World:
¶ “Should Europe ban meat advertisements? We Asked A Climate Psychologist” • Europe is entering an “era of green marketing” as cities turn their backs on climate-damaging advertising. A ban on billboards advertising meat is part of Amsterdam’s goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and to halve meat consumption over the same period. [Euronews]
¶ “Volkswagen Negotiations With IG Metall To Begin November 24” • Volkswagen Group is desperate to cut costs. In 2023, it had an operating profit of €22.6 billion, but by 2025, that number fell to €8.9 billion. 2026 may be half of that. It recently announced it will terminate wage provisions it agreed to in 2024. Negotiations with a furious union are set to begin. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “New Li Auto i6 Goes 811 Kilometers” • The i6 has a CLTC-rated range of 780 km (485 miles), but Li Auto has recently livestreamed a drive in which the vehicle drove 811 km (504 miles) before reaching 0%. Li Auto has shifted away from using CATL batteries. It is using in-house batteries that CALB and Sunwoda help it to make. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “UK’s Renewable Energy Boom Is Hitting A Grid Bottleneck” • The UK has invested heavily in expanding its renewable energy capacity in recent years to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and support a green transition. However, one major problem, its unprepared transmission infrastructure, stands in the way of it achieving this goal. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Renewable Energy Market Set To Hit $ 3.38 Trillion By 2035 As The Global Clean Energy Transition Accelerates” • According to DataM Intelligence, the global renewable energy market size was valued at $1,512.31 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $3,377.46 billion by 2035, growing at a CAGR of 8.4% during the years 2026 to 2035. [openPR.com]
¶ “Asia Is Building A $15 Trillion Energy Market” • The global energy transition is increasingly becoming an Asian story, and Asia is unlikely to follow the path envisioned in Washington or Brussels. Asia requires $1 trillion annually in energy investments over the next 15 years to strengthen energy security and meet growing regional demand. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Letting Data Centres Build First, Catch Up On Renewables Later Could Add $40 Billion To Power Bills” • Home power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars if 5 GW of data centers are put on the Australian east coast grid without building new generating capacity, a study says. If data centers “build first, catch up later,” the cost to consumers will be huge. [Renew Economy]
¶ “Scottish Greens Reaffirm Opposition To Nuclear Energy” • The Scottish Greens reaffirmed their opposition to new nuclear plants after a debate at their party conference. Party members voted against a motion to change longstanding opposition to nuclear energy and allowed the construction of new reactors under certain conditions. [Scottish Greens]
¶ “Romania Prolongs State Of Energy Crisis As Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant May Remain Offline In November” • The Romanian power grid operator, Transelectrica, is forecasting that both reactors at Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, Cernavodă, operated by Nuclearelectrica, may remain offline throughout the month of November. [Romania Insider]
US:
¶ “US Renewable Generation Rises 10.2%” • US renewable electricity generation increased by 10.2% during the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year. It now accounts for 28.1% of domestic power production. The SUN DAY Campaign said utility-scale solar led growth at 20.0%, followed by small solar at 12.0%, and wind at 7.8%. [reNews]
¶ “To Make AI Morally Good, Tech Companies Are Turning To Religion” • As tech companies race to build the most powerful artificial intelligence, some are also asking how to teach a chatbot right from wrong. Their answer? Religion. Some tech executives claim that religion can help inform AI to be morally good, but which religion is not specified. [ABC News]
¶ “Trump’s DOE Budget Request Cuts Weak Bets And Useful Energy Research Together” • The US DOE has wrapped some genuinely defensible cuts into a much broader retreat from batteries, electric vehicles, buildings, solar, wind and public energy research while treating several bets on much weaker technologies far more gently. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Invest In Solar And Earn $3,000 A Day?” • With the rapid growth of AI, data centers, EVs, and industrial electrification, electricity demand keeps rising, making solar power a focal point for investment in energy. For investors aiming for a daily return of $3,000, what scale of generating capacity would be required? Lake Energy can give an answer. [CleanTechnica]
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