World:
¶ “Can Green Hydrogen Decarbonise The Shipping Sector?” • Five partners from Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the UK got together to help ports in the North Sea region make the transition towards clean and green shipping in the cross-border project Zero Emissions Ports North Sea. They are fueling barges and ferries with hydrogen. [Euronews]
Zero-emissions barges (Future Proof Shipping image)
¶ “Now Europeans Can Order A Chinese EV Online” • Who’d like to buy a brand new Chinese EV or PHEV online and have it delivered to their door? OK, if you live in the US, put your hand down. Your government has decided you can’t have one. But for those who live in Europe, China EV Marketplace may have the very service you want. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “India Is Building A Strong EV Ecosystem While The World Only Sees Tesla And BYD” • Tesla dominates headlines. BYD gets the analysis articles. BMW and Mercedes compete for luxury coverage. Meanwhile, three Indian companies have been selling electric cars by the thousands, and most people outside India have never heard of them. [CleanTechnica]
Harrier EV (Photo from Tata)
¶ “From Crisis To Clean Energy: Iloilo’s Offshore Wind Gambit” • In the Philippines, economic growth is outpacing the energy infrastructure. When aging coal plants failed and transmission lines couldn’t cope, Panay, Guimaras, and Negros lost power for days. For Iloilo Province, however, the crisis became a catalyst for transformation. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Northern Offshore Orders Twelve Crew Transfer Vessels” • Northern Offshore Services has ordered twelve hybrid E-Class crew transfer vessels to expand its fleet. The company said the order it made is one of the largest CTV orders in history, with four vessels on the way and eight more on order from an undisclosed shipyard partner. [reNews]
Crew transfer vessel (Northern Offshore Services image)
¶ “600-MW Wind Farm Begins Operations In SE Asia” • A 600-MW onshore wind farm achieved commercial operation in Laos. Described as Asia’s first cross-border renewable energy initiative, the Monsoon Wind Power Project transmits electricity from Laos to Vietnam. The 133 turbines span roughly 68,000 hectares of mountainous terrain. [reNews]
¶ “Sembcorp Wins Bid For Floating Solar Farm” • Sembcorp Industries was named the winning bidder by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to build an 86-MW floating solar PV system on Pandan Reservoir. The PV farm on Pandan Reservoir will be Sembcorp’s third floating solar project in Singapore. The first was completed in 2021. [reNews]
Floating solar at Tengeh Reservoir (Sembcorp image)
¶ “Africa Sees Record Boom In Chinese Solar Panel Imports” • African nations are turning to clean energy faster than ever, with imports of Chinese solar panels surging 60% in the past year. According to Bloomberg and Ember, which analyzed Chinese customs records, the continent imported 15 GW of solar capacity in the twelve months through June. [One Green Planet]
¶ “GES To Build 695-MW Hybrid Renewables Park In Chile” • GES won a contract for construction of a 695-MW hybrid solar, wind and battery energy storage project in Chile. It will be the largest project in the history of the Spanish renewable energy outfit. GES has been present in Chile since 2013, building 1,178 MW of wind and PV projects to date. [reNews]
Hybrid renewables park (GES image)
¶ “Russia Open To ‘Cooperation’ With Ukraine And US At The Occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Putin Claims” • Moscow is open to “three-way cooperation” with the US and Ukraine, as regards the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, according to the Russian news channel Vesti. [The Kyiv Independent]
¶ “EDF Energy Extends Life Of Two UK Nuclear Plants” • EDF Energy said on Tuesday it will extend the life of its Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power plants in Britain for twelve more months to March 2028. The decision follows a series of positive graphite core inspections at the plants over the last nine months, EDF Energy said in a statement. [MSN]
Heysham nuclear plant (Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0)
US:
¶ “The Labor Day Legacy Of Offshore Wind Workers” • Workers marched this Labor Day, September 1, 2025, in opposition to the Trump administration’s policies that forced federal employees from their jobs, attempted to weaken collective bargaining, cut the minimum wage, eviscerated Medicaid, and removed legal immigrant workers. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The New York Center For Climate Solutions Stays Calm, Carries On” • President Trump has returned to office with a powerful fossil fuel agenda in his pocket and willing enablers in Congress. Nevertheless, the Center for Climate Solutions is still on track, with the forthcoming New York Climate Exchange as its centerpiece. [CleanTechnica]
New York Climate Exchange (Rendering from nyc.gov)
¶ “US Automakers Still Plan To Make More EVs, Faster” • Oh the irony, it burns. The President of the United States of America aimed to kill the vehicle electrification movement in its cradle, but lately he’s been the one ruminating about heaven while US automakers keep laying more plans to populate the roads of the US with more EVs. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ormat Extends 25-Year PPA To Provide Renewable Energy For Southern California To SCPPA” • Ormat Technologies, Inc secured a 25-year power purchase agreement extension with the Southern California Public Power Authority for 52-MW from its Heber 1 geothermal facility. The PPA will take effect in February 2026 and last until 2052. [MSN]
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