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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

February 10, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, policy & politics, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:41:15 +0000

Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies President Trump recently declared an energy emergency. In his Executive Order, he states “We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the … [continued]

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USA Surpasses 50 Gigawatts of Solar Module Manufacturing Capacity

February 10, 2025 admin clean power, press releases, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar panel factory, solar panels, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:31:58 +0000

Historic milestone marks progress towards SEIA’s goal to achieve 50 GW of domestic manufacturing across the solar supply chain by 2030 WASHINGTON D.C. — The United States has reached a historic manufacturing milestone, surpassing 50 gigawatts (GW) of domestic solar module production capacity. At full capacity, these factories can produce … [continued]

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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean power, Donald Trump, Energy Storage, freyr battery, Georgia, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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JUWI To Build 340MWp Solar Projects For South African Mining, Energy, & Data Center Leaders In 2025

February 9, 2025 admin africa, clean power, juwi, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:04:15 +0000

The South African solar industry has been on a roll over the last couple of years. Utility-scale plants were getting a lot of interest starting about 10 years ago due to South Africa’s well respected Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The program was the main driving force … [continued]

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ARENA Community Based Battery Rollout

February 9, 2025 admin Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:37:48 +0000

First, let me be clear: a community battery is located in the community to collect and store electricity when there is an oversupply, usually from rooftop solar. It may or may not be owned by a community organisation. Generally, it appears most are owned by the major gentailers. See our … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, chris wright, clean power, Donald Trump, elon musk, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

Elections don’t matter. They’re all the same. That’s the nonsense you hear far too often. Elections do matter, and they result in massive differences in policy and in the future. The new US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has signed his first Secretarial Order. It directs the US Department of … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

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Joint Letter for the Clean Industrial Deal to Deliver on Decarbonisation & Competitiveness

February 8, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, Solar energy, te, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:51:33 +0000

An alliance of cleantech businesses and civil society proposes 15 measures to deliver a joint roadmap for Europe’s decarbonisation and competitiveness under the Clean Industrial Deal. This morning, T&E, alongside 15 other organizations, sent key recommendations to the Commission for the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), set for publication on February 26. The … [continued]

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New Flow Battery Venture Joins Red & Blue States In Common Cause

February 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, flow batteries, flow battery, redox flow batteries, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, vanadium redox flow batteries, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:05:57 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new vanadium redox flow battery lease model will cut the cost of long duration, utility scale wind and solar energy storage.

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ARIES: Energy Solutions at Any Scale

February 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, portland general electric (pge), Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:50:24 +0000

Q&A With Annabelle Pratt: Using the Beauty of Mathematics To Answer Utility Challenges Welcome to the ARIES: Solutions at Any Scale series. This Q&A series introduces NREL’s outstanding researchers working on Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) projects. Their work helps answer questions about future energy systems for communities, companies, … [continued]

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