Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

Dominion offshore wind project cost rises $300M due to grid upgrades, tariffs — The increase is due to revised network upgrade costs assigned by the PJM Interconnection, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration in…

Guardian Environment · Lorenzo Tondo and agencies

Romania blasts rock to divert Danube water to drought-threatened nuclear reactor — Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output Europe live – latest updates…

EIA Today in Energy

ERCOT sets new peak load record at 91.1 GW amid summer heat — Hourly peak load in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regional transmission organization serving most of Texas,…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to address capacity shortfall from data center demand — The proposal aims to fill a capacity shortfall driven by surging data center demand, which could grow by 70 GW by 2038, according to the…

CleanTechnica · Larry Evans

FCC Blocks Imported Inverter Models, Citing Security Concerns — Last week, the FCC added foreign-produced inverters to its “Covered List.” Effective immediately, new inverter models cannot be imported.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Base Power raises $1B for home battery production ramp — Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries.

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Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Heinrich and Granholm discuss Democratic energy policy amid Trump administration rollbacks — The Democratic Party’s climate and energy policy is at a difficult moment. Over the past year and a half, the Trump administration has…

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Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

Clean cement startups gain momentum amid AI data center buildout — For the last few years, there’s been just one story dominating the economy, Silicon Valley, and much of the climate tech world too:…

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Clearway cancels plan to replace solar farm with data center and gas plant — Clearway says it is backing off its plans to build a data center and gas power plant on federal land, days after Heatmap revealed the…

Utility Dive · Sandy Simon, Partner, Energy & Utilities, West Monroe

Utilities explore AI agents to automate grid operations — The strategic priorities shaping the future of intelligent utility operations.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Fire-safety classification claims for building-integrated solar face scrutiny in Europe — In a new monthly column for pv magazine , the Becquerel Institute explains that a number of photovoltaic façade products are recently being…

Climate Home News · Chloé Farand

Egypt pursues renewable energy exports to Europe and Middle East — Europe is investing in Egypt’s bid to position itself as a clean electricity exporter to reduce its emissions and generate a new source of…

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Dutch researchers develop unified power-management system for distributed energy resources — An optimization framework from TU Delft researchers jointly manages PV, battery storage, electric vehicles and heat pumps while…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ulanqab assigns 4.4 GWh of grid-forming battery storage to developers — The city of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, China, has assigned five independent storage projects to developers including Datang and China…

Canary Media · Kari Lydersen

Illinois Solar for All program begins deploying rooftop panels at nonprofit sites — Any time, day or night, parents experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, or other emergencies can drop their young kids off at the…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

Virginia explores solar-farming combinations to meet data center power demand — As the world’s data center capital, Virginia faces a surge in energy demand that could spike power costs and lead to more polluting fossil…

Guardian Environment · First Dog on the Moon

Guardian cartoon satirizes climate debate polarization — What a vibrant marketplace of ideas Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Get all your needs met at the…

Grist · Joseph Winters

Judge rules recycling symbol use could be protected speech

TechCrunch Climate · Julie Bort

Sequoia leads $1B funding round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics — Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.

Carbon Brief · Josh Gabbatiss

Experts weigh need for carbon capture to meet net-zero targets — When carbon dioxide (CO2) is released from a factory or power plant, the gas can be captured and permanently stored… The post Q&A: Does the…