EGEB = Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political roundup/analysis of news about green energy, such as wind, solar, sustainable technology, and electric vehicles.
Startup Cala Systems, which makes seriously smart heat pump water heaters, has secured $5.6 million in seed funding and commercially launched its product.
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Natron Energy has announced it will build the first sodium-ion battery gigafactory in the US, in North Carolina.
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Maryland’s FY25 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Rebate Program is now open, and it offers residents and businesses solid incentives to install EV chargers.
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Enel North America will deploy over 6,000 sheep at eight Texas solar farms in the US’s largest announced agrivoltaics agreement.
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Sage Geosystems will launch EarthStore this year, which uses geothermal energy storage to produce clean electricity on demand.
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President Joe Biden has more than doubled the volume of solar cells made overseas that can be imported tariff-free to support US panel manufacturers.
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) and solar cell manufacturer Ebon Solar jointly announced that a nearly $1 billion solar cell factory will be built in New Mexico.
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Scientists at Oxford University are coating a new solar power-generating material onto objects such as rucksacks, cars, and mobile phones.
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In the US, Ørsted has entered into a joint venture with Mission Clean Energy, in its first-ever standalone battery storage partnership.
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National targets set by governments add up to just over a doubling of the global wind capacity by 2030, but fall short of tripling, according to a new report.
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Danish renewables giant Ørsted is deploying heavy-lift cargo drones for the first time in an operational campaign at a Dutch offshore wind farm.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $2.2 billion investment in the grid to create resiliency and growth.
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Forge Battery is now shipping its prototype 21700 cylindrical Li-ion battery cells with a confirmed specific energy of 300 Wh/kg.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a 1 GW solar farm on a former top-secret Manhattan Project nuclear site in Washington State.
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Brookfield Renewable US has filed a Notice of Intent to develop one of Oregon’s largest solar + battery storage projects.
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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a “free electric bank account with your name on it.” It’s packed with rebates and tax credits that help Americans purchase everything from EVs to solar and electrical appliances to heat pumps. Check out this easy-to-use IRA savings calculator from Rewiring America that tells you what you get – and when.
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Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU during the first six months of 2024 for the first time ever in a half-year period.
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Solar + storage provider Sunrun has launched the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned bidirectional Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks.
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In a major milestone, July 28 marked the 100th day of a 144-day stretch in which California supplied 100% of its electricity demand with renewables.
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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to “a lack of competitive interest.”
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Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas.
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Canadian solar panel maker Heliene and India’s solar cell maker Premier Energies are joining forces to build a US solar cell factory.
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Starbucks has partnered with Nexamp, the largest community solar provider in the US, to anchor six new community solar farms in Illinois.
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The Gemini Solar + Storage project in Nevada – the US’s largest co-located solar + battery energy storage system – is now operational.
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