Headline News:

• “Strategic Marine Delivers Two CTVs To Louis Dreyfus” • The Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine delivered two new offshore wind crew transfer vessels to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. The two CTVs are sister vessels to Acti’Vent and Esti’Vent, which are already in LDA’s fleet. The vessels will support the company’s offshore wind operations. [reNews]

Crew transfer vessel (Strategic Marine)

• “The World Hit Another Clean Power Record For Electricity In 2024” • Despite an abrupt shift in energy policy over in the US, it’s a big world and lots of decarbonization action is going on. The think tank Ember, for example, ran the numbers and found that clean power (including nuclear) accounted for over 40% of global electricity capacity last year. [CleanTechnica]
• “How Electric Scooters Are Driving China’s Salt Battery Push” • China is racing ahead of the rest of the world to bring sodium-ion batteries to the mass market. The batteries are being used for Vespa-like scooters that sell for between £300 and £500 ($400 and $660). Unlike lithium, sodium is an abundant element. It can be extracted from sea salt. [BBC]
• “Azerbaijan To Launch Ten Renewable Energy Plants Within Two Years” • Azerbaijan is set to boost its renewable energy capacity with ten solar and wind power plants slated to become operational over the next two years, Azernews reports, citing the Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov. Azerbaijan is poised to invest $2.7 billion in the projects by 2027. [AzerNews]
• “World’s Installed Renewable Capacity To Reach 11.2 TW By 2035” • GlobalData expects the global renewable energy installed capacity to reach 11.2 TW by 2035 from 3.42 TW in 2024, led by solar and wind power. This reflects a cumulative annual growth rate of 11% from 2024 to 2035, driven largely by declining costs and strong policy support. [Asian Power]

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