The DC metro area is getting its first en-route electric ... + 29 more energy stories
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Jun 28, 2026 - Jul 5, 2026
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The Washington, DC, metro area is getting its first en-route overhead pantograph electric bus chargers.
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☀️ Solar
A $160 million loan from the Asian Development Bank will support the development of three solar farms in Bhutan with a combined capacity of 310 MW. The post Bhutan secures funding for 310 MW of solar ...
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⚛️ Nuclear
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”
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🔋 Electric Vehicles
A Tesla Semi was involved in its first known fatal crash, killing two people on U.S. 50 in Nevada on Sunday morning. The driver of the Class 8 electric truck reportedly fell asleep before rear-ending ...
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GM raised plenty of eyebrows when it announced that its resurrected 2027 Chevrolet Bolt – one of the lowest-priced, most capable new EVs in North America – would only be built for a single model year....
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The IONIQ 5 is steadily carving out a spot among the most popular EVs in the US. Hyundai moved over 20,000 IONIQ 5s in the first half of 2026, putting it ahead of much of the pack.
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The Trailseeker was Subaru’s best-selling electric SUV last month. Starting at under $40,000, the “go-anywhere, rugged SUV” offers a spacious interior, standard AWD, and a combined 375 horsepower.
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📦 Storage
Rapid growth of clusters of processors for AI training drives need for energy storage
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Western outsourcing to build scale risks China’s increased control of critical supply chains, analysts warn
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⚡ Grid
One of the biggest criticisms of utility-scale solar is that it competes with agriculture for land. As countries race to add more renewable energy, that debate has become increasingly relevant in the ...
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The programs address specific substations with high solar penetration or summer-peak congestion issues. They could expand in the coming years, a spokesperson said.
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💧 Hydrogen
Hydrogen heavy trucks are being displaced by electric ones, as advancements in batteries and charging infrastructure eat away at the advantages of hydrogen, according to Sinopec’s internal magazine.
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🌊 Hydropower
The International Hydropower Association says record additions in 2025 highlight pumped storage's growing role in supporting renewable integration, grid flexibility and rising electricity demand.
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🌎 Climate
Donor and client nations lobbied against concession to Trump administration’s ‘voodoo science’
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Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows
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The World Bank has abandoned a target for 45% of the funding it gives developing... The post Q&A: How will the World Bank’s abandoned finance goal affect climate action? appeared first on Carbon Brief...
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Weekend’s high temperatures and humidity ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, researchers sayThe scorching heat blanketing much of the US this week would have been “virtually impossible” if ...
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Emirates could have highest expense because of reliance on long-haul flights, MSCI Carbon Markets says
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📋 Policy
The Massachusetts Senate yesterday passed a sweeping energy-affordability bill that aims to save residents $14 billion over 10 years in a state that has some of the country’s highest utility costs. Th...
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🛢️ Oil & Gas
Boom in gas turbines to meet demand from data centres, IEA figures show
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Something stinks in California’s climate policies. Years ago, the state set up a system that pays cattle farmers across the country to turn the methane emitted from cattle manure into natural gas, enc...
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When reviewing gas-fired power plant proposals, regulators often fail to consider pipeline, fuel and storage costs, which can add about 30% to a project's total cost, GridLab's Cassady Craighill write...
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🌋 Geothermal
NEW YORK CITY — Manhattan is teeming with skyscrapers that seem to reach into the clouds. But a gleaming commercial building near the Hudson River is more impressive for how it stretches down into the...
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🏭 Carbon Capture
California Resources Corporation, the state’s largest oil company, passed a long-targeted milestone in May: It had finally taken carbon dioxide that would otherwise warm the atmosphere and injected it...
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📰 More
The bill applies to new and existing data centers of at least 50 MW and aims to shield other ratepayers from costs associated with the AI boom.
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Clean power purchase agreements, favoured by companies like Google and Meta, expected to rise sharply as Biden-era support ends
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CleanTechnica last reported on Australian electric bus sales using January’s data. Things have changed. In January, 155 buses were delivered and only 9 were BEVs. Checking out Q1 2026 deliveries via G...
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PJM says Thursday's demand could break its 2006 summer hourly integrated record peak of 165,563 MW. The grid operator has recieved approval to curtail data centers and other large loads "as a last res...
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Exxon’s Darren Woods is the industry’s most powerful chief executive for a generation
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