9:00 PM UPDATEâ¦
The sky is partly to mostly cloudy at this hour. There is no rain in the state. The temperature range is incredible! The cool spots are Groton, Chester, Norwich, and Plainfield where the current temperature is 46 degrees. Meanwhile, the temperature in Danbury is 64 degrees! It is 52 in New Haven, 52 in Waterbury, and 54 in Hartford. It is all about the wind. Danbury has a south-southwesterly breeze at 6 mph. This is keeping the sea breeze from reaching far Western Connecticut. Meanwhile, the sea breeze has really knocked temperatures down across most of the state this evening.
Showers will develop toward morning, and roads will be wet in many parts of the state for the morning commute.
Fierce winds fan months-old embers from California wildfire, prompting safety blackouts SANTA CRUZ, Calif. Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Months-old embers from a deadly California fire were blown back to life Tuesday by powerful winds that raked the state and prompted safety blackouts to tens of thousands of people.
Firefighters chased wind-driven blazes up and down the state, trees and trucks were toppled, Yosemite National Park was forced to close and two coronavirus vaccination centres were shut down.
Last year proved to be a record year for European wind energy production.
Wind power accounted for 15% of total electricity generation in Europe in 2020. According to a new report from EnAppSys, last year saw the wind energy sector’s highest ever contribution to Europe’s power mix.
A total of 429 terrawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity was generated by wind farms last year, out of a total of 2727TWh across Europe. This is up 4% on 2019.
Renewables delivered 41% of Europe’s power last year. Nuclear accounted for 25% and fossil-fuels made up 33%.
Total clean energy output was 1116TWh, up 8% on 2019’s 1035TWh.
Hydro
Hydro remains the largest renewable generator, contributing 477TWh or 43% of clean energy generation, followed by wind (36%), solar (11%) and biomass (8%). 1% was generated from waste.