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Tamron 35-100mm f/2.8 Di III VXD Promises Fast Portrait Zoom Power in a Compact Body  DIY Photography

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February 18 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Quiet, Comfortable, And Low Emissions: How This ‘Flying’ Ferry Is Transforming Stockholm’s Waterways” • Built across fourteen islands, Stockholm is naturally suited to waterborne transport. Only a bit over a year after it started, an electric ferry project has been declared a resounding success by the Swedish Transport Administration. [Euronews]

Candela ferry (Candela image)

• “Foundation Installation Complete At 1.2-GW Baltic Power” • Foundation installation has been completed at the 1,200-MW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Polish waters. The joint-venture between ORLEN Group and Northland Power installed all 78 monopiles at the array, along with 60 out of 78 transition pieces, and 30 out of 76 turbines. [reNews]
• “Bayer Agrees To $7.25 Billion Proposed Settlement Over Thousands Of Roundup Cancer Lawsuits” • Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement to resolve thousands of US lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. [ABC News]
• “Waymo Looking To Buy 50,000 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robotaxis For $2.5 Billion” • Waymo is scaling up. How much, and how quickly? Those are the questions, and now we may have a hint at an answer. Reportedly, the self-driving tech leader is looking to purchase 50,000 Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric cars in the next few years, at a cost of about $2.5 billion. [CleanTechnica]
• “BNEF Study Shows US Sustainable Energy Technologies Met Rising Demand Growth In 2025” • US electricity demand rose considerably in 2025 for the first time in decades according to the 2026 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook recently published by BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. [Renewable Energy Magazine]

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February 17 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “A Greenland Sled Dog Champion Fears For His Culture As Climate Change Melts The Ice” • Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were sled dogs. He is now a five-time Greenlandic dog sled champion. But this year he said it’s the first time he can remember when there has been no snow in January. [ABC News]

Dogs training for winter in Finland (Leo Mengoli, Unsplash)

• “EU Countries Need To ‘Urgently Coordinate’ To Adapt To Climate Change, EU’s Advisory Board Warns” • EU countries need to “urgently coordinate” to anticipate and mitigate the increasingly frequent effects of climate change, such as flooding, severe storms, and heatwaves, a report from the EU’s advisory board on climate change warned. [Euronews]
• “Children Of Chernobyl Workers Have Mutations In Their DNA” • Four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, the children of the workers are still living with the fallout. Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA. [MSN]
• “Japan Successfully Beams Solar Power from Space to Earth in Historic Energy Test” • The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully sent power collected by solar panels in space to a ground station using microwave transmission. The test proves that clean energy can be harvested in space and delivered with no physical cables. [Microgrid Media]
• “What’s Driving Up Maine’s Energy Bills? Natural Gas” • People in Maine pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country. But natural gas, not solar PVs and wind turbines, is the primary driver behind soaring power prices, according to a report by The Brattle Group that was released this week by the state’s energy department. [Maine Morning Star]

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Custom-Built 96,000mAh Backpack Power Station Charges Everything You Carry  TechEBlog -

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4 of the most useful cordless Ryobi power tools for DIY projects  MSN

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February 14 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “China Floating Turbine Passes Testing And Completes A Grid-Connected Flight” • China’s S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES) completed a grid-connected test flight in Sichuan Province. The technology is no longer just a concept. It has now generated electricity at altitude and delivered that power into the local grid. [CleanTechnica]

SAWES high-altitude wind turbine (SAWES photo)

• “Most Maritime Shipping Battery Propulsion Studies Are Already Obsolete” • Maritime battery studies are based on the battery costs and energy densities available when they were done. But costs in the $300 to $500 per kWh range are now more like $65, and battery room densities of 30 to 50 kWh per cubic meter have gone to 190 kWh. [CleanTechnica]
• “Experts Weigh In On Trump Repeal Of Key Climate Finding” • The Trump administration revoked the endangerment finding, a scientific statement that climate change is a danger to public health. It is an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam,” but repeated scientific studies have documented it and the harm has been quantifiable. [Euronews]
• “175 MW Energy Storage Project Launched In Maine” • The Cross Town energy storage site in Gorham, Maine, reportedly has 350 MWh of storage. The project’s capacity is 175 MW, the duration is about two hours. The amount of electricity stored in the new battery system should be enough to provide power to about 19,000 homes. [CleanTechnica]
• “A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses, But It’s Not Clear Who” • The US National Science Foundation said that the management and operations of a supercomputer used by more than 2,000 climate and weather scientists across the country is to be transferred from a leading research lab to an undisclosed third party. [MSN]

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DeWalt Akkuschrauber Review: The Cordless Drill That Turns DIY Stress Into Pure Power  AD HOC NEWS

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Cordless Power Tools Market Poised for Strong Growth as Industrial Automation, DIY Expansion, and Battery Innovation Accelerate Adoption: Verified Market Research®  Yahoo Finance

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Saudi Arabia Portable Power Tools Market Construction Activity, DIY Adoption & Growth Outlook  vocal.media

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New England Dodged a Winter Storm Cannon Ball

TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Carl Pope’s Blog

Carl Pope

Last month was one of New England’s better Januarys. Post-Thanksgiving, the region won a rare rating from the  North American Reliability Council,  It warned that New England uniquely was at “high risk to natural gas pipeline capacity. It warned that “Natural gas production often falls off in extreme winter temperatures, as supply infrastructure is affected by freezing issues, and Generator Operators that fail to secure firm fuel delivery are frequently unable to access fully subscribed pipelines.”

The warning is shown below in NERC’sual winter assessment by the vertical cross bars. No region except New England was put on this super warning list.

Scattered across an array of recent NERC assessments were repeated warnings: New England’s dependence on aged and leaky gas pipelines, combined with its status as a region at the end of limited gas supplies, makes it particularly vulnerable to power outages. When gas and water combine in freezing temperatures they form gas hydrates. The hydrates freeze and plug pipelines, both those which fuel electric power lines and smaller distribution pipes which heat homes and businesses. In the last two major winter storms to hit New England before this year, the power system suffered major outages of both gas and electricity generated by gas. Indeed, more than half of the power serving the region during those major storms came from drawing down emergency supplies of oil. Had the storms lasted a few more days, oil reserves would have been depleted. The entire regional grid could have shut down in freezing weather. That, NERC had warned, was a serious threat this winter.

New England and its neighboring coastal states had developed a robust strategy to provide a reliable backstop to unreliable gas power: tap the dynamic and virtually 24/7 winter winds off its coasts. Five major Atlantic offshore wind projects, with a combined capacity of 6 GW and a demonstrated super high performance in winter storms, were poised for completion or construction over the next several years. One, Vineyard Wind was already delivering partial power. Revolution Wind, the other project closest to New England, was scheduled to start this winter. Three more projects further south would follow to stabilize the entire East Coast grid by adding 20% to the New England’s grid capacity and adding the bulk of that capacity in a winter when the region is currently vulnerable.

When President Trump on his Inauguration Day announced his hostility to wind power, particularly offshore wind, the Governors responsible for the projects that seemed most at risk negotiated with the President. He demanded, and received, their support for unneeded natural gas pipelines. In exchange, Trump promised to allow the offshore wind project to be completed. (NERC had said New England needed less reliance on gas power, but the Governors decided the offshore projects were critical, and pipelines were Trump’s price.)

Then, on December 22, Trump broke his word and issued “stop completion” orders for all five Atlantic offshore projects. Among them Vineyard win, which was already operating, and Revolution, which was about to open.  The only viable, reliable strategy to stabilize the New England grid had just been blown up by the President, who had no Plan B to offer – just more gas which would simply freeze into hydrates.

The next day the weather service announced that a new, tropical storm, named Winter Storm Fern, was forming over the Gulf of Mexico and aiming to bring massive cold weather, snow and ice to a region stretching from Texas to New England.  The New Year prospects for New England were grim. With work frozen on all offshore wind power, and Winter Storm Fern makings its way through the South towards New England, the region prepared for the worst. Meteorologists warned that immediately behind Fern was another Tropical storm, a Northeaster, along the Atlantic Coast.

