World:
¶ “Record Coral Losses In Great Barrier Reef Spark Concern Over Escalating Climate Stress” • Parts of Australia’s iconic reef suffered their worst annual decline since records began almost 40 years ago. Back-to-back climate stressors have driven a sharp drop in coral cover – the percentage of a reef’s surface covered in live coral – in its three regions. [Euronews]
Great Barrier Reef (Chad Taylor, Unsplash)
¶ “EVs Take 33.8% Share Of The UK While Government Bungles Incentives” • July saw plugin EVs take 33.8% share of the UK auto market, up from 27.4% year-on-year. Battery EVs grew in volume by 9% YOY, while plugin hybrid EVs grew 33%. Overall volume was 140,154 units, down 5% YOY. The leading battery EV brand in the UK for July was Volkswagen. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD’s First Dedicated NEV Carrier Delivers 1,500 Vehicles To The Philippines” • BYD newest roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel just delivered 1,500 new energy vehicles to the Philippines. The BYD Zhengzhou is the first of a planned eight-ship fleet. The vessel measures 199.9 meters (652 feet) long, and can transport up to 7,000 NEVs at a time. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Zhengzhou (Photo from BYD Philippines)
¶ “Chinese Car Brands Grew 91% In Europe In The First Half Of 2025” • JATO Dynamics reported on auto sales in 28 European markets, and there are a number of interesting findings about EVs. One is that Chinese brands rose 91% from 181,897 in the first half of 2024 to 347,135 in the first half of 2025. The market share rose from 2.7% to 5.1%. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Encavis Buys 34-MW German Wind Farm” • PNE sold its 34-MW Sundern-Allendorf wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia to Encavis. The five-turbine project, now under construction, will generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of around 22,800 households when it is commissioned in the first half of 2026, according to PNE. [reNews]
Wind farm (PNE image)
¶ “Statkraft Plans 400-MW Hydrogen Scheme In Shetland” • Statkraft is moving forward with plans for a 400-MW green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Shetland after securing a lease on land near the disused Scatsta Airport. The Shetland Hydrogen Project 2 will use electrolytic hydrogen to produce green ammonia. [reNews]
¶ “Virtual Power Plant Drives ‘Zero Down’ Household Solar And Battery Installs” • Alinta Energy, based in New South Wales, and National Renewable Nework co-launched a distributed energy virtual power plant program called Solar Together. It provides households with solar and battery systems at no upfront cost and no financing. [pv magazine Australia]
Solar installation (Solar Victoria image)
¶ “Nord/LB Backs 240-MWh Battery At Uskmouth” • Nord/LB agreed to a £45 million financing package for a battery system SAE is developing at its Uskmouth Sustainable Energy Park in Wales. The 240-MWh Afon Wysg 1 project is the first of four battery assets planned for the former coal power station site. It is expected to be operating in 2027. [reNews]
US:
¶ “Critics Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Argue It Should Be Shuttered Due To Environmental Concerns” • An eight-hour hearing on environmental concerns over the Florida migrant detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz” ended without even establishing who runs the controversial facility. We still do not know whether it is run by the state or federal government. [ABC News]
Aligator (Adam Kubín, Unsplash)
¶ “US Should Put Nuclear Reactors On Moon Before Other Countries Do, Acting NASA Administrator Says” • Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the US space exploration and national security goals, and the US should move quickly to build reactors there before its terrestrial rivals, according to a federal directive obtained by ABC News. [ABC News]
¶ “Failed US Government Wants To Dismantle Solar For All Program” • During Joe Biden’s term, as much as $7 billion was approved in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Solar For All program, intended to help homeowners install solar systems. Now the government want to stop that, as it shovels out $90 billion for tech centers. [CleanTechnica]
Solar installation (Raze Solar, Unsplash)
¶ “Tesla Shareholders Sue Elon Musk Over Autopilot And FSD Failures” • The $329 million jury verdict against Tesla last week was the last straw for several Tesla shareholders. They decided “Enough is enough!” and sued Tesla and Elon Musk personally for repeatedly overstating the effectiveness of and prospects for their autonomous driving technology. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Secretary Of Interior Announces End To Lava Ridge Wind Project In Idaho” • The Interior Department announced that the Lava Ridge Wind Project is being canceled. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he would reverse approval of the large wind farm project that had been approved to be built outside of Twin Falls on BLM land. [Yahoo]
Wind farm in Power County, Idaho (US DOE image)
¶ “Schroders Greencoat Buys Into 395-MW US Solar Portfolio” • Schroders Greencoat bought a 50% stake in JERA Nex’s 395-MW solar portfolio, comprising the 300-MW Oxbow Solar Farm in Louisiana and the 95-MW Happy Solar Farm in Arkansas. The assets are operational in the MISO region and are backed by long-term PPAs. [reNews]
¶ “States Scramble To Complete Renewable Energy Projects Before Tax Credits Expire” • The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy may be the most drastic blow President Trump has struck in his campaign against wind and solar power. States are scrambling to get projects off the ground before the tax credits expire. [North Dakota Monitor]
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