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World:

¶ “Global Sea Level Rose Faster Than Expected In 2024, NASA Analysis Says” • Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 inches in 2024, satellite records show, compared to the predicted 0.17 inches expected for the year. [ABC News]

Pacific Ocean (NASA image)

¶ “Tesla Developing Lower Priced Model Y In China, ‘Market Response To Tesla’s Latest Model Y Is Not Optimistic'” • China is the first country to get the new Model Y. We can look there for some clues on how things are going. One clue suggests that demand for the Tesla Model Y isn’t great: Tesla is working on a low-priced version. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “France Prepares For 4ºC By 2100” • While Chris Wright, the US energy secretary, is telling people that global heating doesn’t even make his Top Ten list of things to worry about, but France unveiled a climate adaptation plan based on the assumption that that the average temperature of the Earth will spike by as much as 4° C by 2100. [CleanTechnica]

Arc de Triomphe (Rodrigo Kugnharski, Unsplash)

¶ “RWE To Build 600 MW Of Battery Parks” • RWE is to build three battery parks in Germany with a total installed capacity of around 600 MW. The new battery energy storage systems will be built on the site of the Westfalen power plant in Hamm. RWE has invested a multi-million euro sum to build the battery sites, which will store 1.2 GWh. [reNews]

¶ “First Foundations Arrive For 1.6-GW Nordseecluster” • RWE received the first foundations for the 1600-MW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The eight foundations have arrived and been offloaded in the Dutch base port Eemshaven. They are around 85 meters long on average and weigh about 1500 tonnes each. [reNews]

Foundations arriving (RWE image)

¶ “Goldwind Bags 242-MW Turbine Order” • Goldwind is to supply 242 MW of turbines for Red Rocket’s Overberg Wind Farm project in South Africa. As part of the deal, Goldwind will supply the wind farm with 39 units of its 6.2-MW medium-speed permanent magnet turbines. When it is finised, the wind farm will have a capacity of 380 MW. [reNews]

US:

¶ “Community Solar Gets Thumbs-Up From Global Investors” • Community solar started off slowly when the cost of solar energy was high. But costs are down, and community solar spread from individuals to include commercial and industrial stakeholders. The global investment community noticed the opportunity in the US energy transition. [CleanTechnica]

Community solar (Courtesy of Catalyze via businesswire.com)

¶ “Tesla Says Trump’s Tariffs May Have A Harmful Impact On Its Company And Other Automakers” • What a difference a day makes. Tesla now says that Trump’s tariffs are bad for business. How can this public statement make any sense at all, with the company’s CEO leading the federal dismemberment? Here is a look at illogical events. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Two-Tiered Resistance Hits Tesla” • Recent news from a Tesla retail and service location in Oregon is shocking. Not only are there protests, but bullets are flying. Literally. Pro-Elon people may tell us that Tesla is facing a violent intimidation campaign by evil leftists, but most people protesting against Elon Musk have nothing to do with violence. [CleanTechnica]

Sign at a protest (DanielGoldhorn, CC-BY-SA 4.0)

¶ “More Members Of Congress Join A Call To Defend Clean Energy Tax Credits” • Some 21 Republican congressmen and women released a letter requesting that the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits be preserved. They are supporting a comprehensive energy approach, including traditional and renewable energy sources. [Environment America]

¶ “Trump Plans To Shut Down A Climate Research Facility That Tracks Emissions” • The Trump administration plans to cancel its lease for a government laboratory in Hilo, Hawaii, crucial for tracking rising greenhouse gas levels. The Global Monitoring Laboratory helps maintain the Mauna Loa Observatory, a key site for monitoring CO₂ levels. [Ground Report]

Mauna Loa Observatory (Susan Cobb, NOAA)

¶ “Massachusetts Company’s Program To Fund Community Solar Projects” • With the federal dollars for renewable energy slowing, or stopping altogether, Solstice, a company based in Cambridge, is looking to provide funding for community solar projects in underserved areas through a new renewable energy credit program. [Commonwealth Beacon]

¶ “Northern North Dakota Farmers Push Back On A Bill That Would Allow Study Of Nuclear Waste” • The legislative push to build nuclear power plants in North Dakota could run up against perennial problems – the US lacks a long-term solution for the storage of nuclear waste, and proposals to permit them have been controversial. [The Bismarck Tribune]

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