World:
¶ “China Surges Ahead In Global Science As US Retreats From Research” • The latest Nature Index results show that Harvard University is the only American institution left in the top ten list of research organizations by contributions to leading scientific journals. Harvard sits in second place, but far behind the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [CleanTechnica]
Public Science Day (Uuongkinghe, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Philippine President’s Commuter Ride Into the Future: The Love Bus Returns” • President Bongbong Marcos Jr revived the Love Bus service for Manila. “We encourage everyone to take advantage of our new Love Bus to help reduce transportation costs, save a little, reduce traffic, and cut down on pollution since these buses are electric.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ørsted Faces $25 Million Weekly Hit From US Stop Order” • Ørsted has warned it faces up to $25 million in additional weekly costs after the US government ordered construction to stop on the 704-MW Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island. Ørsted said the order has introduced “significant uncertainty” around the project. [reNews]
Nacelle construction (Ørsted image)
¶ “UK And US Unveil Nuclear Deal To Build New Generation Of Plants” • Britain and America will work together to build a new generation of nuclear plants. Sir Keir Starmer will sign a “nuclear partnership” with Mr Trump, opening a new era of projects in Britain, based on nuclear technology. They hailed a “golden age” of energy cooperation. [Yahoo.com]
¶ “DOE Expediting Approval Of Renewable Energy Projects” • President Ferdinand ”Bongbong” Marcos Jr guaranteed that the Philippine DOE would enforce measures to hasten approval of renewable energy projects. He spoke at Citicore Solar Batangas 1 Power Plants, during commissioning of the country’s first hybrid agro-solar and battery storage system. [GMA Network]
Pres Ferdinand Marcos Jr (Presidential Communications Office)
Australia:
¶ “Australia’s Growing Need For Large-Scale Batteries” • In Australia, renewable energy is surging, but curtailment wastes clean power. Large-scale batteries can store surplus solar and wind, reduce waste, stabilise the grid, cut emissions, and secure a reliable energy future. As they do these things, the batteries also reduce any need for curtailment. [Energy Matters]
¶ “Australia’s Rooftop Solar And Battery Installations Are Surging Despite Broader Lag In Renewables” • Australia is on track to overshoot its 2030 rooftop solar targets, with enthusiasm for panels and batteries offsetting drops in large projects and broader renewable investment. About 27 GW of rooftop solar had been installed as of end-June. [Energy Connects]
Solar PVs on a motor inn (Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “How Is Australia Affected By Climate Change? The National Climate Risk Assessment Models The Future” • For the first time, the Australian government has drilled into the risks the country faces from a changing climate in a detailed report. Some key risk areas are coastal communities, Australia’s north, outer suburban areas, and remote areas. [ABC]
US:
¶ “California Refineries Close As Gasoline Demand Slips Into Permanent Decline” • Gasoline consumption in California has been declining for nearly a decade. That reshapes the economics of refining. The closures we are seeing are less about regulators pushing firms out and more about the market pulling the floor out from under them. [CleanTechnica]
Chevron Richmond Refinery (Bastique, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Experts Fired By Trump Revive Popular Climate Website” • US president Donald has cut funding for renewable energies like wind, as he promotes oil and gas. People who monitor ocean and climate conditions and issues weather forecasts and warnings were fired. NOAA’s climate.gov website was taken down. Now, a private replacement site has been put up. [DW]
¶ “Trump Waves Good-Bye To Offshore Wind Jobs, Hello To Glitzy New Ballroom” • Trump has dumped practically the entire domestic offshore industry into the toilet along with thousands of jobs, but lol the joke’s on us. But he is making America great again without windpower by doing such things as building a Whitehouse ballroom. [CleanTechnica]
‘Large event space’ (Courtesy of whitehouse.gov)
¶ “Evanston Residents Embrace Solar Power Despite Federal Cuts” • With the Trump administration slamming the brakes on federal support for renewable energy, the future of solar power in this country is uncertain. But the sun continues to shine, and in Evanston, Illinois, residents continue to install rooftop panels to turn that into electricity. [Evanston RoundTable]
¶ “Elon Musk Claps Back At DOE Over Claims That Renewable Energy Is ‘Worthless’: ‘Um, Hello?” • Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the US DOE to task recently, after the latter’s easily debunked post about clean energy, Fortune reported. Musk had been a supporter of Donald Trump, but that ended, possibly due to lack of support for Musk’s work. [Yahoo News]
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