Published: March 9, 2024 CITGO Petroleum Corporation, along with Folk Oil Company, recently launched an electric vehicle (EV) charging pilot program designed to meet the needs of EV drivers in Battle Creek, Mich. CITGO said its location at 15551 11 Mile Road now offers both regular transportation fuel and EV charging stations. The EV…

Published: March 8, 2024 Eaton said it's looking to reduce the complexity of installing EV charging stations by introducing an automated load management approach to maximize the charging capabilities of existing electrical systems. The solution was developed in collaboration with ChargeLab, a developer of open EV charger management software. Eaton said its Charging Network…

Photo: Pivot Energy Walmart is investing in 19 solar projects under development across the US, including 15 community solar projects.  Walmart’s strategic tax equity investment will drive the construction, operation, and maintenance of solar projects across five states – Illinois, Colorado, Maryland, Delaware, and California. As the American Council on Renewable Energy explains, tax equity investors provide funding to take…

Mack Trucks revealed it built a mobile off-grid charging system that will be integrated into the body of a Mack MD electric truck. The company said this mobile Mack MD Electric charging unit can be used for a limited time by customers who want to test the technology and by dealers when facilitating electric vehicle demos. Mack…

Photo: Erich Burnett/Oberlin College Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the US’s largest agrivoltaics project. The $1 billion Oak Run Solar Project, approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus. Bill Gates owns some of that…

Photo: Rondo Alcoholic drinks giant Diageo will replace natural gas-fired heat with Rondo Energy’s Heat Batteries at its production sites in Kentucky and Illinois. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Diageo–Rondo Energy project up to $75 million. That money comes from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. It’s…

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. The project pairs a 186-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 115…

Georgia-based EnviroSpark said it will build four DC fast chargers (DCFCs) at a Tifton Waffle House and four DCFCs at a Shell station in Metter, using National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding awarded by GDOT. EnviroSpark, which won two of the five open Phase 1 eligible sites, was the only company selected to build more…

Photo: "CAL Cargo Airlines B747-412(F), 4X-ICB, MSN 1042 (09/1994), as 5C 921 Liege (LGG) - New York (JFK), Flight Time: 7:19" by usf1fan2 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. New York City just announced it will build its largest publicly accessible EV charging station next to JFK Airport. Wildflower, a New York City-based developer of…

Photo: Mortensen The US battery storage market shattered deployment records across all segments in Q4 2023 – a 101% increase from the previous quarter. The US battery storage sector saw 4,235 megawatts (MW) installed in Q4 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest “US Energy Storage Monitor” report. For the…