In 2022, US small-scale rooftop solar saw a tenfold increase over the last decade, according to a new report – here’s why and what needs to happen next.
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Meet PairTree – a solar-powered canopy that charges EVs off-grid – that’s made by US-based solar charging infrastructure manufacturer Paired Power.
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Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember.
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The UK slashed value-added tax (VAT) to zero for folks installing battery storage in their homes from February 1, 2024.
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Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown.
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Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved the world record for the most efficient solar panel.
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Republicans have vowed to tear apart the Inflation Reduction Act, but the chief executive of NextEra Energy, the US’s largest renewable developer, says that’s “unlikely” if they win the election.
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The US’s largest solar + battery storage project, Edwards & Sanborn, has come online in Kern County, California.
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The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West.
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The largest privately owned freight carrier in North America has finished installing rooftop solar panels at its 4th and 5th trucking terminals, and announced plans to add solar installations at two more of its locations, furthering its commitment to solar transformation.
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The US Department of Defense will install rooftop solar on the Pentagon as part of the Biden administration’s plan to “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”
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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook.
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EV owners are more likely to add solar panels to their homes, according to a new US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study – here’s why.
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First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on India’s first fully vertically integrated solar plant.
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The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030.
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In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years.
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The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state.
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Electricity providers Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies just brought Wisconsin’s largest solar farm – and one of the largest of its kind in the US Midwest – online.
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Here are the Top 3 stories about solar industry happenings that Electrek readers got most excited about in 2023.
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Agrivoltaics – when land is used for agriculture and solar power generation – isn’t new to the US, but vertical agrivoltaics are.
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Duke Energy is piloting a floating solar farm in Florida – its first – on an existing cooling pond in Polk County.
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India’s Waaree Energies announced today that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area.
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A solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano using solar power alone – and set a new world record for altitude for an EV.
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Reno, Nevada-based startup World4Solar‘s freestanding modular solar canopy can be installed in less than a day.
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