Senators from both parties reached a deal on legislation to expedite permitting for energy projects, aiming for a vote after the midterms.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-reg...

An on-demand web event on Factor This examines the new AI infrastructure equation and explores why power strategy has become increasingly important to data center development.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/the-blueprint-for-s...

A strong El Niño outlook gives utilities several areas to examine, including flood preparedness, storm planning, and resource adequacy, writes EPRI's Laura Fischer.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/outage-management/w...

Utilities face rising operational risks and growing electricity demand, with affordability pressures limiting grid investment, according to research by Zpryme.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/affordability-conce...

Texture released CommonGrid, an open-source model of U.S. energy infrastructure, allowing public contributions and edits to improve accuracy.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/a-wikipedia-for-the...

Applying competitive bidding to ERCOT's upcoming high-voltage transmission projects could lower upfront construction costs by $3 billion to $9 billion, according to a new report by Aurora Energy Research released by Texans for Affordable Tr?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/transmission/compet...

Unlocking the true value of any utility innovation requires an independent, vendor-agnostic strategy that cuts across technical, business, and regulatory domains.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/modernizing-grid-st...

Moldova voted to impose a 60-day state of emergency on its energy and water sectors due to low water levels and rising energy costs.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/moldova-to-impose-...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory released the Hydropower Market Report, showing growth in the hydropower sector.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/retrofits-relicens...

The DOE announces SPARK funding recipients, NineDot celebrates NYC battery energy storage, Exus Renewables repowers wind projects, Invenergy and HASI expand their partnership, NorthStar finishes a Michigan solar site, and Renewable Properti?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/new-project-de...

XPRIZE announced awardees for the $11 million Wildfire competition, recognizing advancements in firefighting technologies across two tracks.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/outage-management/w...

On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, David Fickling from Bloomberg discusses how Bangladesh's garment industry is coping with the Iran war's disruption of the energy supply chain.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/iran-war-energ...

OATI’s Powering Independence campaign on National Geographic showcased what it means for utilities to keep the lights on.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/powering-awareness-...

The Energy Department will invest nearly $2 billion in 31 projects across 26 states to enhance the power grid, increasing capacity by over 23 gigawatts.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/...

Approaches to Wildfire Risk in the Northeast: Situational Awareness and Emergency Management session will detail how Avangrid successfully adapted western wildfire risk models for northeastern environments.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/how-can-utilities-b...

This episode of the Factor This Policycast explores how customer-sited technologies, including batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load, can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/distribution/scalin...

Sustained disruption could provide the push needed to rebuild our energy systems faster, laying the groundwork for lasting stability, writes contributor Frédéric Godemel of Schneider Electric.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced over $99 million for 21 geothermal energy projects across the United States to advance technology and exploration.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/new-project-de...

The U.S. Senate has passed the Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act, aimed at improving hydropower licensing efficiency.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/hydropower-licensi...

During a heat wave on the evening of September 9, 2026, Sunrun and Tesla dispatched more than 580 megawatts to the California grid in the largest VPP demonstration to date.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/battery/look-wh...

The severity and frequency of recent wildfires highlight the fact that conventional utility approaches to these challenges are no longer sufficient.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/insights-from-the-w...

On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Jake Spring from The Washington Post discusses the EPA's move to repeal Biden-era limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-reg...

First Solar is recalibrating its patent enforcement strategy, withdrawing its Section 337 complaint, but continuing other lawsuits against solar manufacturers.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/the-largest-us-solar-man...

Generators performed better and winterization paid off, but a multi-day cold event exposed fuel and supply chain strains that rising demand will only intensify.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/outage-management/w...

Leading renewable energy advocacy groups, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), announced today that they will join forces, pending approval from each organization’s Board of Directo?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/us-solar-advoc...

When it comes to developing, owning, and operating utility-scale renewable energy projects, there is the ERCOT standard- and then there is everybody else, writes contributor Sabah Bayatli, president of OCI Energy.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-reg...

Camus Energy's FlexConnect software promises to shave three to five years off typical interconnection wait times utilizing flexible operating limits within existing infrastructure.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/smart-grids/flexibl...

SPIC Brasil and GE Vernova completed the modernization of Generating Unit 3 at the São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant in Minas Gerais and Goiás.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/dams-civil-structu...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory found that non-powered dams in the U.S. could generate 15.2 terawatt-hours of electricity annually.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/the-u-s-is-sitting...

Bethany Bashioum joins Factor This Power Engineering, covering the power generation beat, including renewables, gas, and nuclear.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/meet-the-edito...

On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Tim McDonnell of Semafor discusses how solar has overtaken coal as China's top power source for the first time, after a massive buildout.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/chinas-solar-gambit-pays...

The European renewable energy industry is pivoting to hybridization- combining wind and solar assets with battery energy storage- to improve capture rates and restore revenue quality.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/energy-finance...

Portland General Electric is launching a "first of its kind" wildfire research program that involves measuring the moisture levels in live plants to learn how vegetation conditions can influence wildfire risk.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/outage-management/p...

A 20-year study shows no significant negative impact of utility-scale solar and wind projects on Indiana home values.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/are-utilit...

ComEd has showcased how utilities can collaborate with developers to fast-track flexible DER interconnections.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/comed-drives-utilit...

This episode of the Factor This Policycast, the latest in a series presented in partnership with Advanced Energy United, focuses on how the CITAP program is accelerating transmission permitting and explores why community engagement plays a?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/transmission/this-i...

Burns & McDonnell and Gritt have deployed AI-powered robotics technology to assist with construction at a utility-scale solar project in McLean County, Illinois.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/are-ai-pow...

The U.N. concedes the planet will miss critical climate targets, East Point Energy starts up storage in ERCOT, MN8 teams with Eos Energy and Google on an innovative project, NeoGenyx breaks ground on a renewable natural gas endeavor, and Cy?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/a-strategic-ret...

Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant Friday, raising hopes of reaching dozens of others believed to be trapped nine days after deadly floods swept away villages and submerged the Himala?
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/rescuers-pull-2-tr...

On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Evan Halper from The Washington Post breaks down new drama surrounding the Trump administration's settlement requiring RWE to abandon offshore wind leases in exchange for $1.2 billion.
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/why-is-a-t...