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Community Solar Benefits Renters & Low Income Communities

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:35:17 +0000

A June study by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that analyzed data from 11 states found people who adopt community solar are 6.1 times more likely to live in multifamily buildings, are 4.4 times more likely to rent, and earn 23% less annual income than rooftop solar adopters, who tend to be more wealthy. In … [continued]

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Graph: Electricity Demand Surges in New England Amid Heat Wave

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Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:19:28 +0000

Electricity demand in New England surged this week as high temperatures persisted through much of the United States. Demand in the electric grid territory of New England’s Independent System Operator (ISO-NE) peaked at 23,324 megawatts (MW) during the evening of June 20, approaching last year’s peak hourly demand in this … [continued]

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Kernza Meets Agrivoltaics To Turbo-Boost Rural Solar Development

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:31:48 +0000

A leading solar developer is deploying agrivoltaics to help scale up production of the perennial grain Kernza in the US.

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Biden-Harris Admin Launches Clean Energy Connector to Bring Nearly $15 Million in Annual Energy Savings to Up to 40,000 Low-Income Households

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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:49:43 +0000

Families in New Mexico, Illinois, and Washington D.C. will now Have Access to Community Solar Through HHS’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), … [continued]

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Avangrid Announces Construction of Its 5th Wind Farm in Illinois

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:53:09 +0000

The 153 Megawatt (MW) wind farm, Osagrove Flats, will be built in La Salle County and demonstrates company’s continued investment in Illinois PORTLAND, Oregon — Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, this week announced the construction of what will be the … [continued]

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It’s Raffle Time! Enter to Win A New Rivian Electric Vehicle From The Illinois Solar Education Association

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Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:53 +0000

Don’t you love raffles? The Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA) does, too, and this year you have a chance to … [continued]

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The Belvidere Plant’s Transition To An EV Plant Has A Bright Future

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Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:20:57 +0000

The United Auto Workers’ historic strike results in important benefits, including a path for reopening the Belvidere Assembly Plant in … [continued]

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CPV, GE Vernova Bring 1.2-GW Gas-Fired Plant Online in Illinois

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:44:33 +0000

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) said the company’s new 1.2-GW Three Rivers Energy Center in Illinois has entered commercial operation. The natural gas-fired facility, built in collaboration with GE Vernova’s Gas […]

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Win a New Tesla and Help ISEA Spread the Word About Solar Energy

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:00:15 +0000

Want to zip down the highway in a brand new Tesla? Want to help spread the word about solar and the transition to clean energy at the same time? It’s time to go without the gas and enter the Illinois Solar Education Association’s Tesla Model Y Raffle! ISEA has held a Tesla raffle for the […]

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Stellantis Laying Off Workers, Scapegoating Electric Vehicles — Come On, Stellantis

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:07:45 +0000

It’s no secret that the world has seen some economic troubles as a result of COVID-19 hitting, countless people getting horribly sick and dying, economies shutting down, trillions of dollars being unloaded from governments in order to keep people in lockdown alive and sane, supply chains being broken, economies trying to slowly re-open and get […]

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