World:
¶ “Nearly 900 Million Poor People Face Climate Risk, Says UN” • Researchers overlaid global climate hazard data with poverty indicators. They showed poverty is not just an economic issue. It is strongly linked with planetary pressures and instability. They say 887 million poor people are vulnerable to at least one climate risk, and 651 million face two or more. [Euronews]
Boy in the mud (Salah Darwish, Unsplash)
¶ “How Do EU Citizens Feel About Corporate Accountability For Climate Action?” • Around three-quarters of adults in ten EU countries believe large companies with 250 or more employees should be held accountable for human rights and environmental harms in their supply chains, an Ipsos poll shows. In Sweden and Spain this view is particularly strong. [Euronews]
¶ “China Is Totally Crushing Trump’s Fossil Fuel Dream, With Agrivoltaics” • US President Donald Trump and his fossil energy donors have been caught napping. The Chinese solar firm GCL is taking its up-sized agrivoltaic system on the road, with Germany tapped to demonstrate the benefits of combining farming with solar panels on the same land. [CleanTechnica]
Agrivoltaic PV system (Klas Neidhardt, Vattenfall)
¶ “Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Bids In Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Round” • Colombia has a bid from a subsidiary of CIP in its first offshore wind auction, Reuters reports. Orlando Velandia, head of Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency, said CI GMF Cooperatief UA submitted a bid under the country’s inaugural offshore wind round. [reNews]
¶ “Voltalia And IFC Partner For African Mining” • Voltalia signed a strategic partnership with IFC to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across mining operations in Africa. Mining is a highly energy-dependent industry, with many sites relying on fossil fuels in regions lacking access to stable grids. Renewables can give them a stable source of energy. [reNews]
Solar field (Voltalia image)
¶ “Small Wind Turbine Increases Energy Output With Less Weight” • Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP collaborated with the BBF Group to developed a small, lightweight rotor specifically designed for operation in regions with low wind speeds. The first prototypes have been delivered. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Chinese PV Industry Brief: Energy China secures 5 GW EPC deal in Saudi Arabia” • China Energy Engineering Corporation announced that a consortium of its subsidiaries had signed three engineering, procurement and construction contracts for 5 GW of wind and solar projects in Saudi Arabia. The contracts are worth $2.7 billion. [pv magazine International]
Solar array (Antonio Garcia, Unsplash)
¶ “South Africa Announces IRP Targeting Over 40% Renewable Power By 2030” • South Africa’s cabinet approved new boards for state-owned power utility Eskom and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa and adopted the updated Integrated Resource Plan, IRP 2025, the Presidency announced. Renewables are to supply just over 40% of electricity in 2030. [MSN]
¶ “Mystery Heatwave Warms Pacific Ocean To New Record” • The waters of the north Pacific had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists. Between July and September the sea surface was more than 0.25°C (0.45°F) above the previous high of 2022. [BBC]
Pacific Ocean (Mick Haupt, Unsplash)
¶ “Iran Says It’s No Longer Bound By Nuclear Deal Limits” • Iran says it is no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear program, as a 2015 deal with world powers officially expired. “All of the provisions (of the deal), including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear program and the related mechanisms, are considered terminated,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. [DW]
US:
¶ “Good News, Bad News From Rondo Energy 100-MWh Heat Storage Facility” • Rondo Energy developed technology that uses electricity to heat fire bricks to temperatures of 1500º C or more. Unlike most energy storage, Rondo Energy’s is not primarily meant to provide electricity. Initially, it is being used to enhance oil recovery from a well. [CleanTechnica]
Rondo Energy system (Rondo Energy image)
¶ “ABTC Publishes Study On Its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project” • American Battery Technology Company published the S-K 1300 Technical Report and Preliminary Feasibility Study for its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project. The study confirms the project’s robust economic potential and potential strategic importance for the domestic lithium supply chain. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Utilities Grapple With A Multibillion Question: How Much AI Data Center Power Demand Is Real” • Electricity companies across the US are struggling to figure out how much demand will actually materialize from the artificial intelligence boom, as the stock market speculates that vast sums of money will be spent to support a big data center buildout. [CNBC]
Have a totally copacetic day.
geoharvey 
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