Headline News:

• “US Solar Will Pass Wind In 2025 And Leave Coal In The Dust Soon After” • Based on current deployment rates, it is likely that solar will surpass wind as the third-largest source of electricity. And solar may soon topple coal in the number two spot. This would leave only natural gas with more US capacity to generate electricity than solar. [pv magazine USA]

Solar energy (Raphael Cruz, Unsplash)

• “Swiss Glaciers Shrank 3% This Year, The Fourth-Biggest Retreat On Record” • Switzerland’s glaciers faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported. This year’s shrinkage means that ice mass in Switzerland has declined by 25% over the last decade. [ABC News]
• “Iberdrola Installs First Windanker Monopile” • Iberdrola has begun offshore construction of the 315-MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea with the installation of the first monopile. The foundations are up to 84 meters long and weigh 2100 tonnes. They are being installed by Van Oord using the heavy-lift vessel Svanen. [reNews]
• “LFP Powder That Costs 40% Less? Electroflow Says It Could Happen” • Literally 99% of LiFePO₄ (LFP) is made in China. But Electroflow, based in California, has a proprietary process to make battery-grade LFP powder from brine in just three steps instead of the ten normally needed. “We think LFP is the missing ingredient for energy prosperity.” [CleanTechnica]
• “Nearly 350 Employees Will Be Laid Off At A Fayetteville Site” • Blue Ridge Power, a North Carolina solar energy firm, will lay off 348 employees in Fayetteville and 169 in Asheville, a notice the company sent to the state. The layoffs come after President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” cut tax credits for wind and solar energy. [The Fayetteville Observer]

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