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The Audi e-tron just scored a new quarterly sales record in the United States. It’s great to hear of another record sales quarter for an electric vehicle, but it’s just a tad depressing to then see how low the record total is. The e-tron, or another Audi electric SUV/crossover, has a long way to go […]
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The U.S. solar industry grew 43% and installed a record 19.2 gigawatts of capacity in 2020, according to the ‘U.S. Solar Market Insight 2020 Year-in-Review’ report, released by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association. For the second year in a row, solar led all technologies in new electric-generating capacity added, accounting for 43%. […]
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Over the past year, state officials, utilities, and a broad set of stakeholders worked together to advance key portions of the state’s Clean Energy Plan. North Carolina is emblematic of forces playing out in the larger US electricity system: although the state enjoys relatively low-cost energy, it has also relied heavily on coal-fired generation. The […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that its Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy Initiative at the University of Utah has selected 17 projects to receive up to $46 million in funding for cutting-edge, domestic, and carbon-free geothermal projects with potential to supply power to homes in the United States. […]
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BCSE President Lisa Jacobson explained, “Global supply chain disruptions, workforce protection measures, and policy uncertainty required adaptation across the industry.” “In a year when so much went sideways, it was a blockbuster year for renewable energy build,” added Ethan Zindler, BNEF’s head of Americas. “Decarbonization of U.S. energy accelerated in 2020, and the benefits will […]
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According to FERC’s January 2021 to December 2023 forecast for power capacity additions, which is based on data from ABB’s Velocity Suite and The C Three Group, slightly more than 50% of new capacity is expected to come from solar power, 27% from wind power, 17% from natural gas, not quite 4% from hydropower, and […]
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The global utility-scale energy storage market is on track for a record year in 2021, with the United States(US) continuing to lead the way. “The energy storage industry will begin significant multiyear growth in 2021, continuing until 2030, as the technology begins to form a core component of power grids in developed markets and new […]
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With the growing number of wind projects planned for U.S. waters, the partnership brings together industry-leading project management and logistics experts who can provide a “One-stop-shop” for owners, operators, and local port authorities in support of the offshore wind industry. “Crowley and Watco will work together to leverage our respective expertise in logistics, project management, […]
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Enphase steadily expanded its U.S. inverter market share throughout 2020, challenging the sustained grip that SolarEdge has long held. In a recent presentation for Roth Capital Partners, Chris Collins – the founder of Ohm Analytics – discussed inverter market share data across a sample of permit and interconnection sources in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Texas, […]
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France-based battery cell producer Verkor has gained the support of Capgemini SE, a French multinational corporation that provides consulting, technology, professional and outsourcing services, for its plan to build a 16 GWh battery cell manufacturing facility in Rodez, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse, in the Occitanie department of Aveyron. Capgemini will bring its expertise […]
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