The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. As a result of new solar projects coming online in 2024, the EIA forecasts that US solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt…

Nikola Corporation, via the HYLA brand, and FirstElement Fuel (FEF) have formalized a definitive 10-year agreement to refuel Nikola’s hydrogen fuel cell electric truck at FEF’s hydrogen refueling station in Oakland, Calif. Under this strategic partnership, Nikola said FEF is appointed as an authorized Nikola Fueling…

EV owners are more likely to add solar panels to their homes, according to a new US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study – here’s why. And conversely, owning photovoltaic panels also has a bearing on whether a homeowner buys an electric vehicle, but not as strongly. Researchers from NREL, University…

The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, is coming offline for three to four months for “heavy maintenance.” Hywind Scotland‘s operator, Norwegian power giant Equinor, says that operational data has indicated that its wind turbines need work. The pilot project has been in operation since 2017. The five Siemens Gamesa turbines…

Fourth Power recently received $19 million in Series A funding to scale its cost-effective thermal battery technology. The investment round was led by the venture capital firm DCVC, with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Black Venture Capital Consortium. In addition to helping scale the company’s thermal energy storage solution, which can store energy…

LG Electronics just launched its first EV charger factory in the US, and it has an annual capacity of 12,000 units. The new 100,000-square-foot EV charger factory is in Fort Worth, Texas, where Seoul-headquartered LG Electronics already has a 1 million-square-foot distribution center for consumer electronics and home appliances. Starting this month, the…

The largest solar farm in Ohio’s first phase is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the grid. The 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus. It’s made up of three phases: the 150 MW Fox Squirrel 1, which is online; the 250 MW Fox Squirrel 2, which…

Photo by Juan Mt on Pexels.com The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions. As US gas and oil reach record levels of production, enter the EPA’s Waste Emissions Charge, which is part of the Methane…

First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on India’s first fully vertically integrated solar plant. The factory, which is in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has an annual nameplate capacity of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) and directly employs around 1,000 people. It will…

Ford is combining olive branches and twigs with recycled plastic in a pilot to make auto parts – and the results are looking promising. Pruning olive trees during harvests creates 7 million tons of waste annually, so Ford engineers in Cologne, Germany, launched a research project called COMPOlive to explore how olive branches and…