World:
¶ “EVs At 18.5% Share In Germany – Backsliding On Transition” • May saw plugin EVs at 18.5% share in Germany, down from 22.9% in May 2023, after the unexpected incentive abandonment in late December. Battery EVs were down 31% in YOY volume, while Plugin Hybrids were up 2%. The best selling battery EV in May was the Volkswagen ID.3. [CleanTechnica]
Volkswagen ID.3 (Alexander-93, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Company Car Electrification Lagging Behind Private Market For Third Year In A Row” • Company cars drive twice as far as private vehicles, so they account for 74% of all new car emissions. But for the third year in a row, companies are falling behind in the conversion, despite having the financial resources to make the switch to EVs. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The Climate Backlash Is Here As European Voters Reject Green Policies” • The EU has been a strong supporter for the climate policies agreed to in Paris in 2015, but the voters, particularly those in France and Germany, voted for candidates who are authoritarian and mostly opposed to the climate policies of the past. [CleanTechnica]
Makeup of European Parliament (European Parliament)
¶ “G7 Countries Face Challenges In Achieving 2035 Net Zero Grids” • According to the G7 Power Systems Scorecard, crafted by the climate think tank E3G, all G7 nations but Japan are taking major steps towards ending coal use by 2030. The report finds, however, that no country has clear policies and targets to phase out unabated use of gas. [Energy Live News]
¶ “Consenting Begins For 2-GW Scottish Pair” • Thistle Wind Partners has kicked off the consenting process for the combined 2-GW Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms off the coast of Scotland. Ayre is a planned 1-GW floater off the coast of Orkney, while the 1-GW Bowdun will be a fixed foundation wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen. [reNews]
Wind turbine (ABPmer, ABP)
¶ “Liberal Democrats Unveil Plan To Cut Energy Bills” • The Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto, emphasising the urgency of addressing climate change and reducing energy bills. The party describes climate change as an existential threat, citing rising temperatures, wildfires, floods, droughts, and sea levels affecting millions globally. [Energy Live News]
¶ “CEC Calls For New Policies To Support Increased Uptake Of Rooftop Solar, Home Batteries” • The Clean Energy Council is calling for a unified national strategy to “supercharge” the uptake of consumer energy resources including rooftop solar and home batteries in Australia, saying such a move would save more than $22 billion by 2050. [pv magazine Australia]
Solar installation (CEC image)
¶ “Dutton’s Nuclear Plan Wouldn’t Even Meet Net Zero By 2050 Target, Report Finds” • The federal Coalition’s nuclear energy proposal would not just result in the tearing up of Australia’s commitment to the Paris climate treaty, it wouldn’t even be able to deliver net zero emissions on Australia’s main electricity grid by 2050, a report found. [RenewEconomy]
US:
¶ “US Department of Energy Announces National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building” • The US DOE last week announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector, which is responsible for more than one-third of total US greenhouse gas emissions. [CleanTechnica]
Installation of secondary glazing (Al Hicks, NREL)
¶ “The Most Recent EV Cost Of Ownership Analyses Are Very Appealing” • Vincentric provides the automotive industry with cost of ownership data. Its EV Cost of Ownership Analysis for 2024 found that 20 of 41 (49%) EVs studied had a lower total cost of ownership over five years than their internal combustion engine counterparts. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Maui Kūihelani Solar-Plus-Storage Has Begun Generating Electricity” • AES Hawaiʻi commenced operations on Hawaii’s largest solar facility – Kūihelani Solar-plus-Storage on Maui – a project generating enough power for 27,000 homes at 8¢/kWh, the lowest renewable energy cost in the state, according to a company announcement. [Maui Now]
Kuihelani Solar-plus-Storage facility (AES Hawaiʻi image)
¶ “Offshore Wind Staging Site Breaks Ground In Brooklyn” • Equinor broke ground on construction at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, kicking off the revitalization of the venerable port facility into a hub for offshore wind on the East Coast and a critical contributor to New York’s ambitious renewable energy plans. [Windpower Engineering & Development]
¶ “Massive Solar Farm With 80 MWh Of Storage Goes Online In Lone Star State” • West of San Antonio, Texas, a 208-MW solar farm has come online, an article published in Electrek says. The facility has 80 MWh of storage and can power 41,600 homes. The Zier solar facility is Cypress Creek Renewable’s largest solar project to date. [The Cool Down]
Solar farm (Cypress Creek Renewables)
¶ “Wyoming Breaks Ground On Bill Gates’ Next-Gen Nuclear Facility” • TerraPower began construction on what is positioned to become America’s first next-generation nuclear power facility, in Kemmerer, Wyoming. It is called the world’s most advanced nuclear facility. The new facility is next to a coal-burning power plant that will switch to gas in 2026. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Nuclear Power Is ‘Overblown’ As An Energy Source For Data Centers, Power Company CEO Says” • The euphoria over nuclear energy as a power source for data centers is “overblown,” the CEO of a major power provider for large tech companies told CNBC in an interview. AES Corporation CEO Andrés Gluski said renewable energy is the future. [CNBC]
Have a expressly beautiful day.
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