In this edition of Climate Crisis Weekly: Sea level rise could be even worse than feared. The US is a “hotbed” of climate change denial. The GOP touts innovation as a climate solution, then votes against energy research bill. An extensive look at how the Midwest is confronting the climate crisis. The recent landmark report…

In this edition of Climate Crisis Weekly: The Greens gain seats in EU elections. Greenpeace issues climate grades for the 2020 US presidential candidates. Looking into the increase of methane in the atmosphere. Calls for Harvard to divest from fossil fuels. How threatened Singapore is responding to the climate challenge. And more… European Parliament elections…

Pew Research Center surveyed nearly 11,000 American adults in March, and here’s what its survey revealed about how Americans view climate change. Being that the US is the second-largest emitter of CO2 in the world behind China, how Americans view climate change impacts the entire world. This is what Pew found. Nearly 7 in…

Texas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA’s analysis released this month, A Case Study of Transmission Limits on Renewables Growth in Texas, found that…

BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co., Inc. have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers. Benefiting both EV customers and the electric…

Rapid renewables growth means that by 2030, the global electricity system will be capable of delivering ambitious net-zero pathways, according to new research by RMI, in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund. By 2030, solar and wind (backed by battery storage) are forecast by RMI (a non-profit independent organization that was founded as the…

Sunlight reaches both sides of a bifacial perovskite solar cell, which means it could potentially produce higher energy yields for lower overall costs, according to a new study. Bifacial solar cells capture direct sunlight on the front and reflected sunlight on the back. As a result, they outperform monofacial solar cells, according to a…

First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, will supply Israeli renewable energy company Energix with 5 gigawatts (GW) of ultra-low carbon thin film solar panels. The panels, which First Solar will deliver to Energix between 2026 and 2030, will provide clean energy for projects in Israel, Poland, and the US. This is…

Mingyang Smart Energy‘s MySE 16-260, the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, is now operating at full capacity – and it just withstood Typhoon Talim. The Chinese wind turbine maker announced yesterday that its MySE 16-260 was commissioned on a LinkedIn post. The 16 MW offshore wind turbine, which is at the Mingyang Qingzhou 4…

In a major US milestone, the first turbine was successfully installed at Vineyard Wind 1, the US’s first commercial offshore wind farm. The first 62 GE Haliade-X wind turbines at Vineyard Wind 1 is complete. The announcement says the “fully assembled machine represents the largest turbine in the western world.” It has a 220-meter…