World:
¶ “Leaders Push For Stronger AI Safeguards At UN As Trump Touts ‘Super Intelligence'” • AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry. [Euronews]
¶ “EU Commission Rejects Calls To Delay Phase-Out Of Chinese Power Inverters” • The European Commission will not extend its November 1 deadline for phasing out Chinese-made inverters from EU-funded energy projects, despite calls from investors and the renewable energy industry for more time. The decision leaves concerns largely unanswered. [Euronews]
¶ “Climate Change Has Created A Meta-Crisis In Food Security, Energy And The Economy, Says Greek Expert” • Climate change is no longer purely an environmental issue. It affects energy, the economy, society, and international security, while creating new geopolitical balances and competition over critical resources, such as water. [Euronews]
¶ “Europe Paying €200 Million A Day Diesel Premium, Report Shows” • Record diesel prices cost Europe €203 million a day more, a T&E study shows. With no end to geopolitical disruption in sight, a faster EV ramp up through scrappage schemes and tighter vehicle emissions rules is urgently needed to shield the continent, says T&E. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “BYD Launches 44-Tonne Electric Truck In IAA Transport” • BYD started a major push into Europe’s heavy-duty freight market at the IAA Transportation show, with a flagship 44-tonne electric tractor and an ultra-fast commercial megawatt charging systems designed to challenge established continental truck makers on their home turf. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Ørsted Inaugurates Borkum Riffgrund 3” • Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure have inaugurated the 913-MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Ørsted said the project is its largest offshore wind farm in Germany and can generate enough electricity annually to cover needs of almost one million German households. [reNews]
¶ “Why Tugboats Fit Batteries Better Than Their Power Ratings Suggest” • Tugboats do not initially look like good candidates for battery propulsion. A harbor tug has to shove, pull and control ships weighing tens or hundreds of thousands of tonnes. But a tugboat’s maximum load rating is easy to confuse with its energy requirement. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Abu Dhabi Lifts 2035 Solar Target To 35 GW, Sets 15 GW Storage Goal” • Emirates Water and Electricity, which supplies electricity in Abu Dhabi, has set a new target of over 35 GW of installed solar capacity by 2035. The emirate targeted 18 GW of solar capacity by 2035 in 2024, but raised the target to over 30 GW in May 2026. [pv magazine Global]
¶ “European Energy Completes Its First Greek Wind Farm” • European Energy reached commercial operation at the 27-MW Tsoukes Sarres wind farm, its first wind project in Greece. The company said Tsoukes Sarres will supply renewable electricity to the Greek power grid. It consists of six onshore Vestas V150-4.4 wind turbines. [reNews]
¶ “Global Energy Demand Set To Jump 60% By 2060 As The Developing Nations Power Up” • Emerging economies are going to see an explosion of energy demand over the coming decades. Countries like Brazil, India, Nigeria, and Indonesia are racing to expand their energy production and imports to keep up with rapid economic development. [OilPrice.com]
US:
¶ “Nissan Rogue Hybrid” • Nissan’s spiffy new model for the US market, the Rogue Hybrid, it calls its e-POWER technology. Unlike conventional hybrids, e-POWER does not have a direct mechanical connection between the gasoline engine and the wheels. Instead, the engine just spins a generator to keep the battery charged. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Lamppost EV Charging Joins Curbside Charging To Open Urban Charging Bottlenecks” • For EV drivers without a home charging station, Voltpost’s lamppost chargers provide an extra layer of localized, convenient access to a public charger. Now Voltpost is working on new partnerships, new deployments, and an in-garage variant. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “States Launch US Offshore Wind Buyout Cases” • California and New York have launched legal challenges over the Trump Administration’s offshore wind lease buyouts. The Attorneys General of California and New York were joined by others in lawsuits against the administration’s agreement to buy back offshore wind energy leases. [reNews]
¶ “With Federal Funding Windfall, X-Energy Advances Small Nuclear Reactor” • The federal government has put its weight into reviving the long-stagnant US nuclear industry, and one of the biggest beneficiaries so far is X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor project. The award nearly doubles the US government’s commitment to X-energy. [Canary Media]
¶ “Holtec Discharge Appeal Denied By Commonwealth” • State officials rejected Holtec’s appeal of a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ruling that it may not discharge wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, into Cape Cod Bay. Holtec wanted to discharge up to 1.1 million gallons of treated wastewater. [Duxbury Clipper]
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