In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years.
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West Virginia brings first of 5 solar farms online – why that matters
The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state.
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Electricity providers Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies just brought Wisconsin’s largest solar farm – and one of the largest of its kind in the US Midwest – online.
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Biden’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program awarded Kansas $39.5 million to open EV charging stations – and the state just funded its first six.
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Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t.
Expand Expanding CloseEquinor, bp just scrapped their 1.2 GW Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm
Equinor and bp have terminated New York State’s Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm – but a do-over isn’t out of the question.
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The world’s largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now refers to as the Xizang Autonomous Region.
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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector – between the UK and Denmark – started commercial operations today.
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Swedish startup Modvion has built the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower, and it’s now sending power to 400 homes in Sweden.
Expand Expanding CloseThe largest clean energy project in US history closes $11B, starts full construction
SunZia, a massive clean energy project in the US Southwest, has closed $11 billion non-recourse financing and launched full construction.
Expand Expanding CloseHere are your 3 favorite Electrek solar stories of 2023
Here are the Top 3 stories about solar industry happenings that Electrek readers got most excited about in 2023.
Expand Expanding CloseIn Montana, wind is about to overtake coal generation capacity
When two new Montana wind farms come online, the state will have more nameplate capacity in wind than in coal.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US is getting its first vertical agrivoltaics system
Agrivoltaics – when land is used for agriculture and solar power generation – isn’t new to the US, but vertical agrivoltaics are.
Expand Expanding CloseDuke’s first floating solar farm in Florida is now online
Duke Energy is piloting a floating solar farm in Florida – its first – on an existing cooling pond in Polk County.
Expand Expanding CloseThe UK just set a new wind energy generation record
The UK, which felt the punch of Storm Pia today, set a new wind energy generation record in just a half hour this morning, according to National Grid Electricity System Operator data.
Expand Expanding CloseIndia’s Waaree Energies will build a 5 GW solar factory in Texas
India’s Waaree Energies announced today that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s single-largest wind farm gets the green light
Danish renewables giant Ørsted just committed to building the world’s single-largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 3.
Expand Expanding CloseThis Scottish EV charging hub is next-level extraordinary
The City of Dundee in Scotland planned and paid for an EV charging hub on a former gas station site, and they pretty much thought of everything.
Expand Expanding CloseThis solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano and set a world record [Video]
A solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano using solar power alone – and set a new world record for altitude for an EV.
Expand Expanding CloseHalf of US Buick dealers chose buyouts over selling EVs in 2023
Nearly half of Buick dealers took buyouts from GM this year instead of committing to selling and servicing EVs.
Expand Expanding CloseIf you see a Mercedes EQS with turquoise lights, it’s driving itself
Red means stop, green means go – and turquoise now means automated driving: Mercedes-Benz is the first automaker permitted to use exterior marker lights, which means automated driving is activated, in California and Nevada.
Expand Expanding CloseThis modular solar canopy only takes 6 hours to install [Update]
Reno, Nevada-based startup World4Solar‘s freestanding modular solar canopy can be installed in less than a day.
Expand Expanding CloseCoal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm
National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Dutch are riding their bikes on two new solar cycle paths
Two solar cycle paths came online in the Netherlands, and they’re the country’s first to have 1,000 square meters (10,764 square feet) of solar surface area each.
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