Image: Ampion Renewable Energy Over 130 Wendy’s restaurants in New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts are now sourcing between 30% and 100% of their energy from community solar. Community solar provider Ampion Renewable Energy is partnering with The Wendy’s Company to help nearly 100 company-operated restaurants and nearly 40 franchise restaurants source renewable energy. The participating…

Heliox has launched its new Heliox 60 charger. The 60kW EV charger is certified (UL2202, CSA C22.2, Energy Star) and made specifically for the North American market. Heliox said the Buy-American-compliant Heliox 60 represents an enhanced iteration of cost-effective, low-power DC charging and satisfies the majority of DC charging use cases today. …

https://unsplash.com/photos/solar-panels-on-green-field-513dBrMJ_5w State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project. To put the sheer size of the 8 GW solar farm in perspective, the three largest solar farms in the world by capacity are China’s Ningxia Tenggeli and Golmud…

Gilbarco Veeder-Root (GVR) has launched Konect – an EV recharging ecosystem designed specifically for the fuel retail industry. Launched recently at the UNITI Expo, GVR said Konect offers a unique, fully integrated, site-wide suite of market-leading EV charging hardware and software solutions for businesses wanting to install their own EV charging infrastructure while driving down…

Shell-EDF’s Atlantic Shores South is the US’s ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind farm approved under the Biden administration – Trump wants to cancel it.  Atlantic Shores South consists of two wind farms — Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1 and 2 — expected to generate up to 2,800 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power nearly…

Energy Vault Holdings and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) announced a global exclusive gravity energy storage partnership. SOM is responsible for designing some of the world’s most well-known buildings, including Burj Khalifa, Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Willis Tower, and One World Trade Center. As part of this partnership, SOM will be the exclusive architect and…

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced an offshore wind Final Sale Notice and auction for 275,000+ acres off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas have the potential to generate 6.3 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power over 2.2 million homes. The Final Sale Notice is the…

Stora Enso has partnered with Altris, a Swedish developer of sodium-ion batteries. The two companies said they aim to further advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable battery value chain in Europe. Together, the two companies will drive the adaptation of Stora Enso’s hard carbon solution Lignode as an anode material in Altris’ sodium-ion…

Map: Orsted Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind farm, now has the final permit it needs from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to start construction. Its permitted construction and operations plan outlines the offshore wind farm’s one nautical mile wind turbine spacing, the requirements for the construction…

ABB E-mobility released the A400 All-in-One charger, which the company said offers high power density with a small footprint. The charger aims to address common EV charger problems by introducing innovations in these three problem areas: a holistic, end-user-centric experience design, industrialized modularity and system engineering, and a telecom-level approach to asset management, the company…