World:
¶ “Fossil Fuel Phaseout Becomes COP30’S Biggest Talking Point, But Will It Happen?” • Despite increasing investment in clean energy, experts warn progress towards a fossil fuel-free future is not “happening fast enough.” Global emissions are still climbing. But developing a roadmap that manages the transition in a just way is proving a challenge. [Euronews]
Refinery (Michael Pointner, Unsplash)
¶ “AI-Powered Methane Tracking, Offshore Drones, And Real-Time Safety Analytics Shown At ADIPEC 2025” • New AI and digital technologies were noted as energy producers pushed plans to cut methane and strengthen operational efficiency. Regional operators showed satellite-based emissions tracking, drone tracking, and safety tools. [Euronews]
¶ “EVs Take 33.3% Share In Germany – Skoda Elroq Best-Seller” • October saw plugin EVs take 33.3% share in Germany, up from 23.6% year on year. Battery EV volumes were up 48%, while plugin hybrid EVs increased by 60%. Overall auto volume was 250,133 units, up some 8% YOY. The best-selling battery EV was the Skoda Elroq. [CleanTechnica]
Škoda Elroq (Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “A Tale Of Two Markets” • In China, plugins scored a over a million sales in September, for 59% of the overall market, but growth has been slowing down, with October showing only a 7% increase over October 2025. Battery EVs continued to grow, going up by 20% to 812,000 units, or 36% of overall sales. Plugin hybrid EVs were down again. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “1140 HP Cayenne Turbo Electric Most Powerful Production Porsche Ever” • The engineers at the Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart have been developing a battery-electric version of the Cayenne for years. On November 19, Porsche announced the Cayenne Electric is finally here, with sales expected to begin in the middle or next year. [CleanTechnica]
Porsche Cayenne (Porsche image)
¶ “ib vogt Enters Strategic Partnership With Ingka Investments On Rajasthan Renewable Energy Project” • ib vogt, a renewable energy development platform, and Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, completed a transaction for the sale and purchase of a 210-MW ready-to-build solar project in Rajasthan, India. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Denmark Launches 2.8-GW Offshore Wind Tender” • Tenders for three offshore wind sites totaling at least 2,800 MW were opened by Denmark, the Danish Energy Agency said. The North Sea Mid, Hesselo, and North Sea South areas will supply enough green electricity to meet the needs of about three million Danish and European homes. [reNews]
Three offshore wind sites (Danish Energy Agency image)
¶ “Niigata Governor Approves Restart Of TEPCO Nuclear Power Plant” • Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi announced that he has approved the restart of TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture and hopes to get backing from the prefectural assembly. “Niigata Prefecture will give its consent,” the governor said. [Asahi Shimbun]
US:
¶ “Thousands Of Toxic Sites In US At Risk Of Flooding Within Decades Due To Sea Level Rise” • With high greenhouse gas emissions, over 5,500 hazardous sites in the US will be at risk of a 1-in-100-year flood by the year 2100, says a paper published in Nature. Among the sites are facilities that handle sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas, and others. [ABC News]
Chemical factory (Moritz Lüdtke, Unsplash)
¶ “Trump Admin Is Pushing Polluting Fossil Fuels Across US” • After fighting solar power and wind, including canceling power plant projects that had been fully approved, the Trump regime is working vigorously to get more coal and gas plants built anew or running longer. It is looking to drill for oil illegally and increase natural gas pollution. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Maryland Launches Offshore Workforce Fund” • Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced federal funding to provide training and place jobs for the state’s offshore wind workforce. The $4.7 million funding is to make Maryland more competitive by creating a skilled worker pipeline into Maryland’s wind energy industry, Governor Moore said. [reNews]
Offshore windpower (Maryland Energy Administration image)
¶ “Tesla’s Core Mission Shifts In The Musk 4.0 Era” • It seems AI technology has become pivotal to stock market measurements of success. Elon Musk 4.0 has been repeating this point for months. He insists that with the evolution of AI computing in its Master Plan 4 iteration, Tesla can reinvent itself from an EV maker into an AI company. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Key US House Committee Advances Permitting Bill” • The US House Committee on Natural Resources has advanced a bill aimed at getting energy projects built faster. It would make key reforms to much of the US federal permitting process for infrastructure projects, including offshore wind and onshore projects on federal land. [reNews]
Capitol Building (Alejandro Barba, Unsplash)
¶ “New Hampshire’s Largest Community Solar Project Under Construction At Former Gravel Pit” • Encore Renewable Energy and the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire hosted an event to honor the Poverty Plains Solar Project, a 4.99-MW ground-mounted solar system that will deliver affordable energy to eleven communities. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Texas Is Winning The Energy War By Ignoring The Politics” • While the federal government tries to pick winners and losers among energy technologies, Texas demonstrates an affordable and reliable path to achieving American energy resilience that repeatedly prioritizes practicality over ideology. Texas is being practical rather than political. [Utility Dive]
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