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Churches in Louisiana Installing Solar + Storage as Hurricane Prep

March 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, churches, clean power, Energy Storage, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Louisiana, New Orleans, nonprofits, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:51:16 +0000

As a Floridian, I am quite used to the threat and destruction of hurricanes. However, it seems like one state — a much smaller state — is hit even more and worse than Florida. That would be Louisiana. Interestingly, an unexpected sector of society is taking it into their own … [continued]

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

March 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, tariffs, trump tariffs, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:20:52 +0000

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]

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Domaine Carneros Takes Control Of Its Energy Future With A Schneider Electric Microgrid

March 2, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, California, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, domaine carneros, Energy Storage, grid, microgrids, napa, schneider electric, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:12:12 +0000

The Domaine Carneros winery in Napa, California, partnered with global electric solutions provider Schneider Electric to transform their onsite solar and generator installations into a full fledged microgrid. Schneider Electric invited CleanTechnica up for a look at the microgrid, a tour of the facility, and some time to talk with … [continued]

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Study Shows Solar And Farming Can Co-Exist In UK

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, agrivoltaics, clean power, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar power plants, uk

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:11:53 +0000

Researchers in the UK show how solar and farming can compliment each other and contribute to energy and food security.

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These Innovative Approaches Harness the Benefits of Rooftop Solar Energy for Homes & Small Businesses

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, green economy, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:10:12 +0000

Multistakeholder Teams of Community-Based Organizations, Local Governments, Utilities, and Others Share Insights Gained Through the Solar Energy Innovation Network Round 3 The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) Round 3 brought together eight multistakeholder teams from various locations across the United States to develop new approaches to solar deployment, focusing on … [continued]

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Making Innovation Happen: New IN² Cohort Focuses on Advanced Energy Implementation

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments avangrid, clean power, COLORADO, energy efficiency, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, schneider electric, Solar energy, Southern Company, university of colorado, university of colorado-boulder

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:36:28 +0000

At Ponderosa High School in Coconino County, Arizona, students are determined to overcome obstacles on their path to graduation. Some arrive behind on credits, while others are returning to the classroom after time away. The alternative school offers more than a second chance—it is an opportunity for transformation. That is … [continued]

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Enphase Expands Support For North America Grid Services Programs

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, COLORADO, Energy Storage, enphase, enphase energy, grid, Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, Solar energy, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:54:36 +0000

Enphase has made some big announcements recently. One was about a new residential battery for Europe. Another is the expansion of its support for Colorado, Nova Scotia, and Puerto Rico virtual power plants programs. Virtual power plant programs are exciting because they allow homeowners to share electricity stored in their … [continued]

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Most States Flunk Community Power Scorecard

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, green economy, institute for local self reliance, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 03:33:58 +0000

The 2025 Community Power Scorecard shoes which states are doing the best job of allowing local control over electricity.

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Renewables Or Fossil Fuels: Which Are, Ultimately, More Efficient?

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, climate change, Coal, fossil fuel subsidies, Fossil Fuels, global heating, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:11:04 +0000

Definitions for “efficiency” vary depending on the context of energy discussions. Opinions range widely. Which is more efficient for a nation: renewables or fossil fuels? For advocates of fossil fuel power, global primary energy consumption hit historic highs in 2023, the hottest year on record, with oil and coal dominating … [continued]

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Leapting’s AI-Powered Robot Is Transforming Solar Panel Installation In Australia

March 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments AI, Australia, clean power, leapting, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:22:23 +0000

Automation is making its way into every industry, and the solar sector is no exception. Chinese automation company Leapting has just announced that its Intelligent Automatic Navigation PV Module Installation Robot will be deployed at a large-scale solar farm in Australia. The robots, which have already been shipped from Leapting’s … [continued]

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