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Opinion:

¶ “Nuclear Power And Other People’s Money” • Nuclear Power would never have existed without subsidies by the government and ratepayer costs. The commercial nuclear power Gordian knot, from mining to Price-Anderson Nuclear Insurance and waste disposal, exists only because of OPM, Other People’s Money, in the form of subsidies. [CounterPunch]

World:

¶ “Nordic Coalition Urges EU To Stand Firm Against New Oil And Gas Drilling In The Arctic” • A Nordic coalition of financial institutions, trade unions, and climate scientists sent a warning to the European Commission, calling on EU leaders to maintain its existing ban on new Arctic oil and gas drilling, as the bloc revises its policy in the region. [Euronews]

¶ “EU Powerhouses Like Germany ‘On Track’ To Miss 2030 Emissions Goal While Spain May Smash Its Target” • In 2021, the EU agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 from pre-industrial levels became legally binding. And the 27 member states agreed to reduce their net climate emissions by 90% by 2040. [Euronews]
Heidelberg (Mateo Krossler, Unsplash)

¶ “Record Heat Has ‘Fingerprints Of Climate Change All Over It’” • Record May temperatures have sweltered huge parts of Europe, as countries remain trapped under a “powerful” heat dome. Record high temperatures in France and the UK have caused fatalities. But experts warn the worst is yet to come and this summer might be intensely hot. [Euronews]

¶ “Africa’s Solar Boom May Be Hiding In The Import Data” • With cheap Chinese solar modules, falling battery prices, weak African grids, and expensive oil and gas, African electricity users had practical reasons to want electricity that did not depend on the grid or fuel trucks. Here is some data that shows how easy it is becoming to convert. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Africa’s Electric Motorcycle Manufacturers Get Ready For The Next Phase As Adoption Of Electric Motorcycles Accelerates” • A number of factors present a good opportunity for companies to disrupt the African ICE motorcycle sector. This has led over a hundred of them to venture into the electric motorcycle sector in the African continent. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “15-Year Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal For The UK’s Largest Regional Airline” • Loganair made a 15-year deal on SAF, and it did so at a good time. The SAF industry is far more expansive now than it was in the early 2000’s, when innovation in the field centered on bio-based versions of kerosene aviation fuel. Things have changed since then. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “ContourGlobal Unleashes Chilean Battery” • ContourGlobal has started operations of a battery energy storage system at the Victor Jara hybrid solar plant in Tarapacá, Chile. The company said the project combines a 231-MW solar PV plant with a 1.3-GWh battery system capable of delivering up to 200 MW of energy for 6.5 hours after sunset. [reNews]

¶ “Green Power Surges Under Qilian Mountains, Jinchang Boosts New Energy Development Via Optimized Grid Services” • As a core power supplier for local new energy industries, State Grid Jinchang Power Supply Company has stepped up efforts to build a modern new power system and accelerate integrated energy and urban development. [Yahoo Finance Singapore]

¶ “TotalEnergies Files To Build 1.5-GW French Offshore Site” • TotalEnergies applied for planning permission for its 1500-MW Centre Manche offshore wind farm off the coast of Normandy. The filing comes eight months after the French State awarded the project. It marks a milestone in the development of what is called France’s largest renewables project. [reNews]

US:

¶ “Feared Data Center Power Surge Fizzles As Solar Shoves Coal Off The US Grid” • Fears that power-hungry data centers would trigger a surge in electricity demand across the US appear not to be coming true, at least not yet. Early 2026 data suggests the grid isn’t demanding much growth. Renewable energy is also doing well as coal declines. [The Cool Down]

¶ “Low-Income Families Bear Highest Energy Burden” • The US DOE defines a high energy burden as spending 6% or more of income on energy costs, and a severe burden as spending 10% or more. Sierra Club analysis shows that some low-income families are spending nearly 13%. But the US government is backing high-cost energy instead of renewables. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Merom Coal Plant Is To Power Google And Amazon Data Centers, And Hoosiers Risk Footing The Bill” • NIPSCO GenCo signed a 12-year contract with Hallador Energy to power two new data centers with its Merom coal-fired power plant. To power an AI data center with coal is unprecedented. And it risks high costs for ratepayers. [CleanTechnica]

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This entry was posted on May 28, 2026 at 7:56 am and is filed under nuclear power, renewable power, solar, wind.

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