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.

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Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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.

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PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas

UK legalizes plug-in solar panels up to 800W — Regulations come into force allowing 800 W plug-in solar kits to be installed in England, Wales and Scotland.

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…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Hinen launches 13.68 kWh residential battery storage system — Hinen’s A15 residential energy storage system combines 3.6 kW to 15 kW hybrid inverters with 14.4 kWh LFP battery modules, each offering…

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Geothermal startup Hephae develops drilling tools for superhot rock formations — Thousands of feet beneath the desert valley of southwest Utah, a slender tool tucked inside a drill pipe is barreling through hot granite.

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…

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.

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Inside Climate News · Keerti Gopal

Clean air policies linked to improved lung function in children — Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage.

Guardian Environment · Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

UK civil society groups call for cycling, walking investment amid heatwaves — Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions Dozens of civil society…

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…

Inside Climate News · Amy Green

Trump administration cancels funding for Florida pollution remediation project — TAMPA, Fla.—Ross Fabian’s low-slung apartment building sits beside a pond that sometimes smells of dead fish.

Grist · Katherine Bagley

EV charging infrastructure gaps threaten long-distance travel adoption

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

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…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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 Magazine · Matthew Lynas

UK legalizes plug-in solar panels up to 800W — Regulations come into force allowing 800 W plug-in solar kits to be installed in England, Wales and Scotland.

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…

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

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Endesa tests voltage control system to boost distributed solar and EV charging — Endesa’s distribution unit, e-distribución, is testing a voltage control system on low-voltage grids in Aragon and the Balearic Islands.

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center demand flexibility emerges as strategy to ease grid strain — A conversation with Varun Sivaram of Emerald AI.

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.

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Geothermal startup Hephae develops drilling tools for superhot rock formations — Thousands of feet beneath the desert valley of southwest Utah, a slender tool tucked inside a drill pipe is barreling through hot granite.

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…

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

Inside Climate News · Keerti Gopal

Clean air policies linked to improved lung function in children — Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage.

Guardian Environment · Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

UK civil society groups call for cycling, walking investment amid heatwaves — Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions Dozens of civil society…

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…

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

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…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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 Magazine · Matthew Lynas

UK legalizes plug-in solar panels up to 800W — Regulations come into force allowing 800 W plug-in solar kits to be installed in England, Wales and Scotland.

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…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Finnish AI optimizer to trade Baltic hybrid solar-storage projects — Finnish battery optimizer Capalo AI has partnered with Danish developer European Energy to provide trading and market-access services for…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York, with photos and video by Thalia Juarez

NYC subway rider documents extreme underground heat as climate stress test — Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stations On a recent August day in…

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

Volts (David Roberts) · David Roberts

Data center demand flexibility emerges as strategy to ease grid strain — A conversation with Varun Sivaram of Emerald AI.

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.

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

Geothermal startup Hephae develops drilling tools for superhot rock formations — Thousands of feet beneath the desert valley of southwest Utah, a slender tool tucked inside a drill pipe is barreling through hot granite.

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…

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

Inside Climate News · Keerti Gopal

Clean air policies linked to improved lung function in children — Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage.

Guardian Environment · Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

UK civil society groups call for cycling, walking investment amid heatwaves — Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions Dozens of civil society…

Grist · Tristan Baurick

Louisiana liquefied natural gas terminal set to become largest in US

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

Trump energy policies could eliminate 540 GW of expected US renewable capacity, NRDC says — “We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,”…

More: Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

Grist · Joseph Winters

Fossil fuel industry spending record sums to block California regulation

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 · Emiliano Bellini

Italian researchers develop heat pump-Carnot battery for residential solar storage — Italian researchers have developed a reversible heat pump-ORC Carnot battery that stores surplus residential PV electricity as heat and…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

Canary Media · Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News

New York grid struggles with peak heat demand, triggering conservation appeals — This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the…

More: Inside Climate News

PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas

UK legalizes plug-in solar panels up to 800W — Regulations come into force allowing 800 W plug-in solar kits to be installed in England, Wales and Scotland.

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…

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.

