World:
¶ “A Surprising Climate Solution Right Under Your Feet” • Some 13 billion tons of CO2 flows annually from the world’s trees and other plants to mycorrhizal fungi in enormous mutual support networks. Fungi capture about a third as much carbon emissions as of humanity releases by burning fossil fuels. Fungi also help trees capture carbon emissions as they grow. [Grist]
Mushrooms (Krzysztof Niewolny, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Plans Lodged For Solar Farm To Power 18,000 Homes” • Plans have been lodged for a solar farm with a battery storage system in Derbyshire. Noventum Power has submitted an application to South Derbyshire District Council to build a solar farm capable of powering 18,000 homes, covering an area of about 121 acres (49 ha) on eight fields. [BBC]
¶ “BYD Sealion 06 – Bigger, Faster, Stronger, Better” • The BYD Sealion 6 appeared in 2020 as a gasoline-powered midsize SUV in China. In 2021, BYD made the decision to offer only battery electric and plug-in hybrid models going forward. That seemed to be a huge gamble, but now, BYD is one of the world’s largest car companies by sales volume. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Sealion 06 (BYD image)
¶ “MOU Signed To Build 600-MW Solar Plant In Khulna” • A memorandum of understanding was signed between Sundarban Delta Growth Initiative and the Arab contractor consortium Orascom Peninsula, aiming to build a 600-MW solar power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh, with an estimated cost of 8,000 crore taka ($656 million). [New Age BD]
¶ “Energy Giant Switches On Nation’s Largest Solar Plant Set To Power Over 400,000 Homes” • Zelestra, a Spanish renewable energy company, switched on the largest solar farm in Peru. The San Martín project, consists of 450,000 solar panels and will generate over 830 GWh of clean energy annually, powering more than 400,000 homes. [The Cool Down]
Arequipa, Peru (Megan Kotlus, Unsplash)
¶ “Qinghai Solar Sheep Revolution: How Herders Double Their Incomes Under Panels” • Six years ago, Zhao Guofu struggled to keep 200 sheep. Now he has a thriving flock of 800. But his income isn’t just from wool and meat. Sheep grazing beneath elevated solar panels are the heart of a new model transforming lives and landscapes. [Zoom Bangla News]
¶ “Low-Carbon Power Set To Overtake Fossil Fuels For The First Time” • A report by Ember suggests that 2024 could mark the first year that low-carbon energy generation could overtake fossil fuel energy generation in the UK. The report analyses energy generation and imports into the UK in the period from January to November of 2024. [Solar Power Portal]
Wind turbines (Priscilla Du Preez, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “Bill McKibben Says Solar Power Is The Path To The Future” • Bill McKibben’s Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization, will soon be out. He begins it, “In the past two years … with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “How Oil-Rich Texas Became America’s Net Zero Capital” • Bobby Helmers had nine oil wells on his ranch in West Texas. They went dry. Now he has six wind turbines, and Engie pays well to lease the land they sit on. The free-market, Republican state of Texas has become the biggest generator of renewable energy in the US. [The Telegraph]
Texas wind turbines (Pete Alexopoulos, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “DTE Energy’s Solar Farm Lawsuit And Its Implications For Renewable Energy Investment In Michigan” • The legal battle between DTE Energy and St Clair County over solar project regulations has become a pivotal case in the US clean energy transition. It reflects broader tensions between utility interests, state preemption laws, and local governance. [AInvest]
¶ “US DOE Selects Paducah For Future Energy And AI Facility Site” • The US DOE has named Paducah’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant as one of four federally-owned sites selected for potential AI data center development and the clean energy infrastructure needed to power it. The designation marks a major opportunity for Kentucky. [Northern Kentucky Tribune]
Have an extraordinarily peaceful day.
geoharvey 
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