J1. Green Tech Industry & Utilities

Global web services giant signs its first ever standalone battery "tolling" agreement, globally, in a deal with a battery project in East Gippsland, Victoria.

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Earth is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, the United Nations has warned, exposing communities to more extreme weather.

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VANCOUVER — MEGAN GORDON, Manager of the Pembina Institute’s Sustainable Workforce program, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s launch of the Energy and Electricity Workforce Alliance.“We are pleased to see the...

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• “The Moonrider Battery-Electric Tractor From GoSun Costing $19,995” • The Moonrider tractor makes it possible for farmers, homesteaders, and landscapers to work in a quieter environment without polluting emissions. It is priced at $19,995, thousands of dollars less than similar tractors powered by internal combustion engines burning gasoline or diesel oil. [CleanTechnica]

Moonrider electric tractor (GoSun image)

• “What It Will Take To Turn Renewables Boom Into A Real Drop In Emissions” • It’s no longer possible to keep global warming below 1.5°C, a UN Environment Programme report says. It projects a best-case 1.8°C of warming and says we will “overshoot, peak and decline.” But we are also challenged by demands for AI and data centers. [Euronews]
• “Air Conditioners Save Thousands Of Lives Every Year In The US” • Home air conditioning prevents over 5,000 heat-related deaths per year in the US, a study found. As rising temperatures take a toll on human health, household air conditioning is about more than comfort, a study in Nature Health found, because it also saves thousands of lives. [Euronews]
• “US Adds 20 GWh Of Energy Storage Capacity In Q2, Largest Quarter On Record” • The US energy storage industry installed a record 20.2 GWh of capacity in Q2, bringing total installations in the first half of 2026 to 30.8 GWh. This is according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. [CleanTechnica]
• “AOC Proposes Data Center At Mar-A-Lago” • After President Trump said every community should want a data center, US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a shot at his enthusiastic support for them. She suggested that he put one at Mar-a-Lago after he said the communities that oppose the facilities are “backwards and poor.” [AOL.com]

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Frontier Energy says it has secured all major contracts to start construction later this month on the first stage of what will be state's largest solar and battery hybrid.

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New CEOs at CS Energy, CER, Ark Energy and Western Power; new role and hire at CEFC; new additions at AEMO, Sunshine, AEMC, and OptiGrid.

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Scrapping VNI-West and other projects designed to support renewable energy will result in "massive" electricity bill rises, says Victoria's former energy minister.

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Element Zero, the upstart Pilbara green iron contender and survivor of a legal challenge from Fortescue, has won an Arena grant to scale-up of its Perth demonstration plant.

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The New South Wales Coalition Opposition's energy and climate change spokesperson, has announced his retirement from politics just half a year out from the state election.

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NSW is looking at tariff reform to encourage big gas users to switch to heat storage.

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Transgrid might be able to claw back some of the more than $1 billion in cost blowouts it has incurred on Project EnergyConnect, but probably not through a re-do of its revenue determination, says AER.

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A groundbreaking compressed air energy storage project that promises to provide up to eight hours of storage for the blackout prone Broken Hill grid has the green light from the market operator.

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The Aug. 26 executive order, previous executive actions and the Treasury Department’s Foreign Entity of Concern guidance are likely to hit battery and inverter supply chains particularly hard, an industry analyst tells Utility Dive.

Developed intentionally, AI data centers can help create a more resilient and affordable electric system, write officials from Heron Power, NVIDIA, Invenergy and Emerald AI.

MISO defines “large loads” as those above 50 MW and “computational loads” as large loads that include at least 25 MW of demand from information technology equipment. The separate classifications will allow MISO to target certain requirements to data centers.

Headline News:

• “Rooftop Solar Meets 99.9% Of South Australia Grid Demand” • South Australia’s rooftop solar pushed electricity demand from conventional generation to a record winter low. The Australian Energy Market Operator said rooftop solar met 99.9% of SA’s electricity demand at 1.30 pm, August 31, reducing conventional demand to 2 MW. [Energy Magazine]

Rooftop solar (Ellen Whisk, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)

• “Von Der Leyen Says Europe Must Prepare For A New Era Of Simultaneous Disasters” • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the EU must adapt its civil protection systems to a world of more frequent, simultaneous, and severe emergencies after a European wildfire season stressed national firefighting services badly. [Euronews]
• “Europe On Track For Record Wind Year” • Europe is on track for a record year for wind installations after adding 8.8 GW of new capacity in the first half of 2026, up 30% on the first half of 2025. WindEurope said it now expects Europe to install 24 GW of new wind capacity by the end of 2026 after high installation activity over the summer. [reNews]
• “China’s Solar Power Capacity Overtakes Coal For First Time” • China’s solar power capacity exceeded coal-fired capacity for the first time, marking a milestone in the country’s transition toward cleaner energy, official data showed. Solar capacity reached 1,286 GW at the end of July, edging past coal-fired capacity of 1,285 GW, Xinhua reported. [A News]
• “Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal May Have No Immediate Impact On US Gas Prices” • President Donald Trump announced the US reached a deal to extract tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude to replenish America’s depleting strategic oil reserves and reduce. Experts say it will be years before the oil can be captured, however, providing no quick relief. [ABC News]

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TORONTO — Canadian businesses are putting electric vehicles (EVs) to work across their operations, with more than 350 additional EVs on order for 2026 among this year’s Canadian Clean Fleet Award applicants. The applicants collectively operate more...

The state alleges the Trump administration “abuses its authority” by diminishing the value of offshore wind energy leases before it makes an “unrefusable offer” to developers.

Oklo asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order the PJM Interconnection to reinstate its 750-MW, mixed-technology project. PJM reportedly told Oklo that it never showed the project could ride through a sudden drop in grid voltage.

Manufacturers say the changes would create a more predictable process to set appliance standards but should not “apply retroactively to standards already finalized.” Efficiency advocates say potential energy savings will be lost.