World:
¶ “Change For The Baltic Sea As Poland Bets On Offshore Wind Energy” • Poland is one of the largest CO₂ emitters in the EU, but its first offshore turbines are already standing in the Baltic Sea. Construction by the Baltic Power consortium aims to create a 1,200-MW farm, and Poland’s goal is 6,000 MW of offshore wind farms by 2030. [Euronews]
Offshore turbines (Mary, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest In E-mobility And Acceptance Of Chinese Brands” • Key findings of a survey taken in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, found that consumers are increasingly receptive towards EVs, and are more appreciative now of Chinese EV brands. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD Electric Bus Sales Grow 128.5%” • We should take a look at the stunning growth coming from BYD’s commercial vehicle divisions. In July, BYD’s fully electric bus sales rose 128.5% year over year, from 267 in July 2024 to 610 in July 2025. Other commercial vehicle sales rose from 776 in July 2023 to 1,317 in July 2024 to 2,656 in July 2025. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Canada’s Fossil Fuel Funding Faces Growing Legal Risks After ICJ Ruling” • British Columbia recently announced $200 million in funding to support Cedar LNG, a floating liquefied natural gas export terminal. But the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on July 23, 2025, creates significant legal risks around such subsidies as Cedar LNG. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Planning Body Clears Two Irish Wind Farms” • An Coimisiun Pleanala approved two wind farms totalling 79 MW in the second quarter of 2025, according to Wind Energy Ireland. The industry body said the projects represent only 13% of the volume needed during the quarter to stay on track with Ireland’s Climate Action Plan targets for 2030. [reNews]
Wind turbines (Energia image)
¶ “EU Approves €11 Billion French Offshore CFD” • A French State aid scheme worth €11 billion, backing three floating wind farms with a total of 1.5 GW, has been approved by the European Commission. Each of the three planned wind farms – one in the waters off southern Brittany and two in the Mediterranean – will have a capacity of about 500 MW. [reNews]
¶ “Germany Urges EU To Cut China Magnet Reliance” • At this time, over 90% of permanent magnets containing rare earth elements are produced in China. They are vital components for wind turbine generators. The German wind industry proposed that Europe target sourcing 30% of all permanent magnets from suppliers outside China by 2030. [reNews]
Wind farm (Karsten Würth, Unsplash)
¶ “Malaysia Turns To Domestic Market To Revive Manufacturing Solar” • In response to the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff measures, Malaysia is urging its solar industry to pivot and expand the domestic market. The goal is to clearly distance itself from Chinese transshipment practices and reduce reliance on exports. [Reccessary]
¶ “Wind And Solar Droughts Have More Impact On Prices Than Reliability” • Long duration droughts of variable renewable energy are really neither that long nor that severe. Nevertheless, electricity spot prices are very elastic, and fewer than 0.5% of days have wind and solar output below 66% of normal for four days or longer in a row. [RenewEconomy]
Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park (Iberdrola image)
¶ “Nuclear Energy Is Dumb Energy” • Nuclear energy is called low-carbon and so it is included in most planning scenarios for net zero. This largely because of a perceived need of baseload power as solar and wind are variable. Nevertheless, sustainable development consultant Ran Boydell makes the case that nuclear energy is dumb technology. [The Fifth Estate]
US:
¶ “Gifford Fire Continues To Rage In California, Burning 83,000 Acres And Accompanied By 2 Other Emerging Wildfires” • The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed nearly 84,000 acres in five days, continues to rage and is now accompanied by two additional fires emerging nearby, according to officials. [ABC News]
Gifford Fire (Cal Fire image)
¶ “Heat Waves: US Electricity Peak Demand Set New Records Twice in July” • Hot weather, which increases electricity demand for cooling, along with an underlying trend of demand increases, pushed coincident peak demand for the Lower 48 states to a high of 758,053 MW on July 28. Then it reached another record of 759,180 MW on the next day. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “A New Chevy Equinox EV For $28,000 (With Incentives)” • A persistent EV myth is that they cost too much, but we have seen four examples disproving that. Here is one more: A new Chevy Equinox EV, with $6,000 of state incentives from Colorado but not the expiring federal EV tax credit. The list price is $34,000. Incentives reduce that to $28,000. [CleanTechnica]
Chevy Equinox EV (Booredatwork.com, CC BY 3.0)
¶ “Tesla Sales Keep Falling As Board Bribes Musk To Attend To Business” • Tesla is taking it on the chin in China and Europe. So how can we explain the latest act of the Tesla board of directors, which just awarded the drug-addled Musk a pay package worth about $29 billion? Will that recapture his attention? The gang at CleanTechnica are skeptical. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Dominion To Install Solar At Richmond Ballpark” • Dominion Energy Virginia has unveiled plans to install a 1-MW solar array at the future home of minor league baseball team the Richmond Flying Squirrels. The project will see more than 1,700 panels added to the roof and car park of CarMax Park once the team’s 2026 season concludes. [reNews]
Have an appreciably productive day.
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