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Welcome
back. Geothermal is
having a moment, but the sector
has been around for decades. In
today’s top story, Maria
Gallucci gives us a history
lesson about one of the
industry’s key players — Ormat
Technologies — and its attempt to
capitalize on the current wave of
geothermal enthusiasm.
Next up,
Sarah
Shemkus reports on
Massachusetts lawmakers' plan to
phase out a program that pays
utilities extra to repair leaky
gas pipes. Their argument? It
costs too much, doesn’t make
things much safer, and is less and
less necessary as customers ditch
gas for heat pumps anyway.
Last, Kathryn
Krawczyk checks in on the
cost of renewables. TL;DR: Every
source of energy is getting more
expensive, but solar and wind
remain the cheapest around.
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WIND
- Nineteen
attorneys general move to join a
lawsuit challenging the Trump
administration’s decision to
freeze routine reviews of
land-based wind projects across
the country. (CT
News Junkie)
FOSSIL
FUELS
- The
national average gas price in
the U.S. has once again climbed
above $4 per gallon amid the
re-escalating war in Iran. (Axios)
- Elon
Musk quietly purchased mobile
gas and diesel turbine firm APR
Energy in May amid mounting
scrutiny of Musk’s choice to run
dozens of unpermitted mobile
turbines to power an xAI data
center near Memphis. (Electrek)
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES
- U.S.
EV sales plummeted in the first
half of 2026, making up only 6%
of new car sales as the
expiration of federal tax
credits takes its toll. (Inside
Climate News)
- A
new law in California will
create a $3,500 discount for
first-time EV buyers, so long as
the car retails for less than
$50,000. (KQED)
SOLAR
- Distributed
solar saved utility customers in
New England more than $130
million during this month’s
heatwave, a report found. (Maine
Morning Star)
- SEG
Solar announces plans to build a
4.6-GW solar module
manufacturing facility in
Houston and open it by next
spring. (Houston
Business Journal/KHOU)
GRID
- The
results of grid operator PJM’s
latest capacity auction, which
fell short of its reliability
target, sound “alarm bells” for
the region, says Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission chair
Laura Swett. (Utility
Dive)
- FERC
directs the North American
Electric Reliability Corp. to
set reliability standards for
data centers by the end of this
year. (E&E
News)
ELECTRIFICATION
- The
European Union wants to get
nearly half of its total energy
consumption from electricity by
2040 — an ambitious but
non-binding goal that comes as
the region also seeks to weaken
decarbonization targets. (E&E
News, New
York Times)
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