Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 23, 2021
Inside this issue
Trade-offs. All Energy sources have trade-offs that we collectively do not understand yet. Oil can spill threatening the environment around it. Wind turbines and blades are placed in land fills. Battery technology increases rare earth mineral mining.
☀️ A Dark Side to Solar?
🏭 Refiners Shut in Capacity.
☁️ Permian Emissions Study with Data
🌏 Toyota Ventures Ready to Deploy $500mm
Articles in this issue
The Dark Side of Solar
hbr.org
Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news for the environment. Unfortunately there’s a catch. The replacement...
Mixed Outlook for Refiners in US and China
tanktransport.com
Permanent refining capacity closures expected for 2020-2021 have risen to about 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) as the COVID-19 pandemi...
Permian Basin Methane Emission Study
data.permianmap.org
An Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Methane Emission Study
Toyota Ventures
techcrunch.com
Clean, emerging technology from the company that brought us the Camry, Land Cruiser, and Supra.