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Florida is #2 State for Electric Car Sales (Probably)

March 15, 2025 admin California, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, Florida, texas, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:21:36 +0000

For whatever reasons (which we can conjecture about at the end), Florida has become #2 in the country for EV sales. California is #1, of course, and has about 5× as many EV registrations as Florida, while #3 Texas is just a bit behind Florida. The most obvious these are … [continued]

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The Great American Insurance Retreat: Climate Change, Uninsurable Homes, & The Future Of Real Estate

March 11, 2025 admin buildings, California, carbon emissions, climate change, Florida, green economy, insurance, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:20:16 +0000

The United States insurance industry is in crisis. And if you’re a homeowner or business owner in certain parts of the country, your ability to get coverage — let alone afford it — may soon disappear entirely. This isn’t some far-off projection for the 2040s. It’s happening now. From 2017 … [continued]

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Prevalon Will Provide Second Energy Storage System for Idaho Power

January 15, 2025 admin battery energy storage, bess, Energy Storage, Florida, idaho, idaho power, news, power, prevalon energy, Renewables, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:40:34 +0000

A Florida-based battery energy storage provider is teaming with Idaho’s largest electric utility for a 200-MW/800-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project designed to support grid resiliency. Prevalon Energy, a […]

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Florida Gets $29 Million Boost to Help Grid in Extreme Weather

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, climate change, Energy Storage, Florida, grid, grid storage, hurricanes, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, lithium-ion batteries, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:50:53 +0000

I grew up in Florida and lived here through college. Then I moved away for about 14 years. Then I moved back about 6 years ago. In short, I’ve lived here for approximately 3 decades. We went through some hurricanes when I was younger, and were certainly threatened by many … [continued]

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Hotels & Condos In Miami Are Sinking Faster Than Experts Predicted

December 21, 2024 admin climate change, Florida, global weirding, Miami, research, sea level rise, South Florida, university of miami

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:00:20 +0000

The Miami area is seeing a big increase in building construction, which may be destabilizing existing buildings.

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The Sunshine State Projected to Take Over as Top-Ranked Residential Solar State in 2028

December 12, 2024 admin clean power, EDF, environmental defense fund, Florida, florida solar energy, fpl (florida power & light), grid, market research, nextera energy, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels, solar power plants, solar prices, utilities

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 02:40:57 +0000

Florida, the Sunshine State, has wide-open skies and plenty of light — everywhere. Unsurprisingly, Florida businesses and people continue to vote with their dollars in support of solar power. Florida has installed the second most solar power capacity in the country in 2024, only trailing Texas. According to new research, … [continued]

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USA Adds Record Amount of Solar Manufacturing in 4th Quarter — Thanks, IRA

December 8, 2024 admin clean power, Florida, florida solar energy, green economy, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, market research, Republicans, research, seia, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar panels, solar power plants, texas, texas solar, texas solar energy, u.s. solar market insight, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]

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Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors

November 20, 2024 admin Business, crystal river, data centers, decommissioning, decon, dry cask, duane arnold, Florida, fort greely, fukushima, holtec, Illinois, Iowa, microsoft, Military, news, NRC, Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, palisades, Pennsylvania, plant vogtle, power, radioactive waste, restart, three mile island, zion nuclear power plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:58:06 +0000

Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled

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Should Democrats Abandon Florida?

November 13, 2024 admin climate change, Democrats, Florida, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:43:22 +0000

Florida is famous for “Florida Man” news stories and memes, for the extreme heat frying people’s brains, and for more and more extreme Republicans taking over the state. When I was younger, it was a swing state in national elections— one of the key swing states. It seems that it’s … [continued]

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