Four more heat pump manufacturers have successfully developed cold-climate prototypes as part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. To take part in the Challenge, manufacturers’ heat pumps must deliver 100% heating capacity without the use of auxiliary heat, with significantly higher efficiencies at 5F (-15C), and ideally operate at…

In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years. Qcells’ largest agreement ever will supply Microsoft with enough solar panels to power the equivalent of more than 1.8 million homes annually, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction services. The two companies…

The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state. 1 out of 5 new West Virginia solar farms FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have launched a solar farm on 80 acres at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia, north of…

Electricity providers Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies just brought Wisconsin’s largest solar farm – and one of the largest of its kind in the US Midwest – online. The 300 megawatt (MW) Badger Hollow Solar Farm spans around 3,500 acres and was brought online in 150 MW phases. The second…

Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t. January 3: It’s finally game on! Vineyard Wind 1 came online late yesterday. One wind turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered around 5 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the grid. Five of Vineyard Wind…

Equinor and bp have terminated New York State’s Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm – but a do-over isn’t out of the question. The two companies have agreed with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to terminate the Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) Agreement for the 1,260…

Uber Freight and public electric commercial truck charging network service provider Greenlane, a $650 million joint venture of Daimler Truck North America, NextEra Energy Resources and BlackRock Alternatives, revealed a collaboration aiming to accelerate the development and installation of public charging infrastructure for Heavy Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (HD BEVs). The company said this collaboration…

Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t. Vineyard Wind 1 is a 50/50 joint venture between Avangrid and green investors Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners . On December 6, Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra said that its “team has worked tremendously hard, through…

The world’s largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now refers to as the Xizang Autonomous Region. The 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm is at an altitude of 4,650 meters (15,256 feet) in the Seni District. A wind farm built at 3,500 (11,483 feet) to 5,500 feet (18,045…

SAE International released the Technical Information Report (TIR) for the SAE J3400 standard covering the development and implementation of the Tesla-developed NACS (North American Charging Standard) connector to couple public and residential charging units to EVs made by any automaker. The organization said the SAE J3400 North American Charging Standard Electric Vehicle Coupler Technical Information…