World:
¶ “Scientists Sound Alarm As Multiple Climate Systems Near Critical Tipping Points” • Scientists say multiple critical Earth systems appear closer to destabilisation than previously believed. This is putting the planet in increased danger of following a “hothouse” path driven by feedback loops that can amplify the consequences of global warming. [Euronews]
Protester (Zeno Hind, Unsplash)
¶ “Study Finds Climate Change Set The Stage For Wildfires In Argentina And Chile” • Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Patagonia, making the high-risk conditions up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming, a team of researchers warned. [ABC News]
¶ “Lucid Is Finishing A Greenfield EV Plant For The Next Phase Of Global Manufacturing” • When Lucid Motors announced plans to build its first manufacturing facility outside the US in 2022, the move was framed as both symbolic and strategic. The plant in King Abdullah Economic City will be Saudi Arabia’s first car factory. [CleanTechnica]
Lucid manufacturing facility (Lucid image)
¶ “Tesla Down Dramatically In Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, Norway” • This article looks at how Tesla is doing in January in a dozen EU markets. Some of them were up, though most were down. Overall, Tesla’s sales in these markets dropped from 6,925 vehicle sales (5.5% of the market, in January 2025) to 5,351 vehicle sales (4%) of the market this year. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Grenergy Seals $355 Million Financing For Central Oasis” • Grenergy has closed a $355m senior non-recourse financing for the Gran Teno, Tamango and Planchón hybrid plants in Chile. Gran Teno has 241 MW of solar and 884 MWh of storage, while Tamango comprises 49 MW of solar and 158MWh. Planchón will add 108 MW of solar and 379MWh. [reNews]
Gran Teno solar plant (Grenergy image)
¶ “Ørsted Takes Delivery Of First Hornsea 3 Monopiles” • Ørsted has taken delivery of the first six monopiles for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm into Teesside in the UK from manufacturer Haizea. The foundations, which are the first six of 197 for what Ørsted described as the world’s single largest offshore wind farm, each weigh an average of 1670 tonnes. [reNews]
¶ “China Coal Power Output Falls 1.9% In 2025 Amid Renewable Surge” • China had a 1.9% decline in coal-fired power generation in 2025, signalling a significant shift in the country’s energy mix as the expansion of non-fossil fuel sources outpaced electricity demand growth for the first time in a decade, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie. [BioEnergy Times]
Coal-fired power plant (Kristoferb, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “Solar Energy Chips In 16% Of Victoria’s Renewable Energy Target” • Solar energy supplied 16% of Victoria’s 2025 renewable energy target (40%), which the state says has also been “smashed” to achieve 44.6% of its electricity being generated by renewables. Victoria has nearly 100 large renewable energy plants operating, with five more on the way. [pv magazine Australia]
¶ “Adani Group Enters Nuclear Power With AAEL” • The Adani Group officially announced entering the nuclear energy sector for the formation of a new atomic energy unit which will be known as Adani Atomic Energy Limited. The nuclear energy unit will be used to generate, transmit, and distribute electric power produced by nuclear reactors. [News9live]
Nuclear plant in Uttar Pradesh (Sharada Prasad, CC BY-SA 2.0)
US:
¶ “Trump EPA To Repeal Key Climate Finding” • The Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White House said. By contrast, the National Academy of Sciences says the growing harm of climate change is beyond dispute. [Euronews]
¶ “Trump Orders Pentagon To Invest In ‘Beautiful, Clean’ Coal Power” • President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed to sustain the US coal industry through federal funding, directing the Pentagon to purchase electricity from coal plants. He recently directed the DOE to distribute $175 million to fund upgrades at six coal plants. [ABC News]
USS Texas, the last coal-burning US warship,
converted to oil by 1926 (USN employee, public domain)
¶ “Now Anyone Can Join A VPP, Even Without Rooftop Solar” • The VPP movement emerged a few years ago and now it has caught on. The latest example comes from the solar and storage financing specialist SOLRITE Energy. It has just added a battery-only option to its VPP portfolio, enabling households without rooftop solar to take part in a VPP. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Faraday Future Follows Tesla’s EV Playbook, Only Better” • It’s a simple idea. Scale up the popular battery-operated kiddie car, make it street legal, and sell a limited quantity to the high-end luxury market. When that catches on, start mass-producing EVs at a more affordable cost. It worked for Tesla. Now it’s working for Faraday Future. [CleanTechnica]
Faraday Future EV (Faraday Future via Businesswire)
¶ “Trump’s Latest Environmental Rollbacks Are Just One More Move To Cut Corners For Fossil Fuels” • The Trump regime is expected to announce a suite of rollbacks that bolster the coal and fossil fuel industries, threatening to keep our coal plants online longer and make our environment and climate dirtier. The Sierra Club responds. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Haugland And Watson Terminal Services Ink NY Pact” • The Haugland Group, based in New York, signed a memorandum of understanding with Rhode Island’s Waterson Terminal Services to collaborate on port development in the state of New York to support offshore wind development. The project will draw on the expertise of both. [reNews]
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