Solar energy – Page 7 – Thinking Port

How to Invest Directly into Solar Projects & Finance a Clean Energy Future

February 2, 2025 admin clean power, climatize, community solar, green economy, investment, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:57:31 +0000

Large solar projects are typically financed by big banks. At the other end of the scale, residential solar is financed by a homeowner and potentially just through their solar company or an affiliated lender. But what about the middle of that wide spectrum? It’s the smallish to mid-size-ish projects that … [continued]

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Solar & Battery Storage For Charging Electric Trucks Lead The Way Toward A Blended Grid

February 1, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, grid, microgrids, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:52:05 +0000

Charging electric trucks can use enormous amounts of electricity, making access to that power and managing its costs critical.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Renewable Energy — Interview with LandGate CEO Yoann Hispa

January 31, 2025 admin clean power, landgate, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:56 +0000

Renewable energy has clearly turned a corner and hit the inflection points that so many pundits have forecast for so long. Since the invention of the solar panel more than 70 years ago through 2022, the world added 1 terrawatt of solar energy production capacity. From 2022 through the end … [continued]

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Data Centers and Renewable Energy — Assuring the Future of Data is Clean

January 31, 2025 admin clean power, landgate, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:35 +0000

A recent project for carbon capture using renewable energy was kiboshed after years of exploration and development. It was called Project Bison, and it was set to be built in Wyoming, where there is a ton of renewable energy. The idea was that this plentiful, cheap, clean energy could be … [continued]

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Bright Spots Of Solar Energy Cut Through The Clutter

January 31, 2025 admin brookfield, clean energy investment, clean power, climate investments, community solar, Energy, green economy, hecate energy, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar finance, solar investors, solar power plants, us solar energy, us solar energy growth, us solar finance, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:41:52 +0000

The US developer Hecate has 11 gigawatts of solar energy and storage projects under its belt and 47 more gigawatts in its pipeline.

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Poland Added About 4 GW Of Solar Power In 2024

January 30, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Poland, poland solar, poland solar energy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:57:54 +0000

It was reported recently that Poland was on track to add about 4 gigawatts (GW) of solar power in 2024. Though, the final numbers are not yet available. Apparently, in November 2024, it was short about 0.3 GW, which means it was on schedule for a total of about 4 … [continued]

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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

January 30, 2025 admin Agriculture, clean power, Solar energy, Utah, wind energy

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:34:53 +0000

There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which … [continued]

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Manorga Solar Parking Canopies To Be Distributed By BayWa re

January 29, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, France, parking lot solar, policy & politics, solar canopies, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000

Not so long ago, France ushered in a new era of solar energy with the passage of a new law that mandates a large rise in solar canopies. The country’s new regulation requires large parking lots to have at least 50% of their space covered in solar canopies. It applies … [continued]

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More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

January 27, 2025 admin caiso, California, california independent system operator (caiso), clean power, electricity transmission, Energy, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), green economy, grid, idaho, ls power, nevada, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:26:19 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

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Solar, Wind, & Batteries Providing Texas with Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tax Revenue

January 27, 2025 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, market research, onshore wind farms, renewable energy benefits, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy benefits, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, texas, texas solar, texas solar energy, texas wind energy, wind energy, wind energy benefits

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:36 +0000

There’s a growing war on renewable energy, particularly in “red” districts and states in the USA. One of the things that is often bewilderingly forgotten by those attacking renewable energy is the enormous tax revenue (and overall economic benefits) solar, wind, and battery storage projects provide. A new report focused … [continued]

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