We Recycle Solar is deploying new machinery and technology to quadruple its processing capacity to 522 million pounds per year by 2028. We Recycle Solar, which is permitted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to handle hazardous secondary materials that come from solar panels, removes, decommissions, recycles, and processes the panels for reuse.…

Eaton and Charge Enterprises (“Charge”), through its portfolio company, Charge Infrastructure, have begun a strategic collaboration to fast-track electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure deployment for fleets and car dealers. With the U.S. aiming for EVs to make up 50% of all vehicle sales by 2030 and the…

Terafab is an automated digital system featuring robots that build utility-scale solar farms, and its creators claim it’s able to double installation productivity yet reduce cost. Berkeley, California-based Terabase Energy‘s Terafab system features solar panel installation robots that can operate “24/7” on an automated assembly line on the solar farm’s site. The system uses robotic…

Proterra has announced the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC), operator of DART transit services, as its first customer to operate Proterra’s new fully-integrated fleet and energy management software platform, Valence. Valence is a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to optimize commercial electric vehicle fleet deployments. The company says that…

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com New York has become the first state in the US to pass a law that bans the use of fossil fuels in most new buildings. The budget bill that included this new ban was approved by lawmakers last night. That ban includes gas stoves and furnaces, and the new…

Wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to new data from the EIA and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which was reviewed by the nonprofit SUN DAY Campaign. What the EIA reported In the first two months of 2023, electrical generation…

A cargo ship struck an offshore wind turbine at the 330-megawatt (MW) Gode Wind 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. The 55-turbine Gode 1 offshore wind farm, which is 45 km (28 miles) off the German coast, is owned by Danish wind giant Ørsted. The general cargo ship is called the Petra…

The House of Representatives voted to restore tariffs on solar panels made in four Southeast Asian countries – but that move would seriously hurt the US solar industry. The 221-202 bipartisan vote sends the measure to the Democratic-controlled Senate – 12 Democrats voted for it, and 8 Republicans voted against it. President Joe Biden…

Enel North America has named Oklahoma as its preferred choice for its planned 3-gigawatt (GW) solar panel and cell factory. The factory, which Enel announced in November of last year, will be one of the largest to produce solar cells in the US – and Enel says it eventually plans to double its capacity to…

Six Flags Magic Mountain is getting a new solar project that will be the largest installed by a for-profit organization in the US – and it’s also going to offset 100% of the amusement park’s energy usage with clean energy. Six Flags Magic Mountain’s solar carport Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is working with Solar…