Solar power

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

• Hurricane Ida will affect the price of gas for ICE-car drivers across the US.
• Were widespread power outages from Hurricane Ida avoidable?
• 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):

• Maryland is funding 36 public fast chargers and 145 workplace charging ports.
• The Inc. 5000 2021 list is out, and solar has a solid foothold in the Top 20.
• 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):

• Swedish venture HYBRIT ships its first batch of steel made with green hydrogen instead of coal.
• Korean researchers say they can recycle solar panels into high-performance solar cells.
• 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.

While legislators battle over federal infrastructure bills, some US states are out of the gate when it comes to adopting clean energy.

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

• Four in five US homeowners with solar and storage feel prepared to weather a power outage.
• Average construction costs for US wind farms dropped by 27% from 2013 to 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):

• If Congress provides tax credits for the solar industry, it could grow rapidly by 2035.
• First Solar breaks ground on a $680 million, 3.3 GW solar factory in Ohio.
• 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.

STRÖMMA is a locality in Stockholm County, Sweden. And it’s also the name Swedish furniture and home goods giant IKEA has given to its new clean energy retail service from next month in its home country.

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

• The Linden Hawk Rise 4.5 MW community solar project in New Jersey nears completion.
• Albuquerque, New Mexico, launches an Electrified Dealer Program to help car dealers sell EVs.
• 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 Florida Power and Light (FPL) Company’s Manatee Energy Storage Center, the world’s largest solar-powered battery system capable of powering Walt Disney World for around seven hours, is now 75% complete.

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

• Three standout solar, storage, and financing trends emerged between July 2020 and June 2021.
• India reaches a milestone of 100 gigawatts of clean energy.
• 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):

• 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.
• 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 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.