Headline News:

• “Solar Beats Nuclear In June, Becoming EU’s Biggest Electricity Source For First Time” • Solar generated the most electricity in the EU for the first time last month, with several countries setting records with it, Ember found. Solar power generated 22.1% of EU electricity, nuclear was second at 21.8%, followed by wind, with 15.8%. [Balkan Green Energy News]

Solar array (Andreas Gücklhorn, Unsplash, cropped)

• “‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Have Americans Paying Higher Prices For Dirtier Energy” • When Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have cut wasteful subsidies and spared the rest. They did the reverse. So Americans will pay the price with higher costs for dirtier energy. [The Conversation]
• “If They Can Put Solar Here, They Can Put It Anywhere” • A bustling, sprawling, 320-acre shipping hub is probably the last place one would expect to see a new, 7.2-MW solar power plant, but there it is. At the Port Newark Container Terminal in New Jersey, solar panels have been shoehorned into a tightly packed, high-traffic shipping facility. [CleanTechnica]
• “Invenergy Completes 250-MW Solar Project In Indiana” • Invenergy has brought the 250-MW Fairbanks Solar Energy Center in Sullivan County, Indiana into commercial operation. The company developed and built the facility, which has now been acquired by Northern Indiana Public Service Company. The project can power over 50,000 homes. [reNews]
• “Texas Flooding Live Updates: State Death Toll Jumps To 120” • At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 95 deaths, including 36 children. President Trump  has signed a disaster declaration for Kerr County and FEMA is on the ground there. At least 176 are missing. [ABC News]

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