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Residential Energy Storage Installations Hit All-Time High in USA

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Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:58:10 +0000

It seems like yesterday that Ron Corio told me at a lunch with engineers that energy storage will be the next big thing since solar power. It was years ago. Well, development happened quickly, time went by, and now it’s here to stay. Residential energy storage installations just hit an … [continued]

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Join CleanTechnica on BlueSky!

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Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:06:08 +0000

Jennifer wrote a great piece about the fragmentation of the EV scene on social media a few weeks ago, pointing out all the challenges associated with getting the right messaging out in a universe of often purposefully biased media. The mass “X-odus” from Elon Musk’s social media platform continues, with … [continued]

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Slick Energy Storage Trick Deploys Ultra-Hot Bricks To Prick Carbon Bubble

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:04:39 +0000

Boston startup re-invents millennia-old firebricks for 21st century renewable energy storage and industrial decarbonization.

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AI, Data Centers, & Climate Risks

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:21:56 +0000

The world has gone cuckoo for artificial intelligence. AI is virtually all you hear in the news these days. NVIDIA is worth a gazillion dollars because it manufactures the specialized computer chips that data centers need to make AI possible. Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Google are all rushing headlong … [continued]

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1-Gigawatt Offshore Solar PV Project & 3-Gigawatt Solar Plant on Coal Site — CHN Energy News

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:57:16 +0000

The scale of solar projects has gotten unfathomable. About 10 years ago, I visited a 100-megawatt solar power plant in Crimea, Ukraine. You could ride around the solar power facility on a 4-wheeler for about 15 minutes. The solar panels went further than I could see. 100 megawatts is tiny … [continued]

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Floating Solar Power To Rise To 77 Gigawatts By 2033

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:36:39 +0000

Floating solar power has been one of the most interesting and fast-growing trends in the solar industry in the past several years, and especially the past couple of years. Going from an obscure, niche idea to a more and more common solution at larger and larger scale, floating solar power … [continued]

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Wind & Solar Researcher: “We Are Actually Trying to Use the Natural Variability Itself to Address the Variability.”

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Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:52:43 +0000

Deciding where to build a solar or wind farm? MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations. Prior to now, there were few integrated sources for combining data from individual developers or utilities, which made it more guesswork … [continued]

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Philippines Building World’s Largest Solar + Battery Project

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:57:42 +0000

The Philippines is working on the largest solar power plus battery storage project in the world, breaking ground on the project just a few weeks ago. Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. featured for the groundbreaking of the Meralco Terra Solar Project. The project is going to have a solar … [continued]

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Clean Power Capacity Installations Up 86% In 2024 In USA

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:37:36 +0000

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report on clean energy growth in the US in 2024. The report highlights a surge in deployment in the 3rd quarter — 10.2 gigawatts (GW) of new clean energy capacity. “This record-setting quarter positions the industry to achieve a historic year … [continued]

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India Solar Power Installations Growing 106% in 2024

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:44:54 +0000

India continues to be a solar and wind powerhouse, no pun intended. In fact, its solar power installations have absolutely soared this year. Compared to the first three quarters of 2023, newly installed solar power capacity in the first three quarters of 2024 was up 106%. New wind power capacity … [continued]

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