[GWSG] Newly cheap solar; IEA on the transition; IEA past and present; 7 new green governors; heat waves impairing fertility

[Tilley, Al]

1. The latest installment of a 5 gigawatt solar project in Dubai is 250 megawatts of concentrating solar power at 2.4 cents/kilowatt hour. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/11/acwa-power-secures-250-megawatt-solar-pv-at-2-4%C2%A2-kwh/
[https://cleantechnica.com/files/2018/03/solar-power-CSP-Dubai-UAE.jpg]<https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/11/acwa-power-secures-250-megawatt-solar-pv-at-2-4%C2%A2-kwh/>

ACWA Power Secures 250 Megawatt Solar PV Project At 2.4 ...<https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/11/acwa-power-secures-250-megawatt-solar-pv-at-2-4%C2%A2-kwh/>
cleantechnica.com
ACWA Power has commissioned 200 megwatt solar PV capacity at the Dubai solar park, and is now developing an additional 900 megawatt capacity.



2. The International Energy Agency has released a report observing that while the transition to renewable energy is well underway it will not be enough to blunt global warming without energetic measures. Even if we cease using oil to make fuel for autos, 80% of oil goes into heavy trucks, ships, airplanes, plastics, and other petrochemicals. We need to make rapid advances into decarbonizing all those. Also, Asia’s coal plants are relatively new—15 years old, as opposed to 41 in the US. They still need to be retired. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/climate/global-energy-forecast.html
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Clean Energy Is Surging, but Not Fast Enough to Solve ...<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/climate/global-energy-forecast.html>
www.nytimes.com
The International Energy Agency said renewables were poised to surpass coal by 2040. But more is still needed to stop climate change.


Bloomberg’s story on the report emphasizes the role Asia plays in future emissions. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-13/electrifying-the-world-no-panacea-for-global-warming-iea-says
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Electrifying the World No Panacea for Global Warming, IEA ...<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-13/electrifying-the-world-no-panacea-for-global-warming-iea-says>
www.bloomberg.com
Driving electric cars and scrapping your natural gas-fired boiler won’t make a dent in global carbon emissions, and may even increase pollution levels.



3. The International Energy Agency (along with the US Energy Information Administration) has been almost comically pessimistic about the energy conversion in past projections. https://www.vox.com/2015/10/12/9510879/iea-underestimate-renewables
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The International Energy Agency consistently ...<https://www.vox.com/2015/10/12/9510879/iea-underestimate-renewables>
www.vox.com
The International Energy Agency was created in 1974 by countries that had just been through a bruising oil crisis (and were headed for another). Some 23 participants in the Organisation for ...


The IEA has even been charged with steering governments toward increased use of fossil fuels. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/04/05/iea-leads-governments-off-the-paris-agreement-track-report-states/
[https://www.pv-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Nikhilb239_Wikipedia_India_transmission.jpg]<https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/04/05/iea-leads-governments-off-the-paris-agreement-track-report-states/>

IEA leads governments off the Paris Agreement track ...<https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/04/05/iea-leads-governments-off-the-paris-agreement-track-report-states/>
www.pv-magazine.com
In a new report out today, Oil Change International and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) have taken the International Energy Agency (IEA) to task for misleading ...


The difficulties the IEA points out in the current report are still worth attention. Australia’s Renew Economy observes that the IEA seems to be taking a new and forceful position on the need to eliminate coal by growth in wind and solar. https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-dumped-as-iea-turns-to-wind-and-solar-to-solve-climate-challenge-66916/?utm_source=RE+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=49d0c40943-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_12_09_44&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_46a1943223-49d0c40943-40325881
[https://reneweconomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/solar-array-sun-620x448_721_420_80_s_c1.jpg]<https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-dumped-as-iea-turns-to-wind-and-solar-to-solve-climate-challenge-66916/?utm_source=RE+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=49d0c40943-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_12_09_44&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_46a1943223-49d0c40943-40325881>

Coal dumped as IEA turns to wind and solar to solve ...<https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-dumped-as-iea-turns-to-wind-and-solar-to-solve-climate-challenge-66916/?utm_source=RE+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=49d0c40943-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_12_09_44&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_46a1943223-49d0c40943-40325881>
reneweconomy.com.au
IEA abandons thermal coal industry, saying world must turn to wind and solar if it has any hope of getting anywhere near required climate targets.



4. While voters in Arizona turned down a renewable energy goal and Washington voted against a carbon tax, the new governors of five other states campaigned on platforms including goals of 100% renewable energy, and two other new governors on strong but somewhat lesser targets. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/7-incoming-governors-strongly-support-renewable-energy-goals/
[https://cleantechnica.com/files/2018/08/Shiloh-Wind-Farm-USA-Senvion-1-570x379.jpg]<https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/7-incoming-governors-strongly-support-renewable-energy-goals/>

7 Incoming Governors Strongly Support Renewable Energy ...<https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/7-incoming-governors-strongly-support-renewable-energy-goals/>
cleantechnica.com
While the federal government is busy propping up coal and natural gas, governors in several states won elections in which they pledged to ramp up renewable energy goals, with many aiming for 100% ...



5. Heat waves can greatly impair the fertility of beetles—and humans, and many other forms of life. Human sperm counts in the West have halved in the past 40 years, and insect populations are plunging. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/13/heatwaves-wipe-out-male-insect-fertility-beetles-study
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Heatwaves can 'wipe out' male insect fertility ...<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/13/heatwaves-wipe-out-male-insect-fertility-beetles-study>
www.theguardian.com
Bugs attempting to reproduce on a plant in a garden. Global warming is making heatwaves more common. Photograph: Alamy Heatwaves severely damage the fertility of male beetles and consecutive hot ...



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