Latitude Media · Lara Pierpoint

Startup taps microbes to recover copper from electronic waste — Endolith CEO Liz Dennett on why we have a copper recovery problem, and how biology can help.

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

International Coastal Cleanup removes 13.9M pieces of ocean plastic in single day — Ocean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide More than 1.3m plastic…

Guardian Environment · John D Sutter with photographs by Ricardo Nagaoka

Oregon county grapples with nation's highest wildfire smoke death rate — A magical corner of Oregon has the highest US rate of wildfire smoke deaths. How do residents live with the haze – and grief?

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Tokuyama opens polysilicon manufacturing facility in Vietnam — The facility, located in Ho Chi Minh City, will manufacture and distribute polysilicon for semiconductors.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Tandem PV wins DOE grant to scale perovskite solar technology — California-based start-up Tandem PV has been awarded a US Department of Energy grant to accelerate the commercial scale-up of its…

Guardian Environment · Tom Perkins

Groups sue EPA over approval of toxic datacenter chemicals — Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warns The Trump…

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 · 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

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

Heat-pump water heaters gain consumer adoption as efficiency improves — Last November, Jonathan Cohen needed a new water heater for the house he and his wife had recently purchased.

Grist · Tristan Baurick

Louisiana liquefied natural gas terminal set to become largest in US

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

NRDC report: Trump clean energy rollback could cost 540 GW of renewables — Two years ago, Donald Trump made an outlandish campaign promise: He would cut Americans’ power bills in half.

More: Heatmap News, Utility Dive, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

Grist · Joseph Winters

Fossil fuel industry spending record sums to block California regulation

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 · Emiliano Bellini

Italian researchers develop heat pump-Carnot battery for residential solar storage — Italian researchers have developed a reversible heat pump-ORC Carnot battery that stores surplus residential PV electricity as heat and…

PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas

UK legalizes plug-in solar panels up to 800 watts — Regulations come into force allowing 800 W plug-in solar kits to be installed in England, Wales and Scotland.

More: PV Magazine

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

Canary Media · Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News

New York grid struggles with peak heat demand, triggering conservation appeals — This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the…

More: Inside Climate News

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…

Guardian Environment · Jon Henley

European leaders avoid climate action despite summer heat waves and wildfires — Lethal temperatures ​and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding ​action and politicians unwilling to confront the…

PV Tech · JP Casey

JinkoSolar ships 15.9GW in Q2 2026, names new CEO as volumes fall 34% — JinkoSolar shipped 15.9GW of modules in the second quarter of this year, which represents a 34.4% year-on-year decline.

Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor

Extreme heat linked to 40,000 deaths in England since 1988, ONS data shows — ONS data shows rising toll of climate crisis, with officials warning this summer on track to set further records More than 40,000 extra…

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EIA Today in Energy

Eight petroleum liquids pipelines completed in early 2025, 14 new projects announced — In the 2026 release of our Liquids Pipeline Projects Database, we tracked the completion of 8 liquid fuels pipeline projects since the…

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.

Latitude Media · Lara Pierpoint

Startup taps microbes to recover copper from electronic waste — Endolith CEO Liz Dennett on why we have a copper recovery problem, and how biology can help.

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

International Coastal Cleanup removes 13.9M pieces of ocean plastic in single day — Ocean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide More than 1.3m plastic…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Nextnova plans 2GW n-type solar cell factory in Oklahoma — US-based solar cell manufacturer Nextnova Solar has unveiled plans to build a 2GW n-type solar cell manufacturing facility in the US state…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Sungrow breaks ground on 10 GWh battery storage factory in Egypt — Sungrow has begun construction of a $50 million BESS factory in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone, targeting 10 GWh of annual production and…

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 · Will Norman

Trump bans foreign power grid equipment over national security concerns — US President Donald Trump has banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment that pose a potential risk to US grid…

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PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina

Battery boom shifts 34% of solar generation to off-peak hours, Ember says — Solar PV supplied more than 10% of global electricity in the first half of 2026, but generation remains heavily concentrated around midday.

