Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a Record of Decision for SunZia, the massive clean energy transmission project in the US Southwest. BLM completed the review period for SunZia in less than two years – one of the final steps the transmission project needed…

B2U Storage Solutions, a provider of large-scale energy storage systems using second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries, announced that 25MWh of storage capacity is now operational at its SEPV Sierra hybrid solar + storage facility in Lancaster, California. The project’s storage capacity is comprised of 1,300 reused EV battery packs sourced from Honda and Nissan. …

Arka Energy just launched PowerGazebo in the US, which the startup says is capable of delivering up to 4.3 kW of generating capacity. Solar gazebo The company, which already has a presence in India, says its PowerGazebo utilizes 14 watts per square foot of solar capacity. It’s available in four different configurations, from 180…

Daimler Truck North America NextEra Energy Resources and BlackRock Alternatives, through a fund managed by its Climate Infrastructure business (BlackRock), have announced Greenlane, the name of their joint venture to design, develop, install and operate a U.S. nationwide, “high-performance,” zero-emission public charging and hydrogen fueling network for medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell…

ADS-TEC Energy and JOLT Energy are rolling out battery-buffered, ultra-fast EV chargers in city centers in the US and Europe over the next 18 months. ADS-TEC Energy‘s ultra-fast EV chargers are battery-storage-based, so they’re able to provide charging power of up to 320 kW without burdening the grid. That’s particularly useful in city centers…

Tokamak Energy has released the first images of its commercial fusion power plant, which the company says will generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes in the 2030s. The company says its ST-E1 fusion pilot plant will demonstrate the capability of delivering electricity into the grid in the early 2030s and pave the way for…

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…