World:
¶ “Renewable Energy Is Overtaking Traditional Power Projects In Africa” • In Africa, the next generation of power projects is increasingly being built around solar and wind power and battery storage, as governments and investors shift away from coal and large hydropower dams in search of cheaper, faster, and more reliable electricity. [ABC News]
¶ “African Cities Sound Alarm On Climate And Housing At Baku Urban Forum” • From flooding in Addis Ababa to housing deficits in Luanda, African officials at the World Urban Forum in Baku say climate change and rapid urbanization are outpacing their ability to respond. They say the old funding models are no longer enough. [Euronews]
¶ “Rising Temperatures Are Putting Koala Populations At Risk, Scientists Say” • Rising temperatures are exacerbating threats to Australia’s iconic koalas, an already vulnerable species, scientists warn. Koalas are increasingly facing heat stress and even death when temperatures exceed a certain threshold, according to a paper published in Biology Letters. [ABC News]
¶ “France Plans To Double Domestic Electricity Production Share” • France is trying hard to counter concerns about fuel dependence by focusing on a huge increase in its own electricity generation and shifting from technologies that rely on fossil fuels to those that just need electricity. And it has thousands of companies on board to help. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Colombia EV Sales Report: Sales Grow 316% In April, EVs Now Over 20% Market Share!” • Beating all expectations, Colombia’s EV market is once again growing at explosive rates, with sales in April 2026 more than 300% above those in April 2025. The full battery EV market share alone almost reached 20%, compared with 7.4% 12 months ago! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Australian Philanthropist Vows To Address Energy Inequality In Commonwealth Countries” • Australian philanthropist and tech entrepreneur Rick Parish strengthened his commitment to tackling energy inequality and the humanitarian crisis in the Commonwealth countries, using his company’s clean energy cooking stove, especially. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
¶ “Bałtyk 2 And Bałtyk 3 Foundations Installed” • Equinor and Polenergia have installed the first offshore wind foundations for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects off the coast of Poland in the Baltic Sea. Equinor said the first dozen monopile and transition piece sets have been safely installed as part of the offshore installation campaign. [reNews]
¶ “EU Should Ban Non-Western OEMs” • Jose Luis Blanco, the Nordex Chief Executive, has called for a full ban on non-western turbine manufacturers selling hardware in the EU due to cyber security concerns, the Financial Times reported. He does not think the bloc has gone far enough with proposed legislation to exclude “high-risk” suppliers. [reNews]
¶ “Vattenfall Builds First PV Park With Green Steel” • Vattenfall is constructing its first solar park featuring a lower-emission steel at the 80-MW Juliusburg/Krukow project in Germany. Vattenfall said installing the steel for the substructures of panels on the Krukow section of the 74-hectare site in Schleswig-Holstien would cut emissions by 67%. [reNews]
¶ “Green Energy Isn’t Europe’s Problem – Storage Is” • During the day when the sun is shining, or when the wind blows, the amount of electricity available in Germany and some other European countries is often more than is needed. But there are not enough batteries to store it, which makes it impossible to use it later on. [DW.com]
US:
¶ “Last-Minute New York Budget Guts Climate Law” • New York lawmakers and the public got a first look at the Transportation and Economic Development section of NY’s $268.5 billion state budget, just hours before voting. It is the product of a secretive, one-sided negotiation process that weakens the state’s climate and community protection law. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “When Will EV Sales Pick Up In The US?” • The Iran war has stimulated research-level interest in electric cars here in the US, but all that online noodling has yet to translate into a significant EV sales bump. Some signs of life have been bubbling up, with Subaru providing one of the few reasons to celebrate, though it has a way to go. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Picks Potential Partners For Using Plutonium Surplus From The Cold War As Fuel” • The US government has chosen five companies, including Oklo, to enter advanced talks over potentially using its Cold War-era plutonium, originally made for weapons, as a nuclear reactor fuel. The plutonium has a half-life of 24,000 years. [Al Jazeera]
¶ “Ørsted And HASI Close US Land Finance Deal” • Ørsted and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital have completed three land transactions encompassing around 6,600 acres of the Danish developer’s Eleven Mile Solar Center in Arizona, the Sparta Solar scheme in Texas, and the Muscle Shoals array in Alabama. Their total capacity is to be about 1 GW. [reNews]
¶ “Bloom Energy Shows Why Fuel Cells, Not Nuclear, Are AI’s Future Power Source” • Bloom Energy announced a 2.5-GW fuel-cell deal with Oracle for its AI data center Project Jupiter, delivering electricity in months to years compared to nuclear’s 7-15 year timeline while reducing nitrogen oxide emissions by 92% compared to fossil fuel generation. [AOL.com]
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