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Right after potus dismissed its own legal challenge appeal re: his EO to ban US wind energy projects, he has agreed to pay Invenergy $765 million to give up its 4 offshore wind leases. WHY?!?! That is OUR taxpayer money! STOP! NOW! GET IT BACK!!!

Trump Pays Off Energy Company in Grudge Match Against Offshore Wind - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Washington, D.C. — According to reporting, Donald Trump is paying Invenergy $765 million to abandon its four offshore wind leases. This comes days after the administration voluntarily dismissed its own appeal in an ongoing ...

With agrivoltaics, crops & solar panels productively coexist, for a steady income from an energy crop & plant crops. Land conservation organization PEC set up the first crop-based agrivoltaic system in Virginia. New VA legislation gives farmers a reliable, stable platform to grow crops on land with agrivoltaics offsetting farm costs. The legislation also supports on-farm energy storage & virtual power plants. Farmers earn revenue for energy to local utilities. No help from potus' DOA, DOI or DOE, only coal.

Agrivoltaics Gets A Huge Thumbs-Up With Bipartisan Support The Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows is hosting the first ever crop-based agrivoltaics system in Virginia -- and it won't be the last.

Money buys power, as in xAI huge, polluting data centers in Memphis, TN & northern Mississippi, using monstrous amounts of electricity, unavailable from utilities so they have 50 plus bus sized portable methane-powered generators providing AI current. The areas' residents are mostly low income, like most sites of oil refineries, chemical plants & factories, polluting neighborhoods & causing health issues & early deaths. There are protests, to which Elon Musk's and other rich owners's defenders demand cases be dismissed. The DOJ uses illogical arguments stemming from it's decimation of the mission of the EPA to protect human health & the environment.

DOJ Rushes To Help xAI Pollute The Skies Over Mississippi - CleanTechnica xAI is hiding behind the skirts of Uncle Sam and the DOJ to dodge its legal obligations not to poison people with its activities.

The US & Israeli war against Iran initiated Iran's blocking the Strait of Hormuz to oil shipping, leaving nations to use & delete oil reserves, with oil prices rising and a risk of an oil/gas crisis. In France & Germany many had enough & switched to EV's, demand for Renaults growing by 50% since the first US bombing. Per Renault's CEO lowering fuel prices at the war's end will reduce the interest in EV's but shifting to them will continue. potus' oil failure seems to have shown many drivers in other nations the idiocy of relying on fossil fuels for the future of anything.

Renault EV Demand Grew 50% in Some Markets from Iran War - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. As a result of the US and Israel war against Iran, Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz and much of the world’s oil couldn’t get to market. Countries have been relying on oil reserves for weeks, and there have been ... [cont...

Sigh! The UK EV mandate calls for 80% of new passenger vehicles sold in the UK by 2030 be battery electric. The phaseout date was moved back to 2035, calling for 28% of new vehicles sold in 2025 being ZEV's. In 2025 23.4% of new cars were EV's, not the mandate target! If target isn't met, companies not complying face a fine of £12,000 per car. Watering down mandates avoids the cost of buying credits from companies selling enough EV's. Clean energy wants mandates. More ice vehicles= more pollution. Website CleanTechnica's good idea is educating consumers wisely about "scary" needs like range or charging performance, getting good, clear info out there. Know expense & volatility of cost of gas for ice vehicles & the BIG COST of extreme weather events.

UK Plans To Roll Back EV Mandate - CleanTechnica The UK is getting ready to rejigger its ZEV mandate to satisfy concerns from automakers and trade unions concerned about the future.

potus' administration has voluntarily removed from the court's consideration its own appeal in a lawsuit challenging the potus EO banning wind project development in the US. In a nation with a leader who follows set, legal methods by which an act by the leader can happen, this ends the ban on wind power. It is history that doesn't apply to potus although it is supposed to by law. 17 State AG's & D.C. challenged the EO last year & the Sierra Club filed an amicus brief supporting the challenge. And potus' stop-work orders on wind projects being constructed were all overturned. About time!

Donald Trump Retreats from Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Wind Ban - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration has voluntarily dismissed its own appeal in a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind project development in the United States. This effectively ends the...

Per Environment America's & Frontier Group's analysis rooftop solar power permit requirements may add up to $7,000 to the cost of rooftop solar. New York lawmakers are up for removing costly permit needs by automating with SolarAPP+. The program makes both solar & battery energy storage permitting faster & easier via automated app, from the government(!) & solar industry. It's helped issue over 150,000 permits & saved more than 150,000 staff hours, all managed by a nonprofit. This should help make moving to solar power much less costly in the US & NY! Yay!!

$7,000 for Rooftop Solar Permitting!? Time to Automate It - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. According to an analysis from Environment America and Frontier Group, permitting requirements can add a whopping $7,000 to the cost of a rooftop solar power system. $7,000?! That’s a crazy amount of extra money to add onto ...