World:
¶ “Even Moderate Warming Could Cause Irreversible Damage To Mediterranean Ecosystems” • Research shows how serious the threat of sea warming is in the Mediterranean. The findings show that warming of just 0.8°C above current levels could lead to irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, fish populations, and vulnerable coastal habitats. [Euronews]
Mediterranean Sea (Jennifer Biagioni, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Who Is Leading The Global Renewable Energy Race?” • While China maintains an insurmountable lead in absolute capacity, the US is holding onto an unsteady second place. India’s growth trajectory is reshaping the global renewable energy hierarchy, however, and it is challenging established rankings among clean energy superpowers. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “India’s Electric Pickup Truck Revolution Could Determine The Country’s EV Future” • India’s EV market is growing steadily at close to 25% annually, but from a surprisingly small base, as EVs represent just 2.5% of all vehicles sold in 2024. Nevertheless, one segment could change that trajectory dramatically: electric pickup trucks. [CleanTechnica]
Montra Electric’s EVIATOR (Photo from Montra)
¶ “EDF Backs 360-MW Staythorpe BESS” • EDF has signed a long-term deal with Elements Green to support delivery of one of the UK’s largest battery energy storage projects. The 360-MW, 720-MWh Staythorpe battery energy storage system is under early-stage construction in Nottinghamshire. It is scheduled to be operational in 2027. [reNews]
¶ “Cerulean Files 1-GW Aspen Offshore Consent Bid” • Cerulean Winds has submitted an offshore consent application to the Scottish government for its proposed 1-GW Aspen floating wind farm off east Scotland. The developer aims for the 67-turbine INTOG project to be online by the end of the decade. The wind farm’s lifetime is to be fifty years. [reNews]
Floating wind turbines (Cerulean image)
¶ “ESB Energises Irish Solar Farm” • ESB has energised its first wholly-owned solar project, Bullstown Solar Farm in Ireland. The project forms part of the group’s ambition to develop 1 GW of solar energy by 2030. Construction of the solar farm began on the 44-acre site in January 2024. The Bullstown Solar Farm has a capacity of 8.4 MW. [reNews]
¶ “Van Oord Completes Sofia Array Cable Installation” • Van Oord has completed array cable installation at RWE’s flagship Sofia offshore wind farm in the North Sea. This marks the completion of Van Oord’s full scope of works on the 1.4-GW project and follows its successful installation of Sofia’s 100 monopile foundations in July this year. [reNews]
Calypso (Van Oord image)
¶ “IAEA Records Six Of Seven Compromised Power Lines At Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant” • Six of the seven power poles of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant have been compromised, leaving only one operational line outside the site. This poses serious safety risks, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said at a meeting of the Board of Governors in Vienna. [Interfax Ukraine]
¶ “Jellyfish Invasion: What’s Behind The Growing Population?” • French nuclear power plants have had to close down because of jellyfish blooms more than once this summer. And jellyfish have caused problems in the past. Jellyfish breed faster in warm waters, and climate change is making the oceans warmer, so this is likely to happen more in the future. [Impakter]
Jellyfish (Naomi August, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “How College Racing Can Solve Cleantech’s Biggest Crisis” • The dirty secret slowing clean transportation adoption isn’t battery chemistry or charging infrastructure anymore – it’s finding engineers who can seamlessly integrate EV powertrains with autonomous systems. Now we know where they can be found. Our schools are training them. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “ConnectDER Introduces IslandDER Home Energy Storage System” • ConnectDER offers a new way to connect distributed energy resources. It designed “meter socket adapters,” so you can pull the meter, insert the correct MSA, and connect your solar panels, EV charger, or residential storage battery without going into your breaker panel. [CleanTechnica]
Product introduction (ConnectDER image)
¶ “Green Hydrogen Keeps Poking Its Nose Into The US Energy Business” • The green hydrogen industry could monetize excess capacity from wind farms and solar arrays, gathering up energy that would otherwise go to waste. That puts the industry a bit at odds with the current state of affairs in US energy policy. But new ventures keep coming. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Solar And Storage Lead US Power Build” • The US solar PV industry installed nearly 18 GW of new capacity in the first half of 2025, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie. Solar and storage accounted for 82% of all new power added to the grid in the first six months of the Trump administration. [reNews]
Solar array (Intec image)
¶ “Cincinnati Zoo Becomes A Source Of Solar Power For The Community” • If you’ve been to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, you’ve walked by huge solar panels in its parking lots. They create lots of shade. But they also generate 4.55 MW of solar power on the zoo’s campus. The zoo has also installed solar panels for the community. [Cincinnati Enquirer]
¶ “In LA Port, Bobbing Blue Floats Are Turning Wave Power Into Clean Energy” • In a channel at the Port of Los Angeles, seven blue steel structures that look like small boats were lowered into the ocean one by one. Attached to an unused wharf on a site that once housed oil tanks, they bob up and down with the waves to generate renewable energy. [ABC News]
Have a downright wonderful day.
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