¶ “Europe Is Still Sweltering With Record-Breaking Heat” • The brutal heatwave is still griping Europe. Paris banned drinking alcohol in public over the weekend, while the city’s Pride March has been postponed, and the Louvre museum and the Eiffel Tower are closing early. Temperatures in the French capital has touched 39°C (102°F). [Euronews]
¶ “China Is Quietly Winning The Clean Energy Trade War” • China’s clean energy dominance is growing. Buoyed by fast rising energy needs and the projected demands of the artificial intelligence boom, clean energy projects are getting greenlit at a breakneck pace. Beijing has near-total control of global supply chains for clean energy tech. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Central Europe Sizzles As Heat Records Are Smashed In Switzerland, Denmark And Czech Republic” • Temperatures hit record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic. Unusually high temperatures were recorded even in the Nordic countries not known for sweltering summers. Denmark reported a new record of 37°C (98.6°F. [ABC News]
¶ “Turkey Pushes Bold Global Plan To Electrify 35% Of Energy Use By 2035” • Turkey, the host of the COP31 climate summit, has urged other countries to electrify to support the global green transition. This shift could cut greenhouse gas emissions greatly and reduce reliance on fossil fuels over the next decade, helping to achieve global climate change targets. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Climate-Tech Claims Need A Red-Flag Pass Before They Get Money” • Climate-tech claims usually arrive with a promise of a solution for some hard part of decarbonization and a request for support. Sometimes the claim deserves serious diligence. Other times it deserves a narrow demonstration. And there are times it deserves a polite but firm no. [Cleantechnica]
¶ “Mexico Reduces Permit Times For Battery Storage And Renewable Projects In Strategic Power Push” • A new policy from the Secretariat of Energy enables battery storage and renewable energy developments to secure approvals far faster than before. The change could stabilize the grid, reduce bottlenecks, and lower electricity costs. [The Cool Down]
¶ “The Next Frontier: Offshore Wind Power” • Besieged by high electricity costs and heavy reliance on fossil fuels, the Philippine archipelago is positioning itself as a prime destination for Asian offshore wind investment. With massive coastal wind resources, the Philippines recognizes that offshore wind offers the path to energy independence with lowest cost. [MSN]
¶ “India Debuts World’s First Nuclear Heat Hydrogen Plant” • In India, the Department of Atomic Energy has launched a pilot hydrogen production facility at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. The plant uses heat from the Fast Breeder Test Reactor to run the Copper-Chlorine thermochemical cycle to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. [MSN]
US:
¶ “A ‘strategic mistake of colossal proportions’ Why Trump is losing the war on renewables” • Despite the Trump regime, solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix for the first month on record in May. According to energy think tank Ember, sunlight supplied a record 12.8 % of US electricity, while coal fell to 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever. [Euronews]
¶ “Aptera Proved Its Solar Generation, Now It Needs To Prove Its Efficiency” • An Aptera can store about 4.6 kWh per day from its built-in solar panels. To get 46 miles of range, it has to get 10 miles per kWh. Achieving this might sound impossible to many readers, but it’s well within the realm of physics. Here, we take a look at the reality. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Energy Storage Emerges As The Great Equalizer, Trump Or No Trump” • Quick quiz: Which Trump administration clown insists that “catastrophic failure” besets solar power plants every time the sun goes down? If you guessed the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, you win. Meanwhile, the grownups are pressing ahead with energy storage. [CleanTechnica]
§ The most recent reported status of US nuclear power plants can be found at the US Nuclear Power Report, a distressingly dull account of NRC news, posted when the NRC gives us news to post. On June 26, out of 95 US-licensed power reactors, 6 were at reduced output and 2 not operating.
§ Video: Energy Week #680 – 6/11/2026: High fuel costs are driving up the cost of war. Regenerative farms do much better than conventional ones in drought. Most EU countries are reducing fuel imports, but a few are not. Some World Cup competition venues might have serious heat problems. There is more on the potential use of plutonium in nuclear reactors. A gold mine is running on 100% renewable energy. A bog is a natural military barrier, in addition to being important for dealing with climate change. And there is more.
§ You can get a copy of the latest Green Energy Times, the April, 2026 edition, by downloading the pdf file HERE.
