World:
¶ “East Midlands To Get EV Charge Funding” • Over £40 million in funding has been distributed to thirteen Midlands councils to install thousands of EV charging points. Midlands Connect said the funding came on top of £2.3 billion to help people make a switch to EVs before the 2035 ban on buying new diesel and petrol vehicles. [BBC]
Charging an EV (Ernest Ojeh, Unsplash)
¶ “UK Homes Install Subsidized Heat Pumps At Record Level” • The number of UK homes installing heat pumps supported by government incentives set a record in 2024. Data showed 52% more of the low-carbon heating systems were installed than in 2023. Experts said part of the rise was due to an increase in the grant offered to get people to switch from gas. [BBC]
¶ “Tesla Is Offering 0% Financing on Model 3, 1.99% Financing on Cybertruck, $1,100 Subsidy in China ” • Tesla is offering new incentives on the Cybertruck. Tesla has started advertising 0% APR on the Model 3 on its US website, implying it is having a harder time moving the Model 3 than the Model Y. And there are new incentives in China. [CleanTechnica]
Cybertruck (Phillip Pessar, CC-BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
¶ “Tesla Sales Crash Hard in Oz” • Tesla sales are dropping in China, in Europe, and in the US. Now we have Australian data, and it shows Tesla crashing hard there. Reportedly, Tesla sales dropped 72% in Australia last month. Whatever the reason, it appears we should see it in markets around the world, as they all seem to be trending together. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Volvo Cars CEO Torches EU Plan To Delay Automaker CO₂ Emissions Requirements” • CleanTechnica has published articles about the EU’s move to delay CO₂ emissions requirements, seeing it as a weak, harmful, unnecessary move. Now the CEO of Volvo Cars, Jim Rowan, has come out and torched the EU over this as well. [CleanTechnica]
Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan (Courtesy of Volvo Cars)
¶ “Developers Consult On 3.6-GW Ossian Connection” • The developers of the 3600-MW Ossian floating wind farm will hold a consultation on the transmission system that is to connect the project to the National Grid. SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corp, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are developing the project off the east coast of Scotland. [reNews]
¶ “UK And Ireland To Boost Offshore Wind Ties” • The UK and Ireland will work more closely together to enable sub-sea energy infrastructure to maximize offshore wind potential in the Irish and Celtic seas. The UK and Irish governments will set up the system for commercial developers to increase offshore energy by cutting red tape for them. [reNews]
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Number 10 Downing)
¶ “Ocean Winds Nets Key Permit For 1.1-GW Hanbando” • Ocean Winds secured a key permit for its 1125-MW Hanbando offshore wind project in South Korea. The Electricity Business Licence was granted by the Electricity Regulatory Commission. The EBL grants the project exclusive development rights over the ocean space and reserves the interconnection. [reNews]
¶ “Canberra Select Committee’s Interim Report Not Rushing To Nuclear Energy” • The evidence they’ve heard so far indicates nuclear energy wouldn’t be available until well into the 2040s and so would be too late to meaningfully support achieving Australia’s climate and energy targets or to help in a transition away from coal power. [Fremantle Shipping News]
Parliament House (Social Estate, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “National Analysis Finds Butterflies Are Disappearing At A ‘Catastrophic’ Rate” • America’s butterflies are disappearing due to insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss. Their number is down 22% since 2000, a study in the journal Science found. The number in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.3% per year since the turn of the century. [ABC News]
¶ “Corning Blows A Huge Solar Energy Raspberry At ‘American Energy Dominance'” • Add Corning Incorporated to the growing list of US companies moving forward with renewable energy ventures regardless of President Trump’s desire to assist fossil energy stakeholders. Corning is making a big move into making solar panels. [CleanTechnica]
Solar PV system (Courtesy of Hemlock Semiconductor)
¶ “Trump Assault On NEPA Will Sow Chaos And Is Doomed To Fail” • One of the latest actions by the Ogre of the Offal Office is to try to shortcut US environmental laws, especially aiming at the National Environmental Policy Act. It’s likely cause confusion and chaos, even slowing permitting large oil and gas projects, according to Oil & Gas Watch. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Apple Legend Woz Says Tech Companies Are Too Big And Too Political” • Speaking at a tech conference in Barcelona this week, Apple legend Steve Wozniak commented on the tech industry of today. Tech companies have become too big, they are getting too political, and they are increasingly controlling our individual lives. [CleanTechnica]
Steve Wozniak (Nichollas Harrison, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Congress Hears Warnings That Cutting Renewable Energy Incentives Could Drive Up Costs” • Energy experts told congress that rolling back Biden-era tax credits for renewables could slow grid expansion, raise electricity costs, and make it harder to meet surging energy demand, which is rising fast as such customers as data centers come online. [The Daily Climate]
¶ “A Fossil Fuel May Be Rebranded ‘Renewable Energy’ Under Proposed Tennessee Law” • Tennessee may become the first state to legally define gas as “renewable energy.” State law now defines natural gas, a fossil fuel, as “clean energy.” But a proposed state bill would expand the definition to state that gas is “renewable,” “clean,” and “green.” [WPLN News]
Have a neatly nifty day.
geoharvey 
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