** Scientists at Missouri S&T University are hoping to make a major breakthrough in a new study that will examine how a high-enrichment-level nuclear fuel performs in small modular and microreactors. According to Interesting Engineering, the study will be undertaken in partnership with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.
** The Department of Energy has invested in the development of fusion energy. The Fusion Innovative Research Engine Collaboratives will receive $128 million of the $134 million earmarked for two programs working to advance the sector, Inside Climate News reported.
** Canary Media reported EV Realty broke ground on a large-scale truck charging hub in San Bernardino, California, after securing $75 million in funding from private equity investor NGP. The project is an effort to support the expansion of its commercial fleet charging infrastructure. With an estimated completion date of early 2026, the charging hub will feature 76 DC fast charging ports, including megawatt charging stalls, all located in a central area near Interstate 10 and Interstate 215.
** The Trump administration withdraws a $6.7 million grant from the Biden administration to support a solar-plus-battery-storage project at Indianapolis International Airport.
** Xcel Energy plans to build 200 MW of battery storage at strategic locations across Minnesota, such as commercial and industrial sites.
** A wave of local opposition to an $8 billion data center planned in eastern Wisconsin may come too late to stop the project.
** Alliant Energy explores alternative eastern Iowa sites for building a “very large natural gas plant.”
** The Hopi Tribe in Arizona is forced to significantly downsize a plan to install rooftop solar and batteries at about 600 homes after the Trump administration rescinds $25 million in federal funds.
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** Ukraine’s foreign minister accused Russia on Sunday of deliberately severing the external power line to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in order to link the plant to Moscow’s power grid. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Moscow was attempting to test a reconnection to Russia’s grid.
** The U.S. has been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. U.S. intelligence has helped Kyiv strike important Russian energy assets, including oil refineries, far beyond the front line, the newspaper said, citing unnamed Ukrainian and U.S. officials familiar with the campaign.
** Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.
** South Africa has approved its largest wind farm yet, a project designed to power the next wave of clean energy and support the country’s growing hydrogen industry. According to FuelCellsWorks, the Carissa Wind Energy Facility, planned near Beaufort West in the Western Cape, will include 154 turbines and deliver up to 1,000 megawatts of renewable power.
** For the first time ever, cleaner, renewable energy from wind and solar production exceeded the amount of electricity generated from burning coal in the first half of 2025 in Great Britain. This marked a pivotal milestone in the world’s energy transition, according to the Guardian.
