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Aug 17, 2026 · 5:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Trump administration imposes 15% tariff, price floors on solar imports — Several changes made to federal policies that affect the US solar sector under the Trump administration have been met with caution or…

More: PV Magazine

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects in PJM region — In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Arizona Corporation Commission cuts residential solar export rate to 5.5 cents per kWh — The ACC voted last week to cut the export rate—the price at which residential solar consumers can sell electricity back to the grid—by 10%.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Global solar capacity surpasses 3 terawatts, driven by China expansion — Global solar capacity has surpassed 3 TW, with China driving much of the recent expansion and emerging markets increasingly contributing to…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Global energy storage cell shipments reach 468 GWh in first half of 2026, up 95% — In the first half of 2026, global energy storage cell shipments reached 467.84 GWh, up 94.8% year on year, just one data point from…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

US's two largest reservoirs hit record-low water levels — The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Saturday – just days after the country’s largest… The post…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Micro-reactor companies secure major funding rounds — Massive raises for the smallest nuclear

Wired Science · Ritsuko Kawai

Record El Niño expected to drive global weather, water and economic disruption — This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. This is what impacts to expect and how bad it could get.

More: The Climate Brink

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India poised to exceed 50GWdc solar installations in 2026, Wood Mackenzie projects — India is set for record solar installations in 2026, while ALMM-II drives cell shortages and higher system prices, according to Wood…

Utility Dive

AI power demand arrives amid tight grid conditions in North America — Why grid readiness may determine the future of the AI economy.

Utility Dive · Amith Kota, Chief Technology Officer, and Lisa Magnuson, Chief Marketing Officer

Grid operators deploy AI and automation to prevent wildfire-caused outages — Another summer of evacuation orders and smoke-filled skies across the country as hundreds of wildfires are burning.

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Brookfield, La Caisse complete acquisition of Canadian power producer Boralex — Global investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and investment group La Caisse have completed the acquisition of Canadian independent…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Land agents quietly assemble geothermal projects ahead of public announcements — There may be gigawatts of projects under development that haven’t been announced — but it isn’t next-gen startups leading the way.

Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski

Ohio regulator set to rule on largest state solar-storage project — Following a key legal deadline last Friday, the stage is now set for the Ohio Power Siting Board to make a final decision about whether the…

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Boston explores water-source heat pumps for large building heating — The waters of Boston Harbor, most famous for the crates of tea hurled rebelliously into them more than 250 years ago, could soon be the…

Inside Climate News · Amy Green

Climate heat exacerbates pesticide risks for farmworkers, research shows — For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows.

MIT Technology Review · Climate · James Dinneen

MIT study assesses global potential for naturally occurring hydrogen reserves — In the 1990s, Barbara Sherwood Lollar descended into the Kidd Creek mine in northern Ontario, which cuts more than three kilometers into…

Aug 17, 2026 · 8:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Trump administration imposes 15% tariff, price floors on solar imports — Several changes made to federal policies that affect the US solar sector under the Trump administration have been met with caution or…

More: PV Magazine

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects in PJM region — In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Arizona Corporation Commission cuts residential solar export rate to 5.5 cents per kWh — The ACC voted last week to cut the export rate—the price at which residential solar consumers can sell electricity back to the grid—by 10%.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Global solar capacity surpasses 3 terawatts, driven by China expansion — Global solar capacity has surpassed 3 TW, with China driving much of the recent expansion and emerging markets increasingly contributing to…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

US's two largest reservoirs hit record-low water levels — The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Saturday – just days after the country’s largest… The post…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Micro-reactor companies secure major funding rounds — Massive raises for the smallest nuclear

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia commits $1.63B to power Tomago aluminum smelter with renewables — The Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments have jointly committed AU$2.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) to secure the future of the…

Wired Science · Ritsuko Kawai

Record El Niño expected to drive global weather, water and economic disruption — This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. This is what impacts to expect and how bad it could get.

More: The Climate Brink

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

New Zealand moves to simplify rooftop solar installation rules — The New Zealand government is moving ahead with a series of recommendations designed to simplify installing small- and medium-sized solar…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India poised to exceed 50GWdc solar installations in 2026, Wood Mackenzie projects — India is set for record solar installations in 2026, while ALMM-II drives cell shortages and higher system prices, according to Wood…

Utility Dive

AI power demand arrives amid tight grid conditions in North America — Why grid readiness may determine the future of the AI economy.

