World:
¶ “Can Cruising Be Emission-Free? Havila Voyages Plans The World’s Longest Climate-Neutral Cruise” • Norwegian cruise line Havila Voyages showed plans to start what could be the world’s longest climate-neutral cruise as soon as this autumn. The 12-day voyage would sail along the coast from Bergen to Kirkenes and back, a distance of 9,260 km (5,734 miles). [Euronews]
Havila Voyages ship (Havila Voyages image)
¶ “Climate Change Intensified Weather That Fueled Deadly Wildfires In Türkiye, Greece, And Cyprus” • Rapid analysis from World Weather Attribution shows that the hot, dry, and windy conditions, which drove the spread of blazes in Türkiye, Greece, And Cyprus, were around 22% more intense because of human-caused climate change. [Euronews]
¶ “Countries Must Include Aviation Contrails In Climate Plans Under Paris Agreement, Legal Advice Shows” • Legal analysis carried out by leading environmental law barristers concludes that countries must include non-CO₂ emissions, estimated to account for at least half of aviation’s climate impact, in their national climate plans. [CleanTechnica]
Contrails (Betsy Kellenberger, public domain)
¶ “Volvo Cars Reveals The New XC70 PHEV” • The new Volvo XC70 SUV is Volvo Cars’ first long-range plug-in hybrid, offering an all-electric driving range of over 200km under the CLTC testing cycle — the longest of any Volvo plug-in hybrid to date. It is built on Volvo Cars’ Scalable Modular Architecture platform for long-range plug-in hybrids. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Nordex Wins 46-MW German Order From Trianel” • Nordex will supply and install eight N149/5.X turbines for the 46-MW Tasdorf wind farm in northern Germany. The customer is Trianel Erneuerbare Energien, an association of 36 municipal utilities and Stadtwerke cooperation Trianel. A 20-year premium service agreement is part of the contract. [reNews]
Wind farm (Nordex image)
¶ “Japan Confident On Wind Power After Mitsubishi Exit” • Japan remains optimistic about renewable energy adoption after Mitsubishi pulled out of three big offshore wind projects, the government said. Mitsubishi blamed high costs as it exited the projects, which planned 134 turbines to generate power for over a million homes. [Free Malaysia Today]
¶ “RP Global Begins 50-MW Harbke Solar Build” • RP Global has started construction of a 50-MW solar park in Saxony-Anhalt, on the spoil tip of one of Germany’s oldest lignite mines. RP Global said this is its first German solar project and is being delivered with EPC partner MaxSolar. An expansion of the plant is planned for the future. [reNews]
Solar farm (RP Global image)
¶ “France, Germany, Britain To Reimpose Iran Sanctions After Talks Falter” • France, Germany, and the UK are preparing to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after weeks of diplomacy failed to deliver results. The three countries, called the E3, had met with Iranian officials in a final attempt to revive stalled nuclear talks. [EUobserver]
US:
¶ “The Colorado River Is In Trouble. Some Groups Want The Government To Step Up” •A group of environmental advocates earlier this year sent a petition to the federal government with a simple, seemingly obvious message: Ensure that water from the imperiled Colorado River is only being delivered for reasonable and beneficial uses. [ABC News]
Sunset on the Colorado River (Clay Banks, Unsplash)
¶ “Trump Reports Distort Science To Justify Rollback Of Key Climate Protections, Experts Warn” • Two key documents from the Trump administration aimed at denying the long-standing finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias, and distortions, according to dozens of scientists surveyed by The Associated Press. [Euronews]
¶ “Pumped Hydropower Storage Project Aims For Fast-Track Approval” • For all the attention lavished on lithium-ion battery technology, the fact is that good old fashioned pumped storage hydropower still accounts for the overwhelming majority of US grid-scale, long-duration energy storage. That’s overwhelming as in 96% as of last year. [CleanTechnica]
Proposed 1.5-GW pumped storage project (courtesy of NMSU)
¶ “Ford: Why Simplicity Is The Blueprint For Our Future EV Platform” • Doug Field, chief EV, digital, and design officer at Ford: “A century ago, Henry Ford said he would build a car for the great multitude, one ‘constructed of the best materials…after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.’ That car, the Model T, … transformed society.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Enlight Secures $403 Million US Financing Package” • Enlight has raised $350 million through a mezzanine loan with Bank Leumi and $53 million in tax equity for its Atrisco project in [New Mexico]. The company said the transactions complete its 2025 financing plan for 4.8 GW of new projects scheduled to connect by 2027. [reNews]
Solar power (Enlight image)
¶ “California Pushes The Electric Truck Envelope, Again” • With a tremendous amount of buying power in their pockets, fleet operators have been flexing their muscles in the electric truck field in California. One example is Amazon’s electric delivery van partnership with the Rivian. Fedex is another example in the area of electric vans. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Soaring Power Bills In The Largest US Grid Pose A Risk For Republicans” • Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans as they head into upcoming elections. Nowhere is that more clear than in the largest US grid, where almost all electricity is generated by coal, gas, and nuclear. [Yahoo Finance]
Have a richly bountiful day.
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