Two Caesars Atlantic City casinos have installed solar garage canopies that, combined, will produce around 8.29 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy annually.
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A new 1 GW subsea cable will move clean energy between Italy and Greece
Italy and Greece are planning to install a subsea cable to increase their interconnection capacity and share renewable energy.
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Vermont’s largest utility, Green Mountain Power (GMP), wants to install battery storage for all 270,000 of its customers by 2030.
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Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, is sending power to the UK’s grid for the very first time.
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US offshore wind could provide 133 gigawatts (GW) of power by 2050, but that potential is going to be impacted by a broad spectrum of factors, according to a new study.
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IKEA Austria has become the company’s first market in the world to use green hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
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Honda today launched its first prototype battery-powered electric autonomous zero-turn riding mower (yes, it actually drives itself).
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Sales of Chattanooga, Tennessee-built VW ID.4s rose more than 60% in Q3 year-over-year – but it’s nowhere near its 2023 target.
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The Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 e-truck drove more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) through the Alps with only one charging stop.
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Wind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth is looking like in 2023.
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The US Southeast’s 570-store service station chain RaceTrac finally got its first EV charging station.
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The US achieving net zero by 2050 is possible, and a new report released today maps how it can get there with EV adoption at scale.
Expand Expanding CloseVirginia is about to get a big 772 MW solar boost
Dominion Energy Virginia today proposed more than a dozen new solar projects that will power nearly 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output.
Expand Expanding CloseNevada’s largest – and only second – wind farm just got 70k acres from BLM
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has set aside 70,000 acres of public land for what will become Nevada’s largest wind farm.
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The world’s first artificial energy island has secured its environmental permit, so it’s now all systems go in Belgium.
Expand Expanding CloseMIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water
MIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost.
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A plan to build the world’s longest subsea cable that will carry clean energy from Morocco to the UK just got streamlined.
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The Netherlands’ Hollandse Kust Zuid 1.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm – the first subsidy-free wind farm in Europe – is now inaugurated.
Expand Expanding CloseUS solar is booming – here’s the newly released data
US solar is growing at a breakneck speed, and it hit several big milestones in July, according to newly released government data.
Expand Expanding CloseA new wind farm in Kansas trailblazes with light-mitigating technology
Danish renewables giant Ørsted just brought a 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm online in Kansas, and it’s the first in the state to feature light-mitigating technology.
Expand Expanding CloseStoreDot and Volvo are pairing up to develop bespoke ultrafast EV batteries
Volvo Cars has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with StoreDot, maker of extreme fast charging (XFC) EV batteries.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat
Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Grand Canyon Visitor Center now has DC fast chargers for those who’ve gotta hit the road already
If you only have a few minutes to enjoy the Grand Canyon’s views, EV road trippers, you can plug in to the new Electrify America DC fast chargers at the visitor center.
Expand Expanding CloseHuge monopiles built for Virginia’s 2.6 GW offshore wind farm have set sail
The first eight monopiles made for the 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have left Germany and are headed for Portsmouth.
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