World:
¶ “World Has ‘Virtually Exhausted’ Its Carbon Budget” • Fossil fuel emissions are set to reach a record high in 2025, according to the annual Global Carbon Budget Report. It warns that the remaining carbon budget to keep global warming under 1.5°C is now “virtually exhausted,” and keeping global warming to that limit is “no longer plausible.” [Euronews]
Cement plant (Anthony Maw, Unsplash)
¶ “Ukraine Anti-Corruption Investigation: Kyiv To Audit All State-Owned Companies” • Kyiv will audit all state-owned companies amid the anti-corruption investigation around the energy company Energoatom. “Eradicating corruption is a matter of honour and dignity,” the prime minister said as he announced the decision. [Euronews]
¶ “South Korean Growers Sue State Power Utility, Blaming Them For Climate Change And Crop Damage” • Several South Korean farmers are suing state utility Korea Electric Power Corporation and its power-generating subsidiaries, alleging that their use of coal and other fossil fuels has accelerated climate change and damaged their crops. [ABC News]
Farmland in South Korea (riNux, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “EVs At 98.4% Share In Norway” • October’s sales totals saw combined EVs take 98.4% share in Norway, comprising 97.4% full Battery EVs and 1.0% Plugin Hybrid EVs. These compare with last year’s figures of 95.6% combined, 94.0% BEV and 1.5% PHEV. Diesel sales are still 1%, and will do so until BEVs can cover all niches at all price points. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Iceland Warns Slower AMOC Is A Security Threat To The Nation” • The Iceland Review reported that the government of Iceland has declared the slowing or collapse of the AMOC to be a security threat to the country and has added the potential failure of that ocean current to the agenda of the country’s National Security Council. [CleanTechnica]
Reykjavík (Tom Podmore, Unsplash)
¶ “Voltalia Delivers First Power At Sarimay” • Electricity is now being generated at Voltalia’s 126-MW Sarimay Solar project in Uzbekistan. The company said the milestone marks a decisive step towards full commissioning, with construction launched in May 2024 now in its final stage. Sarimay is backed by a 25-year power purchase agreement. [reNews]
¶ “Vestas Nacelles Land At Baltic Power” • The first three 15-MW turbines with nacelles from Vestas’ Szczecin factory have been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. Developers Northland Power and Orlen said it was a milestone for Poland’s emerging offshore wind industry, with several of the project’s 76 nacelles to be produced in West Pomerania. [reNews]
Turbine installation (Image by Northland Power and Orlen)
¶ “UK Breaks Yearly Record For Rooftop Solar PV Installations” • UK rooftop solar PV installations have hit 206,682 so far in 2025, according to figures from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. The number is a record for the sector that has pushed the total number of certified small-scale solar installations in the UK to 1.85 million. [Solar Power Portal]
US:
¶ “Drought Linked To Increased Conflict Between Humans And Wildlife In California” • Researchers in California pinpointed an unexpected impact of climate change in the state: an increase in human-wildlife conflict due to prolonged, climate-exacerbated droughts. Clashes between humans and wildlife rose after long stretches of reduced precipitation. [ABC News]
Lake in California (Simon Hurry, Unsplash)
¶ “Evacuation Warnings As Heavy Rain Could Slam California Burn Scar Areas” • Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Southern California as an incoming storm could bring mudslides and debris flows to burn scar areas. Governor Gavin Newsom announced that emergency resources will be pre-deployed ahead of the storm. [ABC News]
¶ “US President Caught Napping By US Solar Industry” • US President Donald Trump’s war on the US solar industry is going sideways. And so it may for a while. A report from Deloitte outlines how the domestic solar industry can survive, recover, and persist long after President Trump leaves office in 2029. We can hope that will be peaceful. [CleanTechnica]
Agrivoltaics with an electric tractor (NREL image)
¶ “As EV Sales Slide, Tesla Will Adopt Its Own Semi Electric Trucks” • Tesla CEO Elon Musk first teased the idea of producing a Tesla-branded heavy-duty electric truck back in 2017. After all that delay, volume production of the Tesla Semi may arrive next year. The question will then be one of sales, as the US EV market is in pretty tough shape. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Invenergy, EnergyRe Shelve Leading Light” • Invenergy and EnergyRe have told regulators in the US it can no longer move forward with the 2400-MW Leading Light offshore wind farm. The developers stated they can’t go forward on the project off New Jersey due to to market headwinds. They said they regret the decision but see no path forward. [reNews]
Offshore wind farm (Herztier Kang, Unsplash)
¶ “Rio Tinto Inks New Wind Power Deal To Advance Kennecott Decarbonisation” • Rio Tinto steps up its US decarbonisation strategy with a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement that will supply 78.5 MW of renewable energy from TerraGen’s newly completed Monte Cristo I wind farm in Texas to its Kennecott copper operations in Utah. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “US Must Subsidize Trump’s Nuclear Revival, Bechtel Chief Says ” • Craig Albert, head of construction firm Bechtel, credited by the Financial Times for “rescuing” the Vogtle nuclear project in Georgia, told that paper that if the government wants Donald Trump’s nuclear construction expansion to get going, it should be willing to pick up part of the costs. [OilPrice.com]
Have a magically wonderful day.
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