Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

Guardian Environment · Zoe Wood

High-mileage electric cars more reliable than petrol models, UK study finds — EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age Motorists buying a secondhand…

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Electrek · Fred Lambert

Tesla wins 2,500-truck order from shipper coalition, doubling US electric Class 8 fleet — Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York

Guterres urges nations to adopt fossil fuel phase-out plans in final UN speech — António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation For one last time, António…

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Utility Dive · Robyn Griggs Lawrence

California tightens data center oversight on energy costs and wildfire liability — Bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom include regulations aimed at ensuring data centers pay for infrastructure needed to serve them and bear a…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

New England states push FERC to strip utilities' extra returns for joining RTOs — The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is part of a trend of states seeking to end an extra 0.5% return utilities can…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Study links 2025 European heat wave directly to post-Paris emissions using AI attribution — Europe’s record-breaking heat wave in 2025 would have been a third of a degree Celsius cooler if not for emissions released just since the…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

EU proposes minimum energy-efficiency standards for data centers — The European Commission has proposed a classification and labeling system for data centers and launched a consultation on minimum…

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Volkswagen shifts production from gas cars to electric vehicles due to EV demand — Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. more…

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Trump administration pushes coal but market forces persist as plants close — The EPA is rolling back regulations, while the DOE takes a heavy-handed approach to keeping coal plants open. Is it backfiring?

Grist · Tik Root

Trump backs diesel export ban amid fuel market tensions

Grist · Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report

Offshore wind training programs struggle as deployment slowdown persists

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

German researchers map cost-effective sequencing for hybrid heat pump retrofits — German researchers have developed a framework for optimizing the sequencing and bundling of building retrofits involving hybrid heat pump…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Meta invests in MacroCycle's first plastic-recycling factory — Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

Most major U.S. utilities backtracking on clean energy goals, Sierra Club finds — The biggest U.S. utilities are doing worse on shifting from fossil fuels to clean power than they were at the start of this decade — and…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Cameroon plans 200 MW solar project with regulatory approval process underway — Cameroon’s Electricity Sector Regulatory Authority has met with developers to discuss implementing a 200 MW and 44 MW solar project.

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

North Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy's 255-MW gas plant proposal — The order called out Duke’s commitment to the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, saying it had not established the specific extent to…

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PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Patria Investments sells 360MW solar plant in Colombia to Isagen — Asset manager firm Patria Investments has sold 100% of its stake in a 360MW solar PV plant in Colombia to Isagen.

PV Tech · JP Casey

IRENA: Global renewable capacity additions must nearly double to meet COP28 targets — Annual global renewable energy capacity additions will need to almost double to 1.2TW if the world is to meet the COP28 targets, says IRENA.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

Con Edison disputes with developers are slowing New York City battery storage projects — It’s already hard to build grid batteries in New York City. But now, an increasingly hostile dispute between the utility Con Edison and…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

Guardian Environment · Zoe Wood

High-mileage electric cars more reliable than petrol models, UK study finds — EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age Motorists buying a secondhand…

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Electrek · Fred Lambert

Tesla wins 2,500-truck order from shipper coalition, doubling US electric Class 8 fleet — Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York

Guterres urges nations to adopt fossil fuel phase-out plans in final UN speech — António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation For one last time, António…

More: Climate Home News

Utility Dive · Robyn Griggs Lawrence

California tightens data center oversight on energy costs and wildfire liability — Bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom include regulations aimed at ensuring data centers pay for infrastructure needed to serve them and bear a…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

New England states push FERC to strip utilities' extra returns for joining RTOs — The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is part of a trend of states seeking to end an extra 0.5% return utilities can…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Study links 2025 European heat wave directly to post-Paris emissions using AI attribution — Europe’s record-breaking heat wave in 2025 would have been a third of a degree Celsius cooler if not for emissions released just since the…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

EU proposes minimum energy-efficiency standards for data centers — The European Commission has proposed a classification and labeling system for data centers and launched a consultation on minimum…

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Volkswagen shifts production from gas cars to electric vehicles due to EV demand — Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. more…

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Trump administration pushes coal but market forces persist as plants close — The EPA is rolling back regulations, while the DOE takes a heavy-handed approach to keeping coal plants open. Is it backfiring?

