The floating solar panels that track the Sun.

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Indonesia has sealed a $20 billion deal with G7 to speed up its clean energy transition.

Indonesia has struck a historic deal with the G7 group of industrialized countries on a $20 billion financing package to help it speed up its transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) will see the G7 plus Denmark and Norway deliver the funding to Indonesia over the next three to five years. 

The funding will go toward developing renewable energy, such as solar and geothermal, and phasing out fossil fuels, including shutting down coal-fired power plants, which currently account for the majority of Indonesia’s energy mix.

Meme Of The Week.

The floating solar panels that track the Sun.

A new solar power farm prototype bobbing atop the waters of a large lake in the southwest Netherlands is stalking the sun’s movements to make the most out of its energy capabilities.

A company called SolarisFloats artificial island—dubbed Proteus after the Greek sea god—is a 38-meter-wide circular system comprised of 180 interconnected modular panels that not only produces around 70 kilowatts of peak power (kWp), but makes the most of its position by slowly following the sun’s trajectory as it arcs across the sky.

Much like flowers shifting position as the day progresses, Proteus’ onboard technology allows its double-sided panels to turn in tandem with the sun’s movement in order to consistently generate as much solar power as possible. Because of this, SolarisFloat estimates Proteus can generate as much as 40 percent more energy than nonmoving arrays on land.

 Quick & Clean Weekly Bites.

• The humble egg could prove an unlikely ally in the battle against plastic pollution, scientists at Princeton University have found. According to the new research, egg whites can remove salt and microplastics from seawater with 98 percent and 99 percent efficiency respectively. Link.

• European Union negotiators have struck a deal for binding emissions reduction targets for sectors including road transport, agriculture, buildings, and waste. These stricter targets increase the emissions reduction each nation is committed to in the coming years. Link.

• The U.N. are going to funnel €3.1 billion into building early warning systems against climate disasters for everyone on earth. The initiative could potentially avert mass death and destruction in the developing world. Link.