130 Wendy’s Get Community Solar, Electric Trucks for McDonald’s, Specs of New ID. Buzz GTX & ID. Buzz LWB, & More Cleantech News

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:47:36 +0000

It’s encouraging to learn that established brands, like McDonald’s, are investing in electric trucks and solar power. This week’s headlines also include Wendy’s 130 solar-enabled restaurants, new electric vehicles in the UK, a huge distributed solar initiative in New York, and much more. Read on for the news. Electric Vehicles … [continued]

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So Much Winning: Big Offshore Wind News From US, Europe

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:25:27 +0000

The offshore wind industry is flexing its muscles again, between new lease areas up for grabs in the US and another expansion of world’s largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

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Renewable Energy 44.7% of EU Electricity Production in 2023 — Now #1!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:34:11 +0000

Eurostat has now released electricity data from 2023, and it shows that 44.7% of EU electricity production came from renewable energy sources last year!* Fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) production was down, a lot. Coal production was down even more. Even production from oil and petroleum products (already quite low) … [continued]

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Measuring the Prospects for Wind Energy in 2024 and Beyond

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:25:02 +0000

The wind energy industry has been on an exponential growth curve for more than a decade. POWER looks at the drivers behind the growth and predictions for the future. Nearly 200 countries made major collective

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More Than $7 Million to Bolster Clean Domestic Manufacturing in USA & Support Small-and Medium-Sized Businesses

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:22:58 +0000

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Supports 37 New Small-and Medium-sized Manufacturers to Improve Energy Efficiency, Lower Costs, Increase Productivity, and Reduce Industrial Emissions WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $7.3 million from the Industrial … [continued]

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Record-Breaking Global Offshore Wind Capacity Rises 24% in 2023

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:13:38 +0000

Strong 2023 offshore wind growth as industry sets course for record-breaking decade: By end of 2023, installed capacity in Asia and Europe totals 41 GW and 34 GW, respectively Offshore wind is poised for truly global growth after 2023 saw the second-highest annual installations as well as key policy developments … [continued]

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Do Large-Scale Wind Projects Increase Local Employment? New US Study Says Yes, & Those Effects Last.

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:16:33 +0000

New Berkeley Lab study of more than 100 million US workers across 23 states finds clear evidence of increases in employment and earnings within 20 miles of existing wind projects that begin when project construction begins and continue for many years after. Black workers and those without a high school … [continued]

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Avangrid Commissions Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in USA

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:35:51 +0000

Avangrid places 10 turbines into production, making Vineyard Wind 1 largest operating offshore wind farm in United States BOSTON, Massachusetts — Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investment and in offshore … [continued]

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Utilities: Batteries Are Most Commonly Used for Arbitrage & Grid Stability

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:23:19 +0000

Electricity utilities increasingly report using batteries to move electricity from periods of low prices to periods of high prices, a strategy known as arbitrage, according to new detailed information we recently published. At the end of 2023, electricity utilities in the United States reported operating 575 batteries with a collective capacity of … [continued]

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Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:39:53 +0000

10th Annual Technology Baseline Features New Data on Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power, Pumped Storage Hydropower, and More Today—nicknamed “ATB Day” by a superfan—marks the release of the 10th annual electricity sector data for the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). “For a decade, the Electricity ATB has been supporting consistent, … [continued]

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