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Hurricane Francine Knocks Energy Infrastructure Offline — Not Clean Energy Infrastructure

September 16, 2024 admin clean power, energy resilience, energy security, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:56:09 +0000

Hurricanes can massively disrupt energy infrastructure, and can leave people without power for hours or days. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today a vast array of energy infrastructure that has been knocked offline by Hurricane Francine. But one thing stood out to me: none of this was clean … [continued]

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How Can Hurricane-Proof Houses Become More Common Across The US?

July 28, 2024 admin better buildings, buildings, climate change, energy efficiency, Extreme weather, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:49:30 +0000

The howling wind rises in pressure and sound, like an oncoming train. Then it arrives with speed and force, filling the landscape with leaves and branches in its path. Sheets of rain blow sideways. Large trees seem grabbed by a claw from their roots and crash to the ground, ripping … [continued]

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Hurricane Beryl Earliest Category 5 Hurricane Ever, & Other Facts

July 8, 2024 admin climate change, global weirding, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:48:03 +0000

Climate insecurity is rising, and that includes larger, more frequent hurricanes. The latest sign of that is Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 hurricane. In fact, as the title notes, this is the earliest Category 5 hurricane from the Atlantic ever recorded. And that’s not the only record Hurricane Beryl is … [continued]

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Many Small Countries At Risk Of Devastation & Death From Climate Change

July 5, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, green economy, hurricanes, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:47:00 +0000

As you read this, climate change is wreaking havoc on island nations in the Caribbean in the form of Hurricane Beryl.

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Forecast Strong Hurricane Season Presents Risk for U.S. Oil & Natural Gas Industry

May 30, 2024 admin climate change, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes, natural gas, Oil, Storms

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 15:07:21 +0000

Meteorologists are forecasting a particularly intense Atlantic hurricane season this year; they expect 20–25 named storms with a possibility of 30 or more, according to reports from AccuWeather in April. Colorado State University similarly forecasts an estimated 23 named storms this year. The potential for a stronger hurricane season suggests heightened risk for weather-related … [continued]

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Eaton Among Groups Supporting Microgrid Buildout in Puerto Rico

May 1, 2024 admin distributed energy, Distributed Generation, eaton, enel north america, hurricanes, hybrid power, Manufacturing, microgrid, news, Plant Design, Puerto Rico, reliability, resilience, Solar, Storms, Weather

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 10:05:43 +0000

Companies operating in Puerto Rico have paid particular attention to the reliability and resiliency of their power supply after a series of major hurricanes battered the island in recent years. Those storms

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Management Strategies Needed as Power Sector Faces Increasing Risk

April 15, 2024 admin bess, Climate, Commentary, Energy Storage, hurricanes, insurance, O&M, power, Renewables, risk, Solar, T&D, thermal, thermal runaway, tropical storms, Weather, Wildfires, Wind

Credit to Author: Edward Stewart| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:30:14 +0000

Owners and operators of thermal and renewable energy infrastructure are navigating new and emerging risks due to digitization of the grid, an uncertain regulatory landscape, and changing environmental and weather […]

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In A Warming World, Climate Scientists Consider Category 6 Hurricanes

February 15, 2024 admin berkeley lab, climate change, hurricanes, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:57:39 +0000

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property … [continued]

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FEMA & EV Charging Providers Need To Talk About Post-Evacuation Bottlenecks

March 26, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, fema, freewire, HEALTH, hurricanes, tesla

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:20:08 +0000

One of the big “gotchas” the anti-EV crowd tries to throw at EVs is that they’d fail you in a hurricane evacuation. I’ve covered this before, repeatedly, but no matter how many times we bust the myths and garbage surrounding it, the lie just doesn’t go away. Like other right-wing memes in Florida, it’s even […]