An unlikely solar leader

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SOLAR

• The U.S. installed 21 GW of solar power in 2025 as of September, exceeding last year’s 20 GW deployed at that time. (Utility Dive)

• Dozens of solar companies urge congressional leaders to revoke a policy that requires Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to personally sign off on many kinds of solar permits. (Reuters)

• Sunnova’s former CEO has launched a ​“solar AAA” providing around-the-clock service for home solar panels and batteries across Europe, and now looks to bring it to the U.S. (Latitude Media)

FEDERAL POLICY

• The U.S. House advances a bill that would block state and local laws banning specific heating sources, like natural gas, in new construction. (Spectrum News)

GEOTHERMAL

• Eavor Technologies begins delivering power from its closed-loop geothermal system to the German grid. (news release)

• In Massachusetts, the nation’s first utility-owned, neighborhood-scale geothermal network receives an $8.6 million federal grant to help it double in size. (Inside Climate News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The U.S. Senate votes to repeal a Biden-era limit on how much land in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge can be used for oil and gas drilling. (Reuters)

• Colorado regulators vote to allow Xcel Energy to continue operating its Comanche 2 coal plant beyond its scheduled end-of-year retirement date to give the utility time to repair its larger Comanche 3 plant. (Colorado Sun)

• Large amounts of fracking waste in Ohio that is often sent to conventional landfills goes unreported to state regulators, making it difficult to track the amount and source of the waste. (Allegheny Front/​Inside Climate News)

NUCLEAR

• Environmental activists, business groups, and consumer advocates unite against a proposal that would add $22 to $55 a month to New Jersey residents’ utility bills to pay for the construction of a new nuclear plant for years before it would begin operation. (New Jersey Monitor)

SOLAR

• A Virginia commission recommends more than a dozen bills to state lawmakers, including legislation to allow residents to generate their own energy using plug-in ​“balcony solar” systems. (Cardinal News)