Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin
Aug 24, 2026 · 5:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Wisconsin GOP candidate uses data center backlash to restrict renewable energy — I’ve got an update for you on the data center backlash — and what it could mean for the governor’s race in Wisconsin, one of the country’s…
PV Magazine · Uma Gupta
India adds record 3 GW of open-access solar in Q2 — India added a record 3 GW of open-access solar capacity in the second quarter of 2026, taking cumulative installations to 36 GW.
Guardian Environment · Michael Jacobs
UK PM faces decision on Rosebank, Jackdaw oil fields amid climate pressure — Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the…
Utility Dive · Brad Cebulko and Sarah Steinberg
Utilities' conflicting forecasts drive up energy bills, experts say coordinated planning could cut costs — Integrated planning can lower costs to ratepayers by reducing duplicative spending, and New York could lead the way, write experts at…
PV Tech · Ben Willis
Solar wafer prices surge 40% on stronger downstream demand — Stronger downstream demand drove a surge in wafer prices last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of the…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Quinbrook advances polysilicon plant plans in Australia — Australian investment firm Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has advanced its plans to develop a polysilicon production facility in the…
More: PV Magazine
Utility Dive · Ethan Howland
Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood clash with utilities over data center power deals — Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
FCC updates foreign inverter ban to include wired devices, creates 45X compliance path — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made two updates on its foreign inverter ban, including a revision of the definition of a…
More: PV Magazine
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India adds larger G12R TOPCon cells to approved solar module list — MNRE's ninth ALMM-II revision adds larger-format G12R N-type TOPCon cells from Emmvee, Waaree, Avaada and several others.
Utility Dive
Vertical AI deployment reshapes utility workforce and operations — People + Vertical AI is redefining how utilities scale human expertise, intelligence and impact.
Climate Home News · Chloé Farand
Indonesia's nickel output cuts insufficient to spur sustainable production — The government is restricting nickel production to push up prices but producing more sustainable nickel for a premium requires addressing…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Nextpower receives US patent for solar trunk bus technology — Solar PV equipment provider Nextpower has been issued a new US patent for its electrical balance of system (eBOS) offering.
Canary Media · Julian Spector
Arizona emerges as third-largest grid battery market after California, Texas — California and Texas have led the charge on America's grid battery revolution . Now, a third state is racing to catch up: Arizona.
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
PJM approves major clean power projects amid grid capacity shortfall — The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand.
Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz
Trump administration spends billions boosting gas exports, spurring fracking expansion — For companies looking to export natural gas, the last few years have brought both feast and famine.
Grist · Katie Myers
Tennessee positions itself as hub for new nuclear development
Grist · Joseph Lee
Pastoralists' drought management practices offer climate adaptation lessons
More: Grist
Electrek · Peter Johnson
BYD opens orders for new long-range sedan starting under $40,000 — BYD opened orders for the Great Han, its new flagship electric sedan that can drive over 1,000 km (621 mi) on a single charge, starting at…
More: CleanTechnica
Grist · Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
Meteorologists puzzled by unusual Midwestern tornado activity
Aug 24, 2026 · 8:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin
ERCOT delays data center grid connections until December for safety review — The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Wisconsin GOP candidate uses data center backlash to restrict renewable energy — I’ve got an update for you on the data center backlash — and what it could mean for the governor’s race in Wisconsin, one of the country’s…
Utility Dive · Brad Cebulko and Sarah Steinberg
Utilities' conflicting forecasts drive up energy bills, experts say coordinated planning could cut costs — Integrated planning can lower costs to ratepayers by reducing duplicative spending, and New York could lead the way, write experts at…
PV Tech · Ben Willis
Solar wafer prices surge 40% on stronger downstream demand — Stronger downstream demand drove a surge in wafer prices last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of the…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Quinbrook advances polysilicon plant plans in Australia — Australian investment firm Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has advanced its plans to develop a polysilicon production facility in the…
More: PV Magazine
Utility Dive · Ethan Howland
Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood clash with utilities over data center power deals — Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
FCC updates foreign inverter ban to include wired devices, creates 45X compliance path — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made two updates on its foreign inverter ban, including a revision of the definition of a…
More: PV Magazine
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India adds larger G12R TOPCon cells to approved solar module list — MNRE's ninth ALMM-II revision adds larger-format G12R N-type TOPCon cells from Emmvee, Waaree, Avaada and several others.
