World:
¶ “VinFast Announces VF 5 Pricing And Opens Reservations in the Philippines” • VF Philippines introduced a range of EVs to the Filipino market, including its VF e34, VF 5, VF 7, and VF 9 models. The VF 5 is available in a P992,000 (approximately $17,170) variant with that comes with VinFast’s unique battery subscription plan. [CleanTechnica]
Vinfast VF 5 (Photo from VinFast Auto Philippines)
¶ “Ampersand Scales Nairobi Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Capacity To Meet the Growing Demand For Electric Motorcycles in Kenya” • Ampersand, one of Africa’s leading EV and energy tech companies, has just announced the opening of a new, larger manufacturing facility in Nairobi, tripling the capacity of the company’s production in Kenya. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tesla Reaches 60,000 Superchargers” • Tesla gave us the notable update that it has installed its 60,000th Supercharger globally. Japan is really not a major market for Tesla, but it brought in the special occasion with its 600th Supercharger stall. The 60,000th Supercharger stall is also the location of Tesla’s first V4 Supercharger in Japan. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla’s 60,000 install
¶ “Meeting 2030 Renewable Energy Target May Push India’s Solar Equipment Imports To $30 Billion Per Year” • India’s target of installing 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030 may push solar equipment import bill to about $30 billion per year and increase dependence on Chinese goods, think tank GTRI said in a report. [NewsDrum]
¶ “Alberta Under Fire From Environmentalists For Restrictions On Renewable Energy” • The Alberta government is wary of major new wind and solar energy developments due to their potential impact on the environment. But critics say that the government is restricting green energy growth to focus on the continued production of oil and gas. [OilPrice.com]
Alberta wind farm (Mahesh Gupta, Unsplash)
¶ “Adopt Solar Panel, Power Amnesty Schemes: KPDCL Tells Consumers” • Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited has once again urged its domestic consumers to adopt the Grid-connected Roof-Top Solar plants under a heavily-subsidized scheme launched by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy earlier this year. [The Kashmir Horizon]
¶ “Huge Renewable Energy Project In Cardiff approved” • A huge renewable energy project that will add to east Cardiff’s industrial skyline will go ahead despite concerns over habitat loss. The energy park and data center development proposed for the old motocross track off Rover Way in Tremorfa will have a 1,000-MW battery storage capacity. [Herald.Wales]
Rendering of the energy park (Marshall Architects)
¶ “Millions In Cuba Are Still Without Power As A Major Outage Persists” • Millions of Cubans remain without electricity because of an outage at one of the island’s main power plants. Reports are that a malfunction Friday at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas left most of Cuba in the dark. In some areas, electricity is being restored. [Anadolu Ajansı]
¶ “Greens Adopt Resolution Against New Nuclear Power Plants” • At their delegates’ meeting in Herisau, Switzerland, the Greens unanimously adopted a resolution against the construction of new nuclear power plants in the country. “It is absolutely clear to us: the time of nuclear power plants is over,” the party wrote on Platform X. [blue News]
Nuclear Protestors in 2010 (Jakob Huber, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
US:
¶ “Some NC Nursing Homes Still Without Water, Three Weeks After Hurricane Helene” • More than three weeks ago, Hurricane Helene knocked out the power and running water at the Brooks-Howell Home in Asheville, North Carolina. Today it, and others living around it, still do not have regular access to safe, running water for their daily activities. [ABC News]
¶ “Desperate Trouble In The US May Force Volkswagen To Rethink Scout Brand” • Volkswagen planned to produce 100,000 ID.4 SUVs annually in the US. But in the first three quarters of this year, it has sold only 16,400 of the cars. To make matters worse, there have been repeated recalls due to technical defects. But from there, it gets worse. [CleanTechnica]
Volkswagen ID.4 (Volkswagen image)
¶ “Clean Energy Jobs Grew Four Times Faster Than Regular Jobs In The Midwest” • In 2023, there were 761,051 jobs in clean energy and clean vehicle sectors in the twelve Midwestern states, combined. The number tops pre-COVID-19 records, according to the annual report “Clean Jobs Midwest.” In 2019, there were just over 739,000 clean energy jobs. [Daily Reporter]
¶ “Trump’s Campaign Leans On Climate Change Denial: Six Misleading Claims Debunked” • While Kamala Harris repeatedly refers to climate change as a “crisis,” Donald Trump pushes back against the existence of climate change and promotes climate science misinformation, including claims previously debunked by fact-checkers. [USA Today]
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