World:
¶ “Wildlife Trust’s Call To Protect Hoverfly ‘Heroes” • Two NGOs said hoverflies are the second most significant pollinator after bees. They are also food for birds and help break down gardens’ organic matter. But with intensive agriculture, pesticides and climate change, their population has declined so badly that they are on its Red List of threatened species. [BBC]
Hoverfly (Bernd Dittrich, Unsplash)
¶ “Analysis Finds Renewables Rollout Making UK Electricity Supply ‘More British’” • The UK’s rollout of wind and solar power over the last decade made its electricity supply “more British”, with significantly less reliance on imported gas, analysis found. Last year, just under half of the UK electricity supply was fueled by imports, down from 65% in 2014. [MSN]
¶ “China’s Coal Generation Dropped 5% YOY In Q1 As Electricity Demand Increased” • China’s coal-fired electricity generation took an unexpectedly sharp turn downward in the first quarter of 2025. Coal generation fell by about 4.7% year over year, while the electricity demand actually went up by 1%. Complicating this is an explosive growth of solar PV. [CleanTechnica]
Shanghai (Freeman Zhou, Unsplash)
¶ “Inner Mongolia Is Acting As A Green Power Bank” • The Inner Mongolia autonomous region, a vast territory in northern China with immense renewable energy potential, is powering China’s green transition and setting an example for the rest of the world. Wang Lixia, chairwoman of Inner Mongolia, said renewables are being used for desertification control. [China Daily]
¶ “Spain Will Host A Concentrating Solar Power Plant To Make Jet Fuel From Sunlight” • The solar fuels movement is breathing new life into the field of concentrating solar. The latest example is the Swiss firm Synhelion, which is bringing its sunlight-to-fuel technology to Spain after a successful test run of its pilot facility in Jülich, Germany. [CleanTechnica]
Concentrating solar power plants (Courtesy of Synhelion)
¶ “Greenko Unveils $4.2 Billion Renewable Energy Plus Storage Project In Andhra Pradesh” • Greenko’s $4.2 billion renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh will be, on completion, the world’s largest integrated renewable energy project. It includes 4 GW of solar and 1 GW of wind capacity along with 1.68 GW, 10.08 GWh of pumped hydro. [pv magazine India]
¶ “ACWA Power’s 1-GW Wind Portfolio In Uzbekistan Reaches Full Commercial Operations” • ACWA Power announced that it began full commercial operation for its 1-GW wind portfolio in Uzbekistan. The company said the Bash and Dzhankeldy Wind projects, a joint venture with a Chinese company, finished the installation nearly two months early. [Asian Power]
Landscape in Uzbekistan (w0zny, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Trump Team Considering Neutral Zone Around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant” • The US, as part of discussions on ending the war in Ukraine, is considering the idea of creating a neutral zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Trump Administration proposes putting the area around the plant under US control. [MSN]
US:
¶ “Fifteen Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Lawsuits Stall, Restoration Is Incomplete” • Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing eleven and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt. [ABC News]
Deepwater Horizon (USCG, public domain)
¶ “At Rally For America, Climate Activists And Others Erase The Silence” • Many people who did not attend the Rally for America said they were afraid. They feared a confrontation with violent Trump supporters or being targeted personally by the Trump administration. They worried about devastating consequences for family members. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump Administration Affirms Biden-Era Clean Energy Grant For Dairyland Power” • The Trump administration has cut many grant programs created by his predecessor, but a Wisconsin power cooperative will maintain its Biden-era funding, which was awarded to help invest in renewable energy projects and transmission infrastructure. [WPR]
Have a pleasantly consequential day.
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