Guardian Environment · Tim Winton
Guardian launches climate campaign seeking 30,000 reader supporters — Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the…
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Researchers use VR to boost public acceptance of agrivoltaic solar farms — Research from Denmark finds using immersive virtual reality can help citizens understand the dual-use logic of agrivoltaics.
Guardian Environment · Michael Jacobs
UK PM faces decision on Rosebank, Jackdaw oil fields amid climate pressure — Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the…
Utility Dive
Utility companies use customer portals to streamline employee workflows — Utility portals are framed as customer experience tools, but they also improve how frontline work is done.
Climate Home News · Chloé Farand
Indonesia's nickel output cuts insufficient to spur sustainable production — The government is restricting nickel production to push up prices but producing more sustainable nickel for a premium requires addressing…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Nextpower receives US patent for solar trunk bus technology — Solar PV equipment provider Nextpower has been issued a new US patent for its electrical balance of system (eBOS) offering.
Canary Media · Julian Spector
Arizona emerges as third-largest grid battery market after California, Texas — California and Texas have led the charge on America's grid battery revolution . Now, a third state is racing to catch up: Arizona.
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
PJM approves major clean power projects amid grid capacity shortfall — The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand.
Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz
Trump administration spends billions boosting gas exports, spurring fracking expansion — For companies looking to export natural gas, the last few years have brought both feast and famine.
Grist · Katie Myers
Tennessee positions itself as hub for new nuclear development
Grist · Joseph Lee
Pastoralists' drought management practices offer climate adaptation lessons
More: Grist
Electrek · Peter Johnson
BYD opens orders for new long-range sedan starting under $40,000 — BYD opened orders for the Great Han, its new flagship electric sedan that can drive over 1,000 km (621 mi) on a single charge, starting at…
More: CleanTechnica
Aug 24, 2026 · 11:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
Climate damage from UK North Sea fields would far exceed economic gains, analysis shows — Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK The climate damage caused by…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia's 40 GW renewable pipeline seen critical to replacing retiring coal capacity — A pipeline of about 40 GW of grid-scale renewable generation and energy storage has Australia on track to maintain electricity reliability…
PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins
Brazil incentivizes battery manufacturing ahead of 2026 energy storage auction — Battery manufacturing in Brazil is being spurred by local content requirements for country’s December 2026 energy storage auction, as well…
Wired Science · Molly Taft
Data center demand driving wave of new gas power projects across US — There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.
Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin
ERCOT delays data center grid connections until December for safety review — The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Wisconsin GOP candidate uses data center backlash to restrict renewable energy — I’ve got an update for you on the data center backlash — and what it could mean for the governor’s race in Wisconsin, one of the country’s…
Utility Dive · Brad Cebulko and Sarah Steinberg
Utilities' conflicting forecasts drive up energy bills, experts say coordinated planning could cut costs — Integrated planning can lower costs to ratepayers by reducing duplicative spending, and New York could lead the way, write experts at…
PV Tech · Ben Willis
Solar wafer prices surge 40% on stronger downstream demand — Stronger downstream demand drove a surge in wafer prices last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of the…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Quinbrook advances polysilicon plant plans in Australia — Australian investment firm Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has advanced its plans to develop a polysilicon production facility in the…
More: PV Magazine
Utility Dive · Ethan Howland
Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood clash with utilities over data center power deals — Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Scatec Q2 revenue hits $245M as solar capacity reaches 4.5GW — Scatec has reported quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue and operational solar PV capacity in its latest financial results.
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India adds larger G12R TOPCon cells to approved solar module list — MNRE's ninth ALMM-II revision adds larger-format G12R N-type TOPCon cells from Emmvee, Waaree, Avaada and several others.
