World:
¶ “These European Cities Won’t Be Able To Host Future Winter Olympics Due To Climate Change” • Many places that could host Winter Games won’t be able to in the coming years, researchers say. Out of 93 mountain places that could host the games, only 52 should have the snow and cold temperatures to be able to host a Winter Olympics in the 2050s. [Euronews]
Emily Hughes skating (Rich Moffitt, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “‘We Need Competitive Bidding Systems For Clean Power,’ Wind Industry Leader Tells Euronews” • Tinne Van der Straeten, the former Belgian energy minister and new CEO of the trade association WindEurope, says the wind industry is ready to scale up to continue delivering clean power and urged EU countries to implement effective auction systems. [Euronews]
¶ “Damage To The Ocean Nearly Doubles Economic Cost Of Climate Change, New Study Finds” • Scientists have factored damage to the ocean into the social cost of carbon for the first time, finding it nearly doubles the economic impact of climate change. The additional cost of $46.2 per ton of carbon dioxide brings the total to $97.2 per ton. [ABC News]
Ocean (Ant Rozetsky, Unsplash)
¶ “UK Gets More Offshore Wind As Trump Tries To Block It” • The president of the US may oppose wind power, but the real news is that leading global investment firm KKR teamed up with leading global renewable energy company RWE on two offshore wind farms in the UK. And these are gigantic wind farms. They total about 3 GW. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “DEME Takes Delivery Of New Jack-Up” • DEME has taken delivery of its the Norse Energi jack-up at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. DEME said the GustoMSC-designed vessel is engineered to install turbines with rotor diameters of over 300 meters and XXL monopiles weighing up to 3000 tons in water that is 70 meters deep. [reNews]
New jack-up completion (DEME image)
¶ “Ireland Tells Data Center Developers To Bring Their Own Clean Energy” • Ireland has a new policy that says any data center wanting a grid connection must install on-site generation or battery systems capable of meeting its full electricity demand. Also, data center operators will be required to provide power to the national grid when needed. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Enery Begins Construction Of Ogrezeni Hybrid Power Project In Romania” • European renewable power producer Enery has broken ground on the Ogrezeni hybrid renewable energy project in Giurgiu County, Romania. The project integrates 534 MW (AC) of solar PVs with more than 1 GWh of battery storage. It is to be operating in 2027. [Power Technology]
Solar array (Energy image)
¶ “India Tenders 2.45 GW Of Solar Power Projects With Battery Storage” • Rajasthan Solar Park Development Co Ltd has issued a tender inviting bids to develop 2,450 MW of solar PV capacity and 1,600 MW of 4-hour battery capacity to be connected to the state transmission grid at the Pugal Solar Park in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district. [pv magazine International]
US:
¶ Judge Hands Offshore Wind Another Victory Against Trump, Clearing Way For NY Project”” • A federal judge cleared the way for the Empire Wind project to resume construction. District Judge Carl J Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled construction could go forward while he considers the merits of the federal order to suspend the project. [ABC News]
Empire Wind construction (Equinor image)
¶ “US Seizes Sixth Tanker In The Caribbean” • The US seized another tanker in the Caribbean, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced. She said in a social media post that the vessel was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.” [ABC News]
¶ “Trump Redirects Pollution-Control Funding to Prop Up More Polluting Coal Plants” • The Trump administration will use funds legally directed by Congress instead to reduce pollution to help build new and prop up aging, expensive, polluting coal plants, Politico reported. Utilities retired 158 coal plants over the last ten years due to their high cost. [CleanTechnica]
Comanche Generating Station (Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “More Sodium-Ion Batteries Are Emerging” • Unigrid is a startup based in San Diego. It was founded in 2021, deploying sodium-ion battery research developed at the University of California San Diego. It is developing “a sodium all-solid-state battery system that offers low cost, safe and long lasting energy storage,” a press release says. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Over 22 GW Of Renewables Are Canceled Or In Limbo Under Trump ‘Blockade’” • As the Trump administration wages a public attack on the US offshore wind farms, it has also been fighting a brutal battle with renewable energy projects on land. Over 22 GW of large wind and solar projects on public lands have been canceled or are held up. [Canary Media]
Renewable energy (George Dagerotip, Unsplash)
¶ “Vineyard Wind 1 Files Complaint Against Shutdown” • The joint venture behind the 806-MW Vineyard Wind 1 array off the coast of Massachusetts has filed a legal challenge to President Trump’s blanket offshore wind construction shutdown. The Iberdrola-CIP joint venture says that the project is 95% complete, and already partially operational. [reNews]
¶ “NASA, Energy Department Renew Partnership To Develop Lunar Nuclear Power System” • NASA and the US DOE have announced a renewed commitment to developing a nuclear power system for use on the Moon, a move aimed at supporting long-term lunar exploration under the Artemis program and future missions to Mars. [WESH]
Have a valiantly uncomplicated day.
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