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Aug 6, 2026 · 5:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Trump administration halts offshore wind projects citing security concerns — When the Trump administration issued stop-work orders on all five offshore wind projects under construction late last year, it offered one…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief Staff

China releases five-year climate action plan with new emissions targets — China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change. The 15th five-year plan for a national response to… The post…

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

NRG nears 1.2-GW power supply deal with hyperscaler amid Texas data center curbs — President and CEO Robert Gaudette said NRG’s approach to delivering customer-backed capacity would thrive in a more restrictive environment…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Texas data center moratorium puts 20% of US pipeline at risk, BNEF warns — The longer the moratorium stays in place, the greater the risk to Texas’ data center boom, analysts at Bloomberg NEF said.

Canary Media · Alexander Kaufman

Oklo splits first atoms in test reactor as SMR developer advances toward commercialization — Oklo , a publicly traded small-modular-reactor firm backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, has become one of the highest-profile companies…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ørsted launches 500 MWh battery storage project in Texas with Tesla Megapacks — The Old 300 Storage project has reached commercial operations and is now fully integrated with the ERCOT grid, using made-in-America Tesla…

More: Electrek, Electrek

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Base Power raises $1B, valuing virtual power plant startup at $13B — This transcript has been automatically generated

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

US solar cell capacity lags module production in manufacturing mismatch — Welcome to the PV Chart of the Week from our colleagues at PV Tech Research. This week, we look at the annual nameplate capacity for solar…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

SolarEdge Q2 revenue rises 20% but company forecasts softer Q3 — SolarEdge posted Q2 2026 revenue of US$346.2 million, up 20%, driven by stronger demand in Europe and growth in the US C&I segment.

Climate Home News · Joe Lo

45 countries miss UN climate plan deadline 18 months late — Egypt, Vietnam, Argentina and the Philippines are among the 45 nations which have breached the Paris Agreement by not submitting their…

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Hybrid PV-wind systems outperform solar alone on cost-reliability tradeoff, Chinese study finds — Researchers in China found a hybrid system combining 200 kW of PV, 200 kW of wind and a 100 kWh battery achieved a 70.8% self-sufficiency…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Brazil proposes mandatory take-back scheme for solar panels and batteries — A bill under review in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies stipulates that manufacturers, importers and retailers should be responsible for…

Inside Climate News · Kate Waxman

Florida farmworker community struggles to access federal water infrastructure funds — Belle Glade is one of the poorest cities in Florida, a majority-Black farmworker community on the southern rim of Lake Okeechobee, where…

Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin

Texas lawmakers weigh natural gas minimums as solar and batteries surge — As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questioning whether it’s time…

Aug 6, 2026 · 8:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Trump administration halts offshore wind projects citing security concerns — When the Trump administration issued stop-work orders on all five offshore wind projects under construction late last year, it offered one…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief Staff

China releases five-year climate action plan with new emissions targets — China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change. The 15th five-year plan for a national response to… The post…

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

NRG nears 1.2-GW power supply deal with hyperscaler amid Texas data center curbs — President and CEO Robert Gaudette said NRG’s approach to delivering customer-backed capacity would thrive in a more restrictive environment…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Texas data center moratorium puts 20% of US pipeline at risk, BNEF warns — The longer the moratorium stays in place, the greater the risk to Texas’ data center boom, analysts at Bloomberg NEF said.

Canary Media · Alexander Kaufman

Oklo splits first atoms in test reactor as SMR developer advances toward commercialization — Oklo , a publicly traded small-modular-reactor firm backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, has become one of the highest-profile companies…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ørsted launches 500 MWh battery storage project in Texas with Tesla Megapacks — The Old 300 Storage project has reached commercial operations and is now fully integrated with the ERCOT grid, using made-in-America Tesla…

More: Electrek, Electrek

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Base Power raises $1B, valuing virtual power plant startup at $13B — This transcript has been automatically generated

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

US solar cell capacity lags module production in manufacturing mismatch — Welcome to the PV Chart of the Week from our colleagues at PV Tech Research. This week, we look at the annual nameplate capacity for solar…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

SolarEdge Q2 revenue rises 20% but company forecasts softer Q3 — SolarEdge posted Q2 2026 revenue of US$346.2 million, up 20%, driven by stronger demand in Europe and growth in the US C&I segment.

