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Renewable Friday: More Tipping Points More [1]

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Date: 2025-04-04

I keep finding out that we have ever more resources here on DK in the fights against Global Warming and corporate/political denial and obstruction. The Brad Blog and the Anti-Capitalist Meetup group have been doing this for years, but only showed up in my searches about coal yesterday. Enjoy this week’s tipping point, as we look forward to hundreds, even thousands more.

Reuters

Finland's last active coal-fired power and heat plant shuts down

Finland's renewable power and heat production capacity, such as wind and solar, has increased rapidly in the past few years, leading to a collapse in the use of coal after the previous government in 2019 passed a law to ban coal from 2029.

DK’s actual Marxists step up. Not those fakety-fake Soshulists that MAGA goes on and on about.

😂

x Voluntary carbon markets are a key tool for corporate climate strategies. But if projects lack integrity, offset credits risk becoming a mechanism for greenwashing rather than real emissions reductions.



[image or embed] — Climate Home News (@climatechangenews.com) March 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM

No, actually eliminate natural gas and build storage for reliability

Brad Blog

Naperville IL election halts coal plant White, Gibson, Holzhauer, Syed headed to victory in Naperville City Council race (Daily Herald): All the candidates in the race listed public safety and infrastructure among their top concerns. They also agree the city should not be forced to renew an electricity contract with an agency that has minority ownership stakes in two coal-fired power plants.

(Daily Herald): Will Naperville, St. Charles, and Winnetka "Say No to Coal"? (Prairie Rivers Network): What’s at stake? These three municipalities—and 29 others—co-own the massive Prairie State Coal Plant, one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the country. Their involvement stems from long-term contracts with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), which have kept them locked into coal dependency. Now, IMEA is pushing for a 20-year extension on these contracts—binding these communities to coal power until 2055.

Bluesky

#NoNewNukes

x No utility is proposing new coal or hydro.

Optimistically, new nukes take 10-15 yrs.

Gas plants are in such high demand, the backlog is reaching 5-7 years. If we want more power NOW, increasingly wind, solar, and batteries are the only available technologies. #energysky — Simon Mahan (@simonmahan.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM

x 👩‍⚖️How can tobacco industry-like litigation impact fossil fuel companies? 🎙️This week, hosts TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with journalist, author, and founder of the Heated Substack @emorwee.bsky.social to talk about it. link.chtbl.com/RVTgBWec



[image or embed] — The Progress Network (@progressntwrk.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Linked from a no-embed post.

Inside EVs: Lucid Had Another Record Quarter Thanks To Tesla Owners Who Jumped Ship

The American luxury EV maker had its fifth consecutive record quarter. Lucid Motors delivered 3,109 cars in the first quarter.

That's a 28% increase year-over-year.

A big reason for the uptick? Disgruntled Tesla owners. The Lucid Air is a phenomenal machine, albeit a very expensive one. It’s the longest-range electric vehicle on sale today, with up to 512 miles on a full charge. It’s also extremely comfortable, but it costs between $70,000 and $250,000.

x ‘China’s exports of solar panels to the global south have doubled in the past two years, overtaking global-north sales for the first time since 2018’

👀 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 #solarpanels #renewables #cleananergy #climateaction www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-s...



[image or embed] — Eleonora Cogo (@elecogo.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM

x Tokyo, Kawasaki require solar panels on newly built homes https://www.europesays.com/1967933/ Tokyo, Kawasaki require solar panels on newly built homes https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15694333 by bardsmanship



[image or embed] — Europe Energy (@euenergy.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM

x 40MW solar PV plant in Western Australia deemed country’s best-performing solar asset in March https://www.byteseu.com/891937/ 40MW solar PV plant in Western Australia deemed country’s best-performing solar asset in March – PV Tech Skip to content



[image or embed] — BYTESEU (@byteseu.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM

x Scranton's Zoning Board approved the city's first solar farm: 6,500 panels on 14 acres of mountain land—a significant leap for renewables. Learn more: https://triadsolarpower.com Source — GreensboroSolarPanels (@greensborosolar.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM

x Low-Toxic Technique Could Help Recycle Wind Turbine Blades todayheadline The U.S. now hosts over 157,000 wind turbines. If each tower holds three blades, and each blade’s weight is about 65 glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), that’s a lot of plastic. Even if each turbine lasts an estimated 30…



[image or embed] — Today headline (@todayheadline.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM

x In the Danish city of Aalborg, damaged wind turbine propellers were reused. They were converted into a modern roof for bicycle parking. The project demonstrates how discarded materials can be creatively and functionally recycled.



[image or embed] — bobbiec1.bsky.social (@bobbiec1.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM

x In 2008, there was a drought which caused hydropower generation in Uruguay to drop from 8 TWh in 2007 down to 4.5 TWh. And oil prices hit a peak of $150/barrel. Something had to change. Hello wind power!

prismbysugandha.substack.com/p/winds-of-c...



[image or embed] — Ragcha (@ragcha.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM

x Trump’s tariffs could hike wind turbine costs by 10% and stall clean energy just as we need more power for EVs and data centers. Bad policy, bad timing, and bad for the planet. #Renewables #ClimateCrisis #Tariffs



[image or embed] — Rick 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 💙 (@ricklozano.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM

x Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Report Says Pennsylvania Poised To Be Geothermal Energy Leader www.bayjournal.com/news/energy/...



[image or embed] — PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary (@paenvironmentnews.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM

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