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Superconducting Transmission CEO Talks Grids In Brussels

December 9, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, electric grid, electricity transmission, Energy, Europe, green economy, grid, hvdc, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:02:15 +0000

When I was in Brussels recently speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution, Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan’s handbook for Europe’s renewable power grid of the future, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fitzgerald, CEO of Supernode, a startup developing superconducting transmission. … [continued]

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10 US Solar Stats for Your Christmas Parties

December 9, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, Manufacturing, market research, research, rooftop solar, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar facts, solar jobs, solar panels, solar prices, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:14:47 +0000

Have some holiday parties coming up and need some fun and interesting stats to share when the conversation gets dull or turns in a wrong direction? We’re here to help. Well, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is here to help. It just released its US Solar Market Insight … [continued]

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USA Adds Record Amount of Solar Manufacturing in 4th Quarter — Thanks, IRA

December 8, 2024 admin clean power, Florida, florida solar energy, green economy, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, market research, Republicans, research, seia, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar panels, solar power plants, texas, texas solar, texas solar energy, u.s. solar market insight, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]

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A Flow Battery Stealth Attack Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

December 7, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, flow batteries, flow battery, flow battery storage, grid, grid storage, invinity, long-duration energy storage, renewable energy, rural electric cooperatives, Solar energy, vanadium flow batteries, vanadium flow battery, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:53:52 +0000

Five electric cooperatives in the US will each host a new vanadium flow battery from the UK firm Invinity, in a long duration energy storage demonstration project overseen by the US Department of Energy

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Escalante Solar Named Solar Project of the Year, Retired Coal-Fired Site Supplies Carbon-Free Electricity to 63,000 Homes

December 7, 2024 admin array technologies, clean power, gridworks escalante solar, NEW MEXICO, origis energy, rural electric cooperatives, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:50:14 +0000

The diligence of builders and installers, the ingenuity of engineers, the guidance of developers, and the commitment of numerous nearby companies, governmental organizations, and nonprofits have been recognized as a well-done collaborative accomplishment out west. Leaving coal behind and jumping into the solar future, the Escalante Solar project has just … [continued]

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Millions Of Stockpiled Solar Panels In US Face New Tariffs

December 7, 2024 admin China, china tariffs, chinese solar tariffs, clean power, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:43:54 +0000

The United States has always had a certain schizophrenia about solar panels. Jimmy Carter installed some solar hot water panels on the roof of the White House, but Ronald Reagan had them ripped off as soon as he moved in. During the Obama administration, the federal government issued a $535 … [continued]

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BYD Sales Soaring, Tesla Demand Concerns, Japanese Auto Sales Crashing — Cleantech News Update

December 6, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica videos, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Estonia, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, masdar, policy & politics, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:40:30 +0000

We’re looking to relaunch a regular, frequent cleantech news show on YouTube. It will improve as time goes on, more co-hosts and guests will be included, and we’re open to any feedback or requests. Overall, though, you have to start (or restart) somewhere, and this is where we’re starting again. … [continued]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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For Giving Tuesday, Perhaps Consider Solar, EVs, a Good Charity, and a Chance to Win Your Choice of a Rivian R1S or R1T — Or All of Them Combined!

December 6, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev raffle, ev raffles, Illinois, illinois solar energy, illinois solar energy association, isea, raffles, rivian, rivian stock, Solar energy, Sponsored

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:50:21 +0000

The Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA) is a great organization. Since its inception in 1975, it has helped countless Illinoisans go solar, providing a directory of proven professionals in the solar energy and storage industries. More importantly, it’s helped create a stable set of regulations and incentives at the state … [continued]

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BYD Popping Sales, Agrivoltaics Winning, US Manufacturing Boom — Top 14 Cleantech Stories

December 5, 2024 admin agrivoltaics, batteries, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics, rivian, Smart Grid, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:55:22 +0000

It’s time to catch up on the most interesting and most exciting cleantech stories of the past week. As it turns out, some of the top stories were also top stories in other recent weeks. But that’s just how big these stories are. There are several new stories as well, … [continued]

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