Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas.
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Expand Expanding CloseStarbucks throws its weight behind 6 new community solar farms
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Expand Expanding CloseVermonters get up to $6K to swap flood-damaged cars for EVs
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Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest co-located solar + battery storage project is online
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Expand Expanding CloseNordex debuts a US wind turbine optimized for lower wind speeds
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Expand Expanding CloseSolar + wind now make up more than 20% of US electrical generating capacity
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Expand Expanding CloseSolar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025
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Expand Expanding CloseFirst Solar to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar R&D center
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Expand Expanding CloseMercedes-Benz High-Power Charging goes large at Starbucks
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Expand Expanding CloseTesla Cybertruck drove US EV prices higher in June
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Expand Expanding CloseThe US just financed a $1.2B EV lithium-ion battery separator factory in Indiana
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Expand Expanding CloseMaersk’s new offshore wind installation vessel can install turbines 30% faster
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Expand Expanding CloseYou can lease a 2025 Nissan Leaf for $19 a month (yes, for real)
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Expand Expanding CloseAlabama just announced its first 13 federally funded EV charging stations
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Expand Expanding CloseThe US just greenlit the offshore wind farm Trump vowed to kill
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