Opinion:
¶ “Wildfires Are The Earth’s Way Of Telling Us To Change Our Behavior – Or Else” • Changes in the Earth’s climate can be measured by satellites and sensors in the ocean, but they are hard for ordinary people to visualize – which makes them easy to ignore. Wildfires, however, do a splendid job of focusing our attention on the situation. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “How US-Saudi Deal Could Move Others To Consider Nuclear Weapons” • When Turkey and Egypt began building nuclear plants with Russian technology, the US asked them to commit to never enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Both refused. Now, after the US-Saudi nuclear deal, both are likely blessing the day they said “no.” [The Christian Science Monitor]
World:
¶ “Extreme Heat Grips Southern Europe As France Shuts Nuclear Reactors” • Emergency services in Southern Europe are operating at peak capacity as severe heat and environmental hazards continue to trigger crises in Spain, France, and Greece. Extreme high temperatures in France forced nuclear operator EDF to take major reactors offline. [Euronews]
¶ “England And Wales Record Driest July On Record, Met Office Says” • England and Wales recorded their driest July on record this year, according to the UK’s national weather agency. England had 10% of its usual rainfall. Southern England experienced its “driest month ever recorded” in July, the Met Office said, noting that records date back to 1836. [Euronews]
¶ “Second Tanker With Qatari LNG Struck In Hormuz Within A Month” • A second attack in less than a month struck a liquefied natural gas tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker was loaded in Qatar, whose only maritime route to international LNG marketsis through the strait. Qatar is the world’s second-largest LNG exporter after Australia. [Euronews]
¶ “China Sets Green Power Usage Benchmarks” • China took a landmark step in its green transition with its first mandatory minimum usage target for renewable energy. Experts say the move represents a paradigm shift from supply-driven expansion to demand-led integration in the country’s pursuit of its carbon peak and neutrality goals. [China Daily Global Edition]
¶ “Europe’s 700-Bar Hydrogen Network Is Closing, But It Is Reappearing ” • Europe’s public hydrogen refueling network is not growing. It is, however, changing shape. The part built for passenger cars is shrinking, while a generation of dual-pressure stations is carrying 700-bar capability forward into the bus and truck layer. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Nordex Wins 480-MW US Turbine Hat-trick” • The Nordex Group has secured three orders in the US with a combined capacity of more than 480 MW. Nordex added that the projects and customers are not being disclosed. The turbines for the projects will be manufactured at the Nordex Group’s production plant in Iowa. [reNews]
¶ “Certification Milestone For 315-MW Japan Offshore Site” • The consortium developing the 315-MW Oga Katagami Akita offshore wind farm off Japan has completed a conformity assessment against local technical standards. It received a generation certificate by Bureau Veritas Japan, marking a milestone for construction planning. [reNews]
¶ “Romania Blasts Rocks To Reroute Cooling Danube Water To Nuclear Reactor” • Romania blew up a rock outcrop to help in redirecting vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the sole working nuclear reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear plant. It is an unprecedented measure of the scale of an energy crunch across the region. [Yahoo]
US:
¶ “Tiger Shark Caught Off Massachusetts Could Be Sign Of Warming Waters” • Two brothers from Massachusetts caught a juvenile tiger shark from a beach on Cape Cod. The five-foot shark is far more common in such waters as the Caribbean. Scientists said its appearance off Cape Cod is an indicator that climate change is warming the sea. [ABC News]
¶ “Blocking New Imported Inverters Will Cost America” • The Federal Communications Commission added foreign-produced inverters to its “Covered List” last week. Effective immediately, new inverters cannot be imported. This applies “regardless of the nationality of origin” to all foreign countries. Even the countries that are considered allies. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “RWE Signs Google Oklahoma Solar PPA” • RWE and Google have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement covering the full output from the 155-MW Crooked Creek Solar project in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. RWE said that construction is scheduled to begin later this year, with commercial operation expected in 2028. [reNews]
¶ “It’s Official: US Army Dives Into The EV Tank” • The US Army has spent years tip-toeing cautiously around the edges of vehicle electrification. Now things seem to have changed, as Harbinger Motors, a California-based EV startup, announced that the US Army issued an 18-month contract for uncrewed, hybrid-electric resupply vehicles. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Tennessee Could Get $50 Billion Nuclear Waste Storage, But The State Won’t Say Where The Site Could Be” • Tennessee is one of five Republican-led states where US nuclear waste could be stored. Being a host could mean investments of $50 billion. But names of some potential hosts sites were redacted from the public version of the state’s proposal. [WPLN News]
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