"Now back to Bruch. He told CNBC that there is 'still a way to go' in the maturation of the wind industry and that there are problems with distributing 'risk along the supply chain in a world which is much more volatile, much more difficult, much more multilateral than before.' He continued, saying “if we don’t resolve it as an industry, we are missing a substantial part of the energy transition, and we’ll fail with the energy transition.”
"Having failed to change hearts and minds by temporarily sullying artwork and shutting down crucial highways, Just Stop Oil is now turning to more drastic measures."
"The deal underscores increased interest by VC investors in companies addressing climate change. Funding for climate tech startups hit a record $111 billion in 2021, according to a report from U.K. startup network Tech Nation."
"Kore isn’t primarily focused on EVs, although it does plan to supply its battery cells to electric-drivetrain startup ZEVX and potentially to other automakers. It’s also aiming at the stationary-storage market, another market segment that has received a significant boost from tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. In March, Kore acquired Northern Reliability, a storage-system integrator and developer that it has renamed Kore Solutions, to serve these markets."
"CCS technology has been used for years, often to enhance oil well production rates, but rising carbon prices in regions such as Europe have lifted hopes it might take off as a stand-alone business in the future."
"Founded in 2019, Enriched Ag wants to equip ranchers with both tools and insights to better manage grazing practices on their land as well as make decisions around carbon capture. Three different data insight products constitute the Enriched Ag platform: one for grazing, another for carbon and a third for supply chain."
Zak Colman of POLITICO explains how governments can more adequately confront climate risk. “FEMA is also weighing new regulations that would expand the federal floodplain, which could includeincreasing minimum requirements for elevating homes to reduce flood risk. Those rules could be a ‘game changer’ by requiring stricter building standards to reduce flood risk for hundreds...
"The disruptions have pummeled solar deployment in the U.S., where domestic manufacturers are few and imports, largely from Chinese and other Asian makers, account for more than 80% of all panels used. An estimated 23 gigawatts’ worth of big solar projects have been delayed so far this year—almost twice as much as was installed in all of 2021 and approaching a third of all such projects in development, according to the American Clean Power Association, an industry group."
"Some of the predictions in 'Back to the Future' proved too far-fetched. Flying cars seem as distant today as they were in the 1980s. But power from trash? Today trash represents a permanent carbon-negative source of natural gas. Voluntary transactions in RNG, and the micro-scale process improvements that have boosted this market, suggest a far more circular economy on the horizon."
"Shell and BP are both looking to use their global oil-and-gas trading arms to reach existing customers willing to pay a premium for cleaner fuel, and to tap new markets as they invest in expanding the biogas businesses. Neither deal changes the dividend or buyback plans of Shell and BP, the companies have said, in a year of huge cash payouts to investors."
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