World:
¶ “Diggers Move In To Create New Wetland” • Diggers are at work to turn 25 hectares (62 acres) of land into a wetland habitat in Cambridgeshire. The wetland will be at the Great Fen nature reserve, as part of The Great Fen project. Eventually, channels will fill with water and help turn former arable fields into reedbeds, grassland, and ponds. [BBC]
Bog (Maksim Shutov, Unsplash)
¶ “Global EV Sales Were 1.2 Million Units in February, Up 49% Year Over Year” • Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 49% YOY in February 2025, with 1.2 million registrations. More good news is that battery EVs pulled further ahead of plugin hybrids, growing 58% YOY to 814,000 units compared to plugin hybrids growing 35% to 403,000 units. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD Commercial Truck Sales Up 1169%!” • While the BYD passenger electric vehicle sales are growing strongly, the non-bus commercial vehicles is where BYD is really shining. There was a short surge a few months ago, as you get with large vehicles like this. But then it held steady, and held steady, and even then rose significantly in March! [CleanTechnica]
BYD electric truck at work (BYD image)
¶ “Trump Tariffs Will Have A ‘Far Reaching’ Impact” • The renewables industry is counting the cost of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs amid warnings that the dispute will impact the renewables supply chain across Europe. One of the UK’s leading manufacturing trade organizations said the tariffs will have a “devastating” impact on manufacturing. [reNews]
¶ “Boskalis Completes Scour Job For EA3” • Boskalis completed a major job in the North Sea for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm. Rockpiper, the company’s subsea rock installation vessel, finished a key phase of work to support the development of the wind farm for ScottishPower Renewables, installing 95 rock berms for scour protection. [reNews]
Rockpiper (Boskalis via LinkedIn)
¶ “PPC Unveils 3-GW Renewables Ambition For Greece” • PPC Group presented a €5.75 billion plan to convert former lignite sites in Western Macedonia into a green energy and technology hub for Greece and south-eastern Europe. The investment plan includes installing over 3000 MW of renewables capacity and 860 MW of storage capacity. [reNews]
¶ “Mid-2025 Start Date Set For The Orana REZ Transmission Project” • Transmission line infrastructure critical to connecting solar and wind farms in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone will begin construction in mid-2025 after the New South Wales government awarded the proponent, ACEREZ the project contract. [pv magazine Australia]
Transmission system (EnergyCo image)
¶ “RWE And Norges Bank Join Forces For Nordseecluster And Thor Offshore Wind Projects” • RWE signed an agreement with Norges Bank Investment Management to partner on the Thor and Nordseecluster offshore wind projects, which are currently under construction. NBIM will acquire a 49% stake in the two projects. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
US:
¶ “Tesla Deliveries Drop 13% Amid Backlash Against CEO Elon Musk” • Tesla reported that it produced over 362,000 vehicles and delivered over 336,000 in the first quarter of 2025. That performance marked a decline compared to the same period one year ago, when Tesla produced over 433,000 cars and delivered about 387,000. [ABC News]
Elon Musk in the Oval Office (The White House, public domain)
¶ “Americans Pay More For Clean Tech, Fossil Fuel Firms Catch Tariff Shrapnel” • In a flourish of flags and self-congratulation, the Trump campaign rolled out “reciprocal tariffs,” promising to match those of other countries. In theory, it’s about fairness. In practice, it’s a blunt-force instrument that clobbered American businesses and people. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Volvo Spots Big Opportunity For Electric Trucks As Tesla Semi Lags” • In another sign of trouble looming for Tesla’s Semi sales, Volvo Trucks introduced its Volvo on Demand “Truck-as-a-Service” plan to the US. The subscription-based arrangement is aimed at accelerating uptake of electric trucks by zeroing out up-front capital costs. [CleanTechnica]
Volvo Trucks electric truck (Volvo North America image)
¶ “The Economic Benefits Of Renewables That Donald Trump Is Ignoring” • Big Oil spent an extraordinary amount, $445 million, in the last election cycle to influence Trump and the Congress, according to advocacy group Climate Power. But air pollution, global warming, and energy insecurity are major problems for the world, and we will pay their costs. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Habitat Optimizes 200-MW US BESS” • Habitat Energy and Plenitude, an Eni business, partnered to optimize the 200-MW, 200-MWh Guajillo battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas. Sitted alongside Plenitude’s Corazon solar farm, the BESS will be one of the largest in the ERCOT South power market when it is commissioned in mid-2025. [reNews]
Work on a Texas solar farm (US DOE, public domain)
¶ “Governor Jared Polis Pushing Last-Minute Bill To Accelerate Colorado’s Shift To Renewable Energy” • Since his first run for governor, Governor Jared Polis has pledged to put Colorado on a path to 100% clean electricity by 2040, a decade sooner than currently required. His administration is pushing a bill to fulfill the campaign promise. [Colorado Public Radio]
¶ “Lawmakers Call For The Expansion Of Nuclear Power In Illinois” • Illinois Senate Republicans introduced Senate Bill 1527 to allow an expansion of nuclear power beyond small modular reactors. The measure removes provisions prohibiting building new nuclear power reactors with nameplate capacities of ovefr 300 MW of power. [The Center Square]
Have a charmingly enthusiastic day.
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