July 11 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Clean Energy Helped The Grid Avoid Heat-Wave Failure” • Last week brought soaring temperatures to much of the US, forcing Americans to switch on their air conditioners. To meet demand, the US power grid delivered more electricity than ever, a feat that would have been impossible without clean energy’s massive growth in recent years. [Canary Media]

Wind turbines in Oklahoma (USGS, public domain)

• “Sweeping Victory For Europe As Fifteen Nations Top Climate Scoreboard” • Europe dominated global sustainability rankings, but experts warn that all nations are “still far from critical goals” to tackle climate change. The report warns that China and the US look likely to “fall far short” of the global target of net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. [Euronews]
• “In Portugal, 75% Of Electricity From Renewables In H1” • Renewable energy sources accounted for 75.6% of the electricity produced in mainland Portugal in the first six months of the year, according to the June 2026 Renewable Electricity Bulletin by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association. Costs were among the EU’s lowest. [Essential Business]
• “Global Oil Demand Set For First Annual Drop Since 2020” • Global oil demand will fall by one million barrels per day in 2026, the IEA said. The change is the first annual contraction since COVID lockdowns grounded aviation and shuttered industry, underlining how much closing the Strait of Hormuz damaged the global economy. [Euronews]
• “Sierra Club Wisconsin And MEA File Lawsuit After State Regulators Abandon Required Environmental Review” • Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sierra Club Wisconsin contesting a Wisconsin DNR decision to issue permits for a massive data center without fully evaluating the project’s environmental impacts. [CleanTechnica]

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July 10 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Collett Completes Dual Blade Lifter Operation” • Collett has completed the first dual blade lifter convoy operation in the UK, transporting wind turbine blades for the Sanquhar 2 Wind Farm using two blade lifter trailers operating simultaneously. The company said the operation also is the first project to use its new Goldhofer blade lifter. [reNews]

Goldhofer blade lifters in use (Collett image)

• “From Sewers To Swimming Sites: How European Cities Reclaim Their Rivers” • Europe’s cities are opening their rivers back to swimmers. From Paris to Berlin, officials are racing to clean up centuries-old waterways, betting that a swimmable river is now essential, not a luxury, as heatwaves get more intense and summers get harder to survive. [Euronews]
• “US Accounted for Nearly 50% Of World’s CO₂ Emissions Growth In 2025” • A report from the Energy Institute, the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy, is thoroughly damning for the US. One big thing Robert Rapier of OilPrice.com noticed is that the US dominated the world’s increase in carbon emissions in 2025. [CleanTechnica]
• “Drax Power Station’s Carbon Emissions Hit A New High In 2025 While Receiving Record Public Subsidies” • Ember analysis finds that Drax biomass power station was by far the UK’s largest emitter for the eleventh year running. Drax emitted more than the top six gas power stations combined. But it got a record £999 million in subsidies in 2025. [CleanTechnica]
• “Leyte Geothermal Power Plant Eyed To Ease Rising Electricity Costs” • Amid a major increase in electricity bills due to higher generating costs, the Regional Development Council approved a resolution urging that electric cooperatives in Eastern Visayas be allowed to purchase power directly from the Leyte Geothermal Power Plant. [Philippine News Agency]

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July 9 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “US Airlines’ Monthly Fuel Spend Topped $6 Billion Again In May, Up 84% From Year Ago” • US airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, the second straight month that fuel costs topped $6 billion, government data shows. The May figure was higher than a year earlier by 84%. The higher cost was due to pricier jet fuel rather than increased traffic. [ABC News]

Airplane landing (Amsterdam City Archives, Unsplash)

• “Nordex Books 3.1 GW In Q2 Haul” • Nordex Group booked 3.1 GW of order intake in its projects segment during the second quarter of 2026, up 32.2% from 2.3 GW year over year. Nordex said first-half order intake totaled 4.9 GW, an increase of 9.6% from 4.5 GW in the first half of 2025. The average sales price remained at €0.97 million/MW. [reNews]
• “June 2026 Broke Heat Records In Europe And Oceans” • This year’s June was the hottest ever recorded in western Europe and the second-warmest globally at 1.39°C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the EU climate change services. And June’s extreme heat may be becoming a regular feature of European summers. [Euronews]
• “Oil Prices Climb And Stocks Fall After Trump Says He Thinks Iran Agreement ‘Over'” • Amid an exchange of strikes in the Middle East, in which President Donald Trump said he believes an agreement with Iran is “over,” oil prices climbed and stocks closed lower. Brent crude climbed more than 6%, pushing the price up to about $79 a barrel. [ABC News]
• “UK’s Second Largest Solar Farm Approved” • Families and businesses will benefit from more solar power, one of the least costly forms of power available, as the government approves a major solar power project. One Earth Solar Farm is set to be the second largest solar farm in the UK. The developer says it can yearly power needs for over 200,000 people. [GOV.UK]

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Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools - The Express Tribune

Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools  The Express Tribune

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July 7 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Why Soy Biofuels Must Be Considered A High Deforestation Risk” • Adopted by the European Commission in April 2026, the revision of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 now classifies soybean oil as an indirect land use change biofuel feedstock with high risk, making it ineligible to count toward renewable energy targets by 2030. [CleanTechnica]
  

  Amazon rainforest destruction (Ibama, CC BY-SA 2.0)

• “The Alps Are Drying Out: EU-Funded Project Assesses The Future Of Europe’s ‘Water Tower’” • According to the IPCC, the melting of Alpine glaciers threatens the water supply of the mountain communities and the millions of people who live downstream. The Alps are estimated to be warming roughly twice as fast as the global average. [Euronews]
• “New US Generating Stations For AI Will Create Emissions Equal To Australia’s” • No matter what your opinion of AI might be, there is no argument about the amount of electrical power that will be required to run all of its data centers. A report claims the US plans to build or expand 74 gas-fired generating stations to power them. [CleanTechnica]
• “Renewables Are Still The Cheapest New Power Option, And Avoided $480 Billion In Fossil Fuel Costs In 2025” • A report has revealed that 90% of new utility-scale renewable energy capacity added in 2025 was cheaper than the lowest-cost new fossil fuel alternative, helping to avoid an estimated $480 billion in fossil fuel costs by year’s end. [Renew Economy]
• “Can India And Europe Produce Solar Energy Without China?” • In December 2025, Italy awarded over 1.1 GW of solar capacity in the country’s first auction restricted to projects built without Chinese-made equipment. The winning bids had a premium for solar hardware from anywhere other than China at a time when China supplies 90% of the solar modules. [DW.com]

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Organize workshop power tools with an easy DIY French cleat system - MSN

Organize workshop power tools with an easy DIY French cleat system  MSN

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