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.
The world’s first artificial energy island has secured its environmental permit, so it’s now all systems go in Belgium.
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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.
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US solar is growing at a breakneck speed, and it hit several big milestones in July, according to newly released government data.
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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.
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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.
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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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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2023 Net Zero Roadmap today – here’s what’s happened since 2021 and what must urgently happen before 2030.
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The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why.
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The US battery energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record.
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This DC fast charging station tells EV drivers when renewable energy is at its peak in the grid – and thus when charging prices are cheapest.
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Minnesota’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, is expanding its Sherco Solar project in the state, and that’s going to make it one of the US’s largest solar farms.
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First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on its $1.1 billion factory in Louisiana.
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Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France.
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Norway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole.
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US President Joe Biden is taking executive action to launch the American Climate Corps, which will train 20,000 young people to work in the clean energy economy.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering weakening the UK’s commitments to net zero in a bombshell policy shift.
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Autonomous underwater robots have been contracted to survey the site of the US’s first floating offshore wind farm.
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has big problems, and it’s going to cost the company billions – what’s wrong with its onshore wind turbines?
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The US offshore wind industry has had some significant problems lately – but here’s why that’s not going to stop the young sector in the long run.
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Check out this cool new interactive map that shows where and how clean energy manufacturing is mushrooming across the US.
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Maryland’s Port of Baltimore is buying an electric wheel loader from electric heavy equipment developer and maker HEVI.
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Solar panel exports from China grew by 34% in the first half of 2023, with 114 gigawatts (GW) shipped worldwide, compared to 85 GW in the same period last year, according to a new analysis by energy think tank Ember. We need to get them online ASAP.
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