Grist · Tik Root

Trump backs diesel export ban amid fuel market tensions

Grist · Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report

Offshore wind training programs struggle as deployment slowdown persists

PV Magazine · Lior Kahana

German researchers map cost-effective sequencing for hybrid heat pump retrofits — German researchers have developed a framework for optimizing the sequencing and bundling of building retrofits involving hybrid heat pump…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Meta invests in MacroCycle's first plastic-recycling factory — Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

Most major U.S. utilities backtracking on clean energy goals, Sierra Club finds — The biggest U.S. utilities are doing worse on shifting from fossil fuels to clean power than they were at the start of this decade — and…

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Cameroon plans 200 MW solar project with regulatory approval process underway — Cameroon’s Electricity Sector Regulatory Authority has met with developers to discuss implementing a 200 MW and 44 MW solar project.

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

North Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy's 255-MW gas plant proposal — The order called out Duke’s commitment to the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, saying it had not established the specific extent to…

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PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Patria Investments sells 360MW solar plant in Colombia to Isagen — Asset manager firm Patria Investments has sold 100% of its stake in a 360MW solar PV plant in Colombia to Isagen.

PV Tech · JP Casey

IRENA: Global renewable capacity additions must nearly double to meet COP28 targets — Annual global renewable energy capacity additions will need to almost double to 1.2TW if the world is to meet the COP28 targets, says IRENA.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

Con Edison disputes with developers are slowing New York City battery storage projects — It’s already hard to build grid batteries in New York City. But now, an increasingly hostile dispute between the utility Con Edison and…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Greece awards €8.15 million for battery storage linked to commercial solar — Greece has provisionally approved €8.15 million in subsidies for 209 businesses to install 28.2 MW/49.3 MWh of battery storage alongside…

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Study: East-west solar orientation helps flatten Australia's duck curve — Orienting solar panels to the east and west instead of north can help Australian households optimise the use of locally generated renewable…

Guardian Environment · Zoe Wood

High-mileage electric cars more reliable than petrol models, UK study finds — EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age Motorists buying a secondhand…

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Electrek · Fred Lambert

Tesla wins 2,500-truck order from shipper coalition, doubling US electric Class 8 fleet — Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York

Guterres urges nations to adopt fossil fuel phase-out plans in final UN speech — António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation For one last time, António…

More: Climate Home News

Utility Dive · Robyn Griggs Lawrence

California tightens data center oversight on energy costs and wildfire liability — Bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom include regulations aimed at ensuring data centers pay for infrastructure needed to serve them and bear a…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

New England states push FERC to strip utilities' extra returns for joining RTOs — The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is part of a trend of states seeking to end an extra 0.5% return utilities can…

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Study links 2025 European heat wave directly to post-Paris emissions using AI attribution — Europe’s record-breaking heat wave in 2025 would have been a third of a degree Celsius cooler if not for emissions released just since the…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

EU proposes minimum energy-efficiency standards for data centers — The European Commission has proposed a classification and labeling system for data centers and launched a consultation on minimum…

Electrek · Peter Johnson

Volkswagen shifts production from gas cars to electric vehicles due to EV demand — Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. more…

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Trump administration pushes coal but market forces persist as plants close — The EPA is rolling back regulations, while the DOE takes a heavy-handed approach to keeping coal plants open. Is it backfiring?

