Climate Letter #474

New research enforces a gloomy outlook for California.  “Scientists at the conference presented new evidence that there is a 95 percent chance that global warming greatly increased the likelihood of the high-pressure ridge that stubbornly blocked precipitation from reaching landfall in California, largely causing the drought conditions that have persisted for four years.”  This is likely to continue, interrupted at times by heavy flooding.  There are other problematic conditions in the story that are also associated with global warming.

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The Canadian tar sands business is in real trouble.  Besides the low oil price the mines are running out of water.  The resulting slowdown is bad for the economy, but environmentalists are cheering.
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An upbeat look at changes now taking place in China.  Declining coal consumption is the highlight, but there is much more going on at the policy level.
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A utility in Chile will use solar energy as its baseload in a major new facility.  It plans to generate power 24 hours a day by using molten salt to store extra amounts of heat produced during sunlight hours.  The entire plan represents some resourceful engineering work.
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An Australian company is ready to market its unique zinc bromide flow battery.  It will be competitive with Tesla’s Powerwall for households and small businesses.  This type of battery has some interesting capabilities that others lack.
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Flexible pricing for electric power consumption, based on time of day usage.  Big changes are on the way, as explained here.  It will help the utilities become more efficient and should also help to motivate more rooftop solar installations on homes and businesses.
Carl

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