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.

More: Electrek

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

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…

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.

More: Electrek

via Bluesky

Texas governor freezes data center grid connections pending state audit — On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data…

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

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.

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.

More: Electrek

via Bluesky

Texas governor freezes data center grid connections pending state audit — On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data…

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

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

Geopolitical shifts create new operational risks for North American energy leaders — Geopolitical developments are significantly reshaping North American energy risk and requiring leaders to adapt operations and strategies.

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.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Five European nations set August solar generation records — AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded five new records for solar produced on a day in August over the weekend.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Solar generation reaches record 12 TWh in Germany during July — Solar generation surpassed the previous monthly high set in June, when photovoltaic systems delivered more than 11 TWh to the grid for the…

Canary Media · Molly Taft

Zanskar revives closed New Mexico geothermal plant — This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Study finds floating solar systems may face lower humidity stress than ground-mounted — Researchers found that floating PV systems do not necessarily experience higher humidity-induced stress than ground-mounted systems, with…

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.

More: Electrek

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

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 · Vanessa Richter

PG&E expands home energy reports to boost conservation and bill savings — Learn how this approach can support savings, affordability and peak flexibility.

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…

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.

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australian mining operators deploy high-renewable hybrid power systems at remote sites — Australia’s remote mining operations are emerging as the proving ground for high-renewable energy systems with operational data showing…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Five European nations set August solar generation records — AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded five new records for solar produced on a day in August over the weekend.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Solar generation reaches record 12 TWh in Germany during July — Solar generation surpassed the previous monthly high set in June, when photovoltaic systems delivered more than 11 TWh to the grid for the…

Canary Media · Molly Taft

Zanskar revives closed New Mexico geothermal plant — This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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…

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.

More: Electrek

Guardian Environment · Diana Budds

Sustainable home design advances featured in new architecture book — A new book, Homes for Our Time, by Philip Jodidio, showcases the quiet revolution in green residential architecture Continue reading...

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

AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines for generation expansion — Turbines are “a scarce resource and will become increasingly more valuable,” AEP’s Bill Fehrman said.

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India's CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects — India’s electricity regulator, CERC, has proposed restoring interstate transmission charge waivers for delayed renewable energy projects.

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Shooting at Idaho Tesla Supercharger reignites EV charging safety debate — After a gunman opened fire at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners flooded social media…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

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…

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

Perimeter Compute to deploy AI servers in vacant office space — Exclusive: The startup is launching out of stealth with a plan to put GPUs in commercial buildings with excess capacity.

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India approves $532M floating solar scheme targeting 5GW deployment — India approves US$531.7 million Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PMSSY) scheme for 5GW floating solar PV with co-located BESS…

PV Tech · Will Norman

Google, RWE sign 155MW solar PPA for Oklahoma data center — Solar developer RWE has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with tech giant Google to power data centre operations in Oklahoma, US.

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 · Alexander C. Kaufman

Wildfires force 60,000 evacuations in eastern Washington; 600 structures destroyed —

More: Guardian Environment

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australian mining operators deploy high-renewable hybrid power systems at remote sites — Australia’s remote mining operations are emerging as the proving ground for high-renewable energy systems with operational data showing…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Five European nations set August solar generation records — AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded five new records for solar produced on a day in August over the weekend.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Solar generation reaches record 12 TWh in Germany during July — Solar generation surpassed the previous monthly high set in June, when photovoltaic systems delivered more than 11 TWh to the grid for the…

CleanTechnica · Tina Casey

PJM grid receives 715 new power plant proposals led by solar and storage — The sprawling PJM grid region is seeking more details on 715 new power plant proposals, with solar and energy storage leading by number…

Canary Media · Molly Taft

Zanskar revives closed New Mexico geothermal plant — This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Utility Dive · Justin Lopas

Battery storage projects stalled by municipal permitting reviews, Base Power executive says — Every month a city spends re-reviewing a battery it has already certified safe is capacity the grid doesn't get and a bill a family doesn't…

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.

More: Electrek

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Rhine River water levels hit lowest point since 1880 —

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…

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.

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

CTVC releases New York Climate Week 2026 event guide — We're bringing back the NYCW climate tech event tracker!

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…

Guardian Environment · Diana Budds

Sustainable home design advances featured in new architecture book — A new book, Homes for Our Time, by Philip Jodidio, showcases the quiet revolution in green residential architecture Continue reading...

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

AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines for generation expansion — Turbines are “a scarce resource and will become increasingly more valuable,” AEP’s Bill Fehrman said.

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India's CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects — India’s electricity regulator, CERC, has proposed restoring interstate transmission charge waivers for delayed renewable energy projects.

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Shooting at Idaho Tesla Supercharger reignites EV charging safety debate — After a gunman opened fire at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners flooded social media…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

US moves alone on deep-sea mining as ISA launches legal challenge — At annual talks in Kingston, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) launched legal processes to challenge a unilateral US push for…

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…

More: Heatmap News, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

Utility Dive · Meris Lutz

Southern Co. commits 17 GW to large loads including OpenAI data center — Recently announced projects include a 3.2-GW OpenAI data center near Savannah, Georgia.

