World:
¶ “Hazardous Heat Could Put World Cup Players’ Health And Performance At Risk” • This summer, the World Cup will return to North America for the first time since 1994. The US just had its hottest 12-months on NOAA’s record, raising fears for player and spectator safety during the games, which will be held in sixteen cities in Canada, the US, and Mexico. [Euronews]
Soccer (Edoardo Busti, Unsplash)
¶ “Oil Stocks Drain At Record Pace As IEA Warns Of Renewed Price Swings” • More than ten weeks into the war in the Middle East, global oil inventories are being depleted at a record pace, over 100 million barrels per month, as disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz tightens supplies, according to the International Energy Agency. [Euronews]
¶ “Europe’s Household Gas Prices Keep Rising As The War In Iran Continues” • Household gas prices rose in the EU between early February and early April, reflecting the impact of Middle East tensions. Petrol and diesel consumer prices rose markedly. But electricity prices fell 3.1% on average, highlighting diverging trends in Europe’s energy markets. [Euronews]
Electric meter (Doris Morgan, Unsplash)
¶ “Two-Thirds Of Europe’s LNG Imports To Come From The US As Reliance Increases” • Europe is likely to get almost two-thirds of its liquefied natural gas imports from the US in 2026, a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says. And Europe’s reliance on American LNG is set to increase more next year. [Euronews]
¶ “BYD Exported More Vehicles In April Than Tesla Sold Worldwide” • In addition to its sales in China, BYD exported 135,098 vehicles in April — all fully battery electric or plugin hybrid vehicles, of course. As noted in the headline, and by one CleanTechnica reader, that is more vehicles than Tesla sold in April of 2026, worldwide! [CleanTechnica]
BYD car (Tiago Ferreira, Unsplash)
¶ “Wave Energy’s Hardest Problem Is Not The Waves. It Is Maintenance” • The right question is not whether the concept of wave energy is physically plausible. It is. The right question is whether good engineering is enough to overcome the reference class for wave energy, marine machinery, offshore maintenance, and so on. That is the one that matters. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Chinese Companies Cancel Billions In US Investments” • The US president claims he wants foreign corporations to invest in the US, but the his policies have led to the opposite result. Jinko Solar, one of the largest solar makers in the world, recently chose to sell its stake in a solar panel maker in Florida and withdraw from doing business in the US. [CleanTechnica]
Solar cell (author unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
¶ “Community Turns 130 Streets Into A Solar Power Station As Country’s Energy Crisis Deepens” • Britain’s latest energy price spike pushes households to look at their roofs. In east London, one neighborhood is trying to turn that interest into action by linking dozens of streets together in a shared push for solar power, according to The i Paper. [The Cool Down]
¶ “Taihan Adds Skandi Connector To Cable Vessel Fleet” • Taihan signed a sales and purchase agreement with Norway-based DOF Group to acquire the cable laying vessel Skandi Connector. The Korean company said it would use the 10,000-tonne CLV to establish a two-track submarine cable installation system, along with its existing vessel PALOS. [reNews]
Skandi Connector (Taihan image)
¶ “Aukera Brings 37.6 MW Of UK Solar Online” • Aukera’s 12-MW Ledwyche and 25.6-MW Crays Hall solar farms are fully operational. The completion of the arrays, which were financed under a £135 million senior debt facility secured with Deutsche Bank and Rabobank, brings the developer’s UK solar and battery storage portfolio to around 250 MW. [reNews]
¶ “China Goes Electric, But Can It Get Off Coal?” • China has achieved the goal of adding 1,200 GW of wind and solar capacity by 2030 five years ahead of schedule. China produces over 80% of the world’s solar panels, helping drive down costs and speed up the clean energy transition globally. But clean energy boom has not yet displaced coal. [DW.com]
Village with a wind farm (MNXANL, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “Russian Strikes Put Ukraine Nuclear Plants At Risk” • Nuclear power plant workers in Ukraine are training for emergencies that have become routine due to Russian attacks on the energy grid. While nuclear sites have not been directly targeted, missiles have come dangerously close. Engineers must react rapidly to prevent blackouts or reactor risks. [DW.com]
US:
¶ “Tomatoes, Seafood, And More: Grocery Prices Are Soaring” • Grocery prices in the US increased fastest in April of any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of foods from tomatoes and frankfurters to cupcakes, government data this week showed. The jump in food prices stems in part from a historic oil shock set off by the Iran war. [ABC News]
Groceries (nrd, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Alsym Partners With Juniper For 500 MWh Of Sodium-Ion Grid-Scale Battery Storage” • It wasn’t that long ago that sodium-ion batteries were little more than a curiosity. But while we were not looking, they suddenly leaped from the lab to large scale production, offering lower prices, improved performance, and virtually no risk of fires. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Pennsylvania Ranks 47th In Nation For Renewable Energy Growth Over Last Decade, Report Says” • A PennEnvironment report says Pennsylvania ranks 47th in the nation for growth in solar, wind, and geothermal energy generation over the last decade. The state’s renewable energy by 81% over that time, well below the average increase of nearly 200%. [fox43.com]
Have a clearly rewarding day.
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