Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a bold and imaginative way.
— Read on newint.org/features/2022/08/08/temperature-check
huge debts, by autocrats, tied to projects for fossil fuel organised crime, cancel debts and deliver SDG finance
slow as…
Construction progress after 9 months, still so many big styrofoam blocks to be placed before concrete pouring.
Passive House Tour of Hempcrete Passive House
— Read on passivehouseaustralia.org/iCore/Events/Event_Display.aspx
Bass Coast Shire has entrusted design of COWES Cultural Centre to PassiveHouse practitioners. In contrast with highly respected CSIRO developed NABERS, building efficiency standard. Bass Coast Shire has entrusted design of COWES Cultural Centre to Passive House practitioners. In contrast with CSIRO developed NABERS, building efficiency standard.
PassiveHouse offers just one software product, last update 2015. There’s just a single PASS/FAIL rating, that energy consumption should be less than 15kWh/m2/year. This corresponds with 8 star in NABERS. In your climate, if low occupancy or occasional high, cost/benefit might be preferred at 7 star, or maybe critical required 9 star. With NABERS you can check capital cost for rating against annual energy cost.
Other than the software product, on PassiveHouse web site, there’s just one other product, per above, well established and respected Hempcrete. For COWES, outside cladding is concrete bricks. Some environmental cred is claimed with some of aggregate in bricks being recycled crushed glass. Energy balance is less than making new glass products. Compared with composite large, insulated, structural panels, installation time will obviously be much longer, assuming no problems with supply chain or availability of tall building brick layers.
As original design was discarded, cost was higher by 50% at $32Million. This building replaces what, before Kennet amalgamation, was Phillip Island town hall, shire offices, library and theatre all of which have been AWOL for a couple of years already. In 9th month of construction, on site they’re still placing big blocks of styrofoam for impending concrete pour(s). Completion is scheduled for 2023, plus or minus? It will be interesting to see how much blowout in final cost.
The first ENERCON wind energy converter has been installed with the Climbing Crane LCC140 prototype.
— Read on m.youtube.com/watch
In case you’re spooked by ever bigger wind turbines, with blades lifted by spindly construction cranes or even helicopters, here’s something new. To stack modules vertically for the tower and nacelle/alternator assembly and then attach blades, check this for a rugged alternative.
#Vestas V236-15.0 height 286 metres 
Check size of people inside one half of one blade. It takes more than 100 people to run a line of this size.
Is Federal Government still shouting free overseas university degrees for chaps aspiring as nuke experts? Or RAN submariners striving for expertise in nuke subs.
Why not quit pretending nukes for funds to start training teams for manufacture this class of turbine blade?
Contractor for Snowy 2.0 and Project EnergyConnect reveals liquidity problems with zero working capital, but denies dispute over costs and delays with Snowy Hydro.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/ludicrous-snowy-2-0-contractor-has-zero-working-capital-but-denies-dispute/
Believe it or not? Where the bloody hell is mastermind Morrison this time?
Snowy 2 in faraway nowhere, does it make any more sense across Australia than EU sourcing gas from Russia? Isn’t it extreme weather damage to long damage prone grid causing most problems?
Despite pledges to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, the world’s major economies moved to offset rising consumer energy prices in 2021 by nearly doubling consumer supports rather than investing in renewable energy.
— Read on www.theenergymix.com/2022/08/31/fossil-fuel-subsidies-to-consumers-nearly-doubled-in-2021/
How sickening is this, especially our ex-Finance minister now at OECD? Just imagine, if COALition had not cut excise on petrol, even without sensible tail pipe emission regulation, we could now be saving, with less consumption, cleaner exhaust, better performance cars.
June 2022 quarter found black coal-fired generation at its lowest second-quarter output since the NEM commenced in 1998, driven by outages, bidding changes and fuel supply constraints.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/solar-squeezes-out-coal-to-set-new-record-low-for-demand-on-national-grid/
June 2022 quarter found second-quarter coal-fired generation at its lowest Q2 output since NEM start 1998, driven by outages, bidding changes and fuel supply constraints.
On-demand public transit can rival car ownership in convenience, while cutting emissions and cost, and simultaneously encouraging a mode shift towards public transport.
— Read on theconversation.com/electric-on-demand-public-transport-is-making-a-difference-in-auckland-now-it-needs-to-roll-out-further-189438
How cool is this? Let’s do it in regional towns too.
Snowy Hydro’s owner and its contractor have both said Snowy 2.0 is delayed, but the market operator has not been told. Turns out it won’t make much of a difference.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/market-operator-not-told-of-snowy-2-0-delays-but-it-wont-be-missed-much/
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