In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Bighorn Solar is now powering a Colorado steel mill almost entirely with solar.
• sonnen and Rocky Mountain Power pioneer a new battery storage and solar program.
• Shell’s solar platform Silicon Ranch acquires Clearloop.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Hexicon’s tilted towers floating wind power platform earns a European patent.
• The Solar Energy Industries Association launches a new diversity certification program.
• The Argonne National Laboratory is offering a free 15-minute webinar about threats to rare earth minerals.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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A 10.5 gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The twin 1.8 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the world’s longest.

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US large-scale battery power capacity grew by 35% in 2020 and has tripled in the last five years, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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While legislators battle over federal infrastructure bills, some US states are out of the gate when it comes to adopting clean energy.

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The Florida Power and Light (FPL) Company’s Manatee Energy Storage Center, the world’s largest solar-powered battery system capable of powering Walt Disney World for around seven hours, is now 75% complete.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather.
• Massachusetts announces $1.6 million in grants to support offshore wind workforce training.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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One of the US’s largest energy companies, Con Edison, has announced a contract with Centrica Business Solutions to transform a lot in Brooklyn, New York, into an energy hub complete with 18 350kW EV chargers and a battery energy storage system (ESS). Con Edison claims this will be the first hub in New York City that combines both energy storage and EV charging.

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