Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar
Aug 8, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
Amazon building 7.65 GW gas plant in Texas to power AI data center campus — The data center buildout has hit a new inflection point. It has long been true that artificial intelligence is fueling climate change by…
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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
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EIA Today in Energy
U.S. utility-scale battery storage capacity reaches 52 GW on pace for continued expansion — Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States increased significantly during the last three years, with an annual average…
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Canary Media · Julian Spector
Trump orders 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to bolster US solar and chip manufacturing — A far-reaching new tariff on solar imports promises to both raise the cost of installing the clean energy source and strengthen efforts to…
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Inside Climate News · Dennis Pillion
Alabama regulators hold hearings to potentially cut gas utility profit margins — MONTGOMERY, Ala.—For the first time in more than 40 years, Alabama utility regulators this week convened formal hearings to potentially…
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?
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
Trump administration blocks billions in federal grid improvement grants — In Wisconsin, utility Alliant Energy has called off a project meant to reduce power outages in disadvantaged and tribal communities, after…
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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.
CleanTechnica · Tina Casey
Trump's Section 232 trade order expected to boost US solar capacity — Photo: The US solar power profile keeps growing, and some solar stakeholders anticipate an additional boost from the President's new…
Electrek · Peter Johnson
Kia's electric vans surge in Europe, larger PV7 model coming — Kia’s first electric van is already a top seller, but the larger PV7 is set to launch soon, which could prove to be an even “bigger” hit.
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Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
Trump administration offers aid package to domestic solar manufacturers —
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
US manufacturers can meet inverter demand despite FCC ban, Wood Mackenzie says — Despite the new power inverter ban from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the US manufacturing is expected to meet new inverter…
Climate Home News · Joe Lo
Opinion: GDP growth masks environmental destruction, experts argue — Environmental destruction, like clear-cutting a forest, can boost gross domestic product but it reduces a country's real wealth The post As…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
FCC inverter ban to reshape US solar industry supply chains — PV Tech Premium spoke with several industry analysts about the FCC inverter ban and how it will impact the US solar industry.
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
China's top polysilicon producers pledge to end loss-making sales — China's top eight polysilicon producers, controlling more than 90% of effective Chinese polysilicon capacity, have signed an industry…
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Southern Africa's renewable market shifts away from traditional PPAs — The latest in a series of articles on energy markets in Southern Africa looks at how the region is transitioning away from the traditional…
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Engineering students win American Solar Challenge with solar-powered race cars — Following months of hard work on their solar cars, the winners of the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2026 were honored at a special…
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…
Electrek · Jo Borrás
Volkswagen reveals ID. ERA 5X electric SUV on new compact platform — Revealed in a new filing from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the new VW ID.
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