World:
¶ “EU Chief Urges Bloc Members To Sanction Russia’s LNG Exports” • The EU should slap new sanctions on Russia’s exports of liquefied natural gas, its shadow fleet of aging oil tankers, and major energy companies over its war on Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. She insisted that EU sanctions are having an impact. [ABC News]
Ursula von der Leyen (©European Parliament, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “COP30: EU Countries Dodge 2035 Climate Targets With Statement Of Intent” • After lengthy negotiations, EU countries haven’t agreed on a 2035 target to present at the UN next week. EU environment ministers announced a “statement of intent” on climate targets for 2035 between 66.25% and 72.5% for 2035, compared to 1990 levels. [Euronews]
¶ “EU Gives Electric Truck Charging Network The Green Light” • The European Clean Transportation Corridor plan announced last spring by the European Commission got its final approval. The plan has two major routes. One is from Rotterdam, goes east, and divides to Ukraine and Finland. The other runs from northern Scandinavia to Italy. [CleanTechnica]
Electric truck charging (Traton image)
¶ “Volkswagen’s IAA Announcements” • Volkswagen made a series of announcements at the IAA show in Munich, Germany. From bidirectional charging to AI and semiconductors, the company was apparently trying to push the envelope to look more interesting and innovative than other companies that put out typical concept cars. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “SSE Requests Life Extension At Coomatallin” • SSE applied to Cork County Council for permission to extend the operational life of its 6-MW Coomatallin wind farm by twenty years. The four-turbine project has been generating since 2006, annually producing enough electricity to power over 4,000 homes while displacing around 4,000 tonnes of CO₂. [reNews]
Coomatallin wind farm (SSE Renewables)
¶ “SSEN Seeks Approval For £22 Billion Grid Plan” • SSEN Transmission has submitted an application to Scottish Ministers for a 400-kV overhead line between Kintore in Aberdeenshire and Tealing in Angus. The line is an element of the operator’s £22 billion Pathway to 2030 investment program. It is intended to unlock offshore wind power for the UK. [reNews]
US:
¶ “Young Environmentalists Sue Over Executive Orders That Benefit Fossil Fuels” • Two years ago, a group of young people sued the state of Montana, claiming it was failing a constitutional guarantee of a safe and clean environment. They won that case along with all appeals. Now a group is suing to block support for fossil fuels under executive orders. [CleanTechnica]
Young environmentalists (Our Children’s Trust)
¶ “California Passes Legislation To Support Solar And Lower Energy Costs” • This week, the California legislature passed a couple of bills on the last day of the 2025 legislative session that further support solar energy and a connected clean energy grid. Naturally, the two bills are also expected to reduce energy costs for Californians. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump Administration’s Harvard Funding Cuts Reversed” • The Trump administration claimed it was cutting well over $2 billion dollars in research funding for antisemitism. That is a ‘smokescreen,’ the judge in a court case noted, intended to be a way to get rid of funding for scientific research that some major companies don’t want to see pursued. [CleanTechnica]
Harvard (Xiangkun ZHU, Unsplash)
¶ “Researchers See Possibilities In Electric Tractors” • In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring, a group of farmers got to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in they gave their feedback to the Michigan State University researchers who have been developing it for over two years. [ABC News]
¶ “Ocean Winds To ‘Vigorously Defend’ SouthCoast Permit” • Ocean Winds intends to “vigorously defend” its permits in court after the Trump administration indicated that it is reviewing the construction and operations plan for the 2400-MW SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts. SouthCoast Wind has planned to spend over $6 billion on the project. [reNews]
Donald Trump (White House image)
¶ “Stanford Study Shows Savings And Benefits For Households That Opt For Solar” • A study from Stanford provides strong evidence on the efficiency of a popular source of clean energy. If it’s in your home and runs on electricity, you’ll probably find it in the Stanford Bits and Watts lab. That includes solar panels to help power consumer appliances. [ABC7 San Francisco]
¶ “Paducah Gets First Solar Field Project. Construction Set To Begin In 2027” • US utility and power generation company AES Corporation, and its development company, Community Energy, is building a $130 million solar plant in Kentucky. The 60-MW project’s 156,000 solar panels will generate enough energy annually to power 10,000 homes. [NewsBreak]
Solar system (Sungrow EMEA, Unsplash)
¶ “Renewable Energy Jobs Grew Three Times Faster Than Rest Of US Workforce In 2024” • Renewable energy jobs grew more than three times faster than the rest of the US economy in 2024. It added almost 100,000 jobs. However, future growth could be in jeopardy, according to the 10th annual Clean Jobs America report released by E2. [Solar Builder]
¶ “TVA Intends To Deploy Nuclear Fusion Plant Once Tech Is Ready” • The Tennessee Valley Authority formalized its intent to build the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant with developer Type One Energy, based in Knoxville. Type One Energy was founded in 2019 to deploy a commercial nuclear fusion reactor in the 2030s. [Chattanooga Times Free Press]
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