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Trump tariffs, tax credit phase-out weigh on rooftop solar installers — Rooftop solar installers feel like a dog that’s been repeatedly kicked. President Donald Trump has made solar more expensive—or at least…

Grist · Tristan Baurick

Louisiana approves largest US natural gas export terminal on disappearing coast

More: Grist

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Solar glass emerges as critical gap in US PV supply chain — Domestically produced solar glass is a key gap in the US PV manufacturing ecosystem. Tom Kenning reports on efforts to kick-start local…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

NRDC report: Trump clean energy rollback could cost 540 GW of renewables — Two years ago, Donald Trump made an outlandish campaign promise: He would cut Americans’ power bills in half.

More: Heatmap News, Utility Dive, Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins)

Grist · Joseph Winters

Fossil fuel industry spending record sums to block California regulation

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Italian researchers develop heat pump-Carnot battery for residential solar storage — Italian researchers have developed a reversible heat pump-ORC Carnot battery that stores surplus residential PV electricity as heat and…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

Canary Media · Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News

New York grid struggles with peak heat demand, triggering conservation appeals — This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the…

More: Inside Climate News

Guardian Environment · Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

UK retailers begin selling plug-in balcony solar panels for renters and flats — DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricity Plug-in…

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.

More: Electrek

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…

Carbon Brief · Ayesha Tandon

580 million children exposed to 20 additional heat-stress days yearly — More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days”… The post Climate…

Latitude Media · Shayle Kann

Voya Energy pitches aluminum as diesel generator replacement — From scrap metal to electricity, Voya Energy CEO Richard Wang sees aluminum as a scalable alternative to conventional fuels.

More: Catalyst (Shayle Kann)

Inside Climate News · Keerti Gopal

Extreme heat linked to wider range of ER visits beyond heat stroke in Chicago study — CHICAGO—Extreme heat is filling up emergency rooms, and not just with heat stroke victims.

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…

Guardian Environment · Jon Henley

European leaders avoid climate action despite summer heat waves and wildfires — Lethal temperatures ​and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding ​action and politicians unwilling to confront the…

PV Tech · JP Casey

JinkoSolar ships 15.9GW in Q2 2026, names new CEO as volumes fall 34% — JinkoSolar shipped 15.9GW of modules in the second quarter of this year, which represents a 34.4% year-on-year decline.

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Trump declares emergency, bans foreign-made power grid equipment — Grid equipment manufacturers say more clarity will be needed, particularly around rules for software and digital products where the country…

More: PV Tech, PV Magazine

Utility Dive · Marlene Wilden

US Army selects 5 companies to deploy microreactors at military bases — The $2.2B in federal funding is intended to boost the sites’ resilience and the commercial viability of next-generation nuclear power.

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Data center demand drives 46% jump in PJM wholesale power costs in 2026 — Overall wholesale power costs in the PJM Interconnection jumped 46% to $56.7 billion so far this year, driven by rising energy and capacity…

PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina

Battery boom shifts 34% of solar generation to off-peak hours, Ember says — Solar PV supplied more than 10% of global electricity in the first half of 2026, but generation remains heavily concentrated around midday.

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Trump tariffs, tax credit phase-out weigh on rooftop solar installers — Rooftop solar installers feel like a dog that’s been repeatedly kicked. President Donald Trump has made solar more expensive—or at least…

Grist · Tristan Baurick

Louisiana approves largest US natural gas export terminal on disappearing coast

More: Grist

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Wafer supply projected to lag US solar chain through 2027 — This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at forecast solar PV supply chain from polysilicon to modules until 2027.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Solar glass emerges as critical gap in US PV supply chain — Domestically produced solar glass is a key gap in the US PV manufacturing ecosystem. Tom Kenning reports on efforts to kick-start local…

Grist · Joseph Winters

Fossil fuel industry spending record sums to block California regulation

Guardian Environment · Evan Simon of Floodlight

Microsoft-backed New Jersey datacenter accused of operating unpermitted generators — Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators The largest…

