World:
¶ “Ukrainian Drones Set Fire To Russian Oil Depot After Moscow Launches New Missile” • A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, regional authorities said. Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on Russian energy sites aim to deprive Moscow of the oil export revenue it needs to pursue its full-scale invasion. [ABC News]
Volgograd refinery (Governor of Volgograd Oblast, CC BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Canada’s LNG Mirage: Why Most Projects Won’t Be Built And Taxpayers Won’t See The Payoff” • Canada has plans for LNG export infrastructure as if global gas demand growth will persist for decades. With the rapid worldwide deployment of solar and batteries, and rising costs of financing, most proposed LNG capacity will not be built. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Global Centre For Maritime Decarbonisation’s Trial Shows Shipboard Carbon Capture Is A Dead End” • The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s Project CAPTURED life cycle assessment finally grounds the discussion in measured data in an end-to-end value chain. It shows that presenting onboard CCS as an effective bridge is misleading. [CleanTechnica]
Container ship (Anastasios Antoniadis, Unsplash)
¶ “2025 Ends with an Uptick in Australian Plugin Vehicle Sales” • In December 2025, 10,384 battery EVs and 5,919 plugin hybrids were sold in the Australian market. A total 101,513 passenger were vehicles sold, and 16,303 came with a plug. These numbers show a penetration rate of 16.7%. And they are up from about 10% sold in December 2024. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Irish Regulator Publishes Offshore Wind Lease Rules” • The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, the Irish marine regulator, published its competitive framework for offshore wind leasing. The framework is intended to complement Ireland’s approach to offshore renewable energy development and to support national climate and energy targets. [reNews]
Offshore substation (RWE image)
¶ “Electricity From Abroad! India Forms Historic Energy Alliance With Saudi Arabia, UAE” • India is set to collaborate with Saudi Arabia and the UAE on a unique energy exchange project. The initiative will have undersea power cables, enabling seamless electricity trade between the countries. Electricity will go in either direction, as required. [News24]
¶ “Renewables Jobs Slow Down Amid Global Deployment Growth” • Despite renewable energy installations hitting a new peak, jobs in the sector only increased by 2.3% from 2023, to 16.6 million in 2024. Reports highlight increasing impacts of political and economic friction, as well as growing automation, to the renewable energy workforce. [IRENA]
PV worker (IRENA image)
¶ “Fossil Fuel Subsidies Lead The US And EU Into Industrial Decline” • While the US is focusing on fossil fuel extraction, a worldwide transformation is taking place. CO₂ emissions have been stagnating or declining in China for over a year and a half. Against this backdrop, climate and energy expert Hans-Josef Fell sees the world at a crossroads. [Truthout]
¶ “What The Market Gets Wrong About Renewables” • According to a German study, the next target or victim of renewables could be base load power generation itself. The study was set to answer a single question: Could the German economy decarbonize in 20 years relying on just incremental investment in renewables? The answer is definite: “Yes.” [OilPrice.com]
German solar park (Phoenix Solar AG, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Nation With Very Little Sun Defies Misconceptions As Solar Energy Overtakes Other Power Sources” • Germany is defying conventional wisdom with the growth of its solar energy. The country’s solar sector celebrated a symbolic milestone in 2025, as solar power’s share of electricity generation represented 18% of Germany’s electricity. [The Cool Down]
US:
¶ “Stellantis Scraps 4xe Plug-In Hybrid Platform For The US” • Consumer Reports recently found that plugin hybrids have much more problems than conventional cars. Stellantis announced this week that the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe will not be offered for sale to customers in North America for the 2026 model year. [CleanTechnica]
Goodbye Jeep Grand Cherokee 4Xe (Charles, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Fast EV Charger Ports Coming To Brooklyn” • XCharge North America has partnered with Energy Plus on an EV charging hub in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The hub, with 88 fast charging ports, will be backed by 9.6 MWh of batteries. This allows electricity for the hub to be purchased when the demand for electricity is low and it has a low price. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “‘Cowboy Chernobyl’ Nuclear Reactor Backed By Bill Gates Races Toward Approval In Wyoming” • A nuclear reactor backed by Bill Gates, but called “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics, rushes toward approval in rural Wyoming, alarming both residents and nuclear safety experts as regulators fast-track the project under a Trump-era order. [AOL.com]
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