Photo: Sunrun Support for Biden’s federal clean energy incentives cuts across party lines – 78% of 2020 Trump voters support them. Nearly 9 in 10 American voters support clean energy incentives in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), according to new polling released today by Global Strategy Group (GSG), North Star, and the…

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states. More federal lands for solar The proposed updated Western Solar Plan is a roadmap for Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) governance of solar energy proposals and projects on…

Published: August 17, 2024 AmpUp and EVSE, a division of Control Module, which designs and manufactures patented, retractable-cable EV charging stations and support equipment, has introduced an expanded deployment for the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting (LABSL) providing Level 2 EV chargers for an additional 150 existing streetlight poles throughout LA communities. EVSE…

Photo: Oxford PV University of Oxford spin-off Oxford PV has revealed a “world-first” commercial sale of its tandem solar panels that produce 20% more energy than standard silicon panels. The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s proprietary perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, will be used in a utility-scale installation by an undisclosed US customer. The panels –…

Published: August 26, 2024 EVgo recently revealed several network enhancements through EVgo ReNew. In addition to network advances, EVgo has debuted the Canary Model, a performance-monitoring tool it said is designed to automatically identify and analyze patterns and support diagnostics, augmenting EVgo’s maintenance responses with data from actual charging sessions. Together, these updates are…

Photo: Primergy Solar For the first time, Texas has bumped California out of the No 1 spot for the most utility-scale solar capacity. US solar’s rapid rise in just 2 years Adding 1,656 MW in Q2 2024, Texas now boasts of 21,932 MW of online solar power, according to the American Clean Power Association’s “Clean…

Zeekr released upgraded EV batteries that support 5.5C ultra-fast charging, which it said allows vehicles to charge from 10% to 80% in 10.5 minutes. The new charging speed is achieved by Zeekr’s new 007 sedan model, which carries the new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and is connected with Zeekr V3 ultra-fast charging piles, the…

Photo: Worldview Films via Vineyard Wind 1 Massachusetts and Rhode Island have selected 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power in the region’s first-ever coordinated procurement. This historic step marks the largest offshore wind initiative in New England to date, with Massachusetts alone securing 2,678 MW from three major projects. Once it comes online,…

Published: August 27, 2024 EVE Energy recently launched the Omnicell 6C fast-charging large cylindrical all-purpose battery specifically designed for high-end passenger cars. EVE Energy says the battery has four key highlights: fast charging, low temperature, physical, and a sustainable life cycle. According to EVE Energy, it can charge from 10% to 80% power in…

Photo: DriveOhio The US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s Q3 2024 update reveals an increase of around 9,000 EV charging ports in the last three months – here’s the lowdown. US EV charging ports on the increase Including the new EV charging ports that came online in Q3, the US now has nearly 192,000 public Level…