Media-predicted 2025 hurricane disaster never hit the U.S., marking the first landfall-free season in a decade.

COP30 spiraled into chaos as Amazon clearing, venue failures, and China’s big climate push overshadowed the UN’s so-called summit.

-First Solar’s fifth operating US manufacturing facility creates over 800 new manufacturing jobs -Facility forecast to raise Iberia Parish’s GDP by 4.4% in first full year of operations at capacity -Largest American solar manufacturer expects almost 18 GW of domestic production capacity in 2027

• ABB selected by ContourGlobal to upgrade control systems at four Concentrated Solar Power plants in southwest Spain • Migration to ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus SCADA will improve efficiency, reliability and cyber security while future-proofing assets • Project demonstrates ABB’s expertise in legacy system migration to supporting renewable energy integration

These little connectors are like the backstage crew at a rock concert — unnoticed, underappreciated, but absolutely essential. Without them, your solar panel is just fancy glass sunbathing on the roof.

NIO has launched a couple of other brands in the past year and a half in order to keep its sales rising in the hyper-competitive Chinese EV market — the ONVO “family vehicle” brand and the firefly super small vehicle brand. One might have thought the firefly brand would stick … [continued] The post NIO’s […]

Ottawa’s transit system is working through difficult choices at a moment when reliability, cost control, and public confidence matter more than ever. The fleet is aging, budgets are tight, and ridership is still recovering from the pandemic. Decisions made in the next two or three years will shape the quality … [continued] The post What […]

Volkswagen has launched a new testing center in China. Interestingly, there was almost no mention in the announcement that this is an EV-only center. This is also the first time Volkswagen has built a full development facility in a country other than Germany. “Strategic Milestone reached: For the first time … [continued] The post Volkswagen […]

Hawaii is re-evaluating its electricity system again and LNG is back on the table as a proposed bridge between oil dependence and a renewable future. The idea is simple at first glance. Hawaii burns more oil for electricity than any other state and Oahu still relies on oil for most … [continued] The post Hawaii’s […]

Several nations pushed at COP30 for an expansion of biofuels, but Transport and Environment argues that is a poor strategy. The post Biofuels: Hope Or Hype? appeared first on CleanTechnica.