Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Aug 25, 2026 · 5:03 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Trump EPA proposes exempting data centers from air pollution disclosure rules — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor
More: Guardian Environment
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
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IRA repealed as Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act — In just its first three years, the Inflation Reduction Act had historic impacts on the U.S.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…
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…
Electrek · Fred Lambert
Tesla to unveil Cybercab robotaxi prototype in Austin on Sept. 3 — Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.”…
More: CleanTechnica
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…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Fraunhofer ISE develops semi-transparent organic solar modules at 9.26% efficiency — Fraunhofer ISE has developed what it described as 'industry-ready' semi-transparent PV modules with a conversion efficiency of up to 9.26%.
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…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Aug 25, 2026 · 8:03 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Trump EPA proposes exempting data centers from air pollution disclosure rules — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor
More: Guardian Environment
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
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…
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 · Will Norman
Caelux CEO projects perovskite will dominate solar module mix by 2030s — PV Tech sat down with Scott Graybeal, CEO of Caelux, to discuss the company's tech, its deals in India and the impact of perovskite solar.
Electrek · Fred Lambert
Tesla to unveil Cybercab robotaxi prototype in Austin on Sept. 3 — Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.”…
More: CleanTechnica
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…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
Aug 25, 2026 · 11:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Trump EPA proposes exempting data centers from air pollution disclosure rules — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor
More: Guardian Environment
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
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
PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins
Argentina's solar capacity nears 2.6 GW amid battery storage and mining demand — Argentina’s solar sector is entering a new phase, writes pv magazine’s Luis Ini. As the country’s installed PV capacity nears 2.6 GW,…
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…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia launches 1.8 GW renewable energy tender in Western Australia — The federal government has launched the latest tender under its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme, seeking another 1.8 GW of new solar…
More: PV Tech
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…
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…
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 Tech · JP Casey
Runergy's TOPCon solar modules achieve 25.9% conversion efficiency certification — The NLR has certified that the third generation of TOPCon modules produced by Runergy has a conversion efficiency of 25.9%.
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…
Electrek · Fred Lambert
Tesla to unveil Cybercab robotaxi prototype in Austin on Sept. 3 — Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.”…
More: CleanTechnica
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…
Canary Media · Austin Corona, Grist
Solar output surges as European hydro plants hit by drought, heat — This story was originally published by Grist
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…
Aug 26, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is serious about realizing its 100 GW solar program, with construction…
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Trump EPA proposes exempting data centers from air pollution disclosure rules — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor
More: Guardian Environment
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
California virtual power plant bills advance in legislature — Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a slate of bills meant to expand virtual power plants that could offset the state’s…
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
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Fraunhofer researchers develop inline current measurement for perovskite-silicon tandem cells — Fraunhofer ISE researchers developed a millisecond-scale electrical method to separately measure perovskite and silicon subcell currents in…
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
European electricity prices surge on high gas costs and lower solar output — Analysis by AleaSoft Energy Forecasting finds the weekly average electricity price was above €110 ($128.35)/MWh across major European…
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…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia launches 1.8 GW renewable energy tender in Western Australia — The federal government has launched the latest tender under its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme, seeking another 1.8 GW of new solar…
More: PV Tech
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…
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…
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.
PV Tech · JP Casey
Runergy's TOPCon solar modules achieve 25.9% conversion efficiency certification — The NLR has certified that the third generation of TOPCon modules produced by Runergy has a conversion efficiency of 25.9%.
Grist · Katherine Bagley
EV charging infrastructure gaps threaten long-distance travel adoption
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…
Electrek · Fred Lambert
Tesla to unveil Cybercab robotaxi prototype in Austin on Sept. 3 — Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.”…
More: CleanTechnica
Aug 26, 2026 · 5:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water use from power plants dwarfs direct cooling needs — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
More: Trellis
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is serious about realizing its 100 GW solar program, with construction…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Portugal's largest solar plant enters administration amid low power prices — WElink Energy Portugal 2, the owner of Portugal’s largest solar PV project, has entered administration, owing debts of US$77.7 million.
More: PV Magazine
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
EPA moves to limit public input on data center air pollution permits —
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
California virtual power plant bills advance in legislature — Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a slate of bills meant to expand virtual power plants that could offset the state’s…
Inside Climate News · Lauren Dalban
New York grid strains under summer heat demand as operator urges conservation — NEW YORK—When nearly 10,000 people in Southeast Queens lost power during a July heatwave, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on residents to keep…
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
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Fraunhofer researchers develop inline current measurement for perovskite-silicon tandem cells — Fraunhofer ISE researchers developed a millisecond-scale electrical method to separately measure perovskite and silicon subcell currents in…
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
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia launches 1.8 GW renewable energy tender in Western Australia — The federal government has launched the latest tender under its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme, seeking another 1.8 GW of new solar…
More: PV Tech
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
ArcLight launches $1 billion transmission platform to build US high-voltage lines — ArcLight has launched Anchor Point Transmission, a new independent transmission company targeting investment in high-voltage infrastructure.
Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts
Data center demand flexibility emerges as strategy to ease grid strain — A conversation with Varun Sivaram of Emerald AI.
