May 17 Energy News
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¶ Leclanché SA has launched a modular, lithium-ion electric ferry battery system onto the market. The new system, dubbed the Leclanché Marine Rack System, will be launched with an electric ferry in Denmark later this year. It will travel a route between the island Ærø and the Danish mainland, powered by a 4.3-MWh battery-pack. [CleanTechnica]
Electric ferry
¶ New studies find methane emissions from British Columbia and Alberta are drastically under-reported. According to the David Suzuki Foundation, “Methane is responsible for 25% of already observed changes to Earth’s climate.” The primary component of natural gas, it has “a radiative forcing greater than 30 times that of CO2.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ Scotland’s most senior judge has reversed a decision to halt construction of four giant offshore wind farms in the Forth and Tay, which could power 1.4 million homes and create thousands of jobs. Construction of the…
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