Guardian Environment · Alex Daniel
Thames Water creditors propose board overhaul to avoid UK nationalisation — Campaigners say proposal for £10bn rescue deal in bid to avoid nationalisation is a ‘cosy stitch-up’ Business live – latest updates The…
Climate Home News · Isabella Kaminski
New Zealand limits climate litigation against corporations — A new bill prevents corporations being sued for the climate damage their emissions cause, as the government says climate action should be…
Guardian Environment · Chris Stein in Marshall, North Carolina
North Carolina Senate race shaped by Hurricane Helene recovery debate — The Democratic and the Republican candidate each blame the other for the bungled recovery effort after storm struck region Two years after…
Utility Dive
Utility companies use customer portals to streamline employee workflows — Utility portals are framed as customer experience tools, but they also improve how frontline work is done.
Climate Home News · Chloé Farand
Indonesia's nickel output cuts insufficient to spur sustainable production — The government is restricting nickel production to push up prices but producing more sustainable nickel for a premium requires addressing…
Canary Media · Julian Spector
Arizona emerges as third-largest grid battery market after California, Texas — California and Texas have led the charge on America's grid battery revolution . Now, a third state is racing to catch up: Arizona.
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
PJM approves major clean power projects amid grid capacity shortfall — The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand.
Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz
Trump administration spends billions boosting gas exports, spurring fracking expansion — For companies looking to export natural gas, the last few years have brought both feast and famine.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Grist · Austin Corona
East Coast offshore wind projects face setbacks amid growing demand
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
Climate damage from UK North Sea fields would far exceed economic gains, analysis shows — Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK The climate damage caused by…
PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas
UK approves 400 MW solar project with 600 MW battery storage — Beacon Fen Energy Park secured planning consent from the UK government. The development consent order means construction of the 400 MW…
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Saudi Arabia awards $1.16 billion contract for 8 GWh battery storage — The Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has finalized four 15-year storage service agreements with two consortiums led by ACWA Power and…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia's 40 GW renewable pipeline seen critical to replacing retiring coal capacity — A pipeline of about 40 GW of grid-scale renewable generation and energy storage has Australia on track to maintain electricity reliability…
Wired Science · Molly Taft
Data center demand driving wave of new gas power projects across US — There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.
Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski
Fake comments flood Ohio clean energy hearings, drawing calls for crackdown — A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public…
Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin
ERCOT delays data center grid connections until December for safety review — The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Wisconsin GOP candidate uses data center backlash to restrict renewable energy — I’ve got an update for you on the data center backlash — and what it could mean for the governor’s race in Wisconsin, one of the country’s…
Grist · Jake Bittle
US climate tech companies credit government support for near-term breakthroughs
Utility Dive · Brad Cebulko and Sarah Steinberg
Utilities' conflicting forecasts drive up energy bills, experts say coordinated planning could cut costs — Integrated planning can lower costs to ratepayers by reducing duplicative spending, and New York could lead the way, write experts at…
PV Tech · Ben Willis
Solar wafer prices surge 40% on stronger downstream demand — Stronger downstream demand drove a surge in wafer prices last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of the…
Utility Dive · Ethan Howland
Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood clash with utilities over data center power deals — Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an…
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
World's oceans reach hottest temperature on record — Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data finds The world’s oceans were hotter than ever…
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
Trump administration orders cuts to Colorado River water allocations for Arizona, California, Nevada —
Heatmap News · Jeva Lange
Massachusetts names first heat resilience officer as state prepares for hotter future — The past three months will go down in the books as the hottest meteorological summer on record in Boston — but that is not a record that’s…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Scatec Q2 revenue hits $245M as solar capacity reaches 4.5GW — Scatec has reported quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue and operational solar PV capacity in its latest financial results.
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India adds larger G12R TOPCon cells to approved solar module list — MNRE's ninth ALMM-II revision adds larger-format G12R N-type TOPCon cells from Emmvee, Waaree, Avaada and several others.
Guardian Environment · Alex Daniel
Thames Water creditors propose board overhaul to avoid UK nationalisation — Campaigners say proposal for £10bn rescue deal in bid to avoid nationalisation is a ‘cosy stitch-up’ Business live – latest updates The…
Aug 25, 2026 · 5:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Amanda Levin
IRA repealed as Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act — In just its first three years, the Inflation Reduction Act had historic impacts on the U.S.
