Opinion:
¶ “‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Have Americans Paying Higher Prices For Dirtier Energy” • When Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have cut wasteful subsidies and spared the rest. They did the reverse. So Americans will pay the price with higher costs for dirtier energy. [The Conversation]
Pumpjack (Jeff W, Unsplash)
¶ “How Livestreaming 100 Hours Of Weather And Climate Moved Thousands To Action” • Danger Season is well underway, yet the Trump administration continues to hack away at federal agencies that help us predict and survive fires, heat waves, and storms made more extreme by climate change. The Union of Concerned Scientists is fighting that. [The Equation]
World:
¶ “Maximising Climate Bank – EIB Operations In Sustainable Transport” • Back in 2021, the European Investment Bank committed to become the EU’s Climate Bank by adopting the Climate Bank Roadmap. T&E has assessed 254 EIB operations in the EU across eight strategic transport sectors from 2021 up to February 2025, worth €61 billion. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Giga Train (NEB image)
¶ “The EIB Lent €7 Billion To Dirty Transport Projects” • The European Investment Bank lent more than €7 billion for new roads, airport expansions, and other transport projects that will increase CO₂ emissions, analysis shows. EIB had adopted climate goals in 2021, and green group T&E examined EIB’s transport loan book for 2021–2024. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Masdar And Iberdrola Close Deal For £5.2 Billion East Anglia 3 Financing” • Masdar and Iberdrola closed a joint investment deal for the 1,400-MW East Anglia 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the companies called the largest offshore wind transaction of the decade. The agreement is just part of a wider €15 billion strategic alliance. [reNews]
Wind turbines (SPR image)
¶ “Electrifying Kenya’s Transportation Sector – EMAK Proposes Policy Measures to Promote Electric Mobility” • The Electric Mobility Association of Kenya released a white paper presenting a policy and fiscal roadmap for accelerating the adoption of EVs, positioning the country as a regional leader in clean, sustainable transportation. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Nordex books 2.3 GW Of Q2 Turbine Orders” • Nordex Group recorded 2,300 MW of wind turbine orders in the second quarter of 2025, up 82% year-on-year from 1,270 MW in Q2 2024. The company said it booked 350 turbines in nine countries during the quarter, with Germany, Turkey and Latvia among the strongest markets. [reNews]
Wind turbines (Nordex image)
¶ “NextEnergy Powers Up 130-MW UK Solar Double” • Two new solar farms in Nottinghamshire were energized by NextEnergy Capital, which thereby added 130 MW to its UK portfolio and brought the total operational capacity for its NextPower UK ESG fund to 318 MW. The Inkersall and Crifton projects are rated at 70 MW and 60 MW respectively. [reNews]
¶ “Solar Beats Nuclear In June, Becoming EU’s Biggest Electricity Source For First Time” • Solar generated the most electricity in the EU for the first time last month, with several countries setting records with it, Ember found. Solar power generated 22.1% of EU electricity, nuclear was second at 21.8%, followed by wind, with 15.8%. [Balkan Green Energy News]
Solar array (Andreas Gücklhorn, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Ukraine Building 700 MW Of Wind Power With 200 MW Of Battery Storage” • Ukraine is currently constructing over 700 MW of new wind power capacity, along with more than 200 MW of battery energy storage systems, according to the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, Andriy Konechenkov. [Interfax-Ukraine]
US:
¶ “If They Can Put Solar Here, They Can Put It Anywhere” • A bustling, sprawling, 320-acre shipping hub is probably the last place one would expect to see a new, 7.2-MW solar power plant, but there it is. At the Port Newark Container Terminal in New Jersey, solar panels have been shoehorned into a tightly packed, high-traffic shipping facility. [CleanTechnica]
Port Newark Container Terminal (Standard Solar image)
¶ “NREL And CubicPV Join To Push Perovskite Minimodule Performance To New Heights” • A collaborative effort by NREL and CubicPV has yielded a perovskite minimodule that belongs in the record books. The 24.0% certified efficiency marks the first time a US effort has set a record in the perovskite minimodule category. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Invenergy Completes 250-MW Solar Project In Indiana” • Invenergy has brought the 250-MW Fairbanks Solar Energy Center in Sullivan County, Indiana into commercial operation. The company developed and built the facility, which has now been acquired by Northern Indiana Public Service Company. The project can power over 50,000 homes. [reNews]
Solar array (Invenergy image)
¶ “Texas Flooding Live Updates: State Death Toll Jumps To 120” • At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 95 deaths, including 36 children. President Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Kerr County and FEMA is on the ground there. At least 176 are missing. [ABC News]
¶ “Trump’s Crackdown On Renewable Energy Has Just Begun” • President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week to order his administration to crack down on remaining loopholes allowing access to renewable energy tax breaks. Congress had voted last week to crushingly roll back the subsidies, gutting the Inflation Reduction Act. [The Detroit News]
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