Photo: SolarEdge Thomas Edison’s birthplace and museum in Milan, Ohio, is now officially powered by a donated rooftop solar system. SolarEdge donated the inverter and Power Optimizer solution, Meyer Burger provided the rooftop solar panels, and Unirac donated the racking system. National Renewable Energy Partners provided their expertise and labor to install the rooftop solar…

Photo: US Department of Energy The US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to repurpose sites previously used in the nuclear weapons program into solar farms. DOE is negotiating leases with two developers for solar farms within the 890-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site, in Idaho Falls. The plan is to produce 400 megawatts (MW)…

Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables In Q1 2024, the US saw the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in its history, bringing its total installed capacity to 200 GW. A record-setting 11.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar panel manufacturing capacity came online in the US during Q1 2024, making up 75% of all new electricity-generating capacity…

Hitachi Energy will invest an additional $4.5 billion by 2027 to strengthen the electricity grid and accelerate the clean energy transition. Global tech company Hitachi Energy’s order backlog has more than tripled to over $30 billion since 2020. In just the last month, Hitachi Energy says it signed key HVDC framework agreements with RTE in France, RWE in…

Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation China has installed an 18-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest by power rating – in Guangdong province. State-owned power generator manufacturer Dongfang Electric Corporation completed the installation of the massive wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou on June 5. China’s 18-MW offshore wind turbine…

Rendering: Equinor Today, the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) broke ground, kicking off the transformation of the historic port into an East Coast offshore wind hub. SBMT will support Norwegian energy giant Equinor’s first US offshore wind project, Empire Wind 1. Brooklyn’s new offshore wind hub is designed to be a central, scalable hub for…

Published: May 8, 2024 At Auto China 2024, CATL unveiled Shenxing Plus—an LFP battery that achieves a range above 1,000 km. (approx. 621 miles) with 4C superfast charging. CATL said the cathode of Shenxing Plus is made with a granular gradation technology, which places every nanometer particle in a position to achieve ultra-high compact…

Wind power in Germany. (2024, April 8). In Wikipedia. In a record-breaking start to 2024, renewable energy supplied 58.4% of all electricity generated in Germany during Q1 – the highest percentage since tracking began in 2018. Germany produced a whopping 121.5 billion kilowatt hours from renewables, an 11.6% increase from the previous year. Meanwhile,…

Photo: The National Guard via Creative Commons In a historic move, Vermont has become the first US state to pass a law that makes major fossil fuel companies financially responsible for climate change damages. What the Climate Superfund Act does S.259, “An act relating to climate change cost recovery,” or the Climate Superfund Act,…

Photo: Carrier HVAC New York has become the first state to launch the Home Energy Rebates program, which helps low- and middle-income households save up to $14,000 on energy-efficiency upgrades. New York’s pioneering launch is part of a nationwide initiative to provide $8.8 billion in federal funding for states, territories, and Tribes to lower household energy…