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
US natural gas capacity for data centers surges to 189 gigawatts in six months — The race to build data centers is driving a natural gas boom in the U.S. power sector unlike any seen before.
More: Guardian Environment, Inside Climate News, Wired Science
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
U.S. pipeline of gas-fired power plants nearly doubles in first half of 2024 —
Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter
Two planned UK datacentres to emit more carbon annually than ExxonMobil's UK operations — Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Grist · Austin Corona
East Coast offshore wind projects face setbacks amid growing demand
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
Climate damage from UK North Sea fields would far exceed economic gains, analysis shows — Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK The climate damage caused by…
PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas
UK approves 400 MW solar project with 600 MW battery storage — Beacon Fen Energy Park secured planning consent from the UK government. The development consent order means construction of the 400 MW…
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Saudi Arabia awards $1.16 billion contract for 8 GWh battery storage — The Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has finalized four 15-year storage service agreements with two consortiums led by ACWA Power and…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia's 40 GW renewable pipeline seen critical to replacing retiring coal capacity — A pipeline of about 40 GW of grid-scale renewable generation and energy storage has Australia on track to maintain electricity reliability…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
China adds 14.1GW solar in July as installations rebound — Chinese solar PV installations have reached 14.08GW in July 2026, according to the latest data from China’s National Energy Administration…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Australia seeks 1.8GW renewables in Western Australia tender — Bidding for Tender 11 will open on 27 August 2026 and close on 22 October 2026, seeking nearly 1.8GW of renewable energy generation in…
Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski
Fake comments flood Ohio clean energy hearings, drawing calls for crackdown — A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public…
Inside Climate News · Jon Hurdle
Pennsylvania environmental group calls for solar policy overhaul to boost clean energy deployment — Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s…
Inside Climate News · Arcelia Martin
ERCOT delays data center grid connections until December for safety review — The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say.
Inside Climate News · Jake Bolster
Study links major fossil fuel companies to Western U.S. water loss from climate change — Some of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth are disproportionately responsible for the water crisis in the American West, according…
Utility Dive · Brad Cebulko and Sarah Steinberg
Utilities' conflicting forecasts drive up energy bills, experts say coordinated planning could cut costs — Integrated planning can lower costs to ratepayers by reducing duplicative spending, and New York could lead the way, write experts at…
Utility Dive · Herman K. Trabish
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises $1B to complete SPARC demonstration reactor — The latest cash infusion will allow the company to complete its demonstration reactor, SPARC, which CEO Bob Mumgaard said is now “about 80%…
Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC
Data center power demands emerge as issue in midterm races — Data center backlash on the ballot
Heatmap News · Andrew Moseman
EV rental challenges in Europe highlight infrastructure gaps for casual drivers — All I wanted was to drive an electric car to the solar eclipse. But after the third consecutive charging port RFID reader wouldn’t accept…
Aug 25, 2026 · 8:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Amanda Levin
IRA repealed as Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act — In just its first three years, the Inflation Reduction Act had historic impacts on the U.S.
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
US natural gas capacity for data centers surges to 189 gigawatts in six months — The race to build data centers is driving a natural gas boom in the U.S. power sector unlike any seen before.
