World:
¶ “Marco Rubio Says Cuba’s Leaders Must Go As The US Offers Country $100 Million In Aid” • Cuba is suffering fuel shortages under US sanctions. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Cuba’s leadership must change as Washington renewed an offer of $100 million (€85 million) in aid if the communist-run island agrees to cooperate. [Euronews]
Driving in Havana (Hyunwon Jang, Unsplash)
¶ “Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses And Plunges Eastern Provinces Into A Major Blackout” • Cuba is going through blackouts as its aging power grid deteriorates. The island is facing a prolonged economic crisis, recently made worse by a US energy blockade of the island. In Cuba, daily life can be an ordeal for many of the 10 million people. [ABC News]
¶ “Canada Aims To Double Electric Grid By 2050 With Clean Energy, Reduce Costs For Users” • Canada is facing some major challenges, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a clean electricity strategy he says will help double the country’s electricity grid by 2050 and reduce energy costs for the majority of Canadian households. [ABC News]
Transmission tower (Patti Black, Unsplash)
¶ “In Some Countries, EVs Are Already Cheaper Than Fueled Vehicles” • Thanks to affordable Chinese EVs, many markets around the world have started to see more accessible EVs. In some, thanks to a combination of competition and policy, EVs can already be found at cheaper prices than their direct internal combustion competition. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “As Trump Targets Offshore Wind, A Look At The Industry By The Numbers Globally” • As the US president attacks offshore windpower, there are nineteen countries and markets powered with offshore wind energy. China, the leader, had an offshore wind capacity of 48.4 GW at the end of 2025, with the UK in second place, followed by Germany. [ABC News]
Offshore wind turbines (Jones Lee, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Global Wind Installations Surge As OEMs Pass 100 GW” • Global wind turbine installations rose sharply in 2025, with five turbine makers surpassing 100 GW of cumulative installed capacity, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. A record 178 GW of wind capacity was mechanically installed and 28,395 turbines were deployed worldwide. [reNews]
¶ “Chinese Automakers Taking Over The World” • It’s just reality. The world is changing, and in the auto world, things look set for some massive transitions: (1) The future of cars is EVs; (2) Legacy automakers generally struggle to electrify; (3) China’s EV makers are building factories worldwide; and (4) Western car makers’ market share is down in China. [CleanTechnica]
BYD cars at a show (iMoD Official, CC BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Ireland urges offshore wind push amid volatility” • Ireland must accelerate offshore renewable energy development in response to volatile fossil fuel prices and supply disruptions, Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien said at the launch of the Offshore Wind Energy Programme Annual Report. [reNews]
¶ “UK Go-Ahead For 3-GW Dogger South And 1-GW North Falls” • The UK government has given permit nods to RWE and Masdar’s 3-GW Dogger Bank South and SSE and RWE’s 1-GW North Falls wind farms off east England. The 200-turbine Dogger Bank array has a grid connection and is expected to be fully commissioned by 2032. [reNews]
Ed Miliband, acting casual (Shaun Curry, DESNZ)
¶ “Over 160 Drones Detected Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plants In Two Days” • During Russia’s massive attack on May 13-14, over 160 drones were detected over the South Ukraine, Rivne, and Chernobyl nuclear power plants, according to the IAEA. The agency noted that no direct impact on nuclear safety had been reported at the plants. [RBC-Ukraine]
¶ “Clean Energy Seen As ‘Structurally Immune’ To Hormuz-Style Shock” • The war in Iran provided the transition to low carbon with new impetus, as renewable energy is seen as less vulnerable to price shocks, a group of corporate executives and senior bankers said. “Clean energy systems are structurally immune to this type of shock.” [The Straits Times]
Clean energy (Karsten Würth, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “Consumer Reports’ List Of Five Least Reliable Midsize SUVs Includes No EVs” • One of the key arguments for EVs has long been that they use much simpler powertrains with many fewer moving parts, and should be much more reliable and cheaper to maintain. Here’s a real-world case backing up that argument, to some extent at least. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Solar-Powered EVs Are Here, All Five Of Them” • After twenty years of fits and starts, US automaker Aptera has finally reached a critical milestone. Aptera has a long way to go before it can catch up to industry leader Tesla, but it has 50,000 reservations in hand for its solar-powered EVs, and five validation vehicles have been rolled off the assembly line. [CleanTechnica]
Aptera set for addition of solar cells (Courtesy of Aptera)
¶ “EPA To Allow More Coal Plants Off The Hook For Toxic Waste Dumped Into US Waterways” • The Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater, including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead, from coal ash waste landfills into US waterways. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “On Renewable Energy, Interior’s Burgum Offers A Case Study In Willful Ignorance” When targeting solar and wind power, the president has routinely repeated a familiar mistake: After sunset or when the wind isn’t blowing, those energy sources are nearly useless. Unfortunately, the Interior Secretary has decided that’s the line to follow. [Yahoo]
Have a cleverly productive day.
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