PV Magazine · Uma Gupta

VSL PowerHive launches 261 kWh liquid-cooled battery system for commercial use — VSL PowerHive has launched the P261, a 125 kW/261 kWh liquid-cooled BESS for commercial and industrial applications in India and…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Italian researchers develop heat pump-Carnot battery for residential solar storage — Italian researchers have developed a reversible heat pump-ORC Carnot battery that stores surplus residential PV electricity as heat and…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Butler

UK berry harvest reaches record despite summer heatwaves — Investment in climate-resilient irrigation enables this year’s haul to rise 6% on 2025’s already bigger-than-usual yield British farmers…

Guardian Environment · Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

France eases cheese production rules as drought reduces grazing land — Comté, beaufort and abondance makers can temporarily supplement cows’ diets as there is ‘no grass left to eat’ Strict production rules will…

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

More: PV Magazine, PV Tech, CleanTechnica

Canary Media · Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News

New York grid struggles with peak heat demand, triggering conservation appeals — This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the…

More: Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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.

More: Electrek

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…

Carbon Brief · Ayesha Tandon

580 million children exposed to 20 additional heat-stress days yearly — More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days”… The post Climate…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Trump declares emergency, bans foreign-made power grid equipment — Grid equipment manufacturers say more clarity will be needed, particularly around rules for software and digital products where the country…

More: PV Tech, PV Magazine

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman

Study links fossil fuel burning to stronger El Niño weather patterns — ‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year A series of strong El Niño…

Utility Dive · Marlene Wilden

US Army selects 5 companies to deploy microreactors at military bases — The $2.2B in federal funding is intended to boost the sites’ resilience and the commercial viability of next-generation nuclear power.

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

Data center demand drives 46% jump in PJM wholesale power costs in 2026 — Overall wholesale power costs in the PJM Interconnection jumped 46% to $56.7 billion so far this year, driven by rising energy and capacity…

PV Magazine · Pilar Sánchez Molina

Battery boom shifts 34% of solar generation to off-peak hours, Ember says — Solar PV supplied more than 10% of global electricity in the first half of 2026, but generation remains heavily concentrated around midday.

Inside Climate News · Dan Gearino

Trump tariffs, tax credit phase-out weigh on rooftop solar installers — Rooftop solar installers feel like a dog that’s been repeatedly kicked. President Donald Trump has made solar more expensive—or at least…

Latitude Media · Lisa Martine Jenkins

Political pushback to NextEra-Dominion deal spreads to New England — NextEra's 2021 effort to block a Maine transmission line is coming back to bite it. But will it matter?

Grist · Tristan Baurick

Louisiana approves largest US natural gas export terminal on disappearing coast

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PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Wafer supply projected to lag US solar chain through 2027 — This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at forecast solar PV supply chain from polysilicon to modules until 2027.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Solar glass emerges as critical gap in US PV supply chain — Domestically produced solar glass is a key gap in the US PV manufacturing ecosystem. Tom Kenning reports on efforts to kick-start local…

Grist · Joseph Winters

Fossil fuel industry spending record sums to block California regulation

Guardian Environment · Evan Simon of Floodlight

Microsoft-backed New Jersey datacenter accused of operating unpermitted generators — Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators The largest…

Guardian Environment · Helena Horton and George Francis Lee

Kew Gardens to fell rare trees during Victorian greenhouse renovation — Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to…

PV Magazine · Uma Gupta

VSL PowerHive launches 261 kWh liquid-cooled battery system for commercial use — VSL PowerHive has launched the P261, a 125 kW/261 kWh liquid-cooled BESS for commercial and industrial applications in India and…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Italian researchers develop heat pump-Carnot battery for residential solar storage — Italian researchers have developed a reversible heat pump-ORC Carnot battery that stores surplus residential PV electricity as heat and…

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

California Legislature passes plug-in solar bill, easing rooftop installations — Californians could soon put solar panel kits on balconies and in backyards to lower their electric bills — without utility approval.

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Canary Media · Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News

New York grid struggles with peak heat demand, triggering conservation appeals — This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the…

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Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Data center backlash spreads across states over grid and energy demands — This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor

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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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…