Photo: Nextracker Nextracker just set a milestone in US clean energy manufacturing: It has delivered the first-ever solar trackers expected to meet 100% domestic content requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These US-made trackers are now on their way to power SB Energy’s Pelican’s Jaw solar project in Kern County, California. (Solar trackers, typically…

Photo: BayWa r.e. Cambridge, Massachusetts, has signed the largest-ever virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) by a US city to help build a utility-scale solar farm in Illinois. The 135 megawatt (MW) project on 800 acres in Champaign County, called Prairie Solar, will add clean energy to the grid, and Cambridge will earn renewable energy…

Mingyang Smart Energy’s huge 16.6 megawatt (MW) OceanX, with its double-turbine, “V”-shaped floating wind platform, has begun operations. Mingyang announced late last week that it had come online on LinkedIn. The single-capacity floating wind platform was launched from Guangzhou, China, in August and is now installed at Mingyang’s Yangjiang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm…

Published: November 23, 2024 Digital platform security company Irdeto, and ChargeHub, a interoperability electric vehicle (EV) charging hub for the North American market, announced the next phase of their strategic partnership. Following the initial collaboration announced in November 2023, the partners said this enhanced offering introduces a new value proposition for EV manufacturers and service…

Photo: Vista Sand Solar Farm The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) has approved Vista Sands Solar Farm, which will become the most powerful solar farm in the state. Doral Renewables’ Portage County project will be the most powerful solar farm in Wisconsin and among the most powerful in the US, generating nearly 1.3 gigawatts…

Published: November 19, 2024 Reliant and GM Energy have introduced a new electricity plan aimed at Chevrolet electric vehicle (EV) owners, which will provide Chevrolet EV drivers who enroll in the new Reliant Free Charge Nights plan free nighttime charging. More than 150 Chevrolet dealerships across Texas can now offer the plan to EV…

Photo: Cyclic Materials Cyclic Materials, a cleantech company focused on metals recycling, has struck a multi-year deal with Swiss mining giant Glencore to supply recycled copper. The collaboration is a step forward in making copper production more sustainable and meeting the skyrocketing demand for materials essential to clean energy technologies. Cyclic Materials extracts copper…

Toyota said it has moved closer to carbon-neutral operations with the installation of a 30-megawatt solar energy system at its Alabama plant. Toyota Alabama, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (TAI), and Huntsville Utilities marked the completion of the $49 million solar project, facilitated by a joint power purchase agreement (PPA). …

Photo: First Solar The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has unveiled a “Top 10” solar and storage priorities list for President-elect Trump and the 119th Congress – here’s what it wants. Solar, storage – and Trump SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper states:  This is a roadmap for the Trump administration and Congress to capitalize…

Published: November 11, 2024 California remains the leader in the U.S. for electric vehicle (EV) adoption, with 1,256,646 registered EVs, accounting for 9.27% of all vehicles in the state. However, Zutobi's 2024 U.S. EV Charging Station Report reveals that despite California's push for zero-emission vehicles, the state faces challenges in charging infrastructure. According to…