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Aug 9, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026
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Tesla is now renting out whole-home backup for about $35 a month in Texas. The catch: you lease two Powerwalls and sign up for Tesla Electric. Tesla Energy announced the new “Powerwall Lease” today, b
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☀️ Solar
IPP Recurrent Energy has secured US$695 million in financing to support a 330MW solar PV project in California.
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💨 Wind
It's almost an ironclad law: Over time, wind turbines get taller, better, and more cost-effective. A new proposed project in the U.K. demonstrates that. ScottishPower recently announced its intention ...
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⚛️ Nuclear
Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisationOn Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power statio...
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🔋 Electric Vehicles
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. A few years ago, environmental scientist Elliot Campbell went around asking people why they would, or would not, s...
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Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaignersAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales target...
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It will examine the appropriateness of the existing annual targets for manufacturers The post Government launches consultation on EV mandate appeared first on Energy Live News.
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An upcoming UK government consultation on weakening targets for electric vehicles (EVs) could cost consumers as much as £3bn a... The post Analysis: Weaker EV targets could cost UK consumers £3bn a ye...
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If the Mopar faithful won’t embrace the 670 hp electric Charger because it’s powered by batteries, and won’t accept the 550 hp Sixpack Charger because it’s powered by turbos. In a last-ditch effort, D...
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BYD’s new Qin Max is now on sale, another Tesla Model 3-sized electric sedan that’s about half the price.
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Kia’s new EV3 is among the most affordable electric vehicles in the US, starting at just $29,890. In Canada, it’s the lowest-priced EV.
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Lucid Motors (LCID) introduced the Gravity GT-S, calling it “America’s most powerful three-row SUV” with over 1,000 horsepower.
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“The greenest car is the one already built” has been one of the more durable arguments against replacing internal combustion cars with EVs. It sounds sensible enough. Manufacturing a new vehicle has a...
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📦 Storage
The new tool works across geographies, manufacturer, and sites, and is design to make site planning both faster and comprehensive. The post PVFarm rolls out RE STACK software for utility-scale BESS pl...
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⚡ Grid
Ascend Analytics says more than 80% of new large loads seeking interconnection will not have matching generation online by 2030, even as data centers and industrial demand continue to surge.
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💧 Hydrogen
In other news, the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Energy Transition reportedly confirmed the cancellation of the 2.1 GW HyScale 100 electrolyzer project at a German refinery, with a lack of planning c...
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🌊 Hydropower
SANTA FE, N.M.—Is climate change enough justification to stop the expansion of a reservoir that will take more water from the dwindling Colorado River? That’s the central question in a lawsuit pitting...
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🌎 Climate
FT analysis finds 60 largest planned facilities could emit equivalent of 27 coal plants or 24mn cars per year
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China has published a new five-year plan for coal, the latest in a slew of important policy documents for the... The post Q&A: What does China’s 15th five-year plan for coal mean for climate action? a...
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PM steps up climate response with measures including better water access and support for building farm reservoirsFarmers must not carry the risks of the climate crisis alone, Andy Burnham has said, as...
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Fire has always be part of life on the grasslands, but has grown worse due to rising temperatures and severe droughts. In response, people have turned to their nomadic heritage to help tackle the blaz...
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Damage wrought by wildfires in Europe should be a wake-up call to pay more attention to environmental risk
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📋 Policy
Emergency order keeps beautiful, clean coal generation available and reduces energy costs for Americans.
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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will not move forward with designating the three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors previous...
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🛢️ Oil & Gas
We forecast U.S. marketed natural gas production will average 122.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2026, surpassing the previous record of 118.5 Bcf/d set in 2025, in our August 2026 Short-Term...
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🌋 Geothermal
One parcel in New Mexico sold for $701 per acre in June. Analysts cited stronger bidder competition as the Bureau of Land Management prepares for another lease sale in Utah scheduled for Aug. 18.
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🏭 Carbon Capture
VodafoneThree has opened a request for proposals (RFP) for UK-based carbon removal projects to account for 24,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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📰 More
Mainstream Renewable Power’s 50MW C I Ilikwa PV Facility in South Africa’s Free State province has reached commercial operation.
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Canadian asset manager Brookfield and pension fund manager La Caisse have completed their acquisition of Boralex, taking the renewables developer private.
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Earlier this week, BYD launched the new Seal 06 and Qin Max. In Part 1, I focused on the changes to the vehicles and their positioning. However, where these vehicles stand out is in their affordabilit...
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