Today’s headlines: Solar-plus-storage investment soars, EPA looks to curb data center opinion, and more

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CLEAN ENERGY

• Global clean energy investment reached $327.5 billion in the first half of this year, similar to the previous six months, though spending on solar-plus-storage projects reached an all-time high. (BloombergNEF)

• In the six months since conflict began in the Middle East, the world has ramped up renewable power generation, putting clean energy on pace to outproduce coal over the whole year. (Reuters)

TARIFFS

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to slow or halt power exports to the U.S. in response to the Trump administration’s new tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. (The Hill)

DATA CENTERS

• The U.S. EPA looks to eliminate a federal requirement that states seek public input on applications for air pollution permits for data centers and other industrial facilities. (New York Times)

GRID

• As data centers, manufacturing facilities, and electric heating increase demand on New York’s grid, many advocates are pushing for further development of renewable energy and battery storage. (Inside Climate News)

• PG&E has gotten a handful of flexible interconnection sites online in the two years since launching the program, so far only at EV chargers, but has plans to implement the program at a data center this year. (Latitude Media)

• Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) asks state utility regulators to investigate NIPSCO after some Northwest Indiana customers experienced two-week outages following a powerful derecho this month. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

UTILITIES

• An initiative to ban utility political contributions in Michigan will be on November ballots after the state Senate declined to hold a vote that could have passed it legislatively. (Michigan Public)

NUCLEAR

• Pacific Fusion breaks ground on its $1 billion research and manufacturing campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the mission of creating more energy than it consumes by 2030. (Source NM)