Fern, of course, we now know, devastated much of the United States. Over a million Americans lost power; hundreds of thousands are still in the dark. The death toll is approaching 100. The damages are estimated at $6 billion.  The South and the mid-Atlantic were socked the hardest. New England got record snow from Fern, but so cold was the weather that hydrate plugging of the gas system was avoided – only snow fell, no water. New Englanders kept their power-and the heat it provides. When Northeaster Gianne came roaring along the coast, like Fern it too concentrated its snow and ice on the south.  Then, as it moved north, it remained far enough offshore that the New England grid was spared, narrowly, a second time.

So, 2025-6 will go down in the record book, but perhaps not the New England record book for damages. Better yet, as Fern and Gianne made their devastating way through the Eastern United States, some incredibly important good news made its way from Federal Courthouses huddling in the snow. In a series of five rulings, one for each of the offshore projects Trump had shut, federal judges lifted Trump’s “stop work” order. They allowed the 6 GW of incremental, winter weather resilient offshore wind projects to resume construction and start adding reliable power before next winter.

The Judges in each case had inspected the classified and allegedly “new” risks posed to national security by allowing power generation off the Atlantic Coast, and in each found the Trump Administration’s arguments unpersuasive and inadequate.  That doesn’t mean Trump won’t appeal; but it strongly suggests that if he does, he will lose at least in the Appellate Courts.

The war on the New England grid by Washington isn’t over. And the New England States need to gird for bigger battles to come. Trump’s attacks on the only viable, reliable and domestic source of power available to an entire region are on a scale with the kind of destruction that Russia is inflicting on the Ukraine.  New England must demand that Trump explain: where is the power going to come from, power that won’t freeze, power that thrive in winter storms?

This winter isn’t over either. The Vineyard Wind and Revolution projects have been delayed and won’t help for another year.  But by next year they may both be online, providing New England with the affordable, reliable winter storm power it has lacked so long.

“To learn more about Carl’s views on the environment, energy and climate, read “Climate of Hope” which he has co-authored with former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and which can be purchased online or from your local book store.

A veteran leader in the environmental movement, Carl Pope is the former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club. He’s now the principal advisor at Inside Straight Strategies, looking for the underlying economics that link sustainability and economic development and serves as a Senior Climate Advisor to former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He has served on the Boards of the California League of Conservation Voters, Public Voice, National Clean Air Coalition, California Common Cause, Public Interest Economics Inc, and Zero Population Growth.

Mr. Pope is also the author of the books: Sahib, An American Misadventure in India and Hazardous Waste In America. Carl Pope is the co-author with Michael Bloomberg of Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet. How to attack climate change as a series of manageable challenges, each with a solution that can make our society healthier and our economy stronger.

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US-Based Power Tool Distributor: Fast Delivery For Milwaukee & DeWalt Updated  markets.businessinsider.com

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February 8 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Cannibalistic Jellies And Aggressive Blue Crabs: Invasive Species Threaten Venice’s Fragile Lagoon” • The city of Venice and its surrounding lagoon are at the mercy of climate change. Research shows how warming seas are bringing invasive species that threaten the lagoon ecosystem and the livelihoods of local fishing communities. [Euronews]

Venice (Kit Suman, Unsplash)

• “Zimbabwe Plans To Build Solar Manufacturing Plant, A Key Industry Body Reveals” • Zimbabwe’s plans to build a solar panel manufacturing plant has attracted global interest and is expected to mark a shift in its energy and industrialisation strategy, a top African solar industry report shows. The thrust signals a push to attract foreign investment. [The Herald]
• “Iowa’s Wind Boom Stalls As Politics Clashes With Power Prices” • Anti-renewable sentiment has grown in rural and red areas recently and pushed by the Trump administration. This stance has caused many state economies to plateau, as some of the most important areas of renewable energy development were unfolding in red states. [OilPrice.com]
• “You Can’t Just Walk Out On Climate Frameworks!” • The US has withdrawn from the historic Paris global climate frameworks by Trump’s executive order, but can a president unilaterally the country from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change? A former US senator asks asks that question. The exutive order has its problems. [CleanTechnica]
• “Trump’s Fossil Fuel Push Gets a Legal Reality Check” • A federal judge ruled that the DOE broke the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject scientific consensus on climate change to write a report. The Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 says agencies are not permitted to use secret groups for such purposes. [OilPrice.com]