Climate Home News · Joe Lo

45 countries miss UN climate plan deadline 18 months late — Egypt, Vietnam, Argentina and the Philippines are among the 45 nations which have breached the Paris Agreement by not submitting their…

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Hybrid PV-wind systems outperform solar alone on cost-reliability tradeoff, Chinese study finds — Researchers in China found a hybrid system combining 200 kW of PV, 200 kW of wind and a 100 kWh battery achieved a 70.8% self-sufficiency…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Brazil proposes mandatory take-back scheme for solar panels and batteries — A bill under review in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies stipulates that manufacturers, importers and retailers should be responsible for…

Inside Climate News · Kate Waxman

Florida farmworker community struggles to access federal water infrastructure funds — Belle Glade is one of the poorest cities in Florida, a majority-Black farmworker community on the southern rim of Lake Okeechobee, where…

Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin

Texas lawmakers weigh natural gas minimums as solar and batteries surge — As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questioning whether it’s time…

Aug 6, 2026 · 11:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Trump administration halts offshore wind projects citing security concerns — When the Trump administration issued stop-work orders on all five offshore wind projects under construction late last year, it offered one…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief Staff

China releases five-year climate action plan with new emissions targets — China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change. The 15th five-year plan for a national response to… The post…

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

NRG nears 1.2-GW power supply deal with hyperscaler amid Texas data center curbs — President and CEO Robert Gaudette said NRG’s approach to delivering customer-backed capacity would thrive in a more restrictive environment…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Texas data center moratorium puts 20% of US pipeline at risk, BNEF warns — The longer the moratorium stays in place, the greater the risk to Texas’ data center boom, analysts at Bloomberg NEF said.

Canary Media · Alexander Kaufman

Oklo splits first atoms in test reactor as SMR developer advances toward commercialization — Oklo , a publicly traded small-modular-reactor firm backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, has become one of the highest-profile companies…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ørsted launches 500 MWh battery storage project in Texas with Tesla Megapacks — The Old 300 Storage project has reached commercial operations and is now fully integrated with the ERCOT grid, using made-in-America Tesla…

More: Electrek, Electrek

Guardian Environment · Josh Butler

Australia vows federal mandate for renewables-powered AI datacentres — Energy minister says Australian households and energy reliability will be protected by new federal legislation

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

Guardian Environment · Matthew Taylor and Ajit Niranjan

Extreme heat forces European power plant shutdowns as region breaks temperature records — Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have…

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

US solar cell capacity lags module production in manufacturing mismatch — Welcome to the PV Chart of the Week from our colleagues at PV Tech Research. This week, we look at the annual nameplate capacity for solar…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

SolarEdge Q2 revenue rises 20% but company forecasts softer Q3 — SolarEdge posted Q2 2026 revenue of US$346.2 million, up 20%, driven by stronger demand in Europe and growth in the US C&I segment.

Climate Home News · Joe Lo

45 countries miss UN climate plan deadline 18 months late — Egypt, Vietnam, Argentina and the Philippines are among the 45 nations which have breached the Paris Agreement by not submitting their…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

South Korea to build 400 MW solar complex, its largest single-site project — The 400 MW solar complex, scheduled for completion in 2028, is expected to supply 529 GWh of electricity annually.

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Base Power raises $1B, valuing virtual power plant startup at $13B — This transcript has been automatically generated

Aug 7, 2026 · 2:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Ysabelle Kempe

Trump administration orders coal plants to remain open despite closures — See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

US imposes 15% tariff and price floors on polysilicon solar imports — In a new weekly update for pv magazine , OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV…

More: PV Magazine

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Researchers identify copper corrosion issue in perovskite solar cells, propose bismuth layer fix — Researchers in China found that copper electrodes in perovskite solar cells can suffer from edge corrosion during operation, reducing…

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Trump administration halts offshore wind projects citing security concerns — When the Trump administration issued stop-work orders on all five offshore wind projects under construction late last year, it offered one…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief Staff

China releases five-year climate action plan with new emissions targets — China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change. The 15th five-year plan for a national response to… The post…

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

NRG nears 1.2-GW power supply deal with hyperscaler amid Texas data center curbs — President and CEO Robert Gaudette said NRG’s approach to delivering customer-backed capacity would thrive in a more restrictive environment…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Texas data center moratorium puts 20% of US pipeline at risk, BNEF warns — The longer the moratorium stays in place, the greater the risk to Texas’ data center boom, analysts at Bloomberg NEF said.

