World:
¶ “A Planet In Peril: UN Calls For Global Climate Investment To Unlock €17 Trillion Benefit By 2070” • The UN Environment Program report ‘A future we choose’ calls for a global change in direction to help secure a healthy planet and “prosperity for all.” We must reshape the economy and environment to deal with climate change. [Euronews]
Beautiful Earth (Courtesy of UNEP)
¶ “Sierra Club Endorses Report Showing Pension Funds Fail To Stop Asset Managers Backing Fossil Fuel Expansion” • Pension funds and other asset owners are exposing clients to growing climate-related financial risks by failing to stop asset managers supporting fossil fuel expansion, according to analysis published by Reclaim Finance. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “T&E, Greenpeace And Twelve Other Organisations Call On The EU To Maintain The Law Promoting Alternatives To Short-Haul Flights” • Article 20 of the EU Air Services Regulation plays a necessary role in avoiding projected emissions growth in the aviation sector. But in the run-up to a revision, industry pressure is mounting to severely limit its scope. [CleanTechnica]
Commuter plane (Miguel Ángel Sanz, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Potentia Secures Financing For 600-MW Portfolio” • Potentia Energy has secured A$830 million ($552.22 million) of financing to support a portfolio of wind, solar, and hydro projects across Australia. The 600-MW of capacity is spread across six projects. The debt is being provided by a group of seven major Australian and international lenders. [reNews]
¶ “DEME To Handle Foundation And Cable Work At BC-Wind” • DEME was awarded three contracts for Ocean Winds’ BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Polish waters. DEME will install monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the 390-MW project. The vessels Orion, Living Stone, and Viking Neptun will take on the installation, DEME said. [reNews]
Orion (DEME image)
¶ “Drax Plans To Turn Coal-Era Power Station Into Data Center By 2027” • Energy generator Drax unveiled plans to develop a data center at its 1,000 acre Yorkshire site in efforts to maximize its value. Drax has been under scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers over its environmental credentials as it burns vast amounts of imported wood pellets. [MSN]
¶ “Sonnedix Seals VW GO Supply Deal” • Sonnedix has signed an agreement with VW Kraftwerk GmbH for the supply of renewable Guarantees of Origin from its 150MW Covatillas PV complex in Spain. The company said the deal entails the delivery of 104 GWh of renewable energy certificates per year for 10 years to support decarbonizing Volkswagen Group. [reNews]
Solar farm and orchard (Sonnedix image)
¶ “ACWA Power And Bapco Energies To Develop 2.8-GW Solar-Storage Project” • ACWA Power and Bapco Energies signed an agreement to develop a solar power plant with battery storage in Saudi Arabia. ACWA Power said the parties committed to jointly develop a solar power plant over several phases, ultimately with a generating capacity of up to 2.8 GW. [Asian Power]
¶ “Renewable Energy Forms 56% Of German Electricity In 2025, Study Finds” • Renewable energies have covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption in 2025, a report found. The projection found that renewable energies covered 55.8% of gross electricity consumption this year, an increase from the 55.1% figure in 2024. [Yahoo]
Wind turbine in Germany (Eugen J, Unsplash)
¶ “European Commission Gives Green Light To Building First Nuclear Power Plant In Poland” • The European Commission has approved a support package for the construction and operation of Poland’s first nuclear power plant, declaring it compatible with EU state aid rules. The three-unit NPP is expected to cost around 192 billion złoty ($53,2 billion). [Yahoo News]
US:
¶ “US Government Website Removes Fossil Fuels As Cause Of Global Warming” • The EPA has removed any mention of fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming, from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it mentions only natural causes, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human activity. [Euronews]
Please click on the image to enlarge it (EPA image)
¶ “US Seizes Tanker Off Coast Of Venezuela, Trump Says” • The US seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced, as tensions escalate with the South American nation. “It’s been a very interesting day, from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” he said. [ABC News]
¶ “A New Flow Battery Will Get A Good Look-See From The US DOE” • Among the vanadium flow battery innovators to cross the CleanTechnica radar is the UK firm Invinity Energy Systems. The US DOE has also taken notice. In May of 2024, the agency engaged Invinity to install its flow batteries at six sites in the US on a demonstration basis. [CleanTechnica]
Vanadium flow battery (Courtesy of PNNL)
¶ “Stellantis Says It Will Bring Electric Topolino To US” • The US president recently visited Japan, where he noticed the cute little kei cars. Stellantis people quickly told their headquarters that the president was smitten with cars that are small and “cute.” They quickly announced that they have decided to import the FIAT Topolino into the US. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “ERCOT’s Market Is Transitioning Toward Storage And Solar” • Battery storage facilities and solar farms powered virtually all capacity growth in Texas’ electric grid in 2025, as the home of the nation’s oil and gas industry created almost twice as much new solar power as California. The additions include 4,500 MW of solar and 5,200 MW of storage. [Inside Climate News]
Have an honestly grand day.
geoharvey 