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    The story behind the scramble for Greenland's rare earths
    Energy & TransportNovember 24, 2025

    The story behind the scramble for Greenland's rare earths

    Photo credit: James Brooks via bbc.com Excerpt from bbc.com As the US and the West races to break China's stranglehold over rare earths production – crucial for everything from smart phones to electric vehicles to military hardware – some firms are betting that Greenland will become a new mining frontier. Its mineral riches remain largely untapped, but operating in this remote northerly region is challenging, as Adrienne Murray reports from Qaqortoq. Standing on a barren rocky slope overlooking the Killlavaat Alannguat mountain in southern Greenland, Tony Sage pointed across the fjord. "We'll have two pits initially," the CEO of Critical Metals said, gesturing towards the site of the proposed mine.

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    Floating solar megaproject — 122,000 panels across 10 islands by Asia’s rising energy superpower
    Energy & TransportNovember 24, 2025

    Floating solar megaproject — 122,000 panels across 10 islands by Asia’s rising energy superpower

    Photo credit: OceanSun via ecoticias.com Excerpt from ecoticias.com The ambitious plan for renewable energy resources in Singapore is about to undergo a revolutionary change with the installation of the world’s first floating solar system in the vicinity of Jurong Island. This innovative project is the Asian version of the most groundbreaking solar technology developed in marine areas, with the cutting-edge membrane technology provided by OceanSun, the Norwegian technology forerunner, along with the capabilities of Keppel Infrastructure, the Singapore giant.

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    Australia's green energy push, Pacific ties face setback from COP31 impasse
    Energy & TransportNovember 20, 2025

    Australia's green energy push, Pacific ties face setback from COP31 impasse

    Excerpt from reuters.com CANBERRA/BELEM, Brazil, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its vulnerable Pacific island neighbours if its bid to host next year's biggest climate summit fails, diplomats and analysts say. Australia was long considered the front-runner to hold the COP31 conference, aiming to bolster its ambitions to become "a renewable energy superpower" and highlight issues faced by Pacific island nations which it plans to co-host the conference with.

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    Supreme Energy building second geothermal plant in West Sumatra
    Energy & TransportNovember 16, 2025

    Supreme Energy building second geothermal plant in West Sumatra

    Excerpt from asianbusinessreview.com PT Supreme Energy is pressing ahead with the second phase of its Muara Laboh geothermal power project in West Sumatra after years of regulatory delays, adding to Indonesia’s clean energy pipeline as the nation struggles to balance demand growth with decarbonization targets. The 80-megawatt (MW) unit is scheduled to start operating in October 2027 after the first 86-MW phase that came online in end of 2019, President and CEO Nisriyanto told Asian Power in an interview in Jakarta. Together, the two will generate about 160MW, enough to power almost 760.000 households.

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    In Wallis and Futuna, the energy of the future is being invented on an island
    Energy & TransportNovember 1, 2025

    In Wallis and Futuna, the energy of the future is being invented on an island

    Excerpt from la1ere.franceinfo.fr Asmall but symbolic revolution is brewing in Mata Utu. From October 20th to 24th , Wallis and Futuna will become the laboratory for the Pacific's energy future . Engineers, experts, and officials from Polynesia, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Curaçao will gather in Akaaka for a workshop unlike any other: four days to imagine how the islands can achieve energy self-sufficiency . The program is called Green Overseas (GO) . Funded by the European Union and managed by Expertise France , it supports European overseas territories in their transition to renewable energy . In Wallis, the question is urgent: how to produce solar, wind, or hydroelectric power on a tiny grid, isolated from the world, without depending on imported fuel?

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    Gran Canaria is preparing to become the first Spanish island to generate geothermal electricity
    Energy & TransportOctober 27, 2025

    Gran Canaria is preparing to become the first Spanish island to generate geothermal electricity

    Excerpt from antena3.com Gran Canaria is moving forward with an ambitious project to harness subsoil heat and continuously produce clean energy. If surveys confirm its potential, the island could lead Spain in geothermal electricity generation, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels.

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    Jeju Island Deploys Nation's First Self-Driving Cleaning Vehicle
    Energy & TransportOctober 27, 2025

    Jeju Island Deploys Nation's First Self-Driving Cleaning Vehicle

    Excerpt from chosun.com Jeju Island has introduced a self-driving cleaning vehicle. While self-driving city buses and taxis are operating in various parts of the country, this is the first time a self-driving cleaning vehicle has been deployed. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Jeju Island began operating a self-driving cleaning vehicle in downtown Jeju from the 16th. The cleaning vehicle was created by modifying a 1-ton electric truck. Like other self-driving vehicles, it is equipped with cameras, LiDAR, and other devices throughout the vehicle. The front of the vehicle is equipped with a suction inlet to collect waste, fallen leaves, etc., and a sprayer to spray water.

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    Rooftop solar and battery storage on Hawaiian Electric grids reach historic milestone
    Energy & TransportOctober 13, 2025

    Rooftop solar and battery storage on Hawaiian Electric grids reach historic milestone

    Excerpt from mauinow.com Hawaiian Electric announced today that customer-sited rooftop solar and battery storage connected to its grids have surpassed 1 gigawatt of generating capacity — the equivalent of about 100 million LED lightbulbs. The achievement comes about 25 years after the company launched its first solar programs and began addressing the technical challenges of integrating large amounts of intermittent solar energy. Today, Hawaiian Electric’s service area has one of the highest rooftop solar adoption rates in the nation, with an estimated 44% of single-family homes equipped with solar systems. Helped by steady customer demand, the rated capacity of rooftop solar systems and battery storage has more than doubled over the past 10 years.

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    Scottish Government funding to create EV charging points in rural and island communities
    Energy & TransportSeptember 10, 2025

    Scottish Government funding to create EV charging points in rural and island communities

    Photo credit: news.stv.tv Excerpt from news.stv.tv Scottish Government funding to help install charging points in remote and rural parts of Scotland will ensure “no one is left behind” in the move to electric vehicles (EVs), transport secretary Fiona Hyslop has insisted. Hyslop confirmed £4.5m is being made available to enhance public charging points in “under-served” areas of the country. The cash, from the Rural and Island Infrastructure Fund, will contribute towards meeting the target of having 24,000 additional public charging points by 2030, the government said. Under the scheme, money will be made available to rural and island businesses, landowners and charge point operators to help them with the costs of installation. The funding was announced as Hyslop said Scotland had already made “incredible progress in growing the public charging network in Scotland”.

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