Green Energy

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

• Charging an electric vehicle with rooftop solar in the US is cheaper than using grid power or public chargers.
• El Salvador commissions its very first wind farm.
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A site the size of greater Sydney may host a $100 billion project to convert wind and solar into green hydrogen in Western Australia. If built, it will become the world’s largest clean energy hub.

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

• Southern California Edison’s Charge Ready program will install 38,000 chargers over the next five years.
• US clean energy standard benefits would far outweigh the costs, finds a groundbreaking new report.
• 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.

Landfill, aka garbage dumps or tips, can, under the right conditions, be converted into solar farms once they’re capped. (Capping means putting a cover or barrier between the contaminated material and the surface.) There has been a nearly 80% increase in landfill solar projects built in the US over the past five years. But there are some factors that first need to be considered.

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

• Germany’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm pre-selects huge Vestas wind turbines.
• Nova Scotia sets a target of reaching 80% renewable energy 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):

• Maine’s governor permanently bans offshore wind in state waters in a compromise.
• ION Energy raises $3.6 million with the participation of Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund.
• 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 final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.
• 2021’s most and least energy-expensive states, according to a new WalletHub study.
• 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):

• Dubuque may adopt a pilot program to help low- to moderate-income households install solar.
• In 2020, US fossil fuel consumption was at its lowest level since 1991.
• 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):

• Battery electric cars now account for 11% of the UK market – tied with diesel.
• The US consumed more electricity powered by renewables than by coal in 2020, reports the EIA.
• 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.

China launched two out of 16 of the Baihetan hydropower station’s generating units on Monday. It’s the world’s second-largest hydropower station behind China’s Three Gorges Dam. The two 1 gigawatt units began full power generation today.

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

• New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind project, Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind II.
• Transitioning to clean energy will grow the global economy, as investments will pay off, reports IRENA.
• 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 government has awarded grants for electric and hydrogen buses to 49 projects in 46 states.
• Connecticut boosts its electric vehicle rebates.
• 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):

• Caterpillar agrees to develop all-electric mining machines for Nouveau Monde Graphite.
• Democratic Republic of Congo will build two solar farms in the copper- and cobalt-rich southeast.
• 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.

GE Renewables has launched a first-of-its-kind underwater robot that can inspect hydropower turbines faster, more easily, and safely than humans can.

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

• India’s most valuable company by market value is investing $10.1 billion in clean energy.
• Enel Russia launches a 90 megawatt wind farm in western Russia.
• 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.

US Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced late today that more than $5.4 million in federal grant funding will be awarded to the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority to purchase electric buses.

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

• BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
• Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding.
• 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):

• Tesla models make up more than half of US EV sales in 2021.
• A Michigan utility wants to be one of the first in the US to go coal-free.
• 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.

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) just signed into law SB 1128/HB 919, “Preemption Over Restriction of Utility Services,” which was pushed through the legislature. It prevents local governments from deciding which energy path they want to take. In other words, Florida towns and cities are now unable to switch to 100% clean energy because they can’t ban fossil fuels.

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

• Wind capacity has grown rapidly in the US in the last decade, and most of it is in the Midwest.
• An Anglo-American partnership wants to launch as many as 40 green hydrogen refueling stations in the UK.
• 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):

• EV100 businesses call for strong US emissions standards and all new-vehicle sales to be net zero by 2030.
• Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduces legislation to rapidly boost US solar manufacturing.
• 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.