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El Niño Returns, Strains US Grid and Forecasting
El Niño has developed in the Pacific, bringing early and rapid warming that could reshape U.S. weather patterns, strain power grids, and complicate utility preparedness despite a potentially quieter A
Volkswagen’s new EV hot hatch captured for the first time, but it’s not the ID. Polo GTI
Volkswagen's ID.3 Neo GTI, expected to deliver 322 hp via rear-wheel drive, has been spotted testing in Germany with minimal camouflage ahead of a planned end-of-2026 debut.
We toured the Aptera factory to see if the solar EV company is gonna make it
A tour of Aptera's Carlsbad, CA factory reveals ~15 solar EVs in various stages of assembly — real progress, but still a long way from the 5,000-vehicle Launch edition target, with ~$40M more in fundi
GM, Peak Energy Partner on Sodium-Ion Grid Batteries
GM and three-year-old startup Peak Energy are partnering to develop sodium-ion batteries for grid-scale energy storage, with GM handling development at its Michigan lab and Peak integrating the cells
Ava Community Energy launches $6,000 home battery
Ava Community Energy's SmartHome Battery program offers up to $6,000 in upfront incentives to income-qualified Northern California residents who install a FranklinWH battery and enroll it in the utili
Indonesia on track to launch B50 biodiesel programme on July 1, minister says
Indonesia's Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia confirmed on June 18 that the country will launch its B50 biodiesel mandate — blending 50% palm oil-based fuel with 50% conventional diesel — on July 1, 20
A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.
California Resources Corporation unveiled plans for a 600,000-square-foot data center on the Elk Hills oil field, the latest sign that oil and gas companies are monetizing underused power infrastructu
The US military is spending big on critical minerals
Over the past decade, the Pentagon has spent an estimated $621 million on critical mineral grants for defense purposes, with nearly $550 million of that concentrated in just the last five years — a su
Ecosystems Can't Truly Malfunction, Essayist Argues
An essay argues that treating ecosystems as functional systems that can "break down" is a human projection — one that now shapes UN policy and natural-capital accounting but may obscure what's truly a
Illinois put community solar on a 150-year-old coal mine
Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy have completed two community solar projects on a reclaimed 1870s-1940s coal mine in Woodford County, Illinois, generating 9.8 MW for more than 650 subscribers including
State of Global Oil Inventories Ruins Iran Peace Optimism - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Oil prices swung sharply on competing US-Iran signals—rising after Trump threatened to bomb Iran, then falling on a framework deal to end the war—while global inventory levels are undermining optimism
BLUETTI’s $2.2M-crowdfunded FridgePower dedicated fridge backup arrives at retail
BLUETTI's FridgePower, a dedicated refrigerator battery backup that raised $2.2 million in crowdfunding, has officially launched at retail on the BLUETTI store and Amazon, with launch pricing starting
NC Residents Sue Robeson County Over Landfill PFAS
Residents of St. Pauls, North Carolina sued Robeson County in federal court, alleging the local landfill has been leaching PFAS "forever chemicals" into drinking water for years — with some tap water
Electrify America Opens Largest Battery-Backed EV
Electrify America has opened a new 20-stall DC fast-charging hub in downtown Santa Barbara, paired with its largest public battery storage system to date — a 1.9 MW unit designed to ease grid strain a
Ford is now building low-cost LFP battery cells in the US that will power its $30,000 EV pickup
Ford's Bluoval Battery Park in Michigan has started assembling LFP prismatic battery cells using CATL-licensed technology, making Ford the first US automaker to ship lithium iron phosphate batteries f
Another day, another illegal billion-dollar bribe to raise your electricity prices
The Interior Department struck a $765 million deal with Invenergy to cancel four offshore wind leases and redirect investment to natural gas — the third such agreement this year, totaling $2.578 billi
Scaringe: Self-Driving Fees Will Collapse Like Airbags
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says self-driving software fees will eventually collapse into vehicle pricing, comparing the trajectory to airbags and pointing to BYD's free "God's Eye" suite as the leading ed
Climate Scientists Warn Summer Temps Could Hit 1.9°C
Former federal climate scientists warned that atmospheric CO2 concentrations hit a May record and that summer monthly average global temperatures could climb as much as 1.9°C above the pre-industrial
DOJ defends Musk's xAI turbines from Clean Air Act suit
The Justice Department is asking a federal court to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI's unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis, arguing the AI infrastructure powering Grok is a matt
Heat pump shipments rise through April, with more use for both heating and cooling
U.S. heat pump shipments rose modestly through April while gas furnace volumes dropped sharply, underscoring a growing divide in the HVAC market that experts attribute to improvements in cold-weather
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