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Making A DIY Refrigerated Vest With Battery And Solar Power  Hackaday

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February 6 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Worsening Snow Drought In The West Will Have Cascading Impacts, Experts Say” • Prolonged drought across much of the West has been worsened by low snowfall and persistent warmth, fueling a widespread snow drought. With reduced mountain snowpack, the region’s water supplies are facing mounting challenges, experts said. [ABC News]

Low snow cover (Deer Valley Resort image)

• “Why Sodium-Ion Batteries Are Happening Now” • CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, made a production commitment for sodium-ion batteries. It introduced its Naxtra line of batteries last year. Now it has announced plans for volume production of sodium-ion batteries this year, with integration into production EVs by July. [CleanTechnica]
• “Canada To Spend Up To $200 Billion On Wind, Solar, And Energy Storage” • Canadian investment in wind, solar, and energy storage is forecast to top $200 billion over the next decade, leading to a significant decline in the emissions intensity of electricity production, according to the Canadian Renewable Energy Association. [Yahoo! Finance Canada]
• “Michigan Sues Big Oil For Antitrust Violations” • The state of Michigan filed a suit against several major fossil fuel companies. This suit seems to be more than what has happened in the past. According to The Hill, it says the defendants acted together as a cartel to reduce production and distribution of renewable energy and restrain EVs. [CleanTechnica]
• “GE Vernova Wins 1.1-GW US Repowering Haul” • GE Vernova booked 1100 MW of US onshore wind repower orders in 2025 as developers look to boost output and extend the life of existing fleets. The projects will use nacelles and drive trains made at the company’s Pensacola, Florida facility, GE Vernova’s onshore wind business said. [reNews]

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February 5 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “DOE Prepares To Send Nuclear Waste Cross-Country” • A rail journey years in the making will start from Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia in the fall of 2027 bound for Idaho National Laboratory. A specially designed railcar will be used to move a 180-ton lead and steel cask containing spent nuclear fuel over 2,500 miles. [E&E News by POLITICO]

Railcar for transporting spent nuclear fuel (DOE image)

• “How Climate Economics Got the Risks Wrong” • A study by researchers associated with the University of Exeter and Carbon Tracker argues that widely used economic models underestimate the risks of climate change. They smooth impacts over time, rely on average temperature changes, and ignore shocks, tipping points, and cascading failures. [CleanTechnica]
• “Nova Scotia And Massachusetts Ink Offshore MOU” • The province of Nova Scotia and the state of Massachusetts signed a memorandum of understanding that could see Nova Scotia send offshore wind power to Massachusetts in the coming years. The agreement comes as the Canadian province hopes to launch its first seabed lease auction this year. [reNews]
• “Particle Pollution From Wildfire Smoke Was Tied To 24,100 Deaths Per Year In US” • Chronic exposure to wildfire smoke is linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the US, a study in the journal Science Advances found. Tiny particulates in wildfire smoke contributed to an average of 24,100 deaths per year in the lower 48 states from 2006 to 2020. [ABC News]
• “Oregon Bill Seeks Temporary Fast-Tracking For Siting Of Renewable Energy Projects” • Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would fast-track siting and permitting of renewable energy projects. The Trump administratio’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” imposed new deadlines on projects, and the state bill may help with that. [Oregon Public Broadcasting]

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February 4 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “As Solar And Wind Hit Record Levels, Why Are We Ignoring Geothermal Energy?” • A study from Stanford University found that enhanced geothermal systems can “significantly reduce” the amount of wind, solar, and battery infrastructure needed for a transition to clean, sustainable energy while keeping electricity prices competitive. [Euronews]

Geothermal plant in Iceland – that’s steam, not smoke (Gretar Ívarsson, public domain)