Utility Dive

Utilities struggle to scale capital projects as engineering capacity lags demand — When teams spend less time managing internal processes, they can spend more time advancing projects.

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Land agents quietly assemble geothermal projects ahead of public announcements — There may be gigawatts of projects under development that haven’t been announced — but it isn’t next-gen startups leading the way.

Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski

Ohio regulator set to rule on largest state solar-storage project — Following a key legal deadline last Friday, the stage is now set for the Ohio Power Siting Board to make a final decision about whether the…

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Boston explores water-source heat pumps for large building heating — The waters of Boston Harbor, most famous for the crates of tea hurled rebelliously into them more than 250 years ago, could soon be the…

Inside Climate News · Amy Green

Climate heat exacerbates pesticide risks for farmworkers, research shows — For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows.

MIT Technology Review · Climate · James Dinneen

MIT study assesses global potential for naturally occurring hydrogen reserves — In the 1990s, Barbara Sherwood Lollar descended into the Kidd Creek mine in northern Ontario, which cuts more than three kilometers into…

Aug 17, 2026 · 11:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Study maps 1,708 pathways to cut PV waste emissions, find $935B in net benefits — New research finds that optimized, outsourced PV recycling could cut up to 3.32 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent and generate as much…

PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Solar developers spend more time navigating grid ties than project design, ERCOT study shows — During the development of a recent utility-scale project in Texas’ ERCOT grid interconnection zone, Levona Renewables CEO Fernando Queiroz…

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Italian agrivoltaic systems cut soil temperatures by 20 degrees Celsius — Researchers in Italy are testing different crops, panel configurations, and shading levels to identify the most suitable combinations for…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects in PJM region — In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

US's two largest reservoirs hit record-low water levels — The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Saturday – just days after the country’s largest… The post…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Micro-reactor companies secure major funding rounds — Massive raises for the smallest nuclear

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia commits $1.63B to power Tomago aluminum smelter with renewables — The Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments have jointly committed AU$2.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) to secure the future of the…

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida

200 musicians urge UK PM to reject North Sea oil drilling projects — Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Arizona Corporation Commission cuts residential solar export rate to 5.5 cents per kWh — The ACC voted last week to cut the export rate—the price at which residential solar consumers can sell electricity back to the grid—by 10%.

Wired Science · Ritsuko Kawai

Record El Niño expected to drive global weather, water and economic disruption — This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. This is what impacts to expect and how bad it could get.

More: The Climate Brink

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India poised to exceed 50GWdc solar installations in 2026, Wood Mackenzie projects — India is set for record solar installations in 2026, while ALMM-II drives cell shortages and higher system prices, according to Wood…

Utility Dive

AI power demand arrives amid tight grid conditions in North America — Why grid readiness may determine the future of the AI economy.

Utility Dive

Utilities struggle to scale capital projects as engineering capacity lags demand — When teams spend less time managing internal processes, they can spend more time advancing projects.

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Land agents quietly assemble geothermal projects ahead of public announcements — There may be gigawatts of projects under development that haven’t been announced — but it isn’t next-gen startups leading the way.

Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski

Ohio regulator set to rule on largest state solar-storage project — Following a key legal deadline last Friday, the stage is now set for the Ohio Power Siting Board to make a final decision about whether the…

Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus

Boston explores water-source heat pumps for large building heating — The waters of Boston Harbor, most famous for the crates of tea hurled rebelliously into them more than 250 years ago, could soon be the…

Inside Climate News · Amy Green

Climate heat exacerbates pesticide risks for farmworkers, research shows — For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows.

Aug 18, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California advances data center bills amid industry opposition — California, with its sky-high electricity prices, isn’t facing the same influx of data centers that many other states are.

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Study maps 1,708 pathways to cut PV waste emissions, find $935B in net benefits — New research finds that optimized, outsourced PV recycling could cut up to 3.32 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent and generate as much…

PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Solar developers spend more time navigating grid ties than project design, ERCOT study shows — During the development of a recent utility-scale project in Texas’ ERCOT grid interconnection zone, Levona Renewables CEO Fernando Queiroz…

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Solar module prices stable as European heat drives renewable demand — Europe’s record heat is driving up electricity demand while renewable energy deployment remains constrained by policy uncertainty.

