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☆ Nordex to decide on bringing back long-dormant US wind turbine plant this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Christoph Steitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) - German wind turbine maker Nordex (NDXG.DE) will decide this year whether to bring back online its mothballed production site in West Branch, Iowa, hoping for a pickup in U.S. demand following the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act. "It's a very good ... plant that, with minimum capital expenditure, can be brought to life again," Nordex CEO Jose Luis Blanco told Reuters. Blanco said he wanted to see "real demand signals" before the plant - which was mothballed a decade ago and passed to Nordex with its 2016 acquisition of Acciona Wind Power - would be restarted. Demand for wind and solar power in the United States, the world's second-largest renewables market, is expected to increase due to more favourable clean tech legislation in the form of the Inflation Reduction Act. "We will try to compensate a little bit for this high inflation, producing slightly more in other geographies that are not suffering from that inflation."

☆ Big Oil made $200 billion in profit last year. Shareholders won big, clean energy missed out
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But the flood of cash has not delivered a commensurate boom in renewable energy investments, despite clear evidence that the world needs to move much faster with efforts to address the climate crisis. The record-setting results mark a dramatic turnaround for a sector that suffered brutal losses and slashed shareholder payouts in 2020, when pandemic lockdowns sharply reduced demand for energy and oil prices collapsed. An aerial view of the BP oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana on August 29, 2019. Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockJust three years ago, BP unveiled a plan to slash oil and gas production by 40% from 2019 levels by 2030. It is also now aiming to cut carbon emissions from its oil and gas production by 20%-30% by 2030, down from the previous goal of 35%-40%.

Dangerous wind chills were likely in an area stretching from northern Pennsylvania to Maine starting early on Friday and through Saturday evening, the National Weather Service said in its forecast. "The wind chills have the potentially to be once-in-a- generation cold," the weather service said, urging people to either stay indoors or take precautions against frostbite and hypothermia. The wind chill factor describes the combined effect of wind and cold temperatures on exposed skin. In New Hampshire's Mount Washington State Park, atop the Northeast's highest peak, record-breaking wind chills of -110 degrees and wind speeds topping 100 miles (160 km) per hour were expected. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu declared a cold emergency for New England's biggest city for Friday through Sunday, as the city is expecting below-zero wind chills starting Friday.

☆ 46 killed as freezing temperatures and heavy snow wallop swaths of U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The full brunt of the storm was being felt in western parts of New York, which had become a “warzone,” New York Gov. A “band of heavy snow” in the Buffalo area was producing two to three inches of hourly snowfall, the National Weather Service said in a 3 a.m. bulletin, warning of rapidly deteriorating conditions. The deaths were recorded in 12 states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The National Weather service said “hazardous travel conditions” were expected to continue over the next few days and that they would slowly ease over the new year. “The life-threatening cold temperatures and in combination with dangerous wind chills will create a potentially life-threatening hazard for travelers that become stranded, individuals that work outside, livestock and domestic pets,” the National Weather Service said in an earlier bulletin.

☆ Snow, Bitter Winds, Subfreezing Temperatures Set to Continue Through Weekend
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | Douglas Belkin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Heavy snow, strong winds and dangerous wind chills caused by a “bomb cyclone” are expected to continue through the holiday weekend in most parts of the country, according to the National Weather Service. The eastern two-thirds of the U.S. is waking up to bone-chilling temperatures Saturday morning along with blizzard conditions downwind of the Great Lakes and freezing rain in the Pacific Northwest, according to the National Weather Service.

Winter storm death toll rises to 17Authorities have reported four additional weather-related deaths, bringing the number of people who have died in the winter storm to 17. Kansas Highway Patrol said Friday that three fatal crashes occurred Wednesday and were all thought to be weather-related. The driver of the other vehicle was uninjured, according to Highway Patrol. His truck was then hit by two other vehicles and came to rest 80 feet down an embankment, Highway Patrol said. The 16-year-old driver had a minor injury, according to Highway Patrol.

