Solar power

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• A Florida solar boot camp provides guaranteed jobs for young adults.
• The Swiss government says it can reach net zero by 2050 – with fossil fuels.
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The California Energy Commission’s five-member panel voted unanimously yesterday to require solar panels and battery storage in new commercial buildings and certain multifamily residences beginning January 1, 2023.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Microsoft signs a power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy solar energy in Texas.
• Canadian solar panel maker Heliene opens a second US manufacturing site, in Florida.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Ørsted says Block Island is offline for summer maintenance, and rumors are flying.
• Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch.
• 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.

Florida utility Tampa Electric Co. has announced it will retire three coal units and double its solar output within two years. That’s good news, but in an interview published last week, its CEO doesn’t mention the fact that the vast majority of its power comes from natural gas or whether it plans to transition away from the methane-producing fossil fuel.

The world’s largest-ever report about climate change was published today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations group of nearly 200 leading climate scientists that looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. It’s pretty grim – but far from hopeless. There are things we all can and must all do. As US Senator Ed Markey says, “We can’t agonize – we must organize.”

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Drinks giant Diageo has submitted a planning application for an onsite, 4 MW solar farm in Scotland.
• The Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina moves another step forward.
• 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.

Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) today introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives that amends the solar investment tax credit (ITC) to include integrated solar roofs. It would allow for expensing roof repairs and replacement necessary for solar installation.

Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) also introduced companion legislation in the Senate today.  

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The Tennessee Valley Authority implodes its oldest coal-fired power plant.
• The UK’s Ministry of Justice installs £1.1 million of roof-mounted solar on courts and prisons.
• 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.

Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies, a spin-off from US-based SunPower Corporation that’s controlled by French energy giant TotalEnergies, is getting EU funds to manufacture its stick-on Maxeon Air solar panels.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• In 2020, clean energy sources generated 21% of all US electricity.
• A judge rules that the largest known lithium resource in the US can be excavated.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• In 2020, due to the pandemic, US energy emissions fell to the lowest level since 1983. 
• Belfast, Maine, sees 7 megawatts of community solar launch for Central Maine Power customers.
• 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.

The Battle Born Solar Project in Nevada – what would have been the largest solar farm in the US – is now canceled because nearby residents said it would be an eyesore.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Vattenfall gets the green light to run a Dutch pilot combining solar panels and strip farming.
• The UK currently has around 25,000 EV chargers, and will need 10 times that by 2030.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather.
• Massachusetts announces $1.6 million in grants to support offshore wind workforce training.
• 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.

Singapore-based solar energy provider Sunseap will spend more than $2 billion to build the world’s largest floating solar farm and energy storage system on Indonesia’s Batam Island, which is across the Singapore Strait from Singapore.

Japan aims to increase its clean energy use to nearly 40% by 2030, according to a new Basic Energy Plan draft released by the Japanese government today. The country also plans to reduce its use of fossil fuels.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• 68% of Americans support a spend of $20-$25 billion to adopt electric school buses. Let’s adopt more.
• New York State announces $52 million for community solar projects for underserved communities.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually.
• A solar company sues the Department of the Interior over offshore wind farm approval.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US produced more petroleum and natural gas than any other country in 2020.
• Average US solar construction costs continued to fall in 2019.
• 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.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Heating homes with hydrotreated vegetable oil is now under way in pilots in the UK.
• New software from the DOE and NREL will greatly speed up residential solar permitting across the US.
• 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.