Here’s how renewables have grown so far in 2023
Wind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth is looking like in 2023.
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Virginia is about to get a big 772 MW solar boost
Dominion 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 used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water
MIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s longest subsea cable that will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK just got a big boost
A 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 booming – here’s the newly released data
US solar is growing at a breakneck speed, and it hit several big milestones in July, according to newly released government data.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat
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 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 CloseSolar and battery storage prices have dropped almost 90% in 10 years
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThis EV fast charging station tells you when its power is at its cheapest and greenest
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThis huge Minnesota solar farm is about to get super-sized
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest solar panel maker breaks ground on a 3.5 GW factory
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.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s what Europe’s largest floating solar farm is going to look like
Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s northernmost solar farm is about to come online
Norway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole.
Expand Expanding CloseBiden just launched a Climate Corps that will create 20,000 jobs
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThis is what the US clean energy manufacturing boom looks like IRL
Check out this cool new interactive map that shows where and how clean energy manufacturing is mushrooming across the US.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar panel exports are breaking records – now let’s install them
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.
Expand Expanding CloseUS renewables’ annual capacity additions to triple in 10 years – WoodMac
With 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 CloseChinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas
China’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 is kicking off a solar car park push in the US
IKEA 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 CloseGreenbacker, which owns nearly 1GW of solar, makes a deal to recycle it all
Power producer Greenbacker Energy Company today announced an exclusive, long-term partnership with solar panel recycler SOLARCYCLE to recycle its decommissioned solar panels.
Expand Expanding CloseUS solar installations expected to be a record 32 GW in 2023
The US solar industry is expecting to install an unprecedented 32 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, according to a report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s longest subsea power cable is now complete
Testing and installation of the world’s longest onshore and subsea power cable, which connects Denmark and the UK, is complete.
Expand Expanding CloseWhy putting solar panels beside highways is a no-brainer
California could generate enough electricity to power 270,000 homes by putting solar panels in the empty land next to highway interchanges in just 3 Southern California counties, according to a new report released today by Environment California and The Ray.
Expand Expanding CloseLargest US community solar panel purchase in history just happened with 1.5 GW order
Boston-based Nexamp, the US’s largest community solar provider, has placed the largest community solar panel order in US history with solar panel maker Heliene.
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