Autonomous underwater robots have been contracted to survey the site of the US’s first floating offshore wind farm. In December, Norwegian energy giant Equinor won a 2-gigawatt (GW) lease in Morro Bay, California, in the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US West Coast. It was also the first US sale to support…

US solar is growing at a breakneck speed, and it hit several big milestones in July, according to newly released government data. In its latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with data through July 31, 2023) reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says solar provided 1,824 megawatts…

The Netherlands’ Hollandse Kust Zuid 1.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm – the first subsidy-free wind farm in Europe – is now inaugurated. Hollandse Kust Zuid is in the North Sea, 18-36 kilometers (11-22 miles) off the Dutch coast between the towns of Scheveningen and Zandvoort. It’s jointly owned by Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz. …

Danish renewables giant Ørsted just brought a 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm online in Kansas, and it’s the first in the state to feature light-mitigating technology. The 200-megawatt (MW) Sunflower Wind is in Marion County, Kansas, northeast of Wichita, and it’s going to generate enough renewable energy to power more than 70,000 homes annually. Governor…

Cyber Switching is announcing its new EV charging station, the Cyber Charger C1. Built with commercial properties and multi-family homes in mind, the company said its 48A Level 2 charging station is cost-efficient and reliable, with an uptime of 99.97%. With more than 1.7 million electric vehicles (EVs) in…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering weakening the UK’s commitments to net zero in a bombshell policy shift. The UK’s gas car phase-out rollback Sunak is preparing to present the rollbacks in a speech he’s expected to deliver in days. Downing Street isn’t denying the rollbacks. After seeing documents, the BBC says he…

US President Joe Biden is taking executive action to launch the American Climate Corps, which will train 20,000 young people to work in the clean energy economy. The American Climate Corps makes a comeback The American Climate Corps was originally included in an early version of the Inflation Reduction Act, but it was dropped…

Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down. Texas is a solar powerhouse Researchers from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) crunched data from ERCOT, which operates the Texas grid. The researchers found that from June…

Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France. The floating solar farm is called Les Ilots Blandin, and it’s going to be sited on a former quarry (pictured) in Haute-Marne, north of Dijon. Les Ilots Blandin was originally going to have a…

First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on its $1.1 billion factory in Louisiana. The manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, southwest of Baton Rouge, is First Solar’s fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the US. The photovoltaic panel production factory, which is…