This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar
Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown.
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Oxford claims the world record for solar panel efficiency
Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved the world record for the most efficient solar panel.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest renewable developer says it’s ‘unlikely’ GOP would gut clean energy tax credits
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest solar + battery storage project just came online
The US’s largest solar + battery storage project, Edwards & Sanborn, has come online in Kern County, California.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar
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.”
Expand Expanding CloseSolar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years
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.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how – and why – EVs and solar are connected
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India
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.
Expand Expanding CloseGood news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030
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.
Expand Expanding CloseQcells to supply Microsoft with a whopping 12 GW of solar panels
In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years.
Expand Expanding CloseWest Virginia brings first of 5 solar farms online – why that matters
The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state.
Expand Expanding CloseWisconsin’s largest solar farm is now fully online
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.
Expand Expanding CloseHere are your 3 favorite Electrek solar stories of 2023
Here are the Top 3 stories about solar industry happenings that Electrek readers got most excited about in 2023.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US is getting its first vertical agrivoltaics system
Agrivoltaics – when land is used for agriculture and solar power generation – isn’t new to the US, but vertical agrivoltaics are.
Expand Expanding CloseDuke’s first floating solar farm in Florida is now online
Duke Energy is piloting a floating solar farm in Florida – its first – on an existing cooling pond in Polk County.
Expand Expanding CloseIndia’s Waaree Energies will build a 5 GW solar factory in Texas
India’s Waaree Energies announced today that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area.
Expand Expanding CloseThis solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano and set a world record [Video]
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThis modular solar canopy only takes 6 hours to install [Update]
Reno, Nevada-based startup World4Solar‘s freestanding modular solar canopy can be installed in less than a day.
Expand Expanding CloseCoal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm
National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Dutch are riding their bikes on two new solar cycle paths
Two solar cycle paths came online in the Netherlands, and they’re the country’s first to have 1,000 square meters (10,764 square feet) of solar surface area each.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York City opens 8,500 acres of parking lots to solar canopies
New York City has relaxed its zoning laws for renewables, including opening over 8,500 acres of parking lots for solar canopies.
Expand Expanding CloseThis huge indoor ski slope is now covered in solar panels
The 12,500-square-meter (134,549-square-foot) roof of an indoor ski slope in Belgium is covered in solar panels.
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