Guardian Environment · Damian Carrington Environment editor

Super El Niño reaches record temperatures, projected to cause 450,000 additional deaths — New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis More than 450,000…

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Grist · Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report

Offshore wind training programs struggle as deployment slowdown persists

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Breakthrough Energy backs 21 startups targeting electrification and grid demand — To the investors at Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy, the coming wave of electrification will make data center energy demands look quaint by…

PV Tech · JP Casey

Ikea's renewable energy arm begins operating 74.9MW solar plant in South Carolina — Ingka Investments has started commercial operations at a 74.9MWac solar PV project in the US state of South Carolina.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Meta invests in MacroCycle's first plastic-recycling factory — Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

Most major U.S. utilities backtracking on clean energy goals, Sierra Club finds — The biggest U.S. utilities are doing worse on shifting from fossil fuels to clean power than they were at the start of this decade — and…

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

North Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy's 255-MW gas plant proposal — The order called out Duke’s commitment to the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, saying it had not established the specific extent to…

More: Canary Media

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Patria Investments sells 360MW solar plant in Colombia to Isagen — Asset manager firm Patria Investments has sold 100% of its stake in a 360MW solar PV plant in Colombia to Isagen.

Canary Media · Brian Martucci

DOE awards $1 billion to X-energy for advanced nuclear reactor development — The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Basford Canales and Petra Stock

Angus Taylor pledges to repeal Australia's climate and renewable energy policies — Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US solar module import prices rise over 40% since Section 232 tariffs — The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section…

PV Tech · George Heynes

New South Wales opens consultation on Australia's first mandatory solar panel recycling scheme — The NSW government has opened a consultation on what it describes as Australia's first mandatory solar module recycling scheme.

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Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

New York City deploys 10 electric school buses as districts face fuel costs — NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Greece awards €8.15 million for battery storage linked to commercial solar — Greece has provisionally approved €8.15 million in subsidies for 209 businesses to install 28.2 MW/49.3 MWh of battery storage alongside…

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Study: East-west solar orientation helps flatten Australia's duck curve — Orienting solar panels to the east and west instead of north can help Australian households optimise the use of locally generated renewable…

Guardian Environment · Zoe Wood

High-mileage electric cars more reliable than petrol models, UK study finds — EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age Motorists buying a secondhand…

More: Electrek

Electrek · Fred Lambert

Tesla wins 2,500-truck order from shipper coalition, doubling US electric Class 8 fleet — Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York

Guterres urges nations to adopt fossil fuel phase-out plans in final UN speech — António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation For one last time, António…

More: Climate Home News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Nuclear energy resurges as topic at New York Climate Week — This transcript has been automatically generated

Grist · Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report

Offshore wind training programs struggle as deployment slowdown persists

EIA Today in Energy

Public oil and gas firms produce 68% of U.S. crude despite being just 2% of producers — Publicly traded companies represent a tiny share of the total number of companies producing crude oil and natural gas in the United States,…

Inside Climate News · Jon Hurdle

Pennsylvania data center boom shows limited job creation, study warns — Pennsylvania’s data center industry has promised economic growth and a revival of the state’s industrial strength.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Noble Carbon to showcase EV charger smart circuit breaker at TechCrunch Disrupt — Noble Carbon has developed a smart circuit breaker that allows households to electrify without the pain of a main panel upgrade.

Heatmap News · Jeva Lange

Study links 2025 European heat wave directly to post-Paris emissions using AI attribution — Europe’s record-breaking heat wave in 2025 would have been a third of a degree Celsius cooler if not for emissions released just since the…

PV Tech · Will Norman

NorthStar Clean Energy completes 120MW solar project in Michigan — US renewable energy developer NorthStar Clean Energy has completed construction of a 120MW solar PV project in Oceana County, Michigan.

PV Tech · Will Norman

Austrian energy firm Kelag acquires 64.4MW Italian agrivoltaics portfolio — Austrian renewable energy company Kelag International has acquired a 64.4MWp portfolio of agrivoltaics projects in Italy.

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Breakthrough Energy backs 21 startups targeting electrification and grid demand — To the investors at Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy, the coming wave of electrification will make data center energy demands look quaint by…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US sets polysilicon import limits ahead of December tariff implementation — The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

US clean energy sector sheds 37,000 jobs in 2025 amid policy shift — The US clean energy sector has gone from creating 100,000 new jobs a year to shedding nearly 40,000 in 2025, according to a report by E2.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

South Korea tenders 1.18 GW of six-hour battery storage with 15-year contracts — The Korea Power Exchange has launched its 2026 ESS tender for 1.18 GW of six-hour storage, targeting 1.1 GW on mainland Korea and 80 MW on…