More: Guardian Environment, Inside Climate News, Wired Science
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
U.S. pipeline of gas-fired power plants nearly doubles in first half of 2024 —
Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter
Two planned UK datacentres to emit more carbon annually than ExxonMobil's UK operations — Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Texas Energy & Power · Robert Curran
Texas utilities post strong Q2 earnings boosted by data center power demand — How data centers are influencing returns
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
Climate damage from UK North Sea fields would far exceed economic gains, analysis shows — Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK The climate damage caused by…
Utility Dive · Robert Walton
Canada tariff threat poses financial risk to New England electricity imports — If Canada opts to reduce or eliminate electricity exports to New England, the impact would be largely financial — at least under typical…
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Irish grid-scale solar generation surges 51% to 4% of electricity mix — Grid-scale solar farms generated 1.1 GWh of electricity in 2025, 4% of the total and a 51% increase compared with 2024.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Portugal's largest solar plant enters administration as low prices, weak output strain revenues — Welink Energy Portugal 2 UK, owner of Portugal’s 220 MW Solara4 solar plant, entered administration after weak generation, low wholesale…
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
South Korea study finds residential solar rebound effects offset 11-22% of savings — Research finds households in South Korea moving into lower tariff tiers after installing PV systems can offset 11% to 22% of expected…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
China adds 14.1GW solar in July as installations rebound — Chinese solar PV installations have reached 14.08GW in July 2026, according to the latest data from China’s National Energy Administration…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Australia seeks 1.8GW renewables in Western Australia tender — Bidding for Tender 11 will open on 27 August 2026 and close on 22 October 2026, seeking nearly 1.8GW of renewable energy generation in…
Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski
Fake comments flood Ohio clean energy hearings, drawing calls for crackdown — A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public…
Inside Climate News · Jon Hurdle
Pennsylvania environmental group calls for solar policy overhaul to boost clean energy deployment — Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s…
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Heron Power targets 40 GW capacity at first transformer factory — CEO Drew Baglino on the company’s plans to ramp production in the coming years — and combat the U.S. power equipment shortage.
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy, Julian Spector
Tesla shifts strategy away from Solar Roof product toward standard panel installations — A thousand solar roofs per week. That was the pace Elon Musk predicted Tesla would install its electricity-generating roof tiles in 2020,…
Yale Climate Connections · Irene Sans, Jeff Masters, and Bob Henson
Tropical Storm Moke brings rain to Hawaii; two Atlantic waves tracked — El Atlántico está despertando: dos ondas tropicales podrían desarrollarse esta semana, pero ninguna representa una amenaza inmediata para…
More: Yale Climate Connections
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Wisconsin GOP candidate uses data center backlash to restrict renewable energy — I’ve got an update for you on the data center backlash — and what it could mean for the governor’s race in Wisconsin, one of the country’s…
Aug 25, 2026 · 11:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Katie Brigham
Pacific Fusion breaks ground on net facility gain fusion reactor — Three-year old startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on Tuesday on what it says will be the world’s first fusion plant to produce more energy…
More: TechCrunch Climate
Heatmap News · Amanda Levin
IRA repealed as Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act — In just its first three years, the Inflation Reduction Act had historic impacts on the U.S.
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
US natural gas capacity for data centers surges to 189 gigawatts in six months — The race to build data centers is driving a natural gas boom in the U.S. power sector unlike any seen before.
More: Guardian Environment, Inside Climate News, Wired Science
Utility Dive · Brandon Owens
Data center demand swings highlight gaps in grid reliability rules — The loss of more than 3 GW of data center demand in Virginia shows why policy must address operational behavior, not just costs, writes…
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
U.S. pipeline of gas-fired power plants nearly doubles in first half of 2024 —
Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter
Two planned UK datacentres to emit more carbon annually than ExxonMobil's UK operations — Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just…
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Portugal's largest solar plant enters administration as low prices, weak output strain revenues — Welink Energy Portugal 2 UK, owner of Portugal’s 220 MW Solara4 solar plant, entered administration after weak generation, low wholesale…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Texas Energy & Power · Robert Curran
Texas utilities post strong Q2 earnings boosted by data center power demand — How data centers are influencing returns
Utility Dive · Brian Martucci
New Jersey targets 150 MW of behind-the-meter storage through virtual power plant incentives — The comparatively modest maximum annual incentive of $200/kW over 10 years reflects the “private resilience value of residential energy…
Utility Dive · Robert Walton
Canada tariff threat poses financial risk to New England electricity imports — If Canada opts to reduce or eliminate electricity exports to New England, the impact would be largely financial — at least under typical…
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Irish grid-scale solar generation surges 51% to 4% of electricity mix — Grid-scale solar farms generated 1.1 GWh of electricity in 2025, 4% of the total and a 51% increase compared with 2024.
