World:
¶ “Same Space, Two Harvests: Euronews Visits The First Seaweed Farm At An Offshore Wind Park” • In sea waters sheltered from vessel traffic, Euronews visited North Sea Farm 1, an experimental five-hectare seaweed plantation. It is part of a pioneering project combining offshore wind energy with ocean farming. And it just yielded its first crop. [Euronews]
Seaweed (Oleksandr Sushko, Unsplash)
¶ “EU Defends Sovereign Right To Regulate Tech Against Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat” • The fragile alliance between the EU and the US took a new turn for the worse after US president Trump unexpectedly threatened to put “substantial additional tariffs” on countries that implement legislation targeting US tech companies. [Euronews]
¶ “BYD’s Revised YangWang U9 Breaks EV Top Speed Record” • A recent post on BYD’s Xiaohongshu (aka RedNote) page says the YangWang U9 set a new EV top speed record of 472.41 km/h (293.54 mph) at ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg, a track in Germany. Such tests as top speeds in hypercars help develop EV technology. [CleanTechnica]
BYD YangWang U9 (BYD image)
¶ “Evacuations Under Way In Eastern Pakistan As India Releases Water From Swollen Rivers” • A day after New Delhi alerted Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding Pakistan evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas. The alert India gave Pakistan was the first public diplomatic contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months. [Euronews]
¶ “R Power Launches 650-MW BESS Portfolio In Poland” • R Power is developing a 650-MW battery storage portfolio in Poland after winning long-term capacity market contracts. The company said the three projects – Jedwabno, Tursko and Gdansk – total 2300-MWh and form one of the largest storage pipelines in Central and Eastern Europe. [reNews]
Construction of Polish solar farm (R Power image)
¶ “Indonesia Bets On Thorcon’s Molten Salt Reactor, But History Suggests Trouble Ahead” • Indonesia has taken a bold and likely problematic step, announcing its first regulatory approval for a nuclear power project. It gave a developer of molten salt reactors based in Singapore, Thorcon International, permission to use a site to evaluate a demonstration plant. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “SSE And Equinor Finalize Dogger Bank D Lease” • Equinor and SSE Renewables finalized a seabed lease with The Crown Estate to progress the proposed 1,500-MW Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank D would add up to 1.5 GW to the 3.6-GW Dogger Bank wind farm, already the world’s largest offshore project under construction. [reNews]
Dogger Bank D lease area (Dogger Bank image)
¶ “Enviromena Switches On 71-MW Essex Solar Farm” • A solar farm in Essex was energized by Enviromena, backed by the UK’s largest corporate power purchase agreement with an educational institution. From September, 71-MW Medebridge solar farm will supply The University of Manchester with 65% of its electricity demand under a 10-year deal. [reNews]
US:
¶ “Paving the Road for Cement and Concrete Technologies” • Cement and concrete are essential to infrastructure in the US. Accounting for 50% of all materials produced globally, domestic production of this critical material is highly energy intensive. It relies on outdated technology and requires imports of nearly 30 million metric tons of cement a year. [CleanTechnica]
NREL meeting (Agata Bogucka, NREL)
¶ “Yet Another Massive New Solar Factory Takes Shape In The US, Against The Odds” • While the domestic solar industry is operating under a thick pall of gloom this year, plans are already in the works for a full speed revival leading up to January 20, 2029, when the current occupant of the White House leaves peacefully, one hopes. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump Administration Is Investing In US Rare Earths In A Push To Break China’s Grip” • US production of crucial materials for EVs, smartphones, and fighter jets is set to expand in coming years, as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to build up the critical mineral industry in the US to work to break China’s hold on the global supply chain. [ABC News]
Smartphone (Jonas Leupe, Unsplash)
¶ “Ben And Jerry’s New Wastewater Plant Works A Lot Like The Human Body” • William Brangham reported for PBS how Ben and Jerry’s chose an alternative process for waste management that works a lot like our own bodies do when we eat: anaerobic digestion. The process produces methane, which is captured and used as biogas. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The Trump-Orsted Wind Project Crisis: A Wake-Up Call For Renewable Energy Investors” • The Trump-Ørsted Wind Project Crisis has laid bare the fragility of renewable energy investments in the US, exposing how geopolitical and regulatory volatility can destabilize long-term infrastructure projects and erode investor confidence. [AInvest]
Offshore windpower (Mary, Unsplash)
¶ “Palisades Becomes The First Decommissioned US Nuclear Plant To Return To Operational Status” • The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan has returned to operational status, becoming the first US nuclear plant to do so. While it won’t allow the plant to generate power, the new status will allow it to order and receive fuel for plant reactors. [WMUK]
¶ “FERC Approves NextEra’s Request To Restart Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant” • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a waiver request from NextEra Energy that clears the way for the company to begin the process to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear power facility. Duane Arnold is the only nuclear plant in Iowa. [Power Engineering Magazine]
Have a deeply prepossessing day.
geoharvey 
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