EGEB

1,818 'EGEB' stories May 2018 - March 2021

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.

EGEB: Moscow will have 1,000 electric buses by the end of 2021

Michelle Lewis Mar 3 2021 - 8:00 am PT

0 Comments

Moscow’s Department of Transport says all of its public transport vehicles will be electric by 2032.
Smart electric motor company Turntide Technologies completes an $80 million funding round.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Connecticut approves largest solar farm in the Northeast

Michelle Lewis Mar 2 2021 - 10:29 am PT

0 Comments

Connecticut has approved a 120-megawatt solar farm covering 485 acres.
The UK’s 857 megawatt Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm starts to produce its first power.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: This team used plant material to create safer batteries

Michelle Lewis Mar 1 2021 - 11:03 am PT

0 Comments

A research team has developed a way to use a material found in plants to help create safer batteries.
The Biden administration raises the cost of carbon, making it easier to approve climate-change actions.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Toyota breaks ground on green-powered prototype city

Michelle Lewis Feb 26 2021 - 11:03 am PT

0 Comments

Toyota breaks ground on a green prototype city to foster innovation at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Jennifer Granholm is confirmed by the US Senate as secretary of energy.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: The state of Mississippi gets its very first wind farm

Michelle Lewis Feb 25 2021 - 10:47 am PT

0 Comments

The state of Mississippi is getting its first wind farm, which will deliver 200 megawatts of power.
Deb Haaland appears to be headed for confirmation for US secretary of the interior.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Xos Trucks to be publicly listed on Nasdaq

Michelle Lewis Feb 24 2021 - 10:32 am PT

0 Comments

Xos Trucks to become publicly traded on Nasdaq through merger with NextGen Acquisition Corporation.
EV charging industry association ChargeUp Europe gains its 12th member, ABL + reev.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Why some wind turbines froze in Texas, but don’t in the Arctic

Michelle Lewis Feb 19 2021 - 10:51 am PT

0 Comments

Texas utility ERCOT said that frozen wind turbines were the “least significant factor in the blackout.”
The US installed record amounts of wind and solar in 2020, despite the pandemic.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Dandelion raises $30M, led by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy

Michelle Lewis Feb 18 2021 - 9:52 am PT

0 Comments

Geothermal company Dandelion closes a $30 million Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy.
Scottish-made tidal turbine generates power in Japan.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Oil giant Total targets 100 GW of wind, solar capacity by 2030

Michelle Lewis Feb 17 2021 - 11:15 am PT

0 Comments

French-headquartered Total wants to be “no more an oil and gas company but an energy company.”
Five ways to save energy and weatherproof during cold (or warm) weather.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Why is Texas’s grid failing in the state’s big freeze?

Michelle Lewis Feb 16 2021 - 10:56 am PT

0 Comments

Texas is experiencing extremely cold temperatures and has had to implement rolling blackouts.
Ford is the first US auto manufacturer to join the initiative promoting responsible mining.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: A Pennsylvania funeral home buys a Tesla Y, sets 5-year ‘green plan’

Michelle Lewis Feb 15 2021 - 10:40 am PT

0 Comments

The Duster brothers have a green plan, including EVs, for their family-owned funeral home.
The Scottish government awards more than £633,000 to 45 e-bike projects across the country.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: 4 ways to update the US national grid to meet EV demand

Michelle Lewis Feb 12 2021 - 10:43 am PT

0 Comments

As GM and other carmakers ramp up their electric vehicle plans, the US national grid needs a boost. Here’s how.
US lawmakers who most vehemently oppose Biden’s energy plans receive the most money from the fossil fuel industry.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Coal-dependent Poland and Orsted to build Baltic offshore wind farms

Michelle Lewis Feb 11 2021 - 11:19 am PT

0 Comments

Poland’s largest utility will jointly develop two offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea with Orsted.
Why is Wood Mackenzie shutting down Greentech Media, a valuable source of green energy news?
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: What it’s like to be a wind turbine technician apprentice

Michelle Lewis Feb 10 2021 - 10:52 am PT

0 Comments

A wind turbine technician apprentice tells the Guardian about his experiences in his new role.
Electric vehicle battery technology company Enevate secures an $81 million investment.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Fossil fuels caused 1 out of 5 deaths in 2018, new study finds

Michelle Lewis Feb 9 2021 - 11:05 am PT

0 Comments

More than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, double the number previously thought.
Nevada looks to green energy to diversify its tourism and gaming economy.
BOEM restarts the environmental permit review for the first major US offshore wind farm.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Amazon will reach 100% clean energy by 2025 with Shell’s help

Michelle Lewis Feb 8 2021 - 10:33 am PT

0 Comments

Shell Energy Europe BV will supply Amazon with green energy from an offshore wind farm.
Increasing US building retrofits with energy-efficient US-made products would create 170,000 jobs.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Denmark to build $34 billion artificial wind energy island

Michelle Lewis Feb 5 2021 - 10:45 am PT

0 Comments

Denmark’s North Sea green energy island hub will be the largest construction project in Danish history.
South Korea is the latest leader in the race to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Coal will be gone from US power by 2033 – Morgan Stanley

Michelle Lewis Feb 4 2021 - 10:57 am PT

0 Comments

Renewables will largely replace coal, according to a new Morgan Stanley report.
Caltrans installs 22 new EV fast chargers at nine locations in California – and they’re free to the public.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Harvard University buys four Proterra ZX5 Electric Transit Buses

Michelle Lewis Feb 3 2021 - 10:40 am PT

0 Comments

Harvard University’s purchase of four new electric buses will represent more than 30% of their fleet.
A Dutch prototype put together by two companies is testing hydrogen refueling at a solar island.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: First floating tidal energy array launches in Canada

Michelle Lewis Feb 2 2021 - 10:47 am PT

0 Comments

Sustainable Marine unveils “next-gen platform” in Nova Scotia ahead of tidal energy project.
The University of Arkansas will build a new solar lab to teach accredited solar technicians.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: New York City to ban new gas hookups by 2030

Michelle Lewis Feb 1 2021 - 11:43 am PT

0 Comments

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said late last week that the city will “renounce fossil fuels fully.”
SunPower and EagleView are working together to reduce solar installation timelines and costs.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: What’s your utility company doing (or not) to adopt clean energy?

Michelle Lewis Jan 29 2021 - 11:14 am PT

0 Comments

The Sierra Club analyzed utilities’ long-term energy plans. See how yours stacks up.
Check out this interactive map that reveals your country’s climate risks.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: World’s first hydrogen double-decker buses launch in Scotland

Michelle Lewis Jan 28 2021 - 11:09 am PT

0 Comments

Aberdeen, Scotland, launches 15 60-seat hydrogen double-decker buses today.
A Tennessee solar equipment parts manufacturer raises $1.9 billion in the largest solar IPO ever.
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.

Expand Expanding Close

EGEB: Biden just made more big announcements on energy and climate

Michelle Lewis Jan 27 2021 - 10:52 am PT

0 Comments

Biden’s continued climate initiatives have just been announced online.
Investments in renewable companies appear to be on an upswing. Here are two examples.
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.

Expand Expanding Close