World:
¶ “Spain’s Galicia Region Bets Big On AI And Satellites To Prevent Summer ‘Megafires'” • Galicia is deploying artificial intelligence and an expanded satellite and camera network to detect wildfires earlier, after a region long considered one of Europe’s most fire-prone areas suffered its most destructive season in decades last year. [Euronews]
¶ “From Fuel Security To Grid Security: The Next Chapter Of India’s Energy Transition” • India’s rapid renewable energy expansion has begun to outpace its transmission and evacuation infrastructure, with the government estimating a need for more than 61,000 circuit km of additional inter-state transmission capacity by 2029-30. [WION]
¶ “Loganair Agrees To Buy Five BETA Technologies Short Range Electric Aircraft” • Recently, Loganair agreed to purchase five of electric airplanes, which could make it Europe’s first commercial airline to put fully electric aircraft into its scheduled operations. With BETA’s fast charging systems, the aircraft can be recharged in 20 to 40 minutes. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Groups Warn Against Nuclear Rush” • According to the CEO of the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations, buyers deserve full transparency on the cost of nuclear power and who is to pay it, how radioactive waste is to be managed, what systems would in place for emergencies, and who would be accountable if anything goes wrong. [NST Online]
¶ “China Keeps Beating Renewable Targets And Missing Nuclear Ones” • China’s renewable and nuclear targets are often quoted as equivalent statements about the future. The delivery record says otherwise. Wind and solar targets are repeatedly beat. while nuclear operating-capacity targets have been missed despite the continued support they get. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “India On Track To Meet 2030 Renewable Energy Target” • India is on course on its ambitious renewable energy target for 2030, Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Shripad Naik said, underlining the government’s confidence that the expanding solar, wind and other clean-energy capacities will help meet its climate commitments. [BW Businessworld]
¶ “Donegal Homes To Get Free Hot Water In New Energy Scheme” • Donegal County Council has launched a new energy initiative that will deliver free hot water to homes across Donegal. The innovative project will harness surplus renewable electricity to provide the direct benefits of free hot water for participating households. [Donegal Daily]
US:
¶ “Oregon Fire Looms Near Town As Fourth Firefighter Dies Weeks After Colorado Blaze” • Several fierce wildfires in a summer of big ones continue burning across the western US. One of the worst was just 3 miles (5 km) north of Sisters, a city of about 3,000 people in central Oregon. Meanwhile, a firefighter died weeks after being burned. [ABC News]
¶ “Another Coal Power Plant Bites The Dust” • Donald Trump has been furiously pumping up coal, but reality keeps bursting his bubble. Exhibit A is the massive Sherco coal power plant in Minnesota. Once a massive gigantic monument to 20th century energy technology, the site is now home to the Sherco Energy Hub, with solar plus storage. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tesla: $1.1 Billion Negative Free Cash Flow: Betting the Company’s Survival Again?” • Tesla has plenty of cash in the bank to use if it wants to burn cash for a while. The question, really, is whether it’s going in the right direction and what the end result is. Musk spoke to this on the call. Obviously, he thinks this is the thing to do. But is it? [CleanTechnica]
¶ “A Nuclear Reactor One Mile Below Ground Moves From Concept To A Kansas Test Site” • A nuclear reactor put nearly a mile under ground would operate far from storms, aircraft, and most surface activity. The Berkeley-based company Deep Fission believes the setting could also make some of the most expensive parts of conventional nuclear plants unnecessary. [Yahoo]
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