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Copernicus: Warmest March In Europe & Lowest Arctic Winter Sea Ice

Guest Contributor — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:04:15 +0000

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover, and hydrological variables. Most of the reported findings ... [continued]

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European State of the Climate: Striking East-West Contrast & Widespread Flooding in Europe’s Warmest Year

Guest Contributor — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:45:22 +0000

Thank you, Copernicus, Climate Change Service, EU Commission, for the following update. Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change here are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe, with record temperatures in central, eastern and southeastern regions. Storms were often severe and flooding widespread, ... [continued]

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Solar & Storage Industry Launches New Grassroots Advocacy Platform to Turbocharge Efforts to Protect Energy Tax Credits

Guest Contributor — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:11:11 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today launched Solar Powers America, a new grassroots advocacy platform to empower Americans to stand up for policies that keep electric bills down and protect abundant American-made clean energy. With both chambers of Congress gearing up to return to Washington to negotiate ... [continued]

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Sick Solar Lights Vibe Out Any Yard — CleanTechnica Tested

Guest Contributor — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:10:31 +0000

Recently I got a chance to test out Linkind’s sweet, sweet little SL5C solar spotlights. I’ve been itching to vibe out my friend’s yard for a while, and when the mailroom at CleanTechnica received an offer for us to review these, I jumped at it. I’ve tried some other lights, ... [continued]

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The 1969 All-Electric GM XP 512E Concept

Guest Contributor — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:29:50 +0000

By Sam McEachern, GM News In the first quarter, General Motors saw sales of its electric vehicles nearly double from the comparable year-ago quarter — we’re now the #2 seller of EVs in the U.S.1 But this was no overnight success story — GM has been dabbling with electric cars ... [continued]

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Burnout Is Killing Climate Progress—Here’s How We Fix It

Guest Contributor — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:28:07 +0000

Burnout is rampant in the climate space. Burnout itself is the “prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job” (Maslach & Leiter, 2016). A recent study of climate professionals found that 96% report “high” or “very high” levels of burnout (Climate Critical, 2023). Anecdotal evidence is also ... [continued]

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2000V: Solar Odyssey — How and Why the Industry is Moving Towards 2000V Systems

Guest Contributor — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:26:09 +0000

By Brian Nelson, ABB’s Renewables Segment Leader in the United States The renewable energy landscape is evolving faster than ever. Building on the successful evolution from 600V to 1500V utility-scale solar systems, the next frontier at 2000V promises to deliver substantial efficiency gains and cost reductions that will accelerate renewable ... [continued]

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Top Locations for Ocean Energy Production Worldwide Revealed

Guest Contributor — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:53:07 +0000

As global electricity demand grows, traditional energy sources are under strain. Oceans, which cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface, offer vast potential for clean energy from renewable resources such as ocean currents and waves. However, marine renewable energy development is still in its early stages compared to wind and ... [continued]

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Plastic-Free Reuse is No Longer Optional on Campