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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

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…

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Wildfires across Northwest spark fresh calls for forest management legislation — It has been five days since the Old Trail fire burned through northeast Spokane, one of three blazes to encroach on the periphery of…

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 · Kathryn Krawczyk

Ford previews lower-cost electric pickup truck as sales lag — This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday.

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.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Trump administration spends $4B to cancel 12 offshore wind leases — The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

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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

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…

PV Tech · George Heynes

Trinasolar sees battery incentives reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market — Trinasolar's APAC leaders discuss how battery incentives, C&I demand, and DC-coupled storage are reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market.

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Wildfires across Northwest spark fresh calls for forest management legislation — It has been five days since the Old Trail fire burned through northeast Spokane, one of three blazes to encroach on the periphery of…

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 · Kathryn Krawczyk

Ford previews lower-cost electric pickup truck as sales lag — This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday.

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 Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Latin America's solar capacity nears grid infrastructure limits — InfoLink’s Jenny Lin shares the latest analysis on the key markets accounting for nearly 80% of Latin America’s total PV capacity as solar…

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

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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

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…

PV Tech · George Heynes

Trinasolar sees battery incentives reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market — Trinasolar's APAC leaders discuss how battery incentives, C&I demand, and DC-coupled storage are reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market.

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Wildfires across Northwest spark fresh calls for forest management legislation — It has been five days since the Old Trail fire burned through northeast Spokane, one of three blazes to encroach on the periphery of…

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 · Kathryn Krawczyk

Ford previews lower-cost electric pickup truck as sales lag — This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday.

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…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

France lowers renewable curtailment threshold to 1 MW to manage negative prices — France will expand its renewable curtailment mechanism to more solar and wind installations, lowering the capacity threshold from 10 MW to…

PV Magazine · Uma Gupta

India's SECI seeks 1 GW of round-the-clock renewables at record-low $0.055/kWh — The Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has discovered a lowest tariff of INR 5.25/kWh in its tender to procure 1 GW of firm and…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

North Carolina rooftop solar persists despite federal tax credit loss — Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in his industry right…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Zinc oxide coating boosts heterojunction solar cell lifetime output by 4.8% — Researchers in China have demonstrated that zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films can act as a 'sunscreen' for heterojunction solar cells, reducing…

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

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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…

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…

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

Inside Climate News · Marie Cusick

Pennsylvania childcare centers grapple with wildfire smoke from Canadian fires — Karen Schaeffer is used to spending a lot of time thinking about how to keep kids happy and healthy.

Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz

Wildfires across Europe and North America spur cross-border firefighting cooperation — When wildfires began raging across France and Spain last month, the European Union sent aircraft and firefighters from nine other…

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

PV Tech · George Heynes

Trinasolar sees battery incentives reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market — Trinasolar's APAC leaders discuss how battery incentives, C&I demand, and DC-coupled storage are reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market.

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

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…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Wildfires across Northwest spark fresh calls for forest management legislation — It has been five days since the Old Trail fire burned through northeast Spokane, one of three blazes to encroach on the periphery of…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

France lowers renewable curtailment threshold to 1 MW to manage negative prices — France will expand its renewable curtailment mechanism to more solar and wind installations, lowering the capacity threshold from 10 MW to…

PV Magazine · Uma Gupta

India's SECI seeks 1 GW of round-the-clock renewables at record-low $0.055/kWh — The Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has discovered a lowest tariff of INR 5.25/kWh in its tender to procure 1 GW of firm and…

Utility Dive · Susan Gates

Utilities shift focus to proactive grid resilience before storms strike — The future of grid reliability is proactive, not reactive. Learn how leading utilities are building resilience before the next storm hits.

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Sodium-ion battery prototypes reach 200 Wh/kg in latest research — An international team of scientists has reviewed recent advances in sodium-ion battery components, highlighting their potential as a…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

North Carolina rooftop solar persists despite federal tax credit loss — Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in his industry right…

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

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 · Joe Hinchliffe

Sydney man fined $187,500 for illegal removal of 287 native trees — Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’

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…

PV Tech · Will Norman

Orlen acquires 216MW solar-wind project in Poland as Enefit opens 45MW solar plant — News of two solar project developments in Poland, where Orlen acquired a 216MW hybrid project and Enefit Polska inaugurated a 45MW site.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

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

More: CleanTechnica

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

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

PPC to acquire ABO Energy's 2GW renewables pipeline in Hungary and Poland — ABO Energy has agreed to sell its Hungarian and Polish subsidiaries, including projects, solar assets and 38 employees, to PPC.

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

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

Grist · Jeff St. John, Canary Media

Trump administration halts grid modernization grant disbursements

Inside Climate News · Marie Cusick

Pennsylvania childcare centers grapple with wildfire smoke from Canadian fires — Karen Schaeffer is used to spending a lot of time thinking about how to keep kids happy and healthy.

Grist · Emily Jones

Georgia proposes allowing marshes to migrate inland as sea levels rise

Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz

Wildfires across Europe and North America spur cross-border firefighting cooperation — When wildfires began raging across France and Spain last month, the European Union sent aircraft and firefighters from nine other…

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

EIA Today in Energy

Puerto Rico power outages surge 19% as infrastructure struggles persist — In 2025, customers in Puerto Rico experienced an average of 36 hours of power interruptions that were not caused by major events such as…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India awards 1GW round-the-clock solar tender at record-low tariff of $0.055/kWh — India’s SECI awarded 1GW to seven bidders under its RTC-TM tender, with Juniper securing the largest allocation.

More: PV Magazine

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Trump administration allocates $2 billion for critical minerals development —

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

European drought cuts hydropower, nuclear output in summer 2026 — River-flow, generation and price data from April to July 2026 point to a drought corridor stretching from the Rhine delta to the lower…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

France lowers renewable curtailment threshold to 1 MW to manage negative prices — France will expand its renewable curtailment mechanism to more solar and wind installations, lowering the capacity threshold from 10 MW to…

Utility Dive · Susan Gates

Utilities shift focus to proactive grid resilience before storms strike — The future of grid reliability is proactive, not reactive. Learn how leading utilities are building resilience before the next storm hits.

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

North Carolina rooftop solar persists despite federal tax credit loss — Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in his industry right…

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

Guardian Environment · Guardian staff and agencies

Lake Mead hits historic low as Colorado River water crisis deepens — Levels at reservoir along Arizona-Nevada border dipped below previous record set in 2022, amid water crisis in west Lake Mead, the largest…

Inside Climate News · Bob Berwyn

Global ocean temperatures hit record high for third consecutive year — As global warming continued to reshape Earth’s climate, the planet’s oceans reached record high temperatures for the third year in a row in…

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…

Guardian Environment · Lex McMenamin

Community groups expand Covid-era mutual aid networks to combat wildfire smoke exposure — Mutual aid groups that started giving out PPEs during Covid are now loaning air purifiers and distributing masks to fume-addled communities…

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

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

Guardian Environment · Gabrielle Canon

Historic wildfires sweep Pacific Northwest amid extreme drought conditions — Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t…

More: Heatmap News, Wired Science

Inside Climate News · Georgina Gustin

Nebraska ranchers confront climate risks in cattle country — HAIGLER, Neb.—The far southwestern corner of this state unfurls in a rolling sea of dusky-green prairie where cattle have outnumbered…

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,…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Sunrun boosts solar-storage installations in Q2 but cuts full-year forecast — US installer Sunrun has reversed recent declines in PV and energy storage installations in the second quarter of 2026, but trimmed its…

PV Tech · Will Norman

Orlen acquires 216MW solar-wind project in Poland as Enefit opens 45MW solar plant — News of two solar project developments in Poland, where Orlen acquired a 216MW hybrid project and Enefit Polska inaugurated a 45MW site.

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Base Power raises $1B as home battery startup eyes data center expansion — The home battery company’s latest billion-dollar raise will help it meet data center demand — and expand beyond batteries.

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

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Sila secures $1.4B Pentagon loan for battery factory expansion — Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in…

More: CleanTechnica

EIA Today in Energy

Puerto Rico power outages surge 19% as infrastructure struggles persist — In 2025, customers in Puerto Rico experienced an average of 36 hours of power interruptions that were not caused by major events such as…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India awards 1GW round-the-clock solar tender at record-low tariff of $0.055/kWh — India’s SECI awarded 1GW to seven bidders under its RTC-TM tender, with Juniper securing the largest allocation.

More: PV Magazine

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Trump administration allocates $2 billion for critical minerals development —

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

European drought cuts hydropower, nuclear output in summer 2026 — River-flow, generation and price data from April to July 2026 point to a drought corridor stretching from the Rhine delta to the lower…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

France lowers renewable curtailment threshold to 1 MW to manage negative prices — France will expand its renewable curtailment mechanism to more solar and wind installations, lowering the capacity threshold from 10 MW to…

Utility Dive · Susan Gates

Utilities shift focus to proactive grid resilience before storms strike — The future of grid reliability is proactive, not reactive. Learn how leading utilities are building resilience before the next storm hits.