Canary Media · Brian Martucci

DOE awards $1 billion to X-energy for advanced nuclear reactor development — The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Basford Canales and Petra Stock

Angus Taylor pledges to repeal Australia's climate and renewable energy policies — Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US solar module import prices rise over 40% since Section 232 tariffs — The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section…

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Nuclear developer startup aims to build fleet-scale plants, hires Vogtle veterans — In the past few years, something surprising has happened in American energy policy: States and utilities have started trying to build new…

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Guardian Environment · Bill McKibben

Climate advocates call for global solar deployment by 2030 at UN gathering — There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030 Our message to…

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PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Ukraine adds 1.1 GW of solar in first half of 2026 — Analysis from the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine estimates the country's solar capacity reached up to 9.7 GW by mid-2026.

PV Tech · George Heynes

New South Wales opens consultation on Australia's first mandatory solar panel recycling scheme — The NSW government has opened a consultation on what it describes as Australia's first mandatory solar module recycling scheme.

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Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

New York City deploys 10 electric school buses as districts face fuel costs — NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and…

Guardian Environment · Jack Larkin

Victorian public votes on tree-of-the-year finalists in National Trust competition — From Carlton to Castlemaine, the National Trust of Victoria competition aims to raise awareness about trees

CleanTechnica · Transport & Environment (T&E)

Europe pays €200 million daily diesel premium amid supply disruptions — Europe’s growing diesel crisis is becoming a major drain on the bloc’s economy Europe is the most reliant major economy on diesel.

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Climate Home News · Matteo Civillini

COP31 electrification pledge omits clean power requirement — Campaigners and experts say the goal's effectiveness in reducing emissions may be limited unless countries agree to meet it using only…

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

Battery storage growth reaches 30% as costs fall despite regulatory headwinds — The report arrives as the energy storage industry faces headwinds from tariffs, Treasury regulations and new White House restrictions on…

Heatmap News · Andrew Beebe

AI data center buildout through 2030 seen exceeding $7 trillion, climate implications debated — For three years the entire conversation about artificial intelligence in the climate tech and clean energy communities has been about…

Inside Climate News · Ryan Krugman

Georgia residents sue OpenAI over $20 billion data center project — A $20 billion data center campus announced in July near Rincon, Georgia, is now facing its second lawsuit from Effingham County residents…

Carbon Brief · Giuliana Viglione

Sea level rise poses 'existential threat' to global economies and cultures — For millions of people around the world, rising sea levels are already reshaping economies, livelihoods and cultures.

Grist · Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report

Offshore wind training programs struggle as deployment slowdown persists

Utility Dive · Marc Brown

Opinion: utility bills should fund public programs through state budgets, not ratepayers — Programs that serve broad public purposes should be financed through state general funds rather than hidden in your electric bill, writes…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Amazon-backed 277 MW agrivoltaic plant goes live in Sicily — Nadara has completed the 227 MW Big Fish agrivoltaic project in Sicily, backed by a 156 MW PPA with Amazon and described by the developer…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US sets polysilicon import limits ahead of December tariff implementation — The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

US clean energy sector sheds 37,000 jobs in 2025 amid policy shift — The US clean energy sector has gone from creating 100,000 new jobs a year to shedding nearly 40,000 in 2025, according to a report by E2.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

South Korea tenders 1.18 GW of six-hour battery storage with 15-year contracts — The Korea Power Exchange has launched its 2026 ESS tender for 1.18 GW of six-hour storage, targeting 1.1 GW on mainland Korea and 80 MW on…

Canary Media · Brian Martucci

DOE awards $1 billion to X-energy for advanced nuclear reactor development — The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Basford Canales and Petra Stock

Angus Taylor pledges to repeal Australia's climate and renewable energy policies — Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change…

CleanTechnica · Michael Barnard

EU hydrogen policy shifts from quotas to credits in renewable fuels directive — Europe’s current Renewable Energy Directive requires renewable fuels of non-biological origin, or RFNBOs, to account for at least 42% of…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US solar module import prices rise over 40% since Section 232 tariffs — The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section…

Utility Dive · Ari Peskoe

FERC has options to reshape PJM governance structure, Harvard legal expert says — The commission’s jurisdiction over transmission governance allows it to modify filing-rights allocations and adjust PJM Interconnection’s…

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Abu Dhabi raises 2035 solar target to 35 GW, sets 15 GW storage goal — Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.

