World:
¶ “Sweden Declares The Famous Snowy Owl Regionally Extinct After A Decade Of ‘Silence’” • The Snowy Owl has vanished from Sweden, marking the first time in 20 years that the country has officially lost a bird species. The Snowy Owl is perhaps one of the most iconic birds on the entire planet, but conservationists warn its future hangs in jeopardy. [Euronews]
Snowy Owl (Dušan veverkolog, Unsplash)
¶ “2025 Was One Of Three Hottest Years On Record, Scientists Say” • Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the average for three years passed the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting warming to no more than 1.5°C (2.7°F). [ABC News]
¶ “Mexico Awards Twenty Renewable Energy Projects 3.3 GWs Of Contracts” • The US may be going backward with renewable energy, trying to drag people back into a pollution-filled world powered by fossil resources, but its neighbor to the south, led by a climate scientist, has just awarded 20 renewable energy projects with a combined 3.3 GW of contracts. [CleanTechnica]
Mexico Energy Minister Luz Elena González
(Juan Carlos Buenrostro, Mexico Office of the Presidency)
¶ “CATL Makes Big Announcement On Sodium Batteries For 2026” • Battery giant CATL, the largest battery producer in the world, mentioned this week is that its sodium-ion batteries, which have got up to 175 Wh/kg of energy density, could be used in normal passenger EVs providing 500 km (311 miles) of range in 2026. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Synera Completes Formosa 4 PPA Cover” • Synera Renewable Energy has fully subscribed the 495-MW output of its Formosa 4 offshore wind project as it signed two corporate power purchase agreements. Now it is calling for government and local financial institutions to help resolve key financing requirements needed to start construction. [reNews]
Offshore wind farm (SRE image)
¶ “Vestas Lands 390-MW Korean Offshore Wind Order” • Vestas got a 390-MW contract for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project off Jeollanam Province, its first offshore order in South Korea. The order covers 26 15-MW turbines and an agreement for twenty years of service to optimize long-term performance. Deliveries of turbines will start in 2027. [reNews]
¶ “India Adds Record 44.5 GW Renewable Capacity In 2025” • India added a record 44.5 GW of renewable energy capacity, including 35 GW from solar, through November of this year, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The total renewable energy installed capacity reached 253.96 GW in November 2025. [Outlook Business]
Wind turbines in Tamil Nadu (Milin John, Unsplash)
¶ “Tata Power Renewable Delivers 1 GW DCR-Compliant Solar Project For SJVN” • Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has commissioned SJVN Ltd’s 1-GW capacity solar power project in Rajasthan. The Domestic Content Requirement-compliant project will supply clean power to Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttarakhand. [pv magazine India]
¶ “GREW Solar Secures 1.5-GW Module Order From NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd” • GREW Solar secured a contract from NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd to manufacture and supply 1,464.5 MW of high-efficiency solar PV modules for solar projects at multiple sites in Uttar Pradesh. The contract value stands at ₹2,028.33 crore ($23.88 billion). [pv magazine India]
Solar cell plant (Oregon Transportation Dept, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Zaporizhzhia NPP Restores Operation Of External Power Line” • The occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has completed restoration work by connecting an external power line to the grid, Reuters reported. The repairs made possible restoration of the stable power supply necessary to maintain the safety of the facility. [Ukrainian news]
US:
¶ “Agrivoltaic Company Okovate Acquires Stanford University And Carnegie Mellon Tech Startup” • Agrivoltaic company Okovate Sustainable Energy believes that a modeling platform for the field developed at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon is justy what’s needed for planning agrivoltaic systems. It is bringing the system to market. [CleanTechnica]
Agrivoltaics (Okovate image)
¶ “Leading US Utility Trolls Trump Over Coal, Solar Power, And Green Hydrogen” • In this time of skyrocketing electricity costs, it’s a bit of a shock that a leading US utility will reduce household bills by an average of 22% by March of 2026. But that is what the Florida branch of Duke Energy is doing. It attributes the bulk of the savings to solar power. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Renewables Supply Over A Quarter Of US Power” • Almost 26% of US electricity in the first ten months of 2025 came from renewable energy sources, according to analysis by the Sun Day Campaign. The group said monthly data showed solar set fresh records, accounting for just over 9% of total output in the period while wind contributed 9.9%. [reNews]
Wind turbine in a wind farm (Invenergy image)
¶ “Massachusetts’s First Big Energy Storage Tender Dishes Out 1.3 GW Of Contracts” • By law, Massachusetts has to reach 5 GW of energy storage capacity by 2030. To get going toward that target, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources ran its first large energy storage tender. Now it has awarded 1.268 GW of contracts. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Oregon Faced A Huge Obstacle In Adding Green Energy. That Changed” • Governor Tina Kotek, a Democrat, has now issued two executive orders mandating that state agencies speed up the development of renewable energy by any available means they find, including fast-tracking permits and directly paying for new transmission lines. [Oregon Public Broadcasting]
Have an agreeably proceeding day.
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