World:
¶ “EDF Bags Consent For 50-MW Irish Wind Farm” • EDF Renewables Ireland was given the go-ahead to build a 50-MW wind farm on land in County Clare. The Lackareagh wind farm was granted planning permission by An Coimisiún Pleanála, Ireland’s national independent planning body. It is expected to be operational in 2030. [reNews]
Wind farm (EDF image)
¶ “These Four Chinese Automakers Have Higher Gross Profit Margin Than Tesla” • An interesting article from CarNewsChina highlighted how much gross profit margin several Chinese automakers are scoring. The article also highlighted, in the headline, that four of these companies now have higher gross profit margin than Tesla! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “New Cadeler Vessel To Serve Vestas In €210 Million deal” • The latest vessel to join Cadeler’s fleet has landed a €210 million contract with Vestas to support current and future offshore wind projects. Newly-constructed jack-up Wind Keeper is the eighth vessel to join Cadeler’s growing fleet. The three-year contract with Vestas will kick off early in 2026. [reNews]
Wind Keeper (Cadeler image)
¶ “Zelestra Inaugurates 300-MW San Martín Project With Peruvian President Dina Boluarte” • President Dina Boluarte of Peru and the Minister of Energy and Mines, Jorge Luis Montero Cornejo, joined Zelestra to celebrate opening the fully operating 300-MW San Martín Solar Project. San Martin is the largest solar plant in Peru’s history. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Boom Power Given Nod For UK Solar Farm” • Boom Power has planning permission to build a new solar farm in Yorkshire. Wakefield Council’s planning committee granted consent for the 29.7-MW Woolley Solar Farm. The project will generate enough clean electricity each year to power around 11,700 homes and avoid 7300 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. [reNews]
Woolley Solar Farm (Boom Power artist’s impression)
US:
¶ “EPA Eliminates Research And Development Office, Begins Layoffs” • The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. The EPA is creating the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions instead, to save nearly $750 million. [ABC News]
¶ “Support For California High-Speed Rail Is Surging along with the state’s Ability To Finish The Project” • A poll from Politico California and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research shows 67% of registered California voters support the continued construction of the bullet train project connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. [CleanTechnica]
Rendering of California High-Speed Rail (Public domain)
¶ “In ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill, Ugly Giveaways to Oil & Gas” • In the runup to the “Big Beautiful” bill, some wondered if Republicans would eliminate all federal subsidies for carbon capture, because Trump thinks climate change is a hoax. But the carbon capture is still subsidized, as long as the CO₂ is pumped underground to force out more oil and gas to burn. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Recurrent Sees Gas Car Tipping Point Soon, Despite New Tariffs” • Recurrent CEO Scott Case posted, “It turns out that when a state approaches 30% new EV sales, that’s the tipping point for the number of gas cars on the road falling. It’s a little counterintuitive that it’s not 50% when that happens.” Old cars retireing are almost all gas-powered. [CleanTechnica]
Please click on the image to enlarge it (Recurrent image)
¶ “Trade Group Slams New US Renewables Oversight Move” • A US renewable energy trade group has slammed a new move from the administration of Donald Trump to bring all decisions related to wind and solar energy under “elevated review” by the office of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The review applies to all federal lands. [reNews]
¶ “Maine Scraps Offshore Solicitation” • The state of Maine has moved to delay a planned floating offshore wind solicitation, with regulators citing “recent changes in the energy landscape that have caused significant uncertainty in the offshore wind industry.” The Governor’s Energy Office requested the delay and the Public Utility Commission agreed. [reNews]
Maine lease areas (BOEM image)
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¶ “NY’s Wind Power Goals ‘Impossible In The Near Term’ Due To Trump, State Says” • New York’s Public Service Commission said the state’s wind power goals are “impossible in the near term,” halting plans to build transmission lines that had been in the works for two years. It cited “significant federal uncertainty” due to the president’s pause on permits. [Gothamist]
¶ “The US Is Testing Portable Micro Nuclear Reactors For Safe Power In Remote Locations” • Nuclear energy is undergoing a shift toward compact, portable systems that bring electricity to places once considered too remote or too vulnerable. The US DOE is advancing this vision by announcing two initial test projects at a new facility in Idaho. [MSN]
Have a mystifyingly mindful day.
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