Green Energy

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

• South Korea has committed nearly $40 billion to build EV tech factories and expand R&D in the US.
• The UK will install 3,550 “ultra-rapid charging points” on motorways and in towns over two years.
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Hecate Independent Power (HIP) has announced it will build an enormous, $30 billion offshore wind project off the coast of Iceland that will power the UK using long subsea cables.

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

• The decline in natural gas generation in the first four months of 2021 is the first year-over-year decline since 2017.
• Here are 5 things US households can do this summer to ease stress on the grid and save money.
• 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.

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory published research on how the supply chains of rare earth minerals respond to disruptions. This could include natural disasters, labor or trade disputes, construction delays – and pandemics.

The team found that mineral supply chain disruptions have long-range impacts that affect the costs and availability of electric vehicles.

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

• Wisconsin approves Alliant Energy’s Onion River solar farm, which will be one of the state’s largest.
• Southwest Florida launches a 74.5-megawatt community solar farm.
• 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.

Renewable resources provided 99.9% of Vermont’s electricity generation in 2019, the largest share for any state, but it has more than 100,000 homes that use fuel oil, the dirtiest fuel for home heating. US residential geothermal company Dandelion Energy wants to help Vermont ditch the fuel oil – it today announced that it’s expanding its services into the Green Mountain State. 

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

• Vermont’s Green Mountain Power is the first US utility to offer the Span Smart Panel in a pilot program.
• Chicago-based Energize Ventures leads its first investment in the battery sector.
• 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 Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced that it will commercially release its Maxeon Air solar panels this summer. The company says the Air solar panels are frameless, thin, lightweight, and conformable, with efficiency and performance the same as standard solar panels.

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

• GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.
• Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity 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):

• The International Energy Agency’s new report details the global transition to clean energy by 2050.
• The Bahamas installs a hurricane-resistant solar hybrid microgrid on Highbourne Cay.
• 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.

Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced today that it, along with a coalition of industry and academic leaders, has figured out how to fully recycle wind turbine blades.

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

• California governor Gavin Newsom’s new proposal devotes $3.2 billion to boost EV adoption goals.
• John Kerry says technology to reduce emissions hasn’t been invented yet. He’s wrong.
• 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.

Roof-integrated solar company GAF Energy announced today that it will move all of its manufacturing from Asia to a facility in Silicon Valley. It’s a reversal of the solar industry trend of manufacturing solar panels in Asia due to lower labor costs.

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

• The Biden administration has approved Vineyard Wind 1, the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters.
• The IEA raises its forecast for global wind and solar growth by another 25% compared to six months ago.
• 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):

• Brown University researchers find a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells.
• Ørsted and Polish energy company PGE to build 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and 3 offshore wind farms.
• 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 solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020. By 2035, we’ll need 900,000 solar workers.
• 2020 saw the largest annual decrease in US energy production on record.
• 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.

Enel Green Power North America, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, has started construction on five new clean energy projects in the US. The new wind, solar, and hybrid projects announced today represent more than 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity and 319 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity.

The five new projects under construction in Texas, Illinois, and Oklahoma will generate over 4.1 TWh of renewable electricity per year, capable of powering more than 525,000 US households annually. All five projects announced today have offtake agreements for a portion of their output.

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

• 98% of GE’s shareholders yesterday demanded it take climate action, and its board said it would comply.
• Great Britain’s wind farms set a new clean energy record by generating 48.5% of the electricity system.
• 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.

Danish clean energy giant Ørsted has just completed its very first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project, and it’s in the US.

Its Permian Energy Center project (pictured above), a 460 MW solar and 40 MW battery storage facility, is in Andrews County, Texas.

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

• Oxford Brookes University researchers think wind turbines should be vertical.
• The US Interior Department approves a solar farm in the California desert.
• 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):

• GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines are awarded typhoon certification.
• United Auto Workers union says only US-made EVs should get tax incentives.
• 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.