Grist · Matt Simon
California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
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Oct 1, 2026 · 5:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Guardian Environment · Associated Press
US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules — Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis States and cities sued the Trump…
Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup
PJM’s ‘unexpected twist’ is a win for distributed capacity — A delay in the one-time capacity auction means more time for aggregators to sign bilateral deals with data center customers.
Canary Media · Kari Lydersen
The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar — Rules published Thursday essentially end federal grants that thousands of American farmers have long relied on to build revenue-generating…
Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman
Stellantis-backed geothermal startup Controlled Thermal Resources plans Nasdaq IPO — California’s inland Salton Sea is a potential clean energy double dip, with vast and largely untapped geothermal hotspots for generating…
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Vermont Gas invests in geothermal for the first time — The utility joins a growing “gas-to-geo” push as it expands into cleaner energy. The post Vermont Gas invests in geothermal for the first…
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Inside Climate News · Lee Hedgepeth
America’s Largest Producer of Foundry Coke Is Operating Under an Expired Permit. Who Is at Fault? — BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It’s time to act. It’s long past time. That was the case made by lawyers for the Southern Environmental Law Center, who…
Heatmap News · Katie Brigham
The Climate Tech Winners and Losers of the Senate’s Permitting Bill — There’s seemingly plenty to celebrate in the Senate’s new 400-plus-page permitting reform bill , the Bipartisan American Affordability and…
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Canary Media · Jeff St. John
Newsom finally says yes to virtual power plants — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) defied political expectations on Wednesday and signed into law a slate of energy-affordability legislation…
Grist · Austin Corona
Under Trump, California’s clean car rules are essential — and vulnerable
TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months — Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
Utility Dive · Zoya Mirza
Fashion brands partner with Schneider Electric to expand renewables — Aapparel giants launched the “Fashion Renewable Collective” in collaboration with Schneider Electric to help suppliers across fashion…
Latitude Media · Shayle Kann
ERCOT batteries: Boom, bust, or rebound? — Modo Energy’s Brandt Vermillion unpacks the state of the market and where it may be headed next.
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Climate Home News · Matteo Civillini
What’s on the climate calendar for October 2026? — Brazilians are heading to the polls, diplomats are gathering in the Pacific for Pre-COP, and it's crunch time for the IPCC The post What’s…
PV Tech · Shreeyashi Ojha
TurningPoint Energy energises third community solar project in 30MW Delaware portfolio — TurningPoint Energy has energised a 2.1MWac community solar project in Georgetown, Delaware, third of six in 30MWdc portfolio.
PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins
Module cooling: too hot to handle — Even after the record-breaking heat waves of this summer and associated performance losses at PV plants across the northern hemisphere,…
PV Magazine · Brian Publicover
Shared grid connections concentrate battery insurance risk — Tokio Marine GX (TMGX) sees exposures of up to billions of dollars building up at co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) sites,…
Guardian Environment · Arwa Mahdawi
Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea? | Arwa Mahdawi — As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point Donald Trump seems to spend an unusual amount of…
PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
PV Chart of the Week: European inverter manufacturing forecast to increase in 2027 as utilisation rate drops — This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at the breakdown in European inverter manufacturing production, capacity and supply until 2027.
PV Magazine · Ryan Kennedy