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 · 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…
Guardian Environment · Isaaq Tomkins
Rat populations rising with global heating, experts say poison ineffective — Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the ‘smart’ rodents all his life – and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing…
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 Tech · JP Casey
Invenergy starts construction on 120MW solar project in Washington — US IPP Invenergy has started construction work at its 120MW Quincy Solar Energy Center in Grant County in the US state of Washington.
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
U.S. pipeline of gas-fired power plants nearly doubles in first half of 2024 —
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.
Aug 26, 2026 · 8:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories
PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina
Spain proposes 80% renewable electricity requirement for data centers — Spain has proposed new rules requiring data centers to source at least 80% of their electricity from additional renewable generation, with…
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India's renewable capacity reaches 288GW, surpassing half of total installed power — India’s renewable capacity reached 288GW by June 30, 2026, accounting for 54% of total installed capacity, JMK reported.
More: PV Tech
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water use from power plants dwarfs direct cooling needs — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
More: Trellis
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is serious about realizing its 100 GW solar program, with construction…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Portugal's largest solar plant enters administration amid low power prices — WElink Energy Portugal 2, the owner of Portugal’s largest solar PV project, has entered administration, owing debts of US$77.7 million.
More: PV Magazine
Climate Home News · Joe Lo
US, Saudi Arabia push to weaken shipping decarbonization rules at London talks — The US and Saudi Arabia want to scrap shipping's Net-Zero Framework and have swung behind a much less ambitious alternative The post Battle…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
California Assembly approves balcony solar bill, sending it to Senate — California’s Assembly has unanimously voted in favour (73-0 and six no votes registered or NVR) of a balcony solar bill, Senate Bill 868.
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
California virtual power plant bills advance in legislature — Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a slate of bills meant to expand virtual power plants that could offset the state’s…
Inside Climate News · Lauren Dalban
New York grid strains under summer heat demand as operator urges conservation — NEW YORK—When nearly 10,000 people in Southeast Queens lost power during a July heatwave, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on residents to keep…
PV Magazine · David Carroll
Australia launches 1.8 GW renewable energy tender in Western Australia — The federal government has launched the latest tender under its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme, seeking another 1.8 GW of new solar…
More: PV Tech
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy, Julian Spector
Tesla discontinues Solar Roof, pivots to conventional panel business — A thousand solar roofs per week. That was the pace Elon Musk predicted Tesla would install its electricity-generating roof tiles in 2020,…
More: Electrek
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
EPA moves to limit public input on data center air pollution permits —
Inside Climate News · Lee Hedgepeth
Heat conditions at Alabama prison raise inmate welfare concerns — ELMORE, Ala.—Tiffany Montellano can’t sleep. Instead, she lies awake, worried about her husband Andrew, 31, who is incarcerated at Elmore…
Inside Climate News · Kiley Price
Panama Canal to reduce daily ship traffic as drought lowers water levels — One of the world’s most-used shortcuts is at risk as a severe drought plagues Central America.
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
Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup
PG&E to launch 5-MW flexible data center site this fall — The utility plans to bring its first flexible data center site online this fall — a 5-MW facility in the Bay Area.
CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard
Opinion: US EV policy overlooks affordability of used gas vehicles — A reader who owns a hand-me-down 1995 Dodge Ram plans to keep repairing it until rust, gasoline prices or regulation finally stop him.
More: CleanTechnica
Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts
Data center demand flexibility emerges as strategy to ease grid strain — A conversation with Varun Sivaram of Emerald AI.
The Crucial Years · Bill McKibben
Climate policy coverage — We can’t actually keep on like this
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Aug 26, 2026 · 11:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories
PV Magazine · Ben Zientara
California Assembly approves balcony solar bill, awaits final Senate sign-off — The California state Assembly has passed SB 868, known as the Plug and Play Solar Act.
More: PV Tech
PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina
Spain proposes 80% renewable electricity requirement for data centers — Spain has proposed new rules requiring data centers to source at least 80% of their electricity from additional renewable generation, with…
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India's renewable capacity reaches 288GW, surpassing half of total installed power — India’s renewable capacity reached 288GW by June 30, 2026, accounting for 54% of total installed capacity, JMK reported.
More: PV Tech
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water use from power plants dwarfs direct cooling needs — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
More: Trellis
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is serious about realizing its 100 GW solar program, with construction…
Utility Dive · Brian Martucci
Nevada adopts performance-based demand response tariffs for virtual power plants — The new demand response frameworks bring the state in line with other pay-for-performance virtual power plants while keeping NV Energy in…
Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi
NRDC warns Trump energy policies could block 540 GW of planned renewables — “We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,”…
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
UL warns of safety gaps in US plug-in solar systems — UL Solutions warns that US plug-in PV faces key safety challenges, with UL 3700 aiming to address fire, shock and circuit-overload risks.