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australian mining operators deploy high-renewable hybrid power systems at remote sites — Australia’s remote mining operations are emerging as the proving ground for high-renewable energy systems with operational data showing…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Five European nations set August solar generation records — AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded five new records for solar produced on a day in August over the weekend.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Texas Governor Abbott freezes new data center projects pending grid audit — Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose…

More: via Bluesky, via Bluesky

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

New Jersey utility launches battery-eligible virtual power plant program — Utility-owned storage could help mitigate grid congestion, a utility manager said at a July stakeholder meeting.

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

PJM to begin intentional grid resilience testing experiment — But the new system will eventually fail. And that’s kind of the point. The post PJM’s big experiment is about to begin appeared first on…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Solar generation reaches record 12 TWh in Germany during July — Solar generation surpassed the previous monthly high set in June, when photovoltaic systems delivered more than 11 TWh to the grid for the…

CleanTechnica · Tina Casey

PJM grid receives 715 new power plant proposals led by solar and storage — The sprawling PJM grid region is seeking more details on 715 new power plant proposals, with solar and energy storage leading by number…

Carbon Brief · Molly Lempriere

How heatwaves affect nuclear, gas, wind and solar power generation — Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around the world… The post…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

State energy office backs $700M microgrid bill — The bill would make microgrids and distributed energy resources eligible for state energy program grants and establish state-run grid…

Canary Media · Molly Taft

Zanskar revives closed New Mexico geothermal plant — This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter

UK plastic manufacturer faces potential prosecution over benzene emissions — Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene A plastic…

PV Tech · George Heynes

New Zealand completes review of residential solar installation process — New Zealand has published the final report of its review into the residential and small-to-medium-scale solar installation process.

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australian CEFC commits $66 million to mid-scale solar-plus-storage projects — Australia's CEFC has committed AU$100 million (US$65.8 million) to a new programme targeting mid-scale hybrid solar-plus-storage projects.

Guardian Environment · Coral Murphy Marcos and agencies

Border wall construction halted in New Mexico over aquifer depletion fears — Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby Construction crews building a…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump criticizes major oil companies over recent profits — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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:…

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.

More: Electrek

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…

Climate Home News · Megan Rowling

Rising COP attendance strains climate negotiations, officials say — The negotiating community has not become 20 times larger, but the COP has - and the rising number of participants, from politicians to…

Utility Dive · Meris Lutz

Southern Co. commits 17 GW to large loads including OpenAI data center — Recently announced projects include a 3.2-GW OpenAI data center near Savannah, Georgia.

Latitude Media · Lisa Martine Jenkins

Senate Democrat proposes Grid Savings Act to challenge FERC authority on large loads — Sen. Heinrich’s Grid Savings Act would reopen the question of FERC’s authority over large load interconnection.

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australian mining operators deploy high-renewable hybrid power systems at remote sites — Australia’s remote mining operations are emerging as the proving ground for high-renewable energy systems with operational data showing…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Five European nations set August solar generation records — AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded five new records for solar produced on a day in August over the weekend.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Texas Governor Abbott freezes new data center projects pending grid audit — Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose…

More: via Bluesky, via Bluesky

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

New Jersey utility launches battery-eligible virtual power plant program — Utility-owned storage could help mitigate grid congestion, a utility manager said at a July stakeholder meeting.

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

PJM to begin intentional grid resilience testing experiment — But the new system will eventually fail. And that’s kind of the point. The post PJM’s big experiment is about to begin appeared first on…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Solar generation reaches record 12 TWh in Germany during July — Solar generation surpassed the previous monthly high set in June, when photovoltaic systems delivered more than 11 TWh to the grid for the…

Carbon Brief · Molly Lempriere

How heatwaves affect nuclear, gas, wind and solar power generation — Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around the world… The post…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

State energy office backs $700M microgrid bill — The bill would make microgrids and distributed energy resources eligible for state energy program grants and establish state-run grid…

Canary Media · Molly Taft

Zanskar revives closed New Mexico geothermal plant — This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter

UK plastic manufacturer faces potential prosecution over benzene emissions — Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene A plastic…

PV Tech · George Heynes

New Zealand completes review of residential solar installation process — New Zealand has published the final report of its review into the residential and small-to-medium-scale solar installation process.

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australian CEFC commits $66 million to mid-scale solar-plus-storage projects — Australia's CEFC has committed AU$100 million (US$65.8 million) to a new programme targeting mid-scale hybrid solar-plus-storage projects.

Guardian Environment · Coral Murphy Marcos and agencies

Border wall construction halted in New Mexico over aquifer depletion fears — Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby Construction crews building a…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump criticizes major oil companies over recent profits — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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:…

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 · 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…

Climate Home News · Megan Rowling

Rising COP attendance strains climate negotiations, officials say — The negotiating community has not become 20 times larger, but the COP has - and the rising number of participants, from politicians to…