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Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Nuclear developer startup aims to build fleet-scale plants, hires Vogtle veterans — In the past few years, something surprising has happened in American energy policy: States and utilities have started trying to build new…

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

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

New York City deploys 10 electric school buses as districts face fuel costs — NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Brazil, Trump offer opposing climate visions at UN General Assembly — Two divergent worldviews emerged from the first two national addresses on the opening day of the United Nations General Assembly’s 81st…

Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman in New York

Outgoing UN chief Guterres warns of climate inaction, calls for oil industry accountability — António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation For one last time, António…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

Electrek · Jameson Dow

Waymo expands transit-pairing rewards program to Bay Area with $2.85 credit — Waymo is now offering a $2.85 credit to any rider who pairs their ride with public transit, expanding a pilot program it previously ran in…

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Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

AI boom renews interest in space-based solar power — For the U.S., Elon Musk’s ecosystem of companies is likely to be central to any winning strategy.

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Trump administration pushes coal but market forces persist as plants close — The EPA is rolling back regulations, while the DOE takes a heavy-handed approach to keeping coal plants open. Is it backfiring?

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

UN chief calls for national fossil fuel phase-out plans with worker protections — In his last speech to the UN General Assembly, António Guterres for the first time called on every nation to deliver a plan to phase out…

Grist · Tik Root

Trump backs diesel export ban amid fuel market tensions

PV Tech · JP Casey

Nadara starts 227 MW agrivoltaic project in Sicily with Amazon PPA — Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.

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Guardian Environment · Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Germany commits to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045 — Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality Europe’s biggest…

Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC rejects ComEd's cancellation of PowerHouse Hillwood data center contract — A 1.8-GW, $20-billion data center planned by PowerHouse Hillwood was underpinned by a $1 letter of credit — “less than the price of a cup…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US sets polysilicon import limits ahead of December tariff implementation — The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

US clean energy sector sheds 37,000 jobs in 2025 amid policy shift — The US clean energy sector has gone from creating 100,000 new jobs a year to shedding nearly 40,000 in 2025, according to a report by E2.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

South Korea tenders 1.18 GW of six-hour battery storage with 15-year contracts — The Korea Power Exchange has launched its 2026 ESS tender for 1.18 GW of six-hour storage, targeting 1.1 GW on mainland Korea and 80 MW on…

Canary Media · Brian Martucci

DOE awards $1 billion to X-energy for advanced nuclear reactor development — The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor…

Utility Dive · Marlene Wilden

Utilities urged to deploy microgrids beyond emergency backup into daily grid operations — EPRI’s Jackie Baum says microgrids have to do more than sit idle for emergencies. “The majority of the time, the power is on,” she said,…

Utility Dive · Ari Peskoe

FERC has options to reshape PJM governance structure, Harvard legal expert says — The commission’s jurisdiction over transmission governance allows it to modify filing-rights allocations and adjust PJM Interconnection’s…

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Abu Dhabi raises 2035 solar target to 35 GW, sets 15 GW storage goal — Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.

More: PV Magazine

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Nuclear developer startup aims to build fleet-scale plants, hires Vogtle veterans — In the past few years, something surprising has happened in American energy policy: States and utilities have started trying to build new…

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

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

New York City deploys 10 electric school buses as districts face fuel costs — NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and…

Guardian Environment · Sarah Basford Canales and Petra Stock

Angus Taylor pledges to repeal Australia's climate and renewable energy policies — Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change…

Grist · Joseph Winters

Marine protected areas fall short of conservation goals, study finds

Guardian Environment · Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Climate experts worry next UN chief will deprioritize global warming — Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis Fears are mounting that the…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US solar module import prices rise over 40% since Section 232 tariffs — The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section…

Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar

Brazil, Trump offer opposing climate visions at UN General Assembly — Two divergent worldviews emerged from the first two national addresses on the opening day of the United Nations General Assembly’s 81st…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Utilities face $31 billion in rate hike requests amid consumer and political backlash — Utilities sit at an uneasy intersection between private company and public service. Typically, it’s quite a profitable place to be:…

Electrek · Jameson Dow

Waymo expands transit-pairing rewards program to Bay Area with $2.85 credit — Waymo is now offering a $2.85 credit to any rider who pairs their ride with public transit, expanding a pilot program it previously ran in…

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Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

AI boom renews interest in space-based solar power — For the U.S., Elon Musk’s ecosystem of companies is likely to be central to any winning strategy.

PV Tech · JP Casey

Nadara starts 227 MW agrivoltaic project in Sicily with Amazon PPA — Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.

More: PV Magazine

Guardian Environment · Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Germany commits to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045 — Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality Europe’s biggest…

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

California and New York sue Trump administration over offshore wind lease buybacks — NEW YORK CITY — The enormous blades and hubs of offshore wind turbines are sprawled across a waterfront lot in Brooklyn, as a yellow…

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Utility Dive · Ethan Howland

FERC rejects ComEd's cancellation of PowerHouse Hillwood data center contract — A 1.8-GW, $20-billion data center planned by PowerHouse Hillwood was underpinned by a $1 letter of credit — “less than the price of a cup…

PV Tech · JP Casey

US sets polysilicon import limits ahead of December tariff implementation — The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

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PG&E, Google launch virtual power plant for data center loads — The utility and the tech giant have launched a new VPP, but they’re ignoring the elephant in the room.

PV Tech · Ben Willis

US clean energy sector sheds 37,000 jobs in 2025 amid policy shift — The US clean energy sector has gone from creating 100,000 new jobs a year to shedding nearly 40,000 in 2025, according to a report by E2.

Heatmap News · Andrew Moseman

EV electrification offers grid benefits beyond tailpipe emissions reduction — On the surface, the climate case for electric vehicles is simple: Battery-powered cars can eliminate our need to burn dirty gasoline and…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

South Korea tenders 1.18 GW of six-hour battery storage with 15-year contracts — The Korea Power Exchange has launched its 2026 ESS tender for 1.18 GW of six-hour storage, targeting 1.1 GW on mainland Korea and 80 MW on…

Heatmap News · Matthew Zeitlin

Energy Secretary Wright says administration opposes diesel export ban — Secretary of Energy Chris Wright threw cold water on a potential diesel export ban, telling Heatmap executive editor Robinson Meyer that…

Canary Media · Jeff St. John

California examines virtual power plant potential amid rooftop solar and battery deployment — This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition

PV Tech · Ben Willis

Abu Dhabi raises 2035 solar target to 35 GW, sets 15 GW storage goal — Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.

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Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Nuclear developer startup aims to build fleet-scale plants, hires Vogtle veterans — In the past few years, something surprising has happened in American energy policy: States and utilities have started trying to build new…

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Electrek · Fred Lambert

Tesla wins 2,500-truck order from ZET SCALE shipper alliance — Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought…

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Canary Media · Brian Martucci

DOE awards $1 billion to X-energy for advanced nuclear reactor development — The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor…

Canary Media · Maria Gallucci

New York City deploys 10 electric school buses as districts face fuel costs — NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and…

Inside Climate News · Marie Cusick

Doctors in rural Pennsylvania assess health impacts from East Palestine rail disaster — In February 2023, George Garrow jumped in his car and hurried to help people impacted by a freight train that had derailed in East…

Grist · Stefania D'Ignoti

Sicilian farming community confronts climate change's long-term viability

Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief Staff

Nepal's $20M loss-and-damage claim covers only 0.7% of devastating flood costs — The Nepali government has requested $20m from the UN fund for “loss and damage”, following the devastating floods that hit… The post…

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Guardian Environment · Sarah Basford Canales and Petra Stock

Angus Taylor pledges to repeal Australia's climate and renewable energy policies — Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change…