Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 03:22:52 +0000
I think the Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most under-appreciated pieces of legislation in American history. Of course, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:30:01 +0000
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that wind and solar energy will lead growth in U.S. power generation for … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:10:50 +0000
Solar power is going strong again in the USA, and the first quarter set a new record for the amount of solar power that was installed in the first quarter of a year. In total, 6.1 gigawatts (6100 megawatts) of solar power capacity were installed last quarter, according to the latest US Solar Market Insight […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:51:55 +0000
… and from growth of fossil gas (aka “natural” gas).
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 22:51:09 +0000
Since 2007, the use of coal for electricity generation has generally been in decline, while the use of renewables has been on the rise. Electricity generation from nuclear had remained relatively flat over the last two decades but has experienced a slight decline in recent years. In 2022, net generation of electricity from renewables reached […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:57:13 +0000
PUEBLO, Colorado — Today, US Solar announced the groundbreaking of USS Giveback, its first Community Solar Gardens with Black Hills Energy in Pueblo, Colorado. With enough capacity to power over 600 Colorado homes annually, the 2MW and 500 kW Solar Gardens will serve businesses, residents, municipalities and low to moderate income service organizations in the […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:24 +0000
The biggest, hottest, most enticing CleanTechnica stories last week were led by Sony unveiling an electric car, the impossible-to-comprehend scale of this month’s Australian wildfires, and a solar energy storage device from the 1980s that has come back to life. You may have noticed something unusual by now — there wasn’t a single Tesla story in the top 3! That’s the first time in a long time, and ironic considering that Tesla stock [TSLA] went bonkers last week (and is still going bonkers)
Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:55:16 +0000
A new analysis of recently released data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) by the SUN DAY Campaign has highlighted the fact that renewable energy sources accounted for 18.49% of US electrical generation during the first eight months of 2019 — up from 17.95% a year earlier.
Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:55:07 +0000
The world’s largest corporations signed contracts for more than 6 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity in the United States last year, the beginning of what Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables is calling a “corporate renewables procurement boom” which is spurring renewable energy development across the country