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UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August

The Guardian – Jillian Ambrose – Thu Jul 23 06:00:44 PDT 2026

British households will be able to buy plug-in solar panels later this summer after the government changed the law so the UK's biggest retailers could bring them to market for the first time. People across the country will be able to join the…

Councillors approve 220-acre Brentwood solar farm by one vote

BBC – Simon Dedman – Wed Jul 22 21:49:57 PDT 2026

Plans for a solar farm and battery storage park the size of more than 100 football pitches have been approved by councillors. Opponents had concerns about loss of agricultural land and the impact on the countryside, but the scheme was approved by…

India's solar push idles factories unable to shake reliance on China

The Japan Times – Thu Jul 23 00:44:00 PDT 2026

Indian makers of solar panels are being forced to shut factories as they face waits stretching up to eight months for domestic components to replace Chinese imports as the government pushes to beef up domestic manufacturing, industry sources say.

China unveils five-year plan for renewable energy development

Global Times – Xinhua – Wed Jul 22 18:25:39 PDT 2026

A drone photo shows staff members of State Grid Huzhou power supply company conducting inspection on the photovoltaic lines and equipment at a photovoltaic power station in Changxing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 27…

Energy policy changes are causing mass confusion

The Royal Gazette – RG: In our Opinion – Wed Jul 22 20:30:00 PDT 2026

Solar power or fossil fuels? It is not clear where Bermuda's energy future lies (File photograph) Does anyone know what Bermuda's energy policy is? Or if Bermuda has one right now? The island may or may not have an integrated resource plan right…

China's power grid no longer keeping up with green energy capacity: study

South China Morning Post – Huizhao Huang – Wed Jul 22 20:00:11 PDT 2026

China is building more wind and solar capacity than the rest of the world combined, but transmission bottlenecks risk prolonging its reliance on coal, according to a report published on Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor (GEM). More than 500…

gcn.com - Hugo Rojas - About 113,000 sheep are now grazing 129,000 acres of solar farms across 500 sites in America, and what scientists measuring the soil underneath found after three years no one at the solar company expected

About 113,000 sheep are now grazing 129,000 acres of solar farms across 500 sites in America, and what scientists measuring the soil underneath found after three years no one at the solar company expected

GCN – Hugo Rojas – Thu Jul 23 06:30:00 PDT 2026

There is a strip of land in Pennsylvania, wedged between rows of solar panels, where a small flock of sheep shows up every spring and starts eating. Nobody designed the field for them. The panels were built to generate electricity. The grass was…

Xcel Energy completes Sherco Solar Phase 3

Finance & Commerce – Brian Johnson – Wed Jul 22 13:48:01 PDT 2026

Brian Johnson //July 22, 2026// Xcel Energy has completed the third phase of its Sherco Solar project, the largest solar facility in Minnesota and one of the biggest in the Upper Midwest, the utility company said in a press release. The solar…

gcn.com - Hugo Rojas - About 3,000 sheep moved into a 4,000-acre Texas solar farm ranked among the country's largest, and what those wool crews are steadily working into the dirt beneath 900 megawatts of panels changes the whole arithmetic of clean land

About 3,000 sheep moved into a 4,000-acre Texas solar farm ranked among the country's largest, and what those wool crews are steadily working into the dirt beneath 900 megawatts of panels changes the whole arithmetic of clean land

GCN – Hugo Rojas – Thu Jul 23 06:30:00 PDT 2026

On a stretch of flat farmland outside the small town of Buckholts in Milam County, Texas, something unexpected has settled in among the rows of solar panels. It is not a technician. It is not a lawnmower. And it was not exactly in the original…