Opinion:
¶ “Transport Decarbonisation Is A Lever For Competitiveness But The EU Budget Fails To Capitalise On It” • Support for critical technologies such as batteries and e-fuels is essential to boosting the EU’s competitiveness, energy security, and strategic autonomy. But the scarcity of funding in the ECF risks sidelining key transport investments. [CleanTechnica]
Passenger jet (Dan Stephens, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “EVs Take 28.4% Share In Germany” • June saw plugin EVs take 28.4% share in Germany, up from the 19.8% of the relatively weak 2024 baseline for plugins. Battery EV volumes were up modestly, while plugin hybrid EVs increased strongly. Overall auto volume was 256,193 units, down some 14% YOY. The best-selling BEV in June was the Volkswagen ID.3. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tesla Plans Modified Models For China” • Tesla China this week announced two new variations of the only two cars it sells in the country. One is a 3-row, 6-passenger Model Y, slightly larger than the the standard Model Y. The other is a single-motor Model 3 with a listed range of 800 km (497 miles). Perhaps these can lift Tesla’s sales. [CleanTechnica]
Three-row Model Y (Tesla image)
¶ “Iberdrola Launches First German Solar Park” • Iberdrola has commissioned its first solar park in Germany, marking a key expansion of its German onshore renewable energy business. The 80,000-panel Boldekow solar park will supply more than 53 GWh of renewable electricity annually to Vodafone Germany, according to Iberdrola. [reNews]
¶ “SPR Starts EA3 Cable Installation” • ScottishPower Renewables started pulling the first section of export cable ashore at Bawdsey in Suffolk for its £4 billion East Anglia 3 offshore wind farm. It is another milestone for the project. ScottishPower says the cables will carry 1.4 GW of power 147 km (91 miles) from the project’s offshore substation to the landfall point. [reNews]
Pulling the cable (ScottishPower Renewables)
¶ “Eskom Aims To Generate 32 GW Of Renewable Energy By 2040” • Eskom aims to shift to mainly clean energy sources by 2040 from its current predominantly coal-based generation fleet, it said as it laid out its latest plans for the change. Eskom aims to have 32 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2040, compared to less than 1 GW now. [MSN]
¶ “ONP And Semco Forge Floating Wind Partnership” • ONP Management and Semco Maritime signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the floating offshore wind sector. The companies said the partnership will focus on engineering and consultancy services to support the development of floating offshore wind projects globally. [reNews]
Substation on a barge (Semco image)
¶ “HSM Offshore Sends Thor Substation To Site” • HSM Offshore Energy has successfully completed and delivered the offshore substation for the 1.1-GW Thor wind farm, Denmark’s largest offshore wind project to date, the company announced. The substation are en route to their installation site, around 22 km off the west coast of Jutland. [reNews]
US:
¶ “Ford Plans To Bring Affordable EVs To Market” • Bloomberg Green hosted a conference in Seattle where a Ford spokesman told the audience the least expensive EV the company offers, the Mustang Mach-E, sells for as little as $37,995. Is Ford trying to pull a fast one by including the (soon to disappear) $7500 federal tax credit? No, it is not. [CleanTechnica]
Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally (Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Waev Launches Fusion: All-New Li-Ion Commercial Carts and Low-Speed Vehicles” • Waev Inc., an EV manufacturer of right-sized, low-speed solutions for local fleet use, announced that it is adding a new line, Fusion, a family of all-new lithium-ion carts and low-speed vehicles designed specifically for commercial customers. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “$43.5 Million Ad Campaign To Boost EV Sales In The US, Hopefully” • In a real-life story torn from the pages of Norway, Veloz, a nonprofit, is embarking on a $43.5 million consumer education campaign aimed to boost EV sales in the US. That’s not a bad idea. After all, consumer education is credited with Norway’s #1 position in EV adoption. [CleanTechnica]
Hyundai EV (Hyundai Motor Group, Unsplash)
¶ “Sol Systems Secures $675 Million Of Revolving Finance For Renewable Energy” • Independent power producer Sol Systems secured a $675 million revolving construction finance facility to support construction of solar and wind projects. The funding will support an initial 500 MW of projects in Illinois, Texas, and Ohio to start operations by the end of 2026. [Yahoo Finance]
¶ “Paradise Solar Project To Bring Clean Energy To Muhlenberg County” • Officials in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, renewable energy leaders, and community members gathered to celebrate the formal announcement of the new Paradise Solar Project. The 62.5-MW solar farm will be built on reclaimed coal mining land near the former Paradise Power Plant. [WBKO]
Paradise Power Plant in 2010 (TVA Web Team, CC-BY 2.0)
¶ “Colorado Awards $1.6 Million In Final Round Of Geothermal Energy Grant Program Funding” • The Colorado Energy Office announced $1.6 million in Geothermal Energy Grant Program funding to support geothermal heating initiatives and studies in Colorado. This is the final expected funding round for this program. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Google Backs Ten New Nuclear Reactors For AI, Built by AI. What Could Go Wrong?” • President Trump has announced $92 billion in AI-related investments, one of which is ten new nuclear reactors to be built by Westinghouse in partnership with Google. Construction is supposed to begin by 2030. That might be easier said than done. [MSN]
Have a fantastically sensible day.
geoharvey 
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