Kentucky’s largest utility requested a nine-fold increase in solar and battery storage, and the state’s regulators just approved it.
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Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), which serves over 1 million customers in central and northern New Jersey, is going to make its largest power grid upgrade in company history.
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What was once the world’s largest steel mill is about to become Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind turbine factory.
Expand Expanding CloseWhich is it, already – is US EV demand slowing or growing?
Some media say EV demand is slowing, and other media claim there’s record demand. So what’s going on? ZETA’s Albert Gore and I chatted about it.
Expand Expanding CloseØrsted is going to deploy AI across 5.5 GW of US wind, solar, and storage
Ørsted will roll out artificial intelligence (AI) across 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of its land-based wind, solar, and energy storage assets in the US.
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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects annual solar generation to surpass annual hydropower generation in 2024 for the first time.
Expand Expanding CloseChina achieves world solar domination with 80% of manufacturing capacity to 2026
China’s astounding solar manufacturing expansion is going to dominate the global solar supply chain – and widen the technology and cost gap.
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Expand Expanding CloseA huge US solar developer just committed to recycling its solar panels
EDF Renewables North America, one of the US’s largest renewable developers, has officially agreed to recycle its solar panels.
Expand Expanding CloseCalifornia’s PG&E just deployed its first renewable remote grid
PG&E, California’s largest utility, just brought its first renewable remote grid online, in a nature preserve in Sonoma County.
Expand Expanding CloseSouthern California just secured a lot of power from the US’s largest clean energy transmission project
Clean Power Alliance, California’s fourth-largest electricity provider, is going to source power from SunZia, the US’s largest clean energy transmission project.
Expand Expanding CloseMeet the ‘world’s first’ floating wind, solar, and fish farm combo
Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has unveiled what it says is the world’s first floating wind turbine, solar farm, and fish farm combination.
Expand Expanding CloseYou could win $3,000 if you make a cool video about your EV
Get your creative juices flowing, EV fans: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a contest in which you can win a cash prize for making a short video about your EV.
Expand Expanding CloseIt’s a table! It’s a solar power plant! It’s both!
You can generate clean power for your home with this “solar table power plant” and eat your lunch on it too.
Expand Expanding CloseAmerica, Mercedes-Benz wants you to indulge in retail therapy while you’re DC fast charging
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Network (MB HPC) North America just announced that it’s partnering with the largest owner of shopping malls in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseØrsted just axed plans for two New Jersey offshore wind farms – here’s why
New Jersey’s governor is furious because Ørsted canceled two huge offshore wind farms off the New Jersey coast – this is what happened.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light
The 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – what will become the US’s largest offshore wind farm – just got approved by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Expand Expanding CloseMeet the world’s first battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive
Wabtec’s FLXdrive Heavy Haul locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service, is headed to Australia to transport iron ore.
Expand Expanding CloseStoreDot says its EV battery cells didn’t degrade after 1,000 extreme fast charges
EV battery maker StoreDot says its silicon-dominant XFC battery cells didn’t degrade after 1,000 consecutive extreme fast charging cycles.
Expand Expanding CloseRivian’s Normal, IL, plant is now charging every new EV with 100% clean energy
Rivian’s 2.8 MW wind turbine at its Normal, Illinois, plant is officially online and, along with solar, is charging every new EV with clean energy.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a ‘world first,’ autonomous giant drones are flying cargo to offshore wind turbines
Ørsted says it’s now the world’s first offshore wind company to use autonomous giant drones to transport cargo to turbines.
Expand Expanding ClosePanasonic launches a central heat pump system that works in -15C (5F)
Panasonic has launched a new residential heat pump system in Canada, where heat pumps make up less than 10% of the market.
Expand Expanding CloseHouse Republicans just voted against energy efficiency rebates and for nuclear warheads
House Republicans voted yesterday to scrap “wasteful” energy efficiency rebates – and also voted to spend $19.1 billion on nuclear warheads.
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