World:
¶ “Greenhouse Gases Cut By Almost Half Since 1990” • Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 48% between 1990 and 2023, a report shows. The States’ data said the island emitted 357,626 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2023, compared with almost 700,000 in 1990. The government’s Carbon Neutral Roadmap aims to make Jersey net zero by 2050. [BBC]
Jersey (Henry Barnes, Unsplash)
¶ “NIO Expands Into Seven More European Markets” • Smart EV company NIO is expanding its European rollout, entering seven more markets in 2025 and 2026, offering users an innovative, sustainable, and premium mobility experience. NIO will keep building its established direct-to-consumer business and service network in key regions. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Fortescue Determined to Decarbonise International Shipping” • Fortescue is on a mission to achieve “Real Zero” under the able leadership of Dr Andrew Forrest. As such, it needs to reduce not just the carbon emissions in its mining operations in Pilbara, Western Australia, but also in shipping that iron ore, about 200 million metric tons of it. [CleanTechnica]
Dual-fuel Green Pioneer (Fortescue image)
¶ “Preliminary Data Shows Tesla Sales In Europe Continued To Fall In May ” • Automobile sales figures from Europe are starting to appear and they show that sales of Tesla EVs in May continued their dramatic decline in all but one country. Reuters reports that Tesla sales in May were down 53.7%, year over year. EV sales were up about 25% overall in May. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Norges, RWE Complete Offshore Wind Tie Up” • Norges Bank Investment Management acquired a 49% stake in RWE’s 1.6-GW Nordseecluster and 1.1-GW Thor offshore wind projects. RWE will retain a 51% share and remain responsible for construction and operation of both projects. The transaction is valued at around €1.4 billion. [reNews]
Tower sections on a ship (RWE image)
¶ “Climate Change Added Thirty Days of Extreme Heat For Over 4 Billion People Since Last Year” • Anthropogenic climate change added thirty days of extreme heat for over four billion people last year, worldwide, a report found. The report is a joint effort by the World Weather Attribution, Climate Central and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center. [EcoWatch]
¶ “Acciona Commissions 280-MW Forty Mile Wind Farm In Alberta” • Acciona Energia has commissioned the 280-MW Forty Mile Wind Farm in Alberta, the largest project the company has built to date in North America. Forty Mile is one of Canada’s top ten largest wind farms. It comprises 49 Nordex turbines, each with a capacity of 5.7 MW. [reNews]
Forty Mile Wind Farm (Acciona image)
¶ “Electricity Prices In Europe Fell Significantly In May Thanks To Renewable Energy” • A fall in electricity prices in May was largely driven by an increase in production of wind and solar energy and falling demand, despite fluctuations in gas prices. Most European markets also recorded negative hourly prices during the month. [GMK Center]
¶ “Vestas Turbine Makes Its Debut” • Vestas reached a milestone with the first successful installation of its latest 7+MW wind turbine model. Installation of the first commercial V172-7.2MW took place in Germany. The turbine, part of the company’s EnVentus platform, was delivered to customer LSF Energy GmbH & Co KG in Salzkotten. [reNews]
V172-7.2MW turbine (Vestas image)
¶ “No Way To Restart Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant At Present, IAEA Chief Says” • The idled Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is not in a condition to be restarted at present, due to a lack of water for cooling and the absence of a stable power supply, the head of the IAEA, the UN’s nuclear safety watchdog said. [MSN]
US:
¶ “Forecast For Summer Of 2025 Shows Hotter-Than-Average Temperatures” • The latest summer season outlook by NOAA shows hotter-than-average temperatures are predicted across much of the country this summer, with the greatest likelihood of extreme heat hitting swaths of the East Coast, southern Plains, and the West. [ABC News]
Pond on a hot day (Nick Sexton, Unsplash)
¶ “Environmentalists Criticize Trump Administration Push For New Oil And Gas Drilling” • Top Trump administration officials, after touring one of the country’s largest oil fields in the Alaskan Arctic, held an energy conference headlined by the Republican governor of Alaska. Environmentalists criticized promoting new oil and gas drilling in a climate crisis. [ABC News]
¶ “The Dark Roof Lobby Is Coming For Your Cool Roof!” • A dark roof lobby of manufacturers reps is pressuring state officials and local building officials to roll back “cool roof” mandates in laws and building codes. Why would anybody do that? They get paid to make their case, and if they are not successful they stop getting paid. [CleanTechnica]
TPO roof system (GAF image)
¶ “Dynamic Pricing Beats Time-of-Use Pricing In EV Charging Pilot” • We are quickly entering the EV era, and one of the most exciting things about it is may be flexible, smart EV charging. The potential is already there, but as the vehicle fleet electrifies, that potential will become gigantic. A pilot program in California goes one more step along this path. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Constellation Signs 20-Year PPA With Meta For Nuclear Power In Illinois” • Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to utilise the output from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. The agreement supports Meta’s clean energy objectives and regional operations by providing it with 1,121 MW of nuclear energy. [Power Technology]
Have a compellingly unbounded day.
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