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ørsted launches 500 MWh battery storage project in Texas with Tesla Megapacks — The Old 300 Storage project has reached commercial operations and is now fully integrated with the ERCOT grid, using made-in-America Tesla…

More: Electrek, Electrek

Guardian Environment · Karen McVeigh

UK exported 139,000 tonnes of waste to Turkish city, investigation finds — In this week’s newsletter: a Guardian investigation reveals that the UK exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to poor districts in Adana,…

Guardian Environment · Matthew Taylor and Ajit Niranjan

Extreme heat forces European power plant shutdowns as region breaks temperature records — Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have…

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Solar Landscape secures $150M financing for distributed PV deployment — Solar Landscape, a US-based distributed energy infrastructure company, has secured a development financing facility of up to US$150 million.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

US solar cell capacity lags module production in manufacturing mismatch — Welcome to the PV Chart of the Week from our colleagues at PV Tech Research. This week, we look at the annual nameplate capacity for solar…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

SolarEdge Q2 revenue rises 20% but company forecasts softer Q3 — SolarEdge posted Q2 2026 revenue of US$346.2 million, up 20%, driven by stronger demand in Europe and growth in the US C&I segment.

Aug 7, 2026 · 5:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida and Alicia Chen in Taipei

Trump imposes 15% tariff on polysilicon imports, citing supply chain security — Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has…

More: PV Magazine, PV Magazine

PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea

Saudi company to build 760 MW solar project with battery storage in Syria — Syria’s state-owned electric utility has signed three agreements with Saudi’s Al-Harfi Construction company to develop 760 MW of solar and…

PV Magazine · Sergio Matalucci

Spain, Netherlands approve over $1 billion in renewable hydrogen funding — The Spanish government has allocated €274.2 million for four renewable hydrogen projects with a combined electrolysis capacity of 102.27…

Canary Media · Ysabelle Kempe

Trump administration orders coal plants to remain open despite closures — See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

Guardian Environment · Dharna Noor

Trump says oil firms making 'too much money' as critics call for windfall tax — US president’s complaint industry ‘making too much money’ comes after his policies boosted corporations Donald Trump’s statement that oil…

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Grid cybersecurity threat grows, but policy responses lag — A conversation with Patrick Miller.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Researchers identify copper corrosion issue in perovskite solar cells, propose bismuth layer fix — Researchers in China found that copper electrodes in perovskite solar cells can suffer from edge corrosion during operation, reducing…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

NRG nears 1.2-GW power supply deal with hyperscaler amid Texas data center curbs — President and CEO Robert Gaudette said NRG’s approach to delivering customer-backed capacity would thrive in a more restrictive environment…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Texas data center moratorium puts 20% of US pipeline at risk, BNEF warns — The longer the moratorium stays in place, the greater the risk to Texas’ data center boom, analysts at Bloomberg NEF said.

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Canary Media · Alexander Kaufman

Oklo splits first atoms in test reactor as SMR developer advances toward commercialization — Oklo , a publicly traded small-modular-reactor firm backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, has become one of the highest-profile companies…

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

Clearway Energy solar generation rises 16% in Q2 to 3.6TWh — Clearway Energy generated and sold 3,585GWh of solar power in the second quarter of 2026, up from 2,800GWh in Q2 2025.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

We Energies breaks ground on three Wisconsin renewable and storage projects — US utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Wisconsin, US.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Solar Landscape secures $150M financing for distributed PV deployment — Solar Landscape, a US-based distributed energy infrastructure company, has secured a development financing facility of up to US$150 million.

