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California Subpoenas Developer After Trump Administration Pays $120 Million to Kill Offshore Wind Project
The Interior Department paid Golden State Wind $120 million to abandon its Morro Bay lease; California subpoenaed the developer and its attorney general anticipates litigation.
IEA: Global Electric Car Sales Topped 20 Million in 2025 as China Supplied 60% of the World's EVs
The IEA's Global EV Outlook 2026 finds one in four new cars sold worldwide was electric in 2025, with China dominating production and exports even as US sales softened after the EV tax credit expired.
DOE Awards $94 Million to Eight Companies to Accelerate Light-Water SMR Deployment and Build U.S. Nuclear Supply Chain
The Department of Energy selected eight U.S. companies for $94 million in Tier 2 awards targeting site permitting and domestic supply chain gaps for Gen III+ small modular reactors.
UK Completes Europe's Largest Vanadium Flow Battery as Invinity Delivers 20.7 MWh East Sussex Installation
Invinity Energy Systems has delivered 90 vanadium flow batteries to the Copwood VFB Energy Hub in East Sussex, forming Europe's largest such installation at 20.7 MWh, backed by UK government funding.
Tesla Abandons India Factory Plans After Nine Years of Failed Negotiations
India's Minister of Heavy Industries confirmed on May 19 that Tesla will not build a manufacturing facility in India, closing a decade-long saga defined by tariff standoffs and weak sales.
US Battery Storage Posts Its Strongest Q1 on Record as AI Demand and Gas Volatility Drive a 32 Percent Surge
The US installed 9.7 GWh of new battery storage in Q1 2026—a 32% year-over-year jump and the highest first quarter ever recorded—as data center expansion and global gas disruptions outweigh federal permitting headwinds.
Atmospheric CO2 Hits 431 ppm in April 2026, Setting a New Monthly Record, as the Observatory That Measures It Faces Defunding
April 2026 set a new monthly record for atmospheric CO2 at 431.12 ppm—the highest in over two million years—while the Trump administration's FY2027 budget proposes eliminating NOAA's climate research funding entirely, threatening the 68-year Mauna Loa record.
SaltX and Holcim Produce Portland-Quality Cement Clinker in a Fully Electrified Process, Replacing the Fossil-Fueled Kiln
Swedish startup SaltX Technology and cement giant Holcim have produced Portland-quality clinker using electricity alone, replacing the rotary kiln with a new Electric Clinker Reactor.
China Three Gorges Deploys World's Largest Single-Unit Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, a 16 MW Platform 70 Kilometres Out to Sea
China Three Gorges Corporation anchored a 16 MW, 252-metre-rotor turbine in deep water off Yangjiang on May 2, setting a new benchmark for floating offshore wind and cutting cost per kilowatt by more than 50% versus its 2021 predecessor.
Oxford Researchers Cut Lithium-Ion Battery Resistance by 40 Percent With a New Binder Visualization Technique
A patent-pending staining method developed at Oxford enables nanoscale imaging of battery binders, reducing internal ionic resistance by up to 40 percent and pointing toward faster-charging, longer-lasting EV batteries.
France's First Commercial Floating Offshore Wind Farm Sends Power to the Grid, Clearing Path for Mediterranean Expansion
The 30 MW EFGL project off southern France began generating electricity on May 4, marking a milestone for floating offshore wind and anchoring a larger 250 MW follow-on.
IRENA Says 24/7 Renewables Now Outcompete Fossil Fuels on Firm Cost as Solar-Plus-Storage Hits $54/MWh in Best Sites
A new IRENA report introduces firm levelised cost of electricity for hybrid solar/wind-plus-battery systems and finds round-the-clock renewable power now beats new coal in China and new gas globally.