Utility Dive · Joe Burns
Sep 29, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
CleanTechnica · Sierra Club
Ameren Missouri seeks higher fossil fuel reliance to meet data center demand — Utility Drops net-zero emissions reduction goal from promotional materials. SAINT LOUIS, Mo.
PV Magazine · Matthew Lynas
UK announces new state-owned grid company and self-build connection reforms — New state-owned company will compete with private sector network operators. Self-build reforms allowing developers to build their own…
Guardian Environment · Oliver Milman, with data visuals by Aliya Uteuova
US utility disconnections surge 28% as households struggle with record heat and rising costs — Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data…
Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo
AI models vary widely in energy consumption per query, study finds — The rise of artificial intelligence is driving an historic surge in electricity demand that’s boosting fossil fuel use and threatening…
Inside Climate News · Wyatt Myskow
Environmentalists sue over Arizona critical minerals mine in federal fast-track program — In the foothills of southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, atop so-called critical minerals such as zinc, is South32’s Hermosa project.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
IEA study finds vertical solar panels can complement rooftop systems with minimal efficiency loss — A major IEA PVPS Task 15 study finds that vertical BIPV façades can complement rooftop solar with minimal yield penalties, smoothing…
PV Tech · Will Norman
Germany awards 480MW of solar-plus-storage in latest innovation tender — The German government has awarded contracts to 480MW worth of solar-plus-storage capacity in its latest public "innovation" tender.
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Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
Senate reaches bipartisan permitting reform deal —
Inside Climate News · Nina Dietz
Incoming El Niño May Exceed Existing Climate Monitoring Categories — Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record…
Inside Climate News · Mosabber Hossain
Drones, AI expand role in wildfire response and monitoring — During the Sand Creek Fire, which has burned since the start of August in southwestern Montana, difficult terrain and fire-weakened trees…
Utility Dive · Brian Martucci
Data center projects face labor and equipment shortages amid local pushback — Shortages of skilled labor and equipment, as well as local opposition, are threatening even high profile projects backed by big tech…
Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer
Trump administration finalizes rollback of fuel economy standards to 34.9 mpg — This is Heatmap Daily, a weekday news digest written by our executive editor. President Trump’s big fuel efficiency rollback is here.
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Guardian Environment · Nick Visser
Ocean kelvin wave could raise California sea levels by up to a foot — The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast Concerns are mounting about…
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Electrek · Peter Johnson
Volkswagen launches ID.Tiguan electric SUV to replace ID.4 and ID.5 in 2027 — Volkswagen is taking its best-seller electric. The ID. Tiguan will replace the ID.4 and ID.5 as part of Volkswagen’s revamped lineup in…
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The Crucial Years · Bill McKibben
Amazon faces criticism over data center expansion claims — And Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars
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Canary Media · Julian Spector
New York selects 950 MW of lithium battery storage in first major procurement — New York set an ambitious goal to eliminate fossil-fueled electricity by 2040. Doing so will almost certainly require widespread adoption…
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Latitude Media · Bianca Giacobone
DG Matrix, TerraFlow to deploy solid-state transformer for AI data center — DG Matrix and TerraFlow will deploy one of the first U.S. solid-state transformers for AI.
Canary Media · Maria Gallucci