The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office might be the most talked about -- and yet least understood -- part of the federal government’s efforts to support climate tech. It has already invested more than $35 billion in everything from Tesla's first big factory to...
Read MoreLittelfuse has announced its latest product, the 400PV Fuse series — a 2410 size, surface mount design (SMD) circuit protection component that offers low resistance for solar applications. The 400PV is specifically designed to address the latest trend in solar roofing by enabling PV shingles...
Read MoreSouthern Power will use Mitsubishi Power Americas and Powin energy storage systems on two California projects totaling 640 MWh. The 4-hour duration systems will be co-located with already installed solar projects. They likely represent some of the largest retrofits of solar + storage sites in...
Read Morehere are few areas harder to decarbonize than heavy industry. But the stakes are high. Altogether, industry represents over 30% of global GHG emissions, when counting both direct process emissions and industrial energy use. It’s also a huge opportunity for innovation. This week, Shayle talks with Rebecca...
Read MoreThe Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), a green nonprofit affordable housing developer based in Prince George’s County, along with Pepco and Emera Technologies, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) to construct a new residential microgrid to power a small subdivision of...
Read MoreEDF Renewables North America completed and reached commercial operation of the Desert Harvest 1 (114 MWdc) and Desert Harvest 2 (100 MWdc) Solar Projects. Desert Harvest 1 provides electricity to MCE under a 20-year PPA, while Desert Harvest 2 supplies energy and renewable attributes to...
Read MoreThe Moorburg coal power station boasts an eventful inception, a landmark closure, and now, a bright future. It was opened in 2015 by Swedish utility Vattenfall on the banks of the Elbe river, just outside the German port city of Hamburg. Its planning and construction were...
Read MoreYoung Americans voted in record numbers during the 2020 election and played a key role in tipping the scales to Joe Biden. Early research shows that concern about climate change was a major driver of that robust turnout. The Sunrise Movement and other environmental groups mounted extensive...
Read MoreSTAG Industrial announced the groundbreaking of its first onsite solar installation in Illinois and its fifth solar installation in Massachusetts. The projects are part of community solar programs and will provide low-cost renewable energy to local homes and businesses. “We have a large presence in...
Read MoreSacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the publicly-owned utility in California's capital city, has changed its energy efficiency metric from avoided electricity consumption to avoided CO2 emissions. SMUD is the first utility in the country to count avoided carbon emissions from the existing building stock as part...
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