vessels’ carbon emissions. But viable alternatives to fossil fuels are just taking shape.
Supplies of methanol and ammonia—two cleaner-burning alternatives to crude-distilled bunker oil—are too limited to power the world’s 60,000 oceangoing ships, and those fuels are several times more expensive, companies say.
🌪🌬 For Offshore Wind Energy, Bigger is Much Cheaper
Last month, GE Renewable Energy said it has begun operating a prototype of a 14-megawatt offshore wind turbine, nearly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty and its base, in the waters off Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Siemens Gamesa and Vestas, two other leading turbine manufacturers, are developing 15-megawatt models. The growth will continue, with companies and analysts saying that a 20-megawatt turbine is within reach.
This race to build bigger turbines has a practical purpose. As turbines get taller and increase their generating capacity, they become more efficient and their electricity becomes cheaper for consumers.
MAP OF THE WEEK - 🌍 Solar Power by Country in 2021
This amazing graph from Govind Bhutada shows that Germany rules Europe in terms of solar power, China dominates Asia and Oceania, the United States has the most power in the Americas and South Afríca has the highest installed capacity in Africa and the Middle East.
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