Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

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

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

More: Grist

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.

More: Electrek

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.

More: CleanTechnica

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

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

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

More: Grist

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.

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

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.

More: Electrek

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.

More: CleanTechnica

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

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

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

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

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

More: Grist

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

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.

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.

More: Electrek

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.

More: CleanTechnica

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Grid operators outline flexibility plans amid uncertainty over actual implementation — Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

US offshore wind slowdown leaves trained workers without long-term projects — When Gerard Mullin decided to train in offshore wind, he didn’t know what to expect. But on his first long-term project in Massachusetts,…

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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?

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

Utility Dive · Scott Engstrom

Utility billing systems lag grid modernization efforts, GridX executive argues — Utilities are spending billions to modernize the grid but the system responsible for billing customers is not keeping up, writes GridX CCO…

Guardian Environment

Capybaras roam Brazil legislative building in rare urban wildlife footage — Footage captured by a civil servant shows capybaras calmly roaming the entrance hall of the legislative assembly building in Mato Grosso,…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Constellation CEO says existing power plants critical to data center power supply — Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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

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.

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.

More: Electrek

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.

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Grid operators outline flexibility plans amid uncertainty over actual implementation — Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

US offshore wind slowdown leaves trained workers without long-term projects — When Gerard Mullin decided to train in offshore wind, he didn’t know what to expect. But on his first long-term project in Massachusetts,…

Guardian Environment · John Harris

UK datacentre expansion plan raises concerns over housing and resource strain — Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new…

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

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 · Fiona Katauskas

Editorial cartoon on AI hype and output — It’s certainly increasing its output See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

Utility Dive · Scott Engstrom

Utility billing systems lag grid modernization efforts, GridX executive argues — Utilities are spending billions to modernize the grid but the system responsible for billing customers is not keeping up, writes GridX CCO…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Constellation CEO says existing power plants critical to data center power supply — Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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.

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.

More: Electrek

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.

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Grid operators outline flexibility plans amid uncertainty over actual implementation — Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

US offshore wind slowdown leaves trained workers without long-term projects — When Gerard Mullin decided to train in offshore wind, he didn’t know what to expect. But on his first long-term project in Massachusetts,…

Guardian Environment · John Harris

UK datacentre expansion plan raises concerns over housing and resource strain — Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new…

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

Rural concerns over AI-generated misinformation slowing U.S. solar adoption

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

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 · Fiona Katauskas

Editorial cartoon on AI hype and output — It’s certainly increasing its output See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

Utility Dive · Scott Engstrom

Utility billing systems lag grid modernization efforts, GridX executive argues — Utilities are spending billions to modernize the grid but the system responsible for billing customers is not keeping up, writes GridX CCO…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Constellation CEO says existing power plants critical to data center power supply — Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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.

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.

More: Electrek

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…

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Grid operators outline flexibility plans amid uncertainty over actual implementation — Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another…

Guardian Environment · Editorial

India seeks to expand economy and reach net zero without precedent, needs state demand — The world’s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China’s overcapacity trap India is…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

US offshore wind slowdown leaves trained workers without long-term projects — When Gerard Mullin decided to train in offshore wind, he didn’t know what to expect. But on his first long-term project in Massachusetts,…

Guardian Environment · John Harris

UK datacentre expansion plan raises concerns over housing and resource strain — Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new…

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

Rural concerns over AI-generated misinformation slowing U.S. solar adoption

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…

More: CleanTechnica

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…

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Ceres releases shareholder guide on utility data center development — This week’s conversation is with Colette Lamontagne, senior director for electric power at the sustainability finance advocacy group Ceres.

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?

Utility Dive · Scott Engstrom

Utility billing systems lag grid modernization efforts, GridX executive argues — Utilities are spending billions to modernize the grid but the system responsible for billing customers is not keeping up, writes GridX CCO…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Constellation CEO says existing power plants critical to data center power supply — Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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.

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.

More: Electrek

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

SpaceX's Texas semiconductor fab will use natural gas plants, not Tesla solar — SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels.

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…

via Bluesky

Washington utilities plan natural gas plants despite 2045 clean energy mandate — WA's utilities must go carbon-free by 2045. So why are they turning now to natural gas?

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Grid operators outline flexibility plans amid uncertainty over actual implementation — Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another…

Guardian Environment · Editorial

India seeks to expand economy and reach net zero without precedent, needs state demand — The world’s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China’s overcapacity trap India is…

Inside Climate News · Ajani Stella

US offshore wind slowdown leaves trained workers without long-term projects — When Gerard Mullin decided to train in offshore wind, he didn’t know what to expect. But on his first long-term project in Massachusetts,…

Guardian Environment · John Harris

UK datacentre expansion plan raises concerns over housing and resource strain — Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new…

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Guardian Environment · Ushika Kidd

Microplastics found to persist in food-waste compost, contaminating agricultural soils — Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils Plastic contamination should be a central concern…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Natural gas dominates PJM's first reformed grid queue as data centers drive demand — Natural gas surged to the top in the first round of power projects accepted into PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process,…

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…

More: TechCrunch Climate, Distilled, via Bluesky

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

Rural concerns over AI-generated misinformation slowing U.S. solar adoption

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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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…

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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Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Wildfire smoke from eastern Washington reaches Seattle area due to unusual wind pattern — I wrote this story from inside a cloud of smoke. Owing to some funky meteorology in the Seattle area this week — a pressure ridge paired…

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?

Utility Dive · Scott Engstrom

Utility billing systems lag grid modernization efforts, GridX executive argues — Utilities are spending billions to modernize the grid but the system responsible for billing customers is not keeping up, writes GridX CCO…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Constellation CEO says existing power plants critical to data center power supply — Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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.

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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TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

SpaceX's Texas semiconductor fab will use natural gas plants, not Tesla solar — SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels.