US solar capacity additions edged out natural gas additions in 2023
Utility-scale solar and wind provided the majority (53%) of new US generating capacity added in the first two-thirds of 2023, according to new FERC data.
Expand Expanding CloseUtility-scale solar and wind provided the majority (53%) of new US generating capacity added in the first two-thirds of 2023, according to new FERC data.
Expand Expanding CloseSuniva, once the US’s oldest and largest solar cell maker, has been dormant for six years, but now it’s going to reopen its Georgia factory.
Expand Expanding CloseTwo Caesars Atlantic City casinos have installed solar garage canopies that, combined, will produce around 8.29 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy annually.
Expand Expanding CloseItaly and Greece are planning to install a subsea cable to increase their interconnection capacity and share renewable energy.
Expand Expanding CloseWind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth is looking like in 2023.
Expand Expanding CloseDominion Energy Virginia today proposed more than a dozen new solar projects that will power nearly 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output.
Expand Expanding CloseMIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost.
Expand Expanding CloseA plan to build the world’s longest subsea cable that will carry clean energy from Morocco to the UK just got streamlined.
Expand Expanding CloseUS solar is growing at a breakneck speed, and it hit several big milestones in July, according to newly released government data.
Expand Expanding CloseUtility-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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe 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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe 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.
Expand Expanding CloseThis DC fast charging station tells EV drivers when renewable energy is at its peak in the grid – and thus when charging prices are cheapest.
Expand Expanding CloseMinnesota’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.
Expand Expanding CloseFirst Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on its $1.1 billion factory in Louisiana.
Expand Expanding CloseRenewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France.
Expand Expanding CloseNorway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole.
Expand Expanding CloseUS 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.
Expand Expanding CloseCheck out this cool new interactive map that shows where and how clean energy manufacturing is mushrooming across the US.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar 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.
Expand Expanding CloseWith the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) driving the economic competitiveness of renewables, annual capacity additions will nearly triple in 10 years to 110 gigawatts (GW), asserts Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac).
Expand Expanding CloseChina’s Trina Solar, one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, has announced it will build a 5 gigawatt (GW) solar panel factory in Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseIKEA today announced that it’s adding solar car parks, more solar on store rooftops, and battery energy storage systems to seven of its US stores.
Expand Expanding ClosePower producer Greenbacker Energy Company today announced an exclusive, long-term partnership with solar panel recycler SOLARCYCLE to recycle its decommissioned solar panels.
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