World:
¶ “Mosquitos Found In Iceland For The First Time Following Record-Breaking Temperatures” • Mosquitos were detected in Iceland for the first time on record. Up until this month, Iceland was one of two places that didn’t have a mosquito population largely thanks to its inhospitable climate. The only remaining mosquito-free haven is now Antarctica. [Euronews]
Mosquito (Cameron Webb, Unsplash)
¶ “Ten Years After Paris, The World Is Failing To Meet Climate Promises” • Despite record clean energy investment, fossil fuel finance and deforestation are still rising, warns a report. The world is failing to act fast enough to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, according to the State of Climate Action 2025 report from Systems Change Lab. [Euronews]
¶ “Solaris Shows Off New Midibus at Busworld 2025” • Polish bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach has premiered the Solaris Urbino 10.5 electric. Positioned as a mid-range, fully electric city bus, the 10.5-meter vehicle is designed for high maneuverability in constrained urban centers, but with a focus on maximizing passenger capacity. [CleanTechnica]
Solaris Urbino 10.5 at Busworld 2025 (Photo by Solaris)
¶ “Urgent Need For EU Action On E-Fuels, Taxation, And Air Traffic Growth” • The European Union Aviation Safety Agency published its first annual technical report on the implementation of the ReFuelEU regulation, which monitors compliance with the mandate for sustainable aviation fuels. The findings paint a sobering picture. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started” • Sodium-ion batteries have been in the works for years, and now they have started to appear in cars and home storage. JAC, in a partnership with Volkswagen, has been shipping a vehicle with sodium-ion batteries since 2023. And now Bluetti introduced the Pioneer Na portable power station. [CleanTechnica]
Bluetti Pioneer Na battery (Please click on the image to enlarge)
¶ “Ireland set for major Spain solar power deal” • Ireland is set to do a deal with Spain for a share of its solar power through a giant 1000 km interconnector, it has emerged. Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy Darragh O’Brien says the Government is to sign an agreement next year which would see an undersea electricity cable built to Spain. [The Irish Sun]
¶ “Venterra Launches LiDAR Buoy Fleet” • Venterra Group has launched a fleet of state-of-the-art dual LiDAR buoys for ocean weather measurements. The Venterra V-LiDAR is the first of its kind to be designed and made in the UK, after a £10 million investment. The LiDAR buoys represent the culmination of a two-year project, the company said. [reNews]
LiDAR Buoy (Ventura image)
¶ “Russian-Controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Says Power Is Back” • Engineers have repaired a damaged high-voltage line and restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, its Russian-installed management said. The plant was seized by Russian troops in 2022, in the first weeks of the war in Ukraine. [Free Malaysia Today]
¶ “Ingeteam To Supply Australian Hybrid Project” • Ingeteam will supply 100-MW of solar capacity and 100-MW of battery energy storage capacity for European Energy Australia’s Winton North hybrid project northeast of Victoria. Once operational in 2027 the installation will have an estimated annual production capacity of 227 GWh of electricity. [reNews]
Solar inverter skid (Ingeteam image)
US:
¶ “Tesla’s Profits Plunged Again Last Quarter Despite Selling More Vehicles” • Tesla, which is run by Elon Musk, reported that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply. Third-quarter earnings at Tesla fell to $1.4 billion, or 39¢ per share, from $2.2 billion, or 62¢ per share, a year earlier. [ABC News]
¶ “Tesla’s Financial Trends Look Horrible, But Who Might Be To Blame?” • Record vehicle deliveries, revenue of $28.1 billion, and net income of $1.8 billion probably sound good. But Tesla, with a market cap of $1.38 trillion, has financial trends that are bad, even horrible. And in addition, there some clear signs those are only going to get worse. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla (Charlie Deets, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “‘Energy Dominance’ Means Forcing Other Countries To Buy Your LNG ” • The current administration is puffing out its chest and bleating about “energy dominance.” If anyone wonders what that means, now we have the answer. It means imposing your need to make a buck on countries that are striving to address the global heating phenomenon. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “We’re Waging A War In Defense Of Clean Energy” • So many projects are in the implementation stage that the US is projected to add near-record amounts of renewable energy and batteries through 2027. BloombergNEF recently raised its forecast for how much wind, solar, and batteries the country would add next year by more than 10%. [CleanTechnica]
Solar farm (Doral Renewables image)
¶ “Arkansas Needs Wind And Solar To Meet State’s Growing Energy Needs, Advocates Say” • Dozens of state leaders in the renewable energy sector gathered at the Wyndham Riverfront in Little Rock to explore how the state can best meet its growing electricity demands. Two coal-fired power plants will retire by 2030 even as demand grows. [Arkansas Times]
¶ “The Costliest Six Months Of Weather Disasters On Record” • The first half of this year was the costliest ever recorded for weather and climate disasters in the US, according to an analysis published by the nonprofit organization Climate Central. It is information that the public might never have learned due to Trump administration cutting funds for NOAA. [MSN]
Have an essentially glorious day.
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