The first US pilot that will site solar panels over irrigation canals is going to deploy long-duration iron flow battery storage. Solar panels over canals Project Nexus is a $20 million pilot in California’s Turlock Irrigation District that launched in October of last year. The project team is exploring solar over canal design, deployment, and…

Calhoun County Public Schools in West Virginia is going to install rooftop solar at two public schools – a state first. The first solar on West Virginia public schools Calhoun County schools will also be the first in West Virginia to install solar power onsite at no upfront cost through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). A PPA is…

Ground-mount solar installer Sunstall has launched Sunzaun, a company that makes vertical solar systems for farms and agricultural settings. Sunzaun has designed its vertical solar systems for the growing field (no pun intended) of agrivoltaics – when agriculture and solar coexist on the same land. Crops are grown, or smaller animals such as sheep graze, around…

Wind turbine maker Vestas today announced that it’s figured out how to recycle all wind turbine blades – even ones already sitting in landfills. The Danish company says it has discovered a solution that “renders epoxy-based turbine blades as circular, without the need for changing the design or composition of blade material.” Vestas, Aarhus…

Renewable energy provided 74.1% of new utility-scale generating capacity in the US last year, according to new data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. US electrical generating capacity and renewables in 2022 New utility-scale solar capacity – that is, not including rooftop solar – was…

Renewables will dominate the growth of global electricity supply and meet the vast majority of the increase in demand to 2025, according to a new report out today from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Renewables’ share of the global power generation mix is forecast to rise from 29% in 2022 to 35% in 2025,…

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report that assesses the infrastructure requirements for converting the U.S. vehicle fleet to battery electric. This analysis focused on three critical challenges for nationwide vehicle electrification: U.S. Electricity Supply and Demand Electric Vehicle Production Truck Charging Requirements The…

Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D-MN) today signed a 100% clean energy bill into law after the State Senate passed it on February 2. SF 4 requires all of Minnesota’s utilities to produce 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. The road map to carbon-free electricity before 2040 is as follows: 80% for public utilities and 60% for…

EVBox has introduced its fast charging station, EVBox Troniq Modular, with a power capacity of up to 240kW, to the North American market. This DC fast charging station is already in service across the European market. The company will assemble EVBox Troniq Modular for the U.S. market at its Libertyville, Illinois, facility, where it also…

A hybrid solar + storage facility comprised of 1,300 second-life EV battery packs is fully operational in California. Los Angeles-based B2U Storage Solutions, which develops large-scale energy storage systems by reusing EV batteries, owns the system, which is sited north of LA, in Lancaster. The system is called SEPV Sierra, and it uses…