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US EV Charging Station Report Reveals Intriguing Insights

November 10, 2024 admin 0 Comments Arkansas, California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging infrastructure, ev charging stations, ev incentives, Florida, Illinois, national electric vehicle infrastructure, New Jersey, NORTH DAKOTA, Oklahoma, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:02:58 +0000

New research conducted by the online driver education resource Zutobi, The 2024 EV Charging Station Report: State-by-State Breakdown, has produced some interesting insights about American electric vehicle infrastructure. It’s timely given the recent election results, because with a new administration and a lack of clarity about the future of US … [continued]

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VPPA Deal Signed for Illinois Solar Project

September 26, 2024 admin Illinois, MISO, news, power, prairie solar, Solar, sustainability roundtable, virtual power purchase agreement, vppa, Wayfair

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:54:27 +0000

BayWa r.e. Americas has signed an aggregated virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with several groups for a renewable energy project in Illinois that is designed to support decarbonization efforts in […]

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$50 Million to Strengthen America’s Auto Communities & Bolster Domestic Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

August 19, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, Illinois, indiana, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, kentucky, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Michigan, Ohio, policy & politics, tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:51:50 +0000

Investing in America Agenda Will Help Drive Collaboration between States and Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers to Maintain Jobs and Retool Manufacturing Facilities for Electric Vehicle Component Production WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Manufacturing … [continued]

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RWE Signs PPAs With Meta for Power from Solar Farms

August 13, 2024 admin county run solar, Facebook, Illinois, lafitte solar, Louisiana, meta, news, power, power purchase agreements, ppa, Renewables, rwe, Solar

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:54:45 +0000

U.S. renewable energy major RWE announced the signing of two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) that will supply electricity to social media company Meta. The deal is for clean energy […]

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Battery Storage Can Maintain Reliability, Even After Fossils Retire

August 7, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, Illinois, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, nrdc, pjm, research

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:56:11 +0000

New analysis shows that Illinois can maintain reliability even after retiring fossil resources by deploying 3 GW of 4-hour battery storage. In 2021, Illinois passed the landmark Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), charting a path toward 100% clean energy by 2045. CEJA mandates the staggered retirement of Illinois’ fleet of fossil … [continued]

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Nexamp & Starbucks Support Energy Equity with 6 New Community Solar Projects in Illinois

July 28, 2024 admin ameren, clean power, comed, community solar, Illinois, illinois solar, illinois solar energy, press releases, Solar energy, solar power plants, starbucks

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:30:20 +0000

Projects will provide electricity savings to more than 1,100 residents and support local workforce development programs Nexamp, the largest community solar provider in the country, announced yesterday a partnership with Starbucks. By committing as a long-term renewable electricity purchaser, Starbucks will anchor the deployment of more than 40 megawatts of … [continued]

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Community Solar Benefits Renters & Low Income Communities

July 11, 2024 admin California, clean power, community solar, Illinois, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy lab (nrel), New York, Oregon, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:35:17 +0000

A June study by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that analyzed data from 11 states found people who adopt community solar are 6.1 times more likely to live in multifamily buildings, are 4.4 times more likely to rent, and earn 23% less annual income than rooftop solar adopters, who tend to be more wealthy. In … [continued]

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Graph: Electricity Demand Surges in New England Amid Heat Wave

June 26, 2024 admin Connecticut, extreme heat, extreme heat waves, Extreme weather, heat waves, Illinois, maine, Massachusetts, New England, new hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Uncategorized, vermont

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:19:28 +0000

Electricity demand in New England surged this week as high temperatures persisted through much of the United States. Demand in the electric grid territory of New England’s Independent System Operator (ISO-NE) peaked at 23,324 megawatts (MW) during the evening of June 20, approaching last year’s peak hourly demand in this … [continued]

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Kernza Meets Agrivoltaics To Turbo-Boost Rural Solar Development

June 16, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, clean power, Illinois, investing, investors, kernza, rural solar, sol systems, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:31:48 +0000

A leading solar developer is deploying agrivoltaics to help scale up production of the perennial grain Kernza in the US.

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Biden-Harris Admin Launches Clean Energy Connector to Bring Nearly $15 Million in Annual Energy Savings to Up to 40,000 Low-Income Households

March 22, 2024 admin clean power, Illinois, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, NEW MEXICO, press releases, rooftop solar, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), washington d c

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:49:43 +0000

Families in New Mexico, Illinois, and Washington D.C. will now Have Access to Community Solar Through HHS’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), … [continued]

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