In a major milestone for the US offshore wind industry, wind turbine installation at Vineyard Wind 1, the US’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is expected to start next week. The $3.5 billion Vineyard Wind 1, a 50/50 joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) funds CI II and CI III, is 15…

Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted just put up a $100 million guarantee that it will have New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind 1, online by December 2025. If the project isn’t online by the deadlines agreed to by Ørsted and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the company will have to…

EVgo, a public fast-charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), debuted an Alexa-enabled EV charging experience with Amazon. Drivers with Alexa-enabled vehicles and automotive accessories like Echo Auto can now ask Alexa to help them find and navigate to nearby EV charging stations. This announcement follows the company’s previous news of supporting Amazon’s voice-initiated EV driver…

Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power and Sicily-based robotic tech startup Reiwa have developed a robot that automatically cleans solar panels without using water or gas. Dust and dirt can be a real problem on solar panels, as it interferes with their performance, especially in particularly dusty or desert areas. Pressure washers or tractors…

EVGo customers and PlugShare users now have access to two months of Amazon’s Audible Premium Plus for free. The DC fast charger network and the Amazon audiobook and company are together offering limited-time access to Audible Premium Plus, a subscription plan that gives unlimited access to thousands of audiobooks and s. Audible Premium Plus provides customers…

Two Caesars Atlantic City casinos have installed solar garage canopies that, combined, will produce around 8.29 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy annually. Solar developer DSD Renewables (DSD) has installed a four-canopy, 6.5 MW solar portfolio for Caesars Entertainment at two out of its three Atlantic City casinos. Caesars Atlantic City now has 1.7 MW and…

Italy and Greece are planning to install a subsea cable to increase their interconnection capacity and share renewable energy. Italian grid operator Terna announced that a public consultation for the €750 million ($797 million) subsea cable project – GR.ITA 2 – has been greenlighted. Two 250-km (155-mile) subsea cables with up to 1,000 megawatts (MW)…

BP Pulse, The EV Network (EVN) and NEC Group announced the launch of a public electric vehicle (EV) charging hub on the NEC Campus in the West Midlands near the UK. Coined the “Gigahub,” this location was officially opened by The Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP. …

Vermont’s largest utility, Green Mountain Power (GMP), wants to install battery storage for all 270,000 of its customers by 2030. Battery storage for all by 2030 Instead of building more power lines like most utilities to accommodate new clean energy and prevent outages, GMP is taking a different approach. The plan for its 2030…

Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com Utility-scale solar and wind provided over half of new US generating capacity added in the first half of 2023, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data.  The SUN DAY campaign reviewed FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report and found that of the 17,017 megawatts (MW) of…