u/sg_plumber — reddlx

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20 years after a game-changing veterinary drug ban, conservation efforts, breeding centres, and Safe Zones in South Asia have helped recover vulture populations of 3 iconic species once on the precipice of extinction.

rspb.org.uk

u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago

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After more than 20 years of work, 266 Indigenous clan leaders from 41 villages in Papua New Guinea have signed a legally binding agreement protecting 125,000 hectares of rainforest from logging and mining, creating a huge community-led refuge for tree kangaroos and other wildlife. 🌳🐾

news.mongabay.com

u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago

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🌞 So much solar: the US Energy Information Administration's list of 368 utility-scale plants that began operation in the first half of 2026 is dominated by utility-scale solar with 207 (11,458 megawatts), followed by batteries with 95 (8,207 MW). They’re almost everywhere. 🌞

arstechnica.com

u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago

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2 solar transformations at once in the Philippines: foreign capital as the fastest way to add gigawatts and finally bend the coal curve down; and small, disconnected solar-and-battery systems designed to survive future storms that keep leveling the coal-heavy, centralized national grid.

ryanhansson.substack.com

u/sg_plumber — 2 days ago

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Methane is the past and renewables are the future in Europe: solar and wind output climbed to between 80 and 110 ⁠terawatt-hours/month, while gas-fired generation has steadily lost ground. Once sufficient renewable capacity is installed, declining fossil generation becomes a mathematical consequence

cleantechnica.com

u/sg_plumber — 2 days ago

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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft, comparable in size to a small regional airliner, with 4 wing-mounted electric motors and maximum takeoff weight over 25,000 pounds. 🛫 Battery-electric propulsion system delivered over 1 MW of power during the maiden flight.

arstechnica.com

u/sg_plumber — 3 days ago

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Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling significantly since the late 1990s. 🌳 The decline accelerated after 2015 thanks to lower deforestation and higher restoration, reforestation and afforestation. 🌳

carbonbrief.org

u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago

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On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Truly Electric. With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes, pivoting away from fossil fuels quickly, and perhaps permanently: It’s cheaper and cleaner to charge a battery than to fill up a fuel tank.

nytimes.com

u/sg_plumber — 3 days ago

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Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1, more than doubling installed utility-scale solar capacity to 842 MW. 🌞 Total renewables capacity exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. 🌀 LUT University reckons Finland can build out up to 68 GW of PV capacity by 2050. 💪⚡

pv-magazine.com

u/positivesource — 3 days ago

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The world's most efficient solar panels go on sale later this year at around $0.40/W with a 30-year warranty. Perovskite-silicon 4T design expected to reach high-volume, gigawatt-scale manufacturing in 2028, with possibly a 34% solar panel if its technology curve stays steady, and likely 37% by 2030

pv-magazine-usa.com

u/sg_plumber — 4 days ago

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33 African countries aim to restore 129 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, with 250 million tons of sequestered CO2. Niger demonstrates how: 5 million hectares of Sahel grassland were restored without planting a single tree, thanks to Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration.

denkstrom.org

u/sg_plumber — 5 days ago

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India on track for record 50 GW of solar installations in 2026, after adding 34 GW DC of solar capacity in the first half of the year, 38% above H1 2025 levels. India’s domestic content ambitions are far from complete.

pv-magazine.com

u/sg_plumber — 5 days ago

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Multiple heatwaves and drought in summer 2026 have strained Europe’s power grid, driving electricity demand up, causing prices to spike, and disrupting nuclear, gas, coal and hydropower generation. Yet grids have remained stable, fueled by record volumes of solar. 🌞⚡

ember-energy.org

u/sg_plumber — 5 days ago

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Europe's largest BESS (500 MW/1 GWh) comes online at a former coal mining site in Scotland, the first of a projected trio. It will improve flexibility and resilience of the UK electricity system, the integration of more renewables, and contribute to lowering costs for consumers.

ess-news.com

u/sg_plumber — 6 days ago

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🐯 70 years after Turan tigers disappeared from Kazakhstan, a female Amur tiger (its closest living relative) named Umit – "hope" – has been released into the wild in the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, as part of a long-term programme to restore the species to its historic range in Central Asia. 🐯

euronews.com

u/sg_plumber — 6 days ago

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Long-term production of renewable chemicals and fuels from CO2: engineered cyanobacteria in thin nanocellulose films sustained ethylene production for 4 months, using less water and generating twice as much as comparable suspension cultures.

utu.fi

u/sg_plumber — 6 days ago

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Abu Dhabi is building the world's largest battery storage project, pairing 5.2 GW of solar with 1 GW/19 GWh of storage to deliver clean electricity around the clock from 2027. 🌞 The UAE leverages its own solar resources while developing a model for other regions with a high share of renewable energy

renewable-energy-industry.com

u/sg_plumber — 7 days ago

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Wisconsin starts building 3 renewable energy projects at once, with 150 megawatts of solar, 110 MW of wind and 75 MW of battery storage to produce enough safe and reliable energy for about 100,000 homes, support more than 450 jobs and strengthen the grid as electricity demand keeps growing. 🌞🌀⚡

news.we-energies.com

u/sg_plumber — 7 days ago

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Milk-source heat pumps: New ultraefficient devices quickly cool milk to keep it fresh and simultaneously heat water used in milking operations, replacing conventional chillers and electric-resistance heaters, cutting electricity use in half, quashing carbon pollution.

canarymedia.com

u/sg_plumber — 8 days ago

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In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds. 🌞 While the industry has suffered the loss of federal tax credits and other economic hits, leasing and batteries make the panels pencil out for many homeowners. 💰 They just had a record month.

canarymedia.com

u/sg_plumber — 8 days ago