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects in PJM region — In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

US's two largest reservoirs hit record-low water levels — The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Saturday – just days after the country’s largest… The post…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Micro-reactor companies secure major funding rounds — Massive raises for the smallest nuclear

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia commits $1.63B to power Tomago aluminum smelter with renewables — The Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments have jointly committed AU$2.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) to secure the future of the…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

EBRD finances 342MW solar-plus-storage project in Romania — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €120 million financing package for a 342MW solar-plus-storage…

Carbon Brief · Cecilia Keating

Land-use emissions fall a third this century as deforestation slows — Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course… The…

Climate Home News · Matteo Civillini

Former Microsoft manager warns AI is enabling fossil fuel industry expansion — Former Microsoft manager Holly Alpine explains why AI's climate danger isn't just data centres but also its unchecked use across the fossil…

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Hyundai prices entry-level EVs at $30,000 and $35,000 for 2027 model year — Starting at $35,000, the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 5 will remain among the most affordable EVs in the US.

More: Electrek

Guardian Environment · Lauren Almeida

200 musicians urge UK PM to reject North Sea oil drilling projects — Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Arizona Corporation Commission cuts residential solar export rate to 5.5 cents per kWh — The ACC voted last week to cut the export rate—the price at which residential solar consumers can sell electricity back to the grid—by 10%.

Wired Science · Ritsuko Kawai

Record El Niño expected to drive global weather, water and economic disruption — This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. This is what impacts to expect and how bad it could get.

More: The Climate Brink

Utility Dive

AI power demand arrives amid tight grid conditions in North America — Why grid readiness may determine the future of the AI economy.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

India installs record 27 GW of solar capacity in first half of 2024 — The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 165 GW at the end of June, according to new figures released by Mercom.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California advances data center bills amid industry opposition — California, with its sky-high electricity prices, isn’t facing the same influx of data centers that many other states are.

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Study maps 1,708 pathways to cut PV waste emissions, find $935B in net benefits — New research finds that optimized, outsourced PV recycling could cut up to 3.32 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent and generate as much…

PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Solar developers spend more time navigating grid ties than project design, ERCOT study shows — During the development of a recent utility-scale project in Texas’ ERCOT grid interconnection zone, Levona Renewables CEO Fernando Queiroz…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Sunrun signs deal to supply power from home batteries to Voltus AI data center program — This latest expansion of "bring your own capacity" adds residential solar and storage to Voltus’ portfolio in Illinois.

More: PV Tech, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

States urged to support next-generation geothermal development — Next-generation geothermal energy has massive potential in the western United States, but it won’t be realized unless developers can…

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Nvidia backs OpenAI plan to build large fossil fuel power plant —

Inside Climate News · Andrew Liu

General aviation fights imminent ban on leaded fuel used for decades — OSHKOSH, Wisc.—Every July, more than 10,000 general aviation aircraft from around the world fly here for the Experimental Aircraft…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

US's two largest reservoirs hit record-low water levels — The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Saturday – just days after the country’s largest… The post…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

Micro-reactor companies secure major funding rounds — Massive raises for the smallest nuclear

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia commits $1.63B to power Tomago aluminum smelter with renewables — The Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments have jointly committed AU$2.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) to secure the future of the…

Guardian Environment · Tom McIlroy Political editor

3M faces Australian lawsuit over decades-long knowledge of PFOA risks in firefighting products — Exclusive: federal government court filings claim internal company documents included warnings about products being toxic

Utility Dive · Mary Rafferty

Colorado accelerates grid investment through competitive community power model — The state is “tapping private investment and competitive market forces to deliver new grid capacity years faster and at a lower cost to…

Guardian Environment · Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Reform UK deputy leader urges climate acceptance over mitigation efforts — Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave Reform’s deputy leader…

EIA Today in Energy

Gulf Coast waterborne oil shipments surge after Jones Act waiver — Waterborne shipments of crude oil and petroleum products from the U.S. Gulf Coast (PADD 3) to the West Coast (PADD 5) more than quadrupled…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

CIP secures $3 billion to develop renewable energy projects — CIP has closed at around US$3 billion to develop large-scale energy infrastructure projects across emerging markets.

Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter

UK government withholds water company drought plans citing security concerns — Campaigners demand greater transparency into water companies’ plans not made public due to ‘security reasons’ The UK government has been…

Aug 18, 2026 · 8:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

California seeks to expand distributed energy programs to ease grid strain — By many measures, California is the most advanced U.S. demand response market. Its aggressive clean energy targets, widespread home…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US clean energy tax credit transfers reach $21 billion in first half of 2026 — Tax credit transfer value in the US rose between the second half of 2025 and the first half of 2026, according to Crux.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

India installs record 27 GW of solar capacity in first half of 2024 — The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 165 GW at the end of June, according to new figures released by Mercom.

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis, largest public commitment to electric truck — Einride is putting 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, the largest commitment to Tesla’s electric truck that anyone has made public.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California advances data center bills amid industry opposition — California, with its sky-high electricity prices, isn’t facing the same influx of data centers that many other states are.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Brookfield, La Caisse complete acquisition of Canadian renewable producer Boralex — Brookfield Renewable Partners and La Caisse have completed their acquisition of Quebec-based renewable energy producer Boralex, with La…

More: PV Tech

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

Study maps 1,708 pathways to cut PV waste emissions, find $935B in net benefits — New research finds that optimized, outsourced PV recycling could cut up to 3.32 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent and generate as much…

PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Solar developers spend more time navigating grid ties than project design, ERCOT study shows — During the development of a recent utility-scale project in Texas’ ERCOT grid interconnection zone, Levona Renewables CEO Fernando Queiroz…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Sunrun signs deal to supply power from home batteries to Voltus AI data center program — This latest expansion of "bring your own capacity" adds residential solar and storage to Voltus’ portfolio in Illinois.

More: PV Tech, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

States urged to support next-generation geothermal development — Next-generation geothermal energy has massive potential in the western United States, but it won’t be realized unless developers can…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Nvidia backs OpenAI plan to build large fossil fuel power plant —

Inside Climate News · Andrew Liu

General aviation fights imminent ban on leaded fuel used for decades — OSHKOSH, Wisc.—Every July, more than 10,000 general aviation aircraft from around the world fly here for the Experimental Aircraft…

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Hyundai prices IONIQ 3 at $30,000, expands affordable EV lineup — With prices starting at $35,250, the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 5 is still one of the most affordable EVs on the market.

More: Electrek, Electrek

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

JKempEnergy · John Kemp

Energy sector digest covers geothermal bidding, LNG transfers, grid capacity concerns — Europe’s winter gas consumption and El Niño (Rystad) Saudi Arabia offers to sell oil off Oman coast (Bloomberg) LNG tankers attempt…

More: JKempEnergy

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Land agents quietly assemble geothermal projects ahead of public announcements — There may be gigawatts of projects under development that haven’t been announced — but it isn’t next-gen startups leading the way.

Utility Dive · Bengt Halvorson

Hyundai unifies V2X capabilities across brand portfolio — The global service signals a consistent energy management experience across Hyundai, Kia and Genesis EVs, and better use of bidirectional…

Aug 18, 2026 · 11:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

California seeks to expand distributed energy programs to ease grid strain — By many measures, California is the most advanced U.S. demand response market. Its aggressive clean energy targets, widespread home…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US clean energy tax credit transfers reach $21 billion in first half of 2026 — Tax credit transfer value in the US rose between the second half of 2025 and the first half of 2026, according to Crux.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

India installs record 27 GW of solar capacity in first half of 2024 — The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 165 GW at the end of June, according to new figures released by Mercom.

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis, largest public commitment to electric truck — Einride is putting 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, the largest commitment to Tesla’s electric truck that anyone has made public.

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Modular reactor stocks fall sharply as short sellers bet against technology — The Financial Times supplied an interesting prompt this week. Short sellers have made an estimated $2.1 billion betting against Oklo,…

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California advances data center bills amid industry opposition — California, with its sky-high electricity prices, isn’t facing the same influx of data centers that many other states are.

Climate Home News · Megan Rowling

Every country needs energy transition optimization model, report says — National pledges and platforms alone won’t lead to secure and affordable decarbonised energy systems The post Every country needs a model…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India targets 5GW of floating solar with new PM-SSY scheme — India’s PM-SSY targets 5GW of floating solar and storage, but execution and financing remain key challenges, says expert.

