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World:

¶ “Mongolia Positions Itself As Asia’s Next Data Centre Hub” • Mongolia is positioning itself as a global data centre hub, signing agreements for 863 MW of data centre capacity on the sidelines of a UN conference on desertification that had 197 delegations in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia offers cheap renewable energy, a cold climate for cooling, and lots of land. [Euronews]

¶ “‘Response Seems Timid’: What Role For The Environment In The Presidential Campaign?” • After a winter of flooding, France has severe drought, seriously affecting French agriculture. One after another, heatwaves bring huge wildfires to the countryside. France was severely tested by the elements this summer, and the people want action. But politicians are timid. [Euronews]

¶ “Tornado Tears Through Village In Southern France, Injuring 39 And Wrecking 300 Homes” • A tornado ravaged a village in southern France, leaving dozens injured, local authorities said. Some 300 homes were damaged and 1,400 were still without electricity after the storm. Accommodation centers have been opened to relocate residents. [ABC News]

¶ “Photovoltaic Windows Have Been Heating Water In A Bucharest Apartment For Two Years” • A letter to the editor of CleanTechnica explains how an apartment dweller in Romania uses the DC electricity produced by PV windows to heat water. No battery, inverter, or grid hookup is needed. The system is simple, but it keeps the water hot. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Homes In London Are Cracking As The Clay They Are Built On Shrinks” • The soil in most of greater London is clay, which is highly sensitive to variations in moisture content. When the clay gets dry, it shrinks. This summer, as London went through five intense heatwaves, that shrinking happened in many parts of the city, and it damaged homes. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Victoria Opens Australia’s First Offshore Wind Auction” • The first Australian offshore wind auction has opened, with Victoria launching the Request for Proposal process for its first 2-GW of offshore wind project. The Victorian government said the 2-GW project will provide enough energy to supply annual needs for around 1.5 million homes. [reNews]

¶ “Vestas Bags 86 MW Of Juwi Orders” • Vestas secured orders from Juwi for two onshore wind farms in Germany with a total capacity of 86 MW. The OEM will supply seven 6.2-MW units for each of the Mehring 2 and Breuberg wind farms. The orders form part of Vestas’ third quarter order intake and include 20-year service agreements, Vestas said. [reNews]

¶ “Korea To Build Renewables Equal To 45 Nuclear Reactors By 2040” • South Korea will expand renewable energy capacity to 220 GW by 2040, the government said. Assuming utilization rates of 80% for nuclear power, 20% for solar, and 30% for wind, that is roughly the amount of electricity 45 nuclear reactors could generate. [Seoul Economic Daily]

US:

¶ “A ‘Jungle’ Grows In The Arctic, But Warming Is Changing Earth’s Mini-Greenhouse” • Up close, “the tundra’s kind of like the jungle,” said one plant biology student. Researchers are studying this ten-inch-tall jungle to see how climate change is affecting it. Will its plants evolve to cooperate or to compete in the new conditions? [ABC News]

¶ “Evacuations Ordered As Wind-Whipped Ross Fire In Texas Explodes To 50,000 Acres In Just Hours” • A wind-whipped grass fire that started near Fort Worth has spread rapidly overnight to 50,000 acres and triggered evacuations, officials said. The Ross Fire, which started in Palo Pinto County, is the latest in a series of wildfires across the West. [ABC News]

¶ “Kia EV3 To Give Americans A Cheap Electric Car Option” • The EV3 is small, yet classy and useful. It also gives American buyers an electric option on the lower end of the market. In fact, it will probably become the cheapest electric car on the US market eventually. The little Kia EV3 will start at $31,385, for about 220 miles of range. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Energy Storage Is Strengthening Reliability. These Five States Are Leading The Charge” • In 2020, there were 6,000 MWh of energy storage capacity installed in the US. Today, the sector has eclipsed 175,000 MWh, enough to power over 5 million homes for a full day on just one charge, saving ratepayers money. Here are the five leading states. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Is Maine Finally About To Make Wind Power Happen?” • For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state. Utility regulators just brought that vision a little closer to reality by choosing an 800-MW wind farm proposal and a 1.2-GW transmission line plan from the bids it received earlier this year. [Canary Media]

¶ “Shuttered California Plant Stores 3.6 Million Pounds Of Nuclear Waste In Canisters Not Built To Last” • In a community opinion piece for Voice of OC, Orange County resident Sarah Mosko showed that the lack of a permanent federal repository for commercial spent fuel has effectively turned San Onofre into a nuclear waste site. [The Cool Down]

¶ “New York Governor’s Nuclear Push Aims To Cut Energy Bills, But Reactors Could Cost $24 Billion” • With rising demand for power, Governor Hochul wants New York to lean much more on nuclear energy for electricity. She argues that the shift could eventually help restrain power costs. But it could depend on up to $24 billion in public subsidies. [The Cool Down]

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This entry was posted on August 26, 2026 at 7:03 am and is filed under nuclear power, renewable power, solar, wind.

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