☆ U.S. deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve records
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Dec 24 (Reuters) - An arctic blast that has gripped much of the United States this week, disrupting daily life and holiday travel for millions of Americans, was expected to produce the coldest Christmas Eve on record in several cities from Pennsylvania to Florida. Temperatures are forecast to top out on Friday at just 8 degrees Fahrenheit (-13 Celsius) in Pittsburgh, the largest city in western Pennsylvania, surpassing its previous all-time coldest Christmas Eve high of 13 F, set in 1983, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. The capital cities of Florida and Georgia - Tallahassee and Atlanta - were likewise expected to record their coldest daytime Christmas Eve high temperatures, while Washington, D.C., was forecast to experience its chilliest Dec. 24 since 1906. Extreme winter weather was blamed for at least five deaths on Friday. The NWS said its map of existing or impending meteorological hazards "depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever."

☆ Hazardous storm system hits United States ahead of winter holidays
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The National Weather Service forecasts potentially hazardous weather conditions into the middle of the week, extending from the Northwest and Great Plains regions of the country to the central and southern Appalachian area. "With such a large and powerful storm system... it is imperative that travelers check the latest forecast before venturing out," the Service said in a short range forecast posted on its website on Tuesday. Residents of the affected areas fretted on social media about travel disruptions, the prospect of getting trapped in their houses, and the plight of their neighbors without homes. U.S. winter storms have shifted northward and increased in frequency and intensity over the past 70 years, according to the U.S. Reporting by Julia Harte in New York; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tornadoes leave a trail of destruction in Louisiana and the Southeast, killing at least 3, collapsing homes, knocking out power
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A severe weather system cutting through the South has left a trail of destruction in Louisiana, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others as violent tornadoes touched down, collapsing homes, turning debris into projectiles and knocking out power. Multiple communities throughout Louisiana reported destruction, with roofs ripped off, homes splintered, debris littering roadways and cars flipper over. As ferocious winds downed power lines, more than 50,000 customers were left without power in across Louisiana and Mississippi Wednesday evening, according to PowerOutage.us. More than 40 tornadoes were reported in Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas over Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center. More than 15 million people could see severe weather Thursday in parts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas as the severe weather shifts the east, according to CNN Meteorologist Robert Shackelford.

☆ US weather forecast: A massive, deadly storm that spawned tornadoes is heading east, bringing fierce snow and dangerous travel conditions
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Holly Yan Monica Garrett Robert Shackelford | Holly Yan | Monica Garrett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —The deadly storm system that destroyed homes in the South is heading east, threatening more tornadoes, freezing rain, treacherous travel and power outages. At least two people were killed in Louisiana as the system’s vicious winds tore through communities from Oklahoma to Texas to Mississippi. Now on the cold side of this massive, multifaceted storm, more than 35 million people from Utah, Idaho and Montana all the way to New England are under winter weather alerts Wednesday. And a half million people in at least four states are under blizzard warnings until Thursday morning.

Forrest said in a statement Squadron had acquired CWP Renewables but did not disclose the price. And the more we create and deploy new renewable energy, the cheaper it becomes for every Australian and the world," Forrest told Reuters after the announcement. With CWP Renewables, Squadron would have the scale it needs to meet demand from large commercial and industrial customers for reliable green energy in eastern Australia, he said. Willoughby said CWP aimed to give the go-ahead by March 2023 to build a 400 MW wind farm, which would cost more than A$1 billion. There are literally trillions of dollars of capital looking for green energy projects," he said.

☆ Denmark's new 'energy islands' could revolutionize Europe's power systems
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Freya Graham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Denmark's energy islands will be a hub for transmitting wind-generated electricity and producing green hydrogen. Denmark is building two energy islands that could accelerate Europe's green transition. What's different about the energy islands, though, is the way that they will convert and transmit the electricity that they produce. It also means that the energy islands will be able to connect with more than one country and energy market at a time. "The world is going to build a lot of energy islands," he said.

A man walks on the street in heavy rain and wind caused by Typhoon Nanmadol in Kagoshima on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu September 18, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPANTOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Typhoon Nanmadol brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to western Japan on Monday as one of the biggest storms to hit the country in years killed at least two people, disrupted transport and forced manufacturers to suspend operations. "We need to remain highly vigilant for heavy rains, gales, high waves and storm surges," a Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) official told a news conference. Up to 400 mm (15.75 inches) of rain was expected in central Japan's Tokai region, the nation's industrial heartland, over the next 24 hours, it said. Intermittent bouts of heavy rain lashed Tokyo but businesses in the capital were largely operating as normal.

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