Climate Home News · Joe Lo
US, Saudi Arabia push to weaken shipping decarbonization rules at London talks — The US and Saudi Arabia want to scrap shipping's Net-Zero Framework and have swung behind a much less ambitious alternative The post Battle…
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
California virtual power plant bills advance in legislature — Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a slate of bills meant to expand virtual power plants that could offset the state’s…
Inside Climate News · Lauren Dalban
New York grid strains under summer heat demand as operator urges conservation — NEW YORK—When nearly 10,000 people in Southeast Queens lost power during a July heatwave, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on residents to keep…
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Fraunhofer researchers develop inline current measurement for perovskite-silicon tandem cells — Fraunhofer ISE researchers developed a millisecond-scale electrical method to separately measure perovskite and silicon subcell currents in…
Guardian Environment · Kim Willsher in Paris
Animal rights campaigners push to ban marmot hunting in France — Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodent Animal rights campaigners…
Guardian Environment · Keely Aouga
Heat dome to bring record temperatures to southwestern US — As wildfires rage and intense heat builds across the region, daytime highs of 110-11F (43-46C) are forecast Surging temperatures are…
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy, Julian Spector
Tesla discontinues Solar Roof, pivots to conventional panel business — A thousand solar roofs per week. That was the pace Elon Musk predicted Tesla would install its electricity-generating roof tiles in 2020,…
More: Electrek
Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
EPA moves to limit public input on data center air pollution permits —
Inside Climate News · Lee Hedgepeth
Heat conditions at Alabama prison raise inmate welfare concerns — ELMORE, Ala.—Tiffany Montellano can’t sleep. Instead, she lies awake, worried about her husband Andrew, 31, who is incarcerated at Elmore…
Inside Climate News · Kiley Price
Panama Canal to reduce daily ship traffic as drought lowers water levels — One of the world’s most-used shortcuts is at risk as a severe drought plagues Central America.
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
Aug 26, 2026 · 2:03 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin
Texas grid hits record battery discharge during summer peak demand — The Texas summer isn’t over — highs today are forecasted to be at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in much of the state — but so far the…
PV Magazine · Ben Zientara
California Assembly approves balcony solar bill, awaits final Senate sign-off — The California state Assembly has passed SB 868, known as the Plug and Play Solar Act.
More: PV Tech
PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina
Spain proposes 80% renewable electricity requirement for data centers — Spain has proposed new rules requiring data centers to source at least 80% of their electricity from additional renewable generation, with…
Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone
U.S. gas capacity for data centers doubles in six months amid AI buildout — In 2026, the U.S. nearly doubled the gas capacity it’s developing for data centers, risking reversing any emissions cuts achieved so far.
More: Heatmap News, Guardian Environment, Inside Climate News, Wired Science
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
India's renewable capacity reaches 288GW, surpassing half of total installed power — India’s renewable capacity reached 288GW by June 30, 2026, accounting for 54% of total installed capacity, JMK reported.
More: PV Tech
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Data centers' indirect water use from power plants dwarfs direct cooling needs — A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
More: Trellis
PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett
Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is serious about realizing its 100 GW solar program, with construction…
Utility Dive · Brian Martucci
Nevada adopts performance-based demand response tariffs for virtual power plants — The new demand response frameworks bring the state in line with other pay-for-performance virtual power plants while keeping NV Energy in…
Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi
NRDC warns Trump energy policies could block 540 GW of planned renewables — “We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,”…
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
UL warns of safety gaps in US plug-in solar systems — UL Solutions warns that US plug-in PV faces key safety challenges, with UL 3700 aiming to address fire, shock and circuit-overload risks.
Climate Home News · Joe Lo
US, Saudi Arabia push to weaken shipping decarbonization rules at London talks — The US and Saudi Arabia want to scrap shipping's Net-Zero Framework and have swung behind a much less ambitious alternative The post Battle…
Canary Media · Jeff St. John
California virtual power plant bills advance in legislature — Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a slate of bills meant to expand virtual power plants that could offset the state’s…
Inside Climate News · Lauren Dalban
New York grid strains under summer heat demand as operator urges conservation — NEW YORK—When nearly 10,000 people in Southeast Queens lost power during a July heatwave, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on residents to keep…
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Ireland announces results of sixth renewable energy auction under new rules — The results of Ireland’s sixth Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 6) are due to be announced on December 2.
Guardian Environment · Kim Willsher in Paris
Animal rights campaigners push to ban marmot hunting in France — Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodent Animal rights campaigners…
Guardian Environment · Keely Aouga
Heat dome to bring record temperatures to southwestern US — As wildfires rage and intense heat builds across the region, daytime highs of 110-11F (43-46C) are forecast Surging temperatures are…
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy, Julian Spector
Tesla discontinues Solar Roof, pivots to conventional panel business — A thousand solar roofs per week. That was the pace Elon Musk predicted Tesla would install its electricity-generating roof tiles in 2020,…
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Canary Media · Sarah Shemkus
Maine regulators advance 800-MW wind farm and transmission project — For nearly two decades, Maine has tried to build utility-scale wind in the northern reaches of the state.
Heatmap News · Ameya Hadap
EV charger startup Voltpost expands to parking garage walls and ceilings — Voltpost, the company putting electric vehicle chargers on lampposts, is now expanding to parking garages.
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Inside Climate News · Lee Hedgepeth