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

CPUC staff questions CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market data transparency — The California Public Utilities Commission’s Energy Division staff asked the California Independent System Operator to publish methodology…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Brookfield, La Caisse complete acquisition of Canadian renewable producer Boralex — Brookfield Renewable Partners and La Caisse have completed their acquisition of Quebec-based renewable energy producer Boralex, with La…

More: PV Tech

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

ISO-NE seeks tighter oversight of transmission replacement projects at FERC — The class of projects, which are chosen and built by transmission owners, mainly to replace aging infrastructure, with limited oversight,…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Sunrun signs deal to supply power from home batteries to Voltus AI data center program — This latest expansion of "bring your own capacity" adds residential solar and storage to Voltus’ portfolio in Illinois.

More: PV Tech, CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Solar module prices stable as European heat drives renewable demand — Europe’s record heat is driving up electricity demand while renewable energy deployment remains constrained by policy uncertainty.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Study finds perovskite-silicon tandem solar performance varies significantly by region — Researchers in China found that outdoor spectral variations can significantly reduce the energy yield of two-terminal (2T)…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Nvidia backs OpenAI plan to build large fossil fuel power plant —

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

OpenAI leases massive data center on federal Ohio land with SoftBank, Nvidia backing — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Hyundai prices IONIQ 3 at $30,000, expands affordable EV lineup — With prices starting at $35,250, the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 5 is still one of the most affordable EVs on the market.

More: Electrek, Electrek

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

Aug 18, 2026 · 2:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

California seeks to expand distributed energy programs to ease grid strain — By many measures, California is the most advanced U.S. demand response market. Its aggressive clean energy targets, widespread home…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US clean energy tax credit transfers reach $21 billion in first half of 2026 — Tax credit transfer value in the US rose between the second half of 2025 and the first half of 2026, according to Crux.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

India installs record 27 GW of solar capacity in first half of 2024 — The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 165 GW at the end of June, according to new figures released by Mercom.

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis, largest public commitment to electric truck — Einride is putting 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, the largest commitment to Tesla’s electric truck that anyone has made public.

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

Modular reactor stocks fall sharply as short sellers bet against technology — The Financial Times supplied an interesting prompt this week. Short sellers have made an estimated $2.1 billion betting against Oklo,…

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California advances data center bills amid industry opposition — California, with its sky-high electricity prices, isn’t facing the same influx of data centers that many other states are.

Climate Home News · Megan Rowling

Every country needs energy transition optimization model, report says — National pledges and platforms alone won’t lead to secure and affordable decarbonised energy systems The post Every country needs a model…

PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha

India targets 5GW of floating solar with new PM-SSY scheme — India’s PM-SSY targets 5GW of floating solar and storage, but execution and financing remain key challenges, says expert.

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

CPUC staff questions CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market data transparency — The California Public Utilities Commission’s Energy Division staff asked the California Independent System Operator to publish methodology…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

ISO-NE seeks tighter oversight of transmission replacement projects at FERC — The class of projects, which are chosen and built by transmission owners, mainly to replace aging infrastructure, with limited oversight,…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Sunrun signs deal to supply power from home batteries to Voltus AI data center program — This latest expansion of "bring your own capacity" adds residential solar and storage to Voltus’ portfolio in Illinois.

More: PV Tech, CleanTechnica

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Solar module prices stable as European heat drives renewable demand — Europe’s record heat is driving up electricity demand while renewable energy deployment remains constrained by policy uncertainty.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Study finds perovskite-silicon tandem solar performance varies significantly by region — Researchers in China found that outdoor spectral variations can significantly reduce the energy yield of two-terminal (2T)…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Brookfield, La Caisse complete acquisition of Canadian renewable producer Boralex — Brookfield Renewable Partners and La Caisse have completed their acquisition of Quebec-based renewable energy producer Boralex, with La…

More: PV Tech

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Nvidia backs OpenAI plan to build large fossil fuel power plant —

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

OpenAI leases massive data center on federal Ohio land with SoftBank, Nvidia backing — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Hyundai prices IONIQ 3 at $30,000, expands affordable EV lineup — With prices starting at $35,250, the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 5 is still one of the most affordable EVs on the market.

More: Electrek, Electrek

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Canada announces $50B clean energy plan with hydro, wind and cross-border exports — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of…

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