Aug 7, 2026 · 8:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida and Alicia Chen in Taipei

Trump orders 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to bolster US solar and chip supply — Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has…

More: Heatmap News, PV Tech, PV Magazine, PV Magazine

EIA Today in Energy

U.S. battery storage capacity hits 52 gigawatts as deployment accelerates — Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States increased significantly during the last three years, with an annual average…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2B to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, Electrek, CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

August eclipse to test European, US grids with solar ramps — In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, explores the expected impact of the forthcoming solar eclipse on August 12.

PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea

Saudi company to build 760 MW solar project with battery storage in Syria — Syria’s state-owned electric utility has signed three agreements with Saudi’s Al-Harfi Construction company to develop 760 MW of solar and…

PV Magazine · Sergio Matalucci

Spain, Netherlands approve over $1 billion in renewable hydrogen funding — The Spanish government has allocated €274.2 million for four renewable hydrogen projects with a combined electrolysis capacity of 102.27…

Canary Media · Ysabelle Kempe

Trump administration orders coal plants to remain open despite closures — See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

Balcony solar faces hurdles to replicate European adoption in US market — Wood Mackenzie’s Joseph Shangraw discusses the challenges facing the US plug-in solar market and the pathway to wider adoption.

Guardian Environment · Dharna Noor

Trump says oil firms making 'too much money' as critics call for windfall tax — US president’s complaint industry ‘making too much money’ comes after his policies boosted corporations Donald Trump’s statement that oil…

Guardian Environment · Karen McVeigh

UK exported 139,000 tonnes of waste to Turkish city, investigation finds — In this week’s newsletter: a Guardian investigation reveals that the UK exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to poor districts in Adana,…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Tesla and SpaceX to build $16.8B Texas chip fab powered by natural gas — SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels.

More: Electrek

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Trump administration halts offshore wind projects citing security concerns — When the Trump administration issued stop-work orders on all five offshore wind projects under construction late last year, it offered one…

Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone

Foreign turbine makers position for US geothermal expansion — As next-gen geothermal enjoys new tailwinds stateside, the sector relies on equipment built abroad — and especially in Italy.

CleanTechnica · Zachary Shahan

Zoox wins NHTSA approval to charge for robotaxi service — The race is on in the robotaxi industry to get into new markets, build up customer bases, and edge out the competition before they arrive —…

More: CleanTechnica

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Electricity bills hit record $217 in July as generation costs rise — July is typically the season of high electricity bills, and this year is no exception.

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

Video gamers' virtual power purchases help finance 110-MW Texas solar project — “Fractionalized” virtual power purchase agreements and renewable energy certificate transactions can help underwrite clean energy projects,…

Aug 7, 2026 · 11:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2 billion to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, TechCrunch Climate, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

States pause data center approvals amid grid strain concerns — As more states pause data centers, how will they use the opportunity to pass energy policy?

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida and Alicia Chen in Taipei

Trump orders 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to bolster US solar and chip supply — Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has…

More: Heatmap News, PV Tech, PV Magazine, PV Magazine

EIA Today in Energy

U.S. battery storage capacity hits 52 gigawatts as deployment accelerates — Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States increased significantly during the last three years, with an annual average…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India plans incentives for over 10GW of polysilicon capacity — India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) plans to announce a scheme covering more than 10GW of polysilicon production capacity.

Distilled · Michael Thomas

Amazon acquired West Texas site for 7.65 GW gas plant to power AI data center — The company confirmed to Cleanview that it acquired the GW Ranch site in West Texas, where a 7.65 GW gas plant will power its first…

Canary Media · Kathryn Krawczyk

Ford names affordable electric pickup Fathom, priced from $28,350 — This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday.

More: Heatmap News, Electrek, CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

August eclipse to test European, US grids with solar ramps — In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, explores the expected impact of the forthcoming solar eclipse on August 12.

PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea

Saudi company to build 760 MW solar project with battery storage in Syria — Syria’s state-owned electric utility has signed three agreements with Saudi’s Al-Harfi Construction company to develop 760 MW of solar and…

PV Magazine · Sergio Matalucci

Spain, Netherlands approve over $1 billion in renewable hydrogen funding — The Spanish government has allocated €274.2 million for four renewable hydrogen projects with a combined electrolysis capacity of 102.27…

Canary Media · Ysabelle Kempe

Trump administration orders coal plants to remain open despite closures — See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

Balcony solar faces hurdles to replicate European adoption in US market — Wood Mackenzie’s Joseph Shangraw discusses the challenges facing the US plug-in solar market and the pathway to wider adoption.

Guardian Environment · Matthew Taylor and Ajit Niranjan

Extreme heat forces European power plant shutdowns as region breaks temperature records — Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Butler

UK high street visits fall 3.8% in July as heatwaves drive shoppers online — Visits down 3.8% after 6.2% fall in June, with many choosing to buy online instead, research for retail body finds Shoppers stayed away…

PV Tech · George Heynes

Gentari Australia completes 243MWp solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales — Gentari Australia has reached mechanical completion at the 243MWp Maryvale Solar and Energy Storage Project near Dubbo in New South Wales.

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

More: CleanTechnica

Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau

BlocPower faces restructuring as debt mounts and crowdfunders go unpaid — After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

TVA net income rises 3% to $965M on data center power demand — The federal utility’s total operating revenue was $10 billion over the first nine months of the fiscal year, up 3% year-over-year, with a…

Aug 7, 2026 · 2:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Trump administration pays RWE $1.2 billion to abandon offshore wind leases — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

More: Guardian Environment, TechCrunch Climate, Electrek, CleanTechnica

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida and Alicia Chen in Taipei

Trump imposes 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to protect U.S. solar and chip makers — Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has…

More: Heatmap News, PV Tech, PV Magazine, PV Magazine, CleanTechnica

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

States pause data center approvals amid grid strain concerns — As more states pause data centers, how will they use the opportunity to pass energy policy?

EIA Today in Energy

U.S. battery storage capacity hits 52 gigawatts as deployment accelerates — Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States increased significantly during the last three years, with an annual average…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India plans incentives for over 10GW of polysilicon capacity — India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) plans to announce a scheme covering more than 10GW of polysilicon production capacity.

Distilled · Michael Thomas

Amazon acquired West Texas site for 7.65 GW gas plant to power AI data center — The company confirmed to Cleanview that it acquired the GW Ranch site in West Texas, where a 7.65 GW gas plant will power its first…

Canary Media · Kathryn Krawczyk

Ford names affordable electric pickup Fathom, priced from $28,350 — This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday.

More: Heatmap News, Electrek, CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

August eclipse to test European, US grids with solar ramps — In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, explores the expected impact of the forthcoming solar eclipse on August 12.

PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea

Saudi company to build 760 MW solar project with battery storage in Syria — Syria’s state-owned electric utility has signed three agreements with Saudi’s Al-Harfi Construction company to develop 760 MW of solar and…

PV Magazine · Sergio Matalucci

Spain, Netherlands approve over $1 billion in renewable hydrogen funding — The Spanish government has allocated €274.2 million for four renewable hydrogen projects with a combined electrolysis capacity of 102.27…

Canary Media · Ysabelle Kempe

Trump administration orders coal plants to remain open despite closures — See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

Balcony solar faces hurdles to replicate European adoption in US market — Wood Mackenzie’s Joseph Shangraw discusses the challenges facing the US plug-in solar market and the pathway to wider adoption.

Guardian Environment · Karen McVeigh

UK exported 139,000 tonnes of waste to Turkish city, investigation finds — In this week’s newsletter: a Guardian investigation reveals that the UK exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to poor districts in Adana,…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Tesla and SpaceX to build $16.8B Texas chip fab powered by natural gas — SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels.

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PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

Array Technologies surpasses 100GW of solar tracker deliveries — Array Technologies reported revenue of US$342.1 million, gross margin of 29.1% and adjusted gross margin of 30.8% for Q2 2026.

Guardian Environment · Matthew Taylor and Ajit Niranjan

Extreme heat forces European power plant shutdowns as region breaks temperature records — Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have…

Inside Climate News · Liza Gross

Wildfire smoke poses greater prenatal health risk than vehicle and industrial emissions — In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental…

Canary Media · Dan McCarthy

Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de…

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