• “Spain opens talks on first offshore auction” • Spain has opened a consultation on its debut offshore wind auction. It also asks whether a single, large site should be put on the block or several smaller sites, as well as what capacity should be targeted. Spain has a goal of delivering up to 3 GW of offshore wind by the end of the decade. [reNews]
• “Sierra Club And Partners Rally To Make Polluters Pay For Climate Disasters ” • Last week, Sierra Club joined partners from across the country for a “Make Polluters Pay” Week of Action, a coordinated set of advocacy actions and events aimed at holding Big Oil and Gas companies accountable for their climate mess. It was a week of action. [CleanTechnica]
• “Zelestra Signs Meta PPA For Texas solar” • Zelestra and Meta signed a long-term power purchase agreement for the 176-MW Skull Creek Solar Plant in Texas. The project supports Meta’s goal of adding new capacity to match its operations with 100% clean energy. Zelestra and Meta now have PPAs for about 1.2-GW of US solar projects set to be online by 2028. [reNews]
• “Utility Offers Unique Solution For Residents Struggling To Go Solar” • Provo City Power started SharedSolar, a program for city residents to access solar energy even when they don’t have other means. The initiative uses a community-based solar model but with subscriptions to a portion of a larger solar installation under utility management. [The Cool Down]

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February 3 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Renewable Energy Seized 99% Of New Capacity Additions In 2026” • The US energy sector is at an inflection point that few analysts predicted even a decade ago. FERC data shows that 99% of all generating capacity added to the US grid in 2026 will be renewable. It is what industry experts describe as a fundamental restructuring. [WebProNews]

Vineyard Wind project (Courtesy of Vineyard Wind)

• “New Trump Nuclear Reactor Policy: ‘Trust Us'” • The Trump Administration is quietly dismantling safeguards for nuclear power and seeking to limit both transparency and public input. Trump’s Department of Energy wants us to blindly trust them to protect the public. But blind trust in federal agencies is in scarce supply these days. [Legal Planet]
• “Renewables Over 50% And Wholesale Prices Down – Is The Energy Transition … Succeeding?” • Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast of Australia, the power supply may well have buckled. This time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages. It looks like success for clean energy. [The Conversation]
• “Prysmian Wins £2 Billion EGL4 Cable Contract” • Prysmian has secured a £2 billion contract to supply cable for the Eastern Green Link 4 subsea electricity project. The manufacturer will deliver over 640 km of cable for the 2-GW HVDC link between Fife in Scotland and Norfolk in England. The link is due to be operating in 2033. [reNews]
• “Another Judge Rejects Trump Effort To Block Offshore Wind, Says NY Project Can Resume” • Federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Sunrise Wind, an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes, can resume construction, the fifth such ruling since the Trump administration halted the offshore wind projects in December. [ABC News]

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DIY Class of 2026: Chloe Slater  DIY Magazine

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February 1 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “Economic Survey Warns Of Cost, Grid As Key Challenges For Renewable Energy” • India must address challenges such as high capital costs, delays in acquiring land, and grid availability issues to sustain its rapid renewable energy growth, said the Economic Survey 2025-2026. The Economic Survey notes that the hurdles can be tackled with good policy. [MSN]

Indian farmland (Sandy Zebua, Unsplash)

• “Power Outages Hit Ukraine And Moldova As Kyiv Struggles Against The Winter Cold” • Emergency power cuts swept across several Ukrainian cities as well as neighboring Moldova, officials said, as a commitment came from the Kremlin to US President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine battles one of its bleakest winters in years. [ABC News]
• “What’s Stopping Sunny South Africa’s Solar Industry? Court Case Sheds Some Light” • A South African solar manufacturer, ARTsolar, is taking the government and some renewable energy developers to court. ARTsolar says it invested in manufacturing capacity because it expected the rules to lead to orders for locally made solar panels, but they didn’t. [The Conversation]
• “Elon Musk May Buy Another Election, Pitting Republicans Against Each Other” • Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a knack for putting himself in the media spotlight. Barely one month into the new year he has already hit the trifecta of sex, politics, and more sex. The retirement of Senator Mitch McConnell provides Musk with a political opportunity [CleanTechnica]
• “Farmers Discover Staggering Benefits Of Pairing Solar Power With Agriculture” • In the small ranching town of Cokeville, Wyoming, two cattle producers are pushing back against soaring energy costs. For Tim Teichert and Jason Thornock, the solution isn’t abandoning agriculture, it’s pairing it with clean energy. The goal isto keep their ranches viable. [The Cool Down]

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