Photo: United States Department of Energy - Image N1D0069267., Public Domain, via Wikimedia The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a 1 GW solar farm on a former top-secret Manhattan Project nuclear site in Washington State. The DOE’s plan is to work with Hecate Energy to repurpose the Hanford Site, an…

Published: July 9, 2024 In April, global energy, technology, and utility provider Hitachi Energy announced a $1.5 billion investment program to ramp up global transformer production by 2027. IDTechEx's research into electrical grids indicates that transformers are a critical component and potential supply bottleneck for large-scale grid upgrades. These upgrades are essential as society…

Image: BASF Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU during the first six months of 2024 for the first time ever in a half-year period. New analysis from independent energy think tank Ember reveals that wind and solar grew to an all-time high of 30% of the EU’s electricity in the first half…

Generac Power Systems has announced the availability of its first electric vehicle (EV) level-2 charger. Generac said its EV charger delivers power, efficiency, reliability and user convenience. The charger is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, offering connectivity and control through the Generac EV Charging app to monitor and manage scheduled charging remotely. Generac’s L2 EV Charger…

Photo: RWE The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to “a lack of competitive interest.” BOEM received 25 comments in response to the March 2024 Proposed Sale Notice, but only one company expressed interest in participating. The federal agency says…

Blink Charging has achieved the “In Process” designation granted by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for its EV charging solutions. Upon full accreditation for the company’s EV charging network, the Blink Network, government agencies will be able to contract with Blink or its federal resellers for networked EV charging. Blink expects to…

Canadian solar panel maker Heliene and India’s solar cell maker Premier Energies are joining forces to build a US solar cell factory. This is great news for the US, as there is currently a shortage of US solar cell manufacturing capacity. Chiranjeev Saluja, managing director at Premier Energies, said, “This joint venture will leverage…

In April, global energy, technology, and utility provider Hitachi Energy announced a $1.5 billion investment program to ramp up global transformer production by 2027. IDTechEx‘s research into electrical grids indicates that transformers are a critical component and potential supply bottleneck for large-scale grid upgrades. These upgrades are essential as society shifts from a transportation sector…

Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com Solar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The renewable energy mix – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind – is now nearly 30% of total US electrical generating capacity. …

Photo: Rhizome Rhizome, an extreme weather resilience planning platform for the power grid, has a new platform that helps utilities reduce wildfire risk. The AI-powered platform is called gridFirm (Fire Ignition Reduction and Mitigation), and it’s available for all electric utilities in the US, Canada, and Australia. It quantifies the risk of utility assets igniting…