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
South Korea study finds residential solar rebound effects offset 11-22% of savings — Research finds households in South Korea moving into lower tariff tiers after installing PV systems can offset 11% to 22% of expected…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
China adds 14.1GW solar in July as installations rebound — Chinese solar PV installations have reached 14.08GW in July 2026, according to the latest data from China’s National Energy Administration…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Australia seeks 1.8GW renewables in Western Australia tender — Bidding for Tender 11 will open on 27 August 2026 and close on 22 October 2026, seeking nearly 1.8GW of renewable energy generation in…
Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski
Fake comments flood Ohio clean energy hearings, drawing calls for crackdown — A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public…
Grist · Jake Bittle
US climate tech companies credit government support for near-term breakthroughs
Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor
Climate damage from UK North Sea fields would far exceed economic gains, analysis shows — Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK The climate damage caused by…
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Heron Power targets 40 GW capacity at first transformer factory — CEO Drew Baglino on the company’s plans to ramp production in the coming years — and combat the U.S. power equipment shortage.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Katie Brigham
Pacific Fusion breaks ground on net facility gain fusion reactor — Three-year old startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on Tuesday on what it says will be the world’s first fusion plant to produce more energy…
More: TechCrunch Climate
Heatmap News · Amanda Levin
IRA repealed as Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act — In just its first three years, the Inflation Reduction Act had historic impacts on the U.S.
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
US natural gas capacity for data centers surges to 189 gigawatts in six months — The race to build data centers is driving a natural gas boom in the U.S. power sector unlike any seen before.
More: Guardian Environment, Inside Climate News, Wired Science
Utility Dive · Brandon Owens
Data center demand swings highlight gaps in grid reliability rules — The loss of more than 3 GW of data center demand in Virginia shows why policy must address operational behavior, not just costs, writes…
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
U.S. pipeline of gas-fired power plants nearly doubles in first half of 2024 —
Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter
Two planned UK datacentres to emit more carbon annually than ExxonMobil's UK operations — Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just…
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Portugal's largest solar plant enters administration as low prices, weak output strain revenues — Welink Energy Portugal 2 UK, owner of Portugal’s 220 MW Solara4 solar plant, entered administration after weak generation, low wholesale…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Texas Energy & Power · Robert Curran
Texas utilities post strong Q2 earnings boosted by data center power demand — How data centers are influencing returns
Utility Dive · Brian Martucci
New Jersey targets 150 MW of behind-the-meter storage through virtual power plant incentives — The comparatively modest maximum annual incentive of $200/kW over 10 years reflects the “private resilience value of residential energy…
Utility Dive · Robert Walton
Canada tariff threat poses financial risk to New England electricity imports — If Canada opts to reduce or eliminate electricity exports to New England, the impact would be largely financial — at least under typical…
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Irish grid-scale solar generation surges 51% to 4% of electricity mix — Grid-scale solar farms generated 1.1 GWh of electricity in 2025, 4% of the total and a 51% increase compared with 2024.
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
South Korea study finds residential solar rebound effects offset 11-22% of savings — Research finds households in South Korea moving into lower tariff tiers after installing PV systems can offset 11% to 22% of expected…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
China adds 14.1GW solar in July as installations rebound — Chinese solar PV installations have reached 14.08GW in July 2026, according to the latest data from China’s National Energy Administration…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Australia seeks 1.8GW renewables in Western Australia tender — Bidding for Tender 11 will open on 27 August 2026 and close on 22 October 2026, seeking nearly 1.8GW of renewable energy generation in…
Canary Media · Kathiann M. Kowalski
Fake comments flood Ohio clean energy hearings, drawing calls for crackdown — A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public…
Inside Climate News · Jake Bolster
Study links major fossil fuel companies to Western U.S. water loss from climate change — Some of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth are disproportionately responsible for the water crisis in the American West, according…
Guardian Environment · Dan Hancox
Opinion: tackling phone 'loudcasting' in public spaces requires social pressure — Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening.
Inside Climate News · Jon Hurdle
Pennsylvania environmental group calls for solar policy overhaul to boost clean energy deployment — Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s…
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