As part of an ongoing push around renewable energy, GM is entering a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy for three GM assembly plants. NorthStar said its Newport Solar project in Newport, Ark., will support the electricity needs of GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly in Mich., and…

Photo: Natron Energy Natron Energy has announced it will build the first sodium-ion battery gigafactory in the US, in North Carolina. The Santa Clara, California-headquartered sodium-ion battery technology company will build the sodium-ion battery gigafactory in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, where it expects to produce 24 gigawatts (GW) of sodium-ion batteries annually at full capacity.…

Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com In the first half of 2024, the US power grid got a major boost, with developers and power plant owners adding a hefty 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity. According to the latest figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), that’s a 21% increase –…

Photo: Sunrun Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) announced today that it’s the first and only US storage + solar company to surpass 1 million customers. That milestone firmly establishes Sunrun’s position as the largest developer of residential clean energy systems in the US. Sunrun now accounts for 1 in every 5 home solar systems installed in the…

Photo: Openverse Renewables – solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydropower – are now 30% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to analysis of FERC’s mid-year data. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” (with data through June 30, 2024), which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, also reported that…

Photo: Carrier HVAC Wondering whether a heat pump would be right for your home? The folks at heat pump installers BOXT answer the most Googled questions. Electrek heard from Andy Pattison, head of renewables at BOXT, who answered four of the most frequently asked questions about heat pumps on Google: What is a heat pump?…

Photo: Avangrid True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio. Avangrid installed more than 488,000 solar panels at the 321 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Falls County, Texas, over the past several months, and it says it finished ahead…

Photo: SEIA Since 2014, solar capacity at K-12 schools has more than quadrupled across the US, according to a new report from clean energy nonprofit Generation180. The “Brighter Future: A Study of Solar on K-12 Schools” report highlights that over 6.2 million students – more than 1 in 9 – now attend schools powered by…

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…