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Earth Catalyst gathers & hand-filters the most recent updates from over 1,000 green tech and sustainability organizations. Here are all of the updates; if you subscribe to our free newsletter, we'll send you 3 each weekday we think will be meaningful to you.

How the winds are blowing for renewable energy and green tech

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Wind power installations require government permits and in many cases leases in order to be built. The new US presidential administration issued an executive order this week titled "Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects.”


It's big, bad, but ambiguous news for wind. Daniel Spitzer of Hodgson Russ LLP wrote up a good overview of what we know so far, on Energy Central this morning.

"Trump's executive order has serious implications for the continued viability of both onshore and offshore wind projects...will impact wind projects on private land...[and] raises concerns for offshore projects which have already received federal approvals."

In case this doesn't go without saying, it appears that the Trump administration is feigning concern about intermittent power (that's what batteries are for) and the economic viability without subsidies (laughable, given oil and gas subsidies) to withdraw government support of, even tolerance for, renewable energy. You'll buy and burn oil and gas and you'll like it, he's effectively saying. But who am I to say for sure that he's not operating in good faith?

 

Meanwhile, zoom out further and the current US market for green tech investments in 2025 is a story of likely widespread consolidation, diversifying funders (though often with more conservative risk/reward profiles), and new focus on energy sources like geothermal and nuclear. That's my one sentence overview of Siteline Climate/CTVC's webinar this morning titled Line of Sight: Climate Capital Stack & Investment Trends 2024. Registration for that is now closed but it will be posted on their YouTube channel in the coming days. I will note that the audience of 400 people expressed more optimism in survey results than the Siteline analysts did based on their data.

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Visual of the Day

"Enlightening Without End"

Give this art a moment, and let it challenge the division between "man and beast" so integral to the dominant global culture.

 

“S'éclairer sans fin” by Edi Dubien is featured in Paris's "Reading Nature" festival, a festival of art and literature exploring this year's theme of "Ordinary Biodiversity, Extraordinary Nature." The exhibition, highlighting endangered but previously common wildlife and flora, runs alongside debates and talks examining humanity's complex relationship with the natural world.



Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (14 stories) - AIKO and Trina Solar lead agrivoltaic expansions while CAMFED's education program boosts African women farmers' yields; studies highlight fertilizer emissions and persistent U.S. food waste challenges


  • Carbon (10 stories) - Arctic permafrost crisis, LRQA-RESET Carbon merger, and Woodcache PBC's forest burial tech lead carbon developments, while Santos halts Dorado project and Trinasolar partners with ReTree for Spanish reforestation


  • Circular (6 stories) - Geothermal-powered Usquare Campus leads material reuse projects, while Flying Tiger Copenhagen trains for circularity and Extantia targets enzymatic recycling amid wind turbine blade disposal challenges and bagasse container innovations


  • Ecosystems (19 stories) - Global conservation efforts span Colombia's new protected areas, Brazil's Pantanal reserve, and Galápagos tourism concerns, while scientists track Great Barrier Reef mortality and develop AI models for Spanish tidal marshes


  • Efficiency (4 stories) - District networks slash HVAC energy 50%; DOE studies thermal storage for data centers; KETOS AI water monitoring; Research shows 75% demand reduction potential via electrification


  • Finance (15 stories) - Major banks exit Net-Zero Alliance as CEFC secures $2B boost; JP Morgan backs GridStor battery credits while BlackRock-Temasek fund leads Orennia's AI platform funding


  • Grid (16 stories) - Nuclear expansion, grid AI integration, and transmission megaprojects at IIT Madras, HumeLink, and Marinus Link, while Trina Storage and Elevate Renewables advance battery solutions amid rising data center demands


  • Indigenous (16 stories) - Fire Networks' expansion across 8 states, Indigenous-led prescribed burns from California to Montana, and NDN Collective leadership change highlight year of traditional fire management integration


  • Industry (7 stories) - Fusion sensors, nickel mining, TCO glass production, and energy majors' power pivot, while green H2 corridors expand in EU and wood pellet opposition grows in California


  • Policy (50 stories) - Trump halts offshore wind permits and Paris Agreement withdrawal, while NY advances nuclear plans and Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grants; multiple states maintain climate initiatives despite federal rollbacks


  • Renewables (22 stories) - Record EU solar gains surpass coal, as LONGi, Trina, and Huasun drive global expansion; China hits 277GW installations while Germany approves 14GW wind surge; Vietnam's Dai Phong and UK's Hometree advance clean energy transition


  • Transport (16 stories) - Boeing backs Norsk e-Fuel's synthetic aviation fuel plant, China certifies RX4E electric airplane, GM partners with Vianode for EV graphite, Xiaomi's SU7 EV surpasses Tesla in China, Michigan Police deploys Mach-E patrol car




Agriculture

AIKO and Trina Solar lead agrivoltaic expansions while CAMFED's education program boosts African women farmers' yields; studies highlight fertilizer emissions and persistent U.S. food waste challenges



Carbon

Arctic permafrost crisis, LRQA-RESET Carbon merger, and Woodcache PBC's forest burial tech lead carbon developments, while Santos halts Dorado project and Trinasolar partners with ReTree for Spanish reforestation



Circular

Geothermal-powered Usquare Campus leads material reuse projects, while Flying Tiger Copenhagen trains for circularity and Extantia targets enzymatic recycling amid wind turbine blade disposal challenges and bagasse container innovations



Ecosystems

Global conservation efforts span Colombia's new protected areas, Brazil's Pantanal reserve, and Galápagos tourism concerns, while scientists track Great Barrier Reef mortality and develop AI models for Spanish tidal marshes



Efficiency

District networks slash HVAC energy 50%; DOE studies thermal storage for data centers; KETOS AI water monitoring; Research shows 75% demand reduction potential via electrification



Finance

Major banks exit Net-Zero Alliance as CEFC secures $2B boost; JP Morgan backs GridStor battery credits while BlackRock-Temasek fund leads Orennia's AI platform funding



Grid

Nuclear expansion, grid AI integration, and transmission megaprojects at IIT Madras, HumeLink, and Marinus Link, while Trina Storage and Elevate Renewables advance battery solutions amid rising data center demands



Indigenous

Fire Networks' expansion across 8 states, Indigenous-led prescribed burns from California to Montana, and NDN Collective leadership change highlight year of traditional fire management integration



Industry

Fusion sensors, nickel mining, TCO glass production, and energy majors' power pivot, while green H2 corridors expand in EU and wood pellet opposition grows in California



Policy

Trump halts offshore wind permits and Paris Agreement withdrawal, while NY advances nuclear plans and Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grants; multiple states maintain climate initiatives despite federal rollbacks



Renewables

Record EU solar gains surpass coal, as LONGi, Trina, and Huasun drive global expansion; China hits 277GW installations while Germany approves 14GW wind surge; Vietnam's Dai Phong and UK's Hometree advance clean energy transition



Transport

Boeing backs Norsk e-Fuel's synthetic aviation fuel plant, China certifies RX4E electric airplane, GM partners with Vianode for EV graphite, Xiaomi's SU7 EV surpasses Tesla in China, Michigan Police deploys Mach-E patrol car


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