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Editions from 2026-07-21.

Jul 20, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

European Commission proposes revisions to EU carbon market framework — Inside the EU ETS reform proposals

More: Carbon Brief

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia connects record 9.1GW of renewable and storage capacity to grid — Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26.

More: PV Magazine

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center power demand sparks grid and energy policy debate — A crossover with Jigar Shah's "Energy Empire" podcast!

EIA Today in Energy

New York imports record power from Canada via Champlain Hudson line — On July 3, 2026, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) imported 52 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity from Canada, the most…

CleanTechnica · José Pontes

China EV sales reach record 63% market share as gasoline car sales plummet — Petrol model sales crash 42% in June! High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed June to reach record EV market…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Spain awards €165 million for 2 GW pumped storage projects — The Spanish government has awarded €165 million ($188.4 million) to seven reversible pumped hydro projects that will add more than 21 GWh…

PV Tech · Will Norman

US Commerce Department launches antidumping probe into Ethiopian solar cell imports — The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has begun an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation into solar cells produced in…

PV Tech · JP Casey

EU Commission releases Electrification Action Plan to double electric final energy demand by 2040 — The European Commission has released its final Electrification Action Plan to “make Europe the world’s first ‘electro-continent’.”

More: PV Magazine

Guardian Environment · Tom Perkins

Trump EPA withdraws proposed rules limiting PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge on farmland — EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public The Trump…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

China sets new PV production standards to phase out outdated technology — China’s new set of rules, unveiled last week, are expected to “do a good job in cutting out low-cost, outdated technology across the value…

CleanTechnica · Raymond Tribdino

Asia-Pacific plans $50B clean power grid expansion for AI data centers — The race to dominate artificial intelligence is forcing Asia and the Pacific into an infrastructure buildout unlike any in its history,…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

18 states join legal challenge to Trump's wind project freeze — A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Malaysia launches 2.5GW solar tender with 1.25GW battery storage — The government of Malaysia has unveiled the next round of its Large-scale solar (LSS) program tender seeking 2.5GW solar PV co-located with…

Utility Dive · Natasha Crowe, VP Marketing & Communications, Octopus Energy US

Grid flexibility proves its value; scaling adoption remains the challenge — "Flexibility works. The real bottleneck is scaling participation fast enough to matter."

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Ormat Technologies ramps geothermal operations as sector gains momentum — Over two decades ago, Ormat Technologies began a big experiment on a swath of rugged land near the Hot Springs Mountains in western Nevada.

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to end costly gas pipeline repair program — Massachusetts state senators are taking aim at a pipeline replacement program they say is inflating natural gas bills while doing little to…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

Chilean municipality seeks international funding for climate adaptation projects — In Renca, Chile, the Cerros de Renca Metropolitan Park reuses industrial wastewater to address a local water crisis.

Guardian Environment · Tom Phillips in the Sararé Indigenous territory

Brazil targets illegal gold mining on Indigenous land in Amazon — The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land…

Guardian Environment

Extreme heat cuts India's outdoor workers' income by up to 9%, research finds — Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research says Extreme heat is pushing some of…

Jul 20, 2026 · 8:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

EU hybridisation could unlock 25GW solar and wind without new grid buildout — PV Tech Premium speaks with Ember's Elisabeth Cremona on the 25GW of hydropower hybridisation potential across seven EU countries.

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

European Commission proposes revisions to EU carbon market framework — Inside the EU ETS reform proposals

More: Carbon Brief

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia connects record 9.1GW of renewable and storage capacity to grid — Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26.

More: PV Magazine

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center power demand sparks grid and energy policy debate — A crossover with Jigar Shah's "Energy Empire" podcast!

EIA Today in Energy

New York imports record power from Canada via Champlain Hudson line — On July 3, 2026, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) imported 52 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity from Canada, the most…

CleanTechnica · José Pontes

China EV sales reach record 63% market share as gasoline car sales plummet — Petrol model sales crash 42% in June! High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed June to reach record EV market…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Spain awards €165 million for 2 GW pumped storage projects — The Spanish government has awarded €165 million ($188.4 million) to seven reversible pumped hydro projects that will add more than 21 GWh…

PV Tech · Will Norman

US Commerce Department launches antidumping probe into Ethiopian solar cell imports — The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has begun an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation into solar cells produced in…

PV Tech · JP Casey

EU Commission releases Electrification Action Plan to double electric final energy demand by 2040 — The European Commission has released its final Electrification Action Plan to “make Europe the world’s first ‘electro-continent’.”

More: PV Magazine

Guardian Environment · Tom Perkins

Trump EPA withdraws proposed rules limiting PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge on farmland — EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public The Trump…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

China sets new PV production standards to phase out outdated technology — China’s new set of rules, unveiled last week, are expected to “do a good job in cutting out low-cost, outdated technology across the value…

CleanTechnica · Raymond Tribdino

Asia-Pacific plans $50B clean power grid expansion for AI data centers — The race to dominate artificial intelligence is forcing Asia and the Pacific into an infrastructure buildout unlike any in its history,…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Repeal of Public Lands Rule complicates energy permitting on federal land — The decision eliminates a mechanism that could have smoothed the way for projects including transmission, renewables, and geothermal.

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

18 states join legal challenge to Trump's wind project freeze — A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on…

Climate Home News · Vivian Chime

West African flood deaths reignite debate over slum evictions and urban planning — Deadly floods expose poor urban planning, over-population and spread of informal settlements on disaster-prone land - a problem authorities…

Utility Dive · Natasha Crowe, VP Marketing & Communications, Octopus Energy US

Grid flexibility proves its value; scaling adoption remains the challenge — "Flexibility works. The real bottleneck is scaling participation fast enough to matter."

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Ormat Technologies ramps geothermal operations as sector gains momentum — Over two decades ago, Ormat Technologies began a big experiment on a swath of rugged land near the Hot Springs Mountains in western Nevada.

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to end costly gas pipeline repair program — Massachusetts state senators are taking aim at a pipeline replacement program they say is inflating natural gas bills while doing little to…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

Chilean municipality seeks international funding for climate adaptation projects — In Renca, Chile, the Cerros de Renca Metropolitan Park reuses industrial wastewater to address a local water crisis.

Jul 20, 2026 · 11:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

EU hybridisation could unlock 25GW solar and wind without new grid buildout — PV Tech Premium speaks with Ember's Elisabeth Cremona on the 25GW of hydropower hybridisation potential across seven EU countries.

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

European Commission proposes revisions to EU carbon market framework — Inside the EU ETS reform proposals

More: Carbon Brief

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia connects record 9.1GW of renewable and storage capacity to grid — Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26.

More: PV Magazine

PV Magazine · Ben Zientara

Solar industry explores uses for curtailed power output — Solar’s next economic frontier may not be producing another low-cost kilowatt-hour. It may be finding a productive use for the…

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center power demand sparks grid and energy policy debate — A crossover with Jigar Shah's "Energy Empire" podcast!

EIA Today in Energy

New York imports record power from Canada via Champlain Hudson line — On July 3, 2026, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) imported 52 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity from Canada, the most…

CleanTechnica · José Pontes

China EV sales reach record 63% market share as gasoline car sales plummet — Petrol model sales crash 42% in June! High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed June to reach record EV market…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Spain awards €165 million for 2 GW pumped storage projects — The Spanish government has awarded €165 million ($188.4 million) to seven reversible pumped hydro projects that will add more than 21 GWh…

PV Tech · Will Norman

US Commerce Department launches antidumping probe into Ethiopian solar cell imports — The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has begun an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation into solar cells produced in…

Guardian Environment · Tom Perkins

Trump EPA withdraws proposed rules limiting PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge on farmland — EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public The Trump…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

China sets new PV production standards to phase out outdated technology — China’s new set of rules, unveiled last week, are expected to “do a good job in cutting out low-cost, outdated technology across the value…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Repeal of Public Lands Rule complicates energy permitting on federal land — The decision eliminates a mechanism that could have smoothed the way for projects including transmission, renewables, and geothermal.

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

18 states join legal challenge to Trump's wind project freeze — A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on…

Climate Home News · Vivian Chime

West African flood deaths reignite debate over slum evictions and urban planning — Deadly floods expose poor urban planning, over-population and spread of informal settlements on disaster-prone land - a problem authorities…

Utility Dive · Natasha Crowe, VP Marketing & Communications, Octopus Energy US

Grid flexibility proves its value; scaling adoption remains the challenge — "Flexibility works. The real bottleneck is scaling participation fast enough to matter."

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Ormat Technologies ramps geothermal operations as sector gains momentum — Over two decades ago, Ormat Technologies began a big experiment on a swath of rugged land near the Hot Springs Mountains in western Nevada.

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to end costly gas pipeline repair program — Massachusetts state senators are taking aim at a pipeline replacement program they say is inflating natural gas bills while doing little to…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

Chilean municipality seeks international funding for climate adaptation projects — In Renca, Chile, the Cerros de Renca Metropolitan Park reuses industrial wastewater to address a local water crisis.

Jul 21, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Italy's renewable energy communities reach 303 MW of operational capacity — Italy has 3,630 active renewable energy communities with a combined operational capacity of 302.9 MW, according to new data.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Chile opens 2,835 GWh backup capacity tender to renewables and storage — The technology-neutral tender excludes coal and other high-emission fuels while allowing solar, wind, hydro and battery storage projects to…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

EU hybridisation could unlock 25GW solar and wind without new grid buildout — PV Tech Premium speaks with Ember's Elisabeth Cremona on the 25GW of hydropower hybridisation potential across seven EU countries.

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

European Commission proposes revisions to EU carbon market framework — Inside the EU ETS reform proposals

More: Carbon Brief

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia connects record 9.1GW of renewable and storage capacity to grid — Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26.

More: PV Magazine

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center power demand sparks grid and energy policy debate — A crossover with Jigar Shah's "Energy Empire" podcast!

EIA Today in Energy

New York imports record power from Canada via Champlain Hudson line — On July 3, 2026, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) imported 52 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity from Canada, the most…

CleanTechnica · José Pontes

China EV sales reach record 63% market share as gasoline car sales plummet — Petrol model sales crash 42% in June! High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed June to reach record EV market…

PV Tech · Will Norman

US Commerce Department launches antidumping probe into Ethiopian solar cell imports — The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has begun an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation into solar cells produced in…

Canary Media · Julian Spector

Plug-in balcony solar gains US traction despite limited retail availability — A hands-on form of solar power has electrified the U.S. in the past year. Plug-in solar lets anyone hang a few panels in the sunlight and…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Repeal of Public Lands Rule complicates energy permitting on federal land — The decision eliminates a mechanism that could have smoothed the way for projects including transmission, renewables, and geothermal.

Guardian Environment

Extreme heat costs India's poorest workers up to 9% of income, study finds — Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research says Extreme heat is pushing some of…

More: Climate Home News

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Malaysia launches 2.5GW solar tender with 1.25GW battery storage — The government of Malaysia has unveiled the next round of its Large-scale solar (LSS) program tender seeking 2.5GW solar PV co-located with…

Guardian Environment · Patrick Sisson with photographs by Thalia Juarez

Colorado farm uses agrivoltaic solar system to generate power and shade for crops — More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack’s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profit The Guardian receives support for visual…

Guardian Environment · Tom Perkins

Trump EPA withdraws proposed rules limiting PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge on farmland — EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public The Trump…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

18 states join legal challenge to Trump's wind project freeze — A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on…

Climate Home News · Vivian Chime

West African flood deaths reignite debate over slum evictions and urban planning — Deadly floods expose poor urban planning, over-population and spread of informal settlements on disaster-prone land - a problem authorities…

Utility Dive · Natasha Crowe, VP Marketing & Communications, Octopus Energy US

Grid flexibility proves its value; scaling adoption remains the challenge — "Flexibility works. The real bottleneck is scaling participation fast enough to matter."

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