World:
¶ “Volvo Crushes Other Automakers On Green Steel” • Volvo invented the seatbelt, and then gave the invention away. The company leads on sustainability matters, and it has aggressive plans for full electrification. Now we also get news from Transport & Environment that Volvo is the industry leader on use of green steel. [CleanTechnica]
Volvo ES90 (Volvo Cars image)
¶ “The Importance of How BYD Spends on R&D” • In their interim H1 financial report, BYD’s R&D spending was up 53% YOY and was roughly twice its net profits. BYD’s R&D spending has also exceeded its net profits 13 of the past 14 years. Some “industry insiders” claim that this is “hiding profits.” But that might not be what’s happening. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD Recasts Targets Down by 16%, Stocks Drop 8%” • Amid progressively contracting sales revenue, Chinese EV giant BYD has recast its 2025 sales targets. The company cut its forecast by 16%, from 39,300 million yuan ($5.5 million) down to 32,850 million yuan ($4.6 million), possibly signaling an end to its era of record-setting expansion. [CleanTechnica]
BYD Dolphin (BYD image)
¶ “Unigea Romania Closes Financing On 85-MW Solar Farm” • Unigea Solar Projects Romania has reached financial close on an 85-MW PV project in Transylvania. Development financing of €30.25 million for the Helios 1 solar project was secured in a deal with Kommunalkredit Austria. The PVs will be on a 68 hectare (168 acre) site at a former coal-fired plant. [reNews]
¶ “Engie To Optimise 120-MW French BESS” • Engie signed a contract with Kallista Energy to optimise a 120-MW, 240-MWh battery storage project in France. Kallista Energy is building the battery energy storage system in Saleux in northern France. The batteries will be optimised to provide grid services, managing the recharge and discharge cycles. [reNews]
BESS site in Saleux (Kallista Energy image)
¶ “Big Canberra Battery Is A Step Closer” • The Big Canberra Battery project reached another milestone, as a transformer was delivered to the Williamsdale construction site. The transformer makes sure the electricity stored in the battery is converted correctly to be safely supplied to the grid when demand is high and solar generation drops. [ACT Government]
¶ “Enercon Adopts New Renewables Strategy” • Enercon is going beyond manufacturing turbines to offer an expanded portfolio of green energy solutions to wind farm developers. Its flagship E-175 EP5 turbine is still takeing center stage, but the company is offering to include battery energy storage, optimisation, and grid connections. [reNews]
E-175 EP5 turbine (Enercon image)
¶ “Jellyfish Force Shutdown Of Nuclear Reactor” • Electricity production at the Paluel nuclear plant in northern France was almost halved after the number 4 reactor was shut down and power at the number 3 reactor was reduced to protect the plant’s infrastructure, a statement from provider EDF said. It is not the first time jellyfish shut reactors this year. [MSN]
US:
¶ “DOJ Sues SoCal Edison Over Eaton Fire, Seeking More Than $40 Million In Damages” • The US Department of Justice is suing Southern California Edison over the Eaton Fire, seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages for alleged negligence it claims led to the deadly fire. The fire’s cause is still under investigation, according to Cal Fire. [ABC News]
Fairview Fire, 2022 (Cal Fire, Riverside County Fire Dept)
¶ “More Evidence That The War On Solar Energy Is Another #FAIL” • If President Trump doesn’t happen to know the solar industry is unstoppable, the world of real estate just provided him with three more pieces of evidence that underscore the staying power of the US solar industry, despite the abrupt shift in federal policy this year. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Danish Firm Ørsted Vows To Save Offshore Wind Jobs Trump Wants To Crush” • In his campaign for president, Donald Trump made many campaign promises, one of which was to obliterate the US offshore wind industry. He has been trying. Now Ørsted plans to revive one of his victims, the 704-MW Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island. [CleanTechnica]
Work on Revolution Wind (Revolution Wind image)
¶ “RES Inks 1.5-GW Solar O&M Contract” • RES signed a major contract with Repsol to provide operations and maintenance services for large solar projects. The agreement covers over 1.5 GW of solar projects, including the 825-MW Pinnington and 620-MW Outpost projects in Texas, and the 120-MW Jicarilla 1 and 2 projects in New Mexico. [reNews]
¶ “ContourGlobal Powers Up 185-MW US Solar Park” • A solar park in Colorado was powered up by ContourGlobal. The 185-MW Black Hollow Sun 1, the first phase of a larger solar project, has begun delivering electricity to Platte River Power Authority. The facility is near the town of Severance. It is ContourGlobal’s first operational US renewable plant. [reNews]
Black Hollow Sun 1 (ContourGlobal image)
¶ “Lawsuit Seeks To Stop ‘Arbitrary And Capricious’ Trump Attack On New England Wind Farm” • The attorneys general of Connecticut and Rhode Island joined renewable energy firms in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s suspension of an offshore wind farm that would power hundreds of thousands of homes in the two states. [Common Dreams]
¶ “Trump Supports Nuclear Power As It Is ‘More American’ Than Wind, Solar, US Official Says” • The Trump administration is more willing to support loan guarantees and tax breaks for nuclear power than for wind and solar because nuclear is “more American” than those forms of energy, the director of the US Energy Dominance Council said. [AOL.com]
Have a casually gleeful day.
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