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Ohio Power Siting Board seeks to dismiss renewable energy permitting case — For more than a year, the Ohio Supreme Court has been set to make a landmark ruling in a case with high stakes for renewable energy…
More: Canary Media
Jul 9, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
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Global EV sales hit 2 million in June as US market share shrinks — Global EV sales topped 2 million in June, but the headline numbers hide a widening split between the world’s biggest markets.
More: Electrek
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KKR acquires EDF Power Solutions' North American renewables operations for $4.2B — EDF power solutions owns and runs a portfolio of solar, wind and battery storage assets across multiple regions, and the company said its…
More: Utility Dive
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China's 1-gigawatt solar plant stores heat in molten salt to run after dark — China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has put the world’s largest solar PV-plus-concentrated-solar hybrid into commercial trial operation in…
More: Electrek
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Duke Energy lowers rate hike request to 11.6% but faces regulator skepticism — The utility dropped its proposed residential rate increase to 11.6% from 18% after pushback, but hearings this week highlighted continued…
More: Utility Dive
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FERC Commissioner LaCerte says PJM's status quo is 'untenable — “Looking at things differently is hard, especially in entrenched utilities that have been doing this for a long time,” the Federal Energy…
More: Utility Dive
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Trump clean energy rollbacks erase $68B in investment, 470,000 jobs — The Trump administration’s rollback of clean energy policies has now cost the US nearly 470,000 jobs and $68 billion in private investment,…
More: Electrek
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AI labs and hyperscalers diverge on energy strategies as data center power demand strains grid — SemiAnalysis’ Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros breaks down the different energy strategies of hyperscalers and AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home plan 16 GW residential capacity for data center power — Inside Renew Home, Sunrun, and Tesla's 16 GW push to route existing capacity to the AI boom.
More: Latitude Media
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EU funding ban on Chinese solar inverters could cut 14% of bloc's solar demand through 2030 — The EU ban on issuing funds for energy projects using Chinese inverters could affect around 14% of the bloc’s solar demand through 2030,…
More: PV Tech, PV Magazine
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U.S. utility-scale solar surges despite tariffs and tax credit changes — It’s good to be in the utility-scale solar business, even in the United States. Despite tariffs and shifting tax credit policies, business…
More: Inside Climate News
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Austria opens first agrivoltaic plant feeding solar power directly to rail grid — Austria has inaugurated its first tracking agrivoltaic system designed to feed solar power directly into the railway grid.
More: PV Magazine
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DOE closes $3.26B loan to AEP Texas for 2,800 miles of transmission — The money is intended to go towards upgrading and building transmission lines spanning roughly 2,800 miles.
More: Utility Dive, Latitude Media
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Vineyard Wind's EMF concerns reignite opposition to Massachusetts offshore project — 1. Barnstable County, Massachusetts – I have a whopper of an update on the Vineyard Wind project, which might be in operation but risks…
More: Heatmap News
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Microsoft's carbon emissions surge 25% in latest report — We got a look at another major tech company’s latest energy and carbon emissions data — and it’s a doozy.
More: Heatmap News, Trellis
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India adds 26GW of solar capacity in first half of 2026 — India added approximately 26GW of solar capacity and 3GW of wind capacity during the first half of 2026, according to JMK Research.
More: PV Tech
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European solar asset owners face NIS2 cybersecurity compliance requirements — Uri Sadot provides an explanation of the cybsersecurity situation for European solar, and what action asset owners must take to comply with…
More: PV Tech
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Ukraine approves new solar feed-in tariffs through 2029 — Ukraine has approved new feed-in tariffs for solar installations belonging to residents, small businesses and energy cooperatives.
More: PV Magazine
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Venomous snakes escape breeding farms in southern China during flooding — Local media in Hengzhou report king ratsnakes and cobras among hundreds in flood waters caused by typhoon Maysak Hundreds of snakes,…
More: Guardian Environment