Photo: CDC The US Department of Defense agreed to source renewable power from two new solar farms for five military bases in the Carolinas. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a “first-of-its-kind partnership” with Duke Energy today to power five military installations in North and South Carolina with clean electricity. DoD will exclusively purchase…

Rendering: AlphaStruxure Montgomery County, Maryland, and AlphaStruxure have kicked off construction of the US’s largest renewable energy-powered bus depot. The Maryland bus depot will also be the largest transit depot microgrid in the US and the first on the East Coast to produce green hydrogen onsite. The 5.65-megawatt (MW) microgrid project, delivered for zero upfront costs…

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved a new world record for solar panel efficiency. The 60-cell residential-size solar panel has achieved a conversion efficiency – the percentage of solar energy shining on a panel converted into electricity – of 26.9%, surpassing the current best silicon…

Photo: AES Corporation Mississippi officially launched its first utility-scale wind farm yesterday, and it’s got the tallest onshore wind turbines in the US. The 184.5-megawatt (MW) Delta Wind is in Tunica County, near the Arkansas and Tennessee borders. Power utility AES Corporation owns and operates the wind farm. Amazon will purchase the power from Delta Wind for…

Published: June 22, 2024 Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) has signed an agreement with ChargePoint, which will enable access to its charging network within the Porsche charging service. According to the companies, the collaboration will increase the number of chargers available to Porsche customers to more than 86,000 drivers across the United States. …

Photo: National Grid Renewables National Grid Renewables just brought South Dakota’s largest solar farm online in Pennington County. Wild Springs is a 128-megawatt (MW) solar farm in the Southwest Power Pool, which manages the central US’s electric grid and wholesale power market. The solar farm has a 114 MW power purchase agreement with the utility…

Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) has signed an agreement with ChargePoint, which will enable access to its charging network within the Porsche charging service. According to the companies, the collaboration will increase the number of chargers available to Porsche customers to more than 86,000 drivers across the United States. …

Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com The Pew Research Center surveyed Americans about how they feel about local wind and solar development in their communities – this is what they found. Wind and solar in Americans’ backyards As a whole, more Americans think wind or solar would help rather than hurt their local economy. But…

Toyota Motor North America, guided by its “Empact” vision to address equitable EV charging and mobility for all, has revealed the first communities that will receive DC fast chargers (DCFC), the communities include Baldwin Park, CA, and Sacramento, CA. According to Toyota, high-power 350kW chargers at each location are to be installed, owned and operated…

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…