World:
¶ “How The Oceans’ Coral Reefs Could Be The Secret Weapon To Tackle Food Insecurity Around The World” • Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but if we rebuild reef life, it could help provide millions of meals every year. Coral reefs could become a crucial part of the pathway to help fight global hunger. [Euronews]
Coral reef (NEOM, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Making Peatlands A Green Economy In Ireland’s Midlands” • The Irish Midlands, with its vast peatlands, faces a profound crisis. For generations, the local economy relied on harvesting peat for fuel, a practice that produces a significant CO₂ emissions. Peatlands for Prosperity is trying to help the region transition to a sustainable future. [Euronews]
¶ “Crude Oil Prices Down In 2025 Due To Oversupply” • With China’s auto market rapidly electrifying, Europe’s auto market electrifying, and now even many other auto markets around the world electrifying, an oversupply of oil may be the name of the game for a long time. We might ask why US President Trump is convinced that oil is important. [CleanTechnica]
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¶ “World’s First Production Solid-State Battery!” • A small company in Finland, Donutlabs, has announced the world’s first production solid-state battery. The batteries are rated at 400 Wh/kg. Verge Motorcycles has incorporated Donutlabs’ true solid-state battery into two motorcycles, giving them up to 600 km (360 miles) of range. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “ABS Clears Seatrium Offshore Substation Design” • ABS has issued approval in principle for Seatrium’s next-generation offshore substation design featuring 500-MW modules. Offshore substations are critical for transferring and exporting power from wind farms, Robert Langford, ABS vice president global renewables, said. [reNews]
Seatrium offshore aubstation (Seatrium image)
¶ “Spain Starts New €355 Million Manufacturing Program For Renewable Energy” • The Spanish government is going down the route a bit that President Biden and Democrats went down. It is subsidizing the manufacturing of various renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, with €355 million under Spain’s recovery and resilience plan. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Acta Marine Takes Delivery Of Acta Pegasus” • Acta Marine has taken delivery of the Acta Pegasus, its fourth walk-to-work vessel and a DP2 construction service operation vessel. The company said the newbuild is the first in a series of four vessels under construction at Tersan Shipyard and will operate under the French flag from Montoir-de-Bretagne. [reNews]
Acta Pegasus (Acta image)
¶ “Poland Readies Grid For Offshore Wind” • PSE, the Polish grid operator, confirmed its transmission system is ready to accept power from the first offshore wind farms. The company said the new Choczewo station, the expanded Żarnowiec station, and the 400-kV line between them are prepared to transmit energy from Baltic Sea projects. [reNews]
¶ “Chubu Electric Shares Tumble On Seismic Review Concerns At Hamaoka Nuclear Plant” • Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power shares fell by the most in more than thirteen years after it disclosed possible problems with how it evaluated seismic waves at an idled nuclear plant during a regulatory review required for a restart. [MSN]
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant (Cubu Electric Power Co, CC BY-SA 2.0)
US:
¶ “Trump’s Plans To ‘Exploit’ Venezuela’s Oil Reserves Sparks Climate Backlash” • After claiming the US has de facto control over Venezuela, the US says it will be “very strongly involved” in its oil industry. Trump said he will send large US oil companies to repair oil infrastructure and start “making money for the country.” He sparked heavy backlash. [Euronews]
¶ “Report: Nuclear Power Isn’t Viable In Hawaiʻi” • The Hawaiʻi State Energy Office has released the final report of the Nuclear Energy Working Group created by the state legislature under SCR-136. The report concludes that nuclear power is not viable in Hawaiʻi and that the state should not change its laws or its constitution to enable it. [Honolulu Civil Beat]
Hawaii (Ganapathy Kumarl, Unsplash)
¶ “‘Massive’ Venezuelan Oil Reserve Would Pose Challenges For US Firms, According To Experts” • A potential effort to extract and sell Venezuelan oil could prove a financial boon for major US oil firms but it would run up against major challenges, some analysts say. Ramping up oil production would require billions of dollars of investment over several years. [ABC News]
¶ “Cadillac EV Sales Up Year Over Year In 4th Quarter!” • Despite the $7,500 US EV tax credit ending at the end of the 3rd quarter, leading to a rush of EV purchases before October and then a big dropoff in sales after that, Cadillac actually sold more electric vehicles in the 4th quarter of 2025 than it had aols in the 4th quarter of 2024. [CleanTechnica]
Cadillac OPTIQ (Cadillac image)
¶ “The All-Electric Toyota C-HR EV Really Is Coming To The US” • Toyota plans to launch its all-electric C-HR crossover in the US this year, going mano-a-mano against industry leader Tesla while blithely ignoring the White House war on EVs, too. Toyota may have learned that customers will choose an EV when the right one comes along. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Massachusetts Delays Signing Offshore Wind Contracts” • Massachusetts again delayed finalizing contracts for two offshore wind projects that had been selected at auction in September 2024. Ocean Winds’ 1,287-MW SouthCoast Wind and Iberdrola’s 791-MW New England Wind 1 arrays were delayed due to federal uncertainty. [reNews]
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