“Solar Panel Arrays May Affect Soil Carbon Levels”
Published on Eos.org on 8 August 2024

Written and produced by Emily Dieckman

Solar Panel Arrays May Affect Soil Carbon Levels

China’s impact on global supply chains is unparalleled, so decarbonizing the businesses that set up shop in that country — from fashion sector leaders like Decathlon to food & beverage behemoths like Budweiser – is paramount to meeting international energy targets.

In the third episode of this series, you’ll hear about the different strategies the CSP team in China is using to slash Scope 3 emissions, which typically make up a majority of a corporation’s carbon footprint. 

WRI China researchers laid out a sector-wide blueprint to begin their science-based decarbonization journey and partnered with major brands to model a new strategy for increasing renewable energy use up and down supply chains. Pairing the economic influence of big companies with the ambition of small businesses that make up their supply chain is a replicable recipe to reduce emissions... rapidly. 

Episode Host:
- Wenquan Zhang - WRI China Research Associate

Episode Guests:
- Mofan Zhang - WRI China Research Analyst
- Anthony Wei - Decathlon’s North Asia Zone Sustainability Director
- Terry Yao - Budweiser's Sustainability & Agriculture Development Director of Procurement APAC

Turning Up Clean Energy in Asia: Slashing Scope 3 Emissions in China

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Jesse Buchsbaum, a new research fellow at Resources for the Future, about how consumers respond to changes in electricity prices. Buchsbaum discusses the responsiveness of electricity consumers to prices in the short and long term, the role of pricing in driving long-term changes in consumption habits and investments in electric appliances, the importance of pricing for effective policymaking, and differences in the sensitivity of consumers to price changes depending on income.

References and recommendations:

“Are consumers more responsive to prices in the long run? Evidence from electricity markets” by Jesse Buchsbaum; https://jesse-buchsbaum.com/files/job_market_paper.pdf

“How Long ’Til Black Future Month?” by N. K. Jemisin; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/n-k-jemisin/how-long-til-black-future-month/9780316491341/

“The Fifth Season” by N. K. Jemisin; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season/9780316229296/

“Poverty, by America” by Matthew Desmond; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond/

How Consumers Respond to Electricity Prices, with Jesse Buchsbaum

Paving the way to COP29 next month and COP30 in 2025, Brazil hosted an impactful Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) at the beginning of October. WRI experts met with global leaders all week, laying a foundation for Latin American countries to demand enabling regulatory frameworks for renewable energy deployment and financing  — two topics that regional expert peers also highlighted during our discussion. It’s critical to enact policies in emerging markets that allow private and public finance to flow into and upgrade energy systems. 

Episode Guests: 
- Sylvana Bohrt, International Clean Energy Associate, WRI Energy Program 
- Ana Teixeira, Country Transition Analyst, Bloomberg NEF 
- Juan Paredes, Senior Renewable Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Additional BNEF Resources:
- Energy Transition Factbook 2024, launched in October 2024:
https://assets.bbhub.io/professional/sites/24/Clean-Energy-Ministerial-Factbook-2024.pdf
- Brazil Transition Factbook, launched in September 2024:
https://assets.bbhub.io/professional/sites/24/Brazil-Transition-Factbook.pdf

Preparing the World for Proactive Energy Planning: WRI Recaps the Clean Energy Ministerial

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Car Paint That Packs a Charge. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Headlines:

David and Goliath—small island nations sue large developed countries for damages.

Climate records were broken last year because a certain type of cloud has gone missing.

Last week’s tsunami warning on the west coast was canceled, and although the chance of one occurring is low—it's far from impossible.

Solar paint by Mercedes-Benz could make plugging in an EV a thing of the past.

This Week in Water for December 8, 2024

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The Legacy of the First Green President. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Headlines:

Jimmy Carter, the president who tried to save the Earth.

Biden seeks to cement his green legacy by blocking future oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

According to a new study, enjoying a cup of tea could mean taking in billions of pieces of microplastics with every sip.

Move over pumpkin spice. Pistachio could soon be all the rage in lattes—and water conservation.

This Week in Water for January 5, 2025

Solar Energy in 2025 – A Look Ahead

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -According to some estimates, BC would have to double its electrical output if everyone switched to electric vehicles by 2035. Others talk about blackouts and rolling brownouts if we don’t back renewables up with LNG or nuclear power. Clean Energy Canada has just released a report that claims this is not true, the province’s electricity grid can handle the increased demand from EVs, heat pumps and extreme weather events, while electricity trading keeps energy bills low.

“Over the last year or two, we've been seeing quite a bit of incorrect information on BC's electricity system.  It's being circulated and reiterated in the media. The purpose of this report was to do some myth busting and do some deep dives into the actual data to figure out what trends are actually happening,” explained Mark Zacharias, Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada. 

 “We went into three areas. The first one is looking at EVs and heat pumps. What they would do to the grid due to future demand and whether there is a need to go back and revisit government climate policies around EV sales mandates. The second one is there has been lots of commentary on how much power BC is importing from the US over the last year.  We wanted to  explore the balance between imports and exports and what's the value of the trading? The third one that we looked at was there are lots of commentators that talk about wind and solar as not being affordable and not being able to integrate into our grid because they're intermittent."

Busting Myths about BC's coming electrification

Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and author of seven books, including “No Miracles Needed,” talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about renewable energy development over the last 25 years as well as how and why carbon capture & storage is a scam.

Read more here: https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/19/we-need-to-keep-our-eye-on-the-ball-to-save-the-planet/

25 Years of Renewable Energy, & Carbon Capture & Storage is a Scam

Brian Nelson, ABB’s Renewables Segment Leader in the United States, sits down with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney to discuss the ins and outs of innovation accelerating the solar economy, the timeline for the next leap forward, and what it means for end-users, utilities, developers, and EPCs.

2000V: Solar Odyssey — How and why the industry is moving towards 2000V systems

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CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews cleantech leaders, top researchers, and investment experts in the fields of electric vehicles (EV), batteries and mining, solar energy, climate change, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.

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