World:
¶ “Military Aircraft Evacuates Residents From Fast-Moving Canada Fire” • Military aircraft and helicopters are being used to evacuate residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba from fast-moving wildfires. Thousands have already evacuated western Canada, particularly the central prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. [BBC]
Wildfire (Caleb Cook, Unsplash)
¶ “Changan Solid State Battery Will Unlock Up To 1500 Km Of Range” • According to CnEVPost, Chinese automaker Changan claims it has developed a solid-state battery that will allow electric cars to travel up to 1500 kilometers without needing to be recharged. That’s 932 miles for those of you who have never used the metric system. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “It Appears Chevrolet Will Stop Selling Cars In China” • The Chinese auto market is innovating and evolving super fast. You have to be hyper-innovative in the EV sector specifically if you want to see increasing sales. And if you are not doing much in the EV sector, well, good luck and most likely RIP. GM, like some other legacy brands, hasn’t done well. [CleanTechnica]
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV 3LT (Courtesy of GM)
¶ “TotalEnergies, RGE Unite For Major Solar-BESS Project” • TotalEnergies and Singapore’s RGE joined forces to develop a solar and storage project in Indonesia. The Singapore Energy Market Authority granted a conditional licence to their joint venture Singa Renewables to import from Indonesia 1 GW of renewable electricity. [reNews]
¶ “Enviromena Given Go-Ahead For PV-And-BESS Project” • Independent power producer Enviromena was given a green light to build a solar farm and battery energy storage system in County Durham. The solar project, with a capacity of 49.9 MW, will be capable of providing enough clean energy to meet annual power needs for nearly 26,000 homes. [reNews]
Enviromena renewable energy (Enviromena image)
¶ “India, A Major User Of Coal, Is Making Large Gains In Clean Energy Adoption” • Most of the electricity in India, the world’s most populous nation, still comes from coal, one of the dirtiest forms of energy. But coal’s dominance is dropping, going from 60% of installed power capacity 11 years ago to less than 50% now, according to India’s power ministry. [MSN]
¶ “India’s Renewable Energy Rose 47% In Utility Solar” • India’s renewable energy sector made major strides in Q1 of 2025. Utility-scale solar dominated new installations between January and March, contributing about 5.93 GW of added capacity, a 12.2% rise compared to the previous quarter. Wind power also rebounded, adding 1.87 GW of capacity. [MSN]
Indian solar plant (Sarvajanik Puralekh, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “UN Nuclear Watchdog Reports On Iran’s Growing Uranium Stockpile Amid Talks With US” • Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog revealed. It urges Tehran to change course and cooperate with ongoing investigations. [The Indian Express]
US:
¶ “The State Of The Food We Consume” • Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is in the hands of the Senate. Some of the House measures within those 1,000 pages will look different, but three food and agricultural provisions that will affect the state of the food we eat are expected to stay. Together, they mean less food for hungry children and less money for farmers. [CleanTechnica]
Mexican grocery produce (Ryan Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Woman Sues Oil Companies Over Her Mother’s Death” • Julie Leon, age 65, was found unresponsive in her car in Seattle in 2021. She died of heat later that day. This week, her daughter, Misti Leon, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Superior Court for King County in the State of Washington. The suit seeks to hold a number of oil companies responsible. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Empire Wind Farm Gets Assist From ‘Heerema’s Workhorse'” • A 1980s-era semisubmersible crane vessel known as “Heerema’s Workhorse” steamed its way over to Rhode Island last week to gear up for its next assignment, building the 810-MW Empire Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Island. It shows Empire is back in business. [CleanTechnica]
Semi-submersible crane vessel Thliaf (courtesy of Heerema)
¶ “Ahead Of Hurricane Season, Dominion Energy Expands Its Underground Power Line Initiative” • Hurricane season begins on June 1, but Dominion Energy says it works year-round to keep storm-related power outages in Virginia to a minimum. It is moving power lines underground, where they are shielded from wind, rain, and falling trees. [WRIC ABC 8News]
¶ “State Leaders Reveal New Plan To Revive Wasted Land Hiding In Plain Sight” • As Michigan state searches for suitable sites to develop new solar projects on, policy advocates suggest turning contaminated brownfields, abandoned or underused industrial sites, into locations for producing clean, renewable energy, Inside Climate News reported. [The Cool Down]
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