World:
¶ “Europe’s Record Heatwave Is Shifting East” • Europe is still going through its most severe heatwave on record, with all-time highs shattered by temperatures across the continent. The death toll is more than 1,300. Now the heat is shifting east towards the Balkans and Ukraine, and Ukraine’s war-damaged power grid is bracing for the heat’s next phase. [Euronews]
¶ “Heat Stress Is Intensifying Worldwide, Scientists Say” • The number of people who endure heat stress yearly has increased exponentially in the last several decades due to climate change, according a study published in Nature Climate Change. One billion more people are facing at least one day of “extreme heat stress” annually compared to the 1970s. [ABC News]
¶ “Power From Here: Most Of Humanity Already Lives Where Solar And Wind Are Strongest” • Most of the world is already rich in the two energy sources we need to decarbonize fast: sun and wind. The global shift to renewables is not constrained by resource scarcity, but by whether planning and investment move fast enough. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “China Made Electric Trucks A Freight System, Not A Vehicle Category” • China’s new electric heavy-truck target is not of interest because its government wrote down a 2030 number. The interest is because the target is tied to a system behind the truck. The Ministry of Transport plan points to 40% of new heavy-truck sales being electric by 2030. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Energyminer’s River Turbines Are Real. The Cheap Baseload Claim Needs Data” • Energyminer has something much better than a rendering. Its Energyfish is a small floating hydrokinetic turbine, mostly underwater, anchored in a river current, sending power to shore through a cable and feeding a land-side power box for grid-compliant electricity. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Qualitas Wins 113 MW In German Wind Tender” • Qualitas Energy won 113.2 MW for three onshore wind projects in the German May tender. The projects consist of 16 wind turbines, the company said. The tender was significantly oversubscribed, with 628 bids totaling 6,409 MW submitted for 2,495 MW of capacity, Qualitas Energy added. [reNews]
¶ “PNE Awarded 108 MW In German Auction” • PNE won contracts for two onshore wind projects in the Federal Network Agency’s tender round on 1 May 2026. The projects have a combined capacity of 108 MW. One is the 100.8-MW Beerfelde wind farm in Brandenburg. The other is the 7.2-MW Hassendorf repowering project in Lower Saxony. [reNews]
¶ “RWE And PPC Commission 930-MW Solar Farm In Greece” • RWE and PPC have commissioned three PV clusters in western Macedonia in northern Greece with a total capacity of 930 MW. The finished solar farm was brought online as part of a portfolio of solar capacity located within the former Amynteo open-cast lignite mine. [reNews]
¶ “Australia’s Abundant Renewables Can Power Future Industry, But It Must Be Resilient And It Must Be Fast” • Energy is at the foundation of Australia’s economic prosperity. Our second and third largest exports are coal and gas. But energy also underpins absolutely every sector in our economy. We need abundant and resilient energy, and we need it fast. [Renew Economy]
¶ “Solar Power: From Intermittent To Reliable Power” • Global solar demand is growing dramatically. China is by far the largest investor in solar PV generation and the largest producer of solar panels. In contrast to many other markets, solar truly is a global growth industry, now representing over 40% of the investment in global power generation. [McKinsey & Company]
US:
¶ “Trump Killed Climate.gov Last Summer. Scientists Have Just Brought It Back” • Last summer, Trump shuttered climate.gov, NOAA’s portal on climate science. Now a team of roughly eighty volunteer scientists and former NOAA staffers has resurrected climate.gov as the nonprofit climate.us, crowdfunded with over $321,000 in donations. [Gizmodo]
¶ “Duke Energy Latest Company to Accept Trump’s Dirty ‘Deal’ to Scrap Offshore Wind” • Duke Energy accepted $129 million in taxpayer money to end an offshore wind lease. The company is the latest to accept such an offer from the Interior Department. California and northeastern states are suing the US government over such agreements. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Wind Power Creeps Up Behind A Sleeping Trump” • US President Trump hates wind power, and yet the domestic wind industry continues to rack up more clean kilowatts under his nose. The US already has over 150 GW of onshore wind in hand, and savvy developers can add to that figure without taking up any additional land. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Solar is Powering America’s Next 250 Years” • As America prepares to mark its 250th birthday, solar and energy storage are writing the next chapter of its prosperity. These technologies strengthen US manufacturing, boost energy independence, enhance military resilience, support rural communities, and deliver affordable power. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Constellation Looks To Extend Operation Of Ginna Nuclear Plant Through 2049” • Constellation looks to extend operation of two of its New York nuclear plants through the middle of the century. The company is seeking license renewals for both the Ginna Clean Energy Center in Ontario, along with Nine Mile Point Unit 1 reactor in Scriba. [AOL.com]
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