Virginia scored the election’s biggest climate win

Published on November 7, 2025

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger will become Virginia’s new governor after a decisive win this week — and after a campaign that centered around rising power prices in the data-center capital of the…

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Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota

November 7, 2025
Xcel Energy’s sprawling Sherco Energy Hub will be among the United States’ biggest solar farms when the last of its three approved phases powers up next year. Soon after, the central Minnesota site could also host one of the Midwest’s biggest battery clusters. In a Halloween filing , Xcel asked the Minnesota Public…

In dry regions, waterless cleaning could make solar panels more efficient

November 8, 2025
A recent report details a waterless solar cleaning system design developed to address the challenge of dust accumulation on solar panels in arid regions; it is one of multiple waterless cleaning systems that have come about in recent years.