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Manorga Solar Parking Canopies To Be Distributed By BayWa re

January 29, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, France, parking lot solar, policy & politics, solar canopies, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000

Not so long ago, France ushered in a new era of solar energy with the passage of a new law that mandates a large rise in solar canopies. The country’s new regulation requires large parking lots to have at least 50% of their space covered in solar canopies. It applies … [continued]

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More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

January 27, 2025 admin 0 Comments caiso, California, california independent system operator (caiso), clean power, electricity transmission, Energy, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), green economy, grid, idaho, ls power, nevada, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:26:19 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

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Solar, Wind, & Batteries Providing Texas with Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tax Revenue

January 27, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, green economy, green jobs, market research, onshore wind farms, renewable energy benefits, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy benefits, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, texas, texas solar, texas solar energy, texas wind energy, wind energy, wind energy benefits

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:36 +0000

There’s a growing war on renewable energy, particularly in “red” districts and states in the USA. One of the things that is often bewilderingly forgotten by those attacking renewable energy is the enormous tax revenue (and overall economic benefits) solar, wind, and battery storage projects provide. A new report focused … [continued]

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New Solar Plants Expected to Support Most U.S. Electric Generation Growth

January 26, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, nuclear energy, short-term energy outlook (steo), Solar energy, us coal, us nuclear, us renewable energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:07 +0000

In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect that U.S. renewable capacity additions—especially solar—will continue to drive the growth of U.S. power generation over the next two years. We expect U.S. utilities and independent power producers will add 26 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity to the U.S. electric power sector in … [continued]

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California Smashes Myth That Renewables Aren’t Reliable

January 26, 2025 admin 0 Comments California, clean power, renewable energy, Solar energy, Uncategorized, utilities

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:59:09 +0000

The latest research from California explodes the myth that renewables are not reliable. It turns out, the opposite is true.

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Community Solar Still A Bright Spot Amid Trump Turmoil

January 25, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, community solar, community solar power, Energy, green economy, McDonalds, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar power plants, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:46:14 +0000

McDonald’s and Wendy’s franchises in Illinois are pushing the community solar envelope, Trump or no Trump.

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End of Green New Deal, Idiocracy, Social Media Opioids, & Tesla Risk — Video Chat

January 24, 2025 admin 0 Comments bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica videos, Democrats, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:22:30 +0000

Vijay Govindan and I sat down today to discuss Democrats’ “Green New Deal” (the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Trump trying to destroy it despite all of the economic benefits it brings across the US (especially in red districts and states), the era of “Idiocracy,” social media as … [continued]

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Nickel & the Cleantech Revolution — Plus Alaska Energy Metals’ Role in US Energy Independence

January 24, 2025 admin 0 Comments alaska, batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean power, clean transport, cobalt, Copper, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, investment, iron, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, nickel, platinum, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:54:09 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]

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Energy Efficient Data Centers Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

January 24, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, clean power, concentrating solar power, data centers, Energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient data centers, Energy Storage, green data centers, heat pump, long-duration energy storage, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), parabolic trough csp, parabolic trough solar collectors, renewable energy, Solar energy, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe), usa, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:11:54 +0000

New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.

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Trump Tries to Demolish Biden’s “Green New Deal” on Day 1 — EV, Solar, & Wind Policies & Funding Attacked

January 23, 2025 admin 0 Comments bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:25 +0000

Even a con man tells the truth once in a while. Donald Trump, for whatever idiotic reason, hates cleantech. He has long hated wind turbines, thinks solar power is stupid and hates it, and trashes electric cars with misinformation on a regular basis. He also hates his political opponents having … [continued]

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