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World:

¶ “Spain Unveils Climate Social Plan With €9 Billion For Energy Transition” • The Spanish government unveiled its proposed Social Climate Plan, which provides for almost €9 billion ($10.47 billion) in public aid focused on mobility and housing. The plan earmarks almost €4.3 billion for housing policies and €4.7 billion to decarbonize transportation. [Euronews]

¶ “Strait Of Hormuz Turmoil ‘Serious’ Risk For Europe, Top UAE Adviser Warns” • Dr Anwar Gargash said at a conference in Prague that the Strait of Hormuz is a European energy problem, not a distant regional one, as the region faces the worst instability in decades. It is a direct challenge to European energy supply and trade. [Euronews]

¶ “Pope Calls For Robust Regulation Of AI In Manifesto” • In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for common good rather than profit. He issued the sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. [ABC News]

¶ “Brazilian Government Commits $617.5 Million To Amazon Ecological Investment” • The Brazilian government said it has committed 3.1 billion reais ($617.5 million) to foster ecological investment in the Amazon region, as part of a plan to expand a federal program known as Eco Invest that was announced during last year’s COP30. [ABC News]

¶ “An Post Reaches Emissions Milestone 3 Months Early” • An Post, the postal service of Ireland, announced that it has cut its carbon emissions by 50% compared to 2009 levels and done so three months earlier than planned. The reduction comes even as An Post has seen its volume grow by 27%. In 2025, it delivered a total of 73 million items. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Dogged Pursuit Of Green Hydrogen Continues In Europe, With An Assist From The US” • The green movement has been failing to get traction as costs stayed stubbornly high relative to conventional hydrogen and off-takers failed to materialize in force. But we might take a look at some recent news coming out of the EU and the UK. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Nordex Wins 110-MW Türkiye turbine order” • The Nordex Group has secured a 110-MW order from Eksim Enerji AŞ in Türkiye for the Balıkesir-3 wind farm. Nordex said the contract covers the supply and installation of sixteen N175/6.X wind turbines on tubular steel towers with a hub height of 119 meters. A 10-year Premium Service Agreement is included. [reNews]

¶ “Australia Seeks 5 GW Of Renewable Capacity In Its Latest Tender” • The next round of the Australian government’s Capacity Investment Scheme is open, providing renewable energy project developers with the opportunity to register and bid for underwriting contracts for projects in the National Electricity Market. [pv magazine International]

¶ “Renewable Energy Just Broke A 100-Year-Old Streak” • When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station fired up in Lower Manhattan in 1882, it ran on coal. Since then, Coal has survived the oil era, the nuclear era, and natural gas. Now it has been surpassed by renewable energy, according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2026. [MSN]

US:

¶ “Evacuation Zone Shrinks After ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ Of Southern California Chemical Tank Explosion Averted, Officials Say” • About 16,000 people remain under evacuation orders for a possible tank explosion, Garden Grove Police Chief said at a press briefing. That’s down from 50,000. The tank’s temperature has been reduced. [ABC News]

¶ “Uber: Getting Hard to Justify High AI Costs” • Tech companies and large corporations are all gung-ho about using AI, so there’s a lot of early adoption underway. But how useful is the rush to adopt, and is it providing a positive return on investment? Uber is apparently starting to ask these questions, as AI does not seem to deliver as expected. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Sunrun Is Number Five On TIME’s 2026 List Of World’s Most Impactful Companies” • Sunrun, America’s largest provider of home battery storage, solar, and home-to-grid power plants, was named Number Five on TIME’s inaugural list of The World’s Most Impactful Companies, and earned the top ranking in the utilities category. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “$1 Billion Electric Truck Rebate Program Announced” • Just a bit ago, WattEV ordered 370 Tesla semi trucks, quite a large order for such trucks in the US. Now comes news of a California state program, California Clean Fuel Reward, to provide rebates to retailers that buy fully electric medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “US Renewables Generation Jumps 11%” • Renewable energy sources increased US electrical generation by more than 11% in the first quarter of 2026, according to new data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. The campaign said utility-scale solar generation rose by 23.9% during the period, while small-scale solar by 11.9% and wind by 2.1%. [reNews]

¶ “US Military Airlifts A Nuclear Reactor Across Three States After Trump Pushes For More Nuclear Energy” • The military transported a small nuclear reactor by air, advancing the Trump administration’s plan to deploy nuclear energy across the nation. The 5-MW Valar Atomics Ward 250 nuclear reactor is about the size of a large truck. [AOL.com]

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This entry was posted on May 26, 2026 at 6:27 am and is filed under nuclear power, renewable power, solar, wind.

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