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

North Carolina rooftop solar persists despite federal tax credit loss — Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in his industry right…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Long-duration energy storage market gains momentum with new customer wins — Our second LDES leaderboard is here

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

Vistra CEO backs pause on Texas data center interconnections — “I'd like to see the queues culled, at the end of the day,” said Vistra CEO Jim Burke in a second quarter earnings call.

Guardian Environment

Wildfires force thousands to evacuate in British Columbia — Thousands of residents in British Columbia's wine and orchard region were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire in…

More: Guardian Environment

Guardian Environment · Ajit Niranjan

World's oceans hit hottest July temperature on record, EU data shows — Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023 The world’s seas were…

PV Tech · George Heynes

Trinasolar sees battery incentives reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market — Trinasolar's APAC leaders discuss how battery incentives, C&I demand, and DC-coupled storage are reshaping Australia's rooftop solar market.

PV Tech · George Heynes

AEMO governance overhaul urged as Australia's energy transition workload grows — An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Ford launches Fathom electric pickup starting at $28,350 — Ford’s new electric pickup will go on sale in the US early next year, starting at $28,350.

More: CleanTechnica

Guardian Environment · Guardian staff and agencies

Lake Mead hits historic low as Colorado River water crisis deepens — Levels at reservoir along Arizona-Nevada border dipped below previous record set in 2022, amid water crisis in west Lake Mead, the largest…

Inside Climate News · Bob Berwyn

Global ocean temperatures hit record high for third consecutive year — As global warming continued to reshape Earth’s climate, the planet’s oceans reached record high temperatures for the third year in a row in…

Grist · Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens

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

Guardian Environment · Gabrielle Canon

Historic wildfires sweep Pacific Northwest amid extreme drought conditions — Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t…

More: Heatmap News, Wired Science

Inside Climate News · Georgina Gustin

Nebraska ranchers confront climate risks in cattle country — HAIGLER, Neb.—The far southwestern corner of this state unfurls in a rolling sea of dusky-green prairie where cattle have outnumbered…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Virginia governor opposes NextEra's bid to acquire Dominion Energy — Governors are increasingly throwing their weight around in the technocratic and often obscure utility ratemaking process.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Sila secures $1.4B Pentagon loan for battery factory expansion — Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in…

More: CleanTechnica

EIA Today in Energy

Puerto Rico power outages surge 19% as infrastructure struggles persist — In 2025, customers in Puerto Rico experienced an average of 36 hours of power interruptions that were not caused by major events such as…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India awards 1GW round-the-clock solar tender at record-low tariff of $0.055/kWh — India’s SECI awarded 1GW to seven bidders under its RTC-TM tender, with Juniper securing the largest allocation.

More: PV Magazine

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Trump administration allocates $2 billion for critical minerals development —

More: Heatmap News

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

European drought cuts hydropower, nuclear output in summer 2026 — River-flow, generation and price data from April to July 2026 point to a drought corridor stretching from the Rhine delta to the lower…

Heatmap News · Jael Holzman

Trump USDA proposes foreign farmland disclosure rule that Democrats say targets energy projects — Democrats in Congress claim that a new Trump administration proposal will have a chilling effect on the energy sector by subjecting…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman

July was hottest month ever recorded in U.S. as heatwaves shattered temperature records — Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis July was the hottest…

More: Yale Climate Connections

Utility Dive · Susan Gates

Utilities shift focus to proactive grid resilience before storms strike — The future of grid reliability is proactive, not reactive. Learn how leading utilities are building resilience before the next storm hits.

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Sodium-ion battery prototypes reach 200 Wh/kg in latest research — An international team of scientists has reviewed recent advances in sodium-ion battery components, highlighting their potential as a…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

North Carolina rooftop solar persists despite federal tax credit loss — Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in his industry right…

Grist · Emily Jones

Georgia proposes allowing marshes to migrate inland as sea levels rise

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Long-duration energy storage market gains momentum with new customer wins — Our second LDES leaderboard is here

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

Vistra CEO backs pause on Texas data center interconnections — “I'd like to see the queues culled, at the end of the day,” said Vistra CEO Jim Burke in a second quarter earnings call.

Guardian Environment

Wildfires force thousands to evacuate in British Columbia — Thousands of residents in British Columbia's wine and orchard region were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire in…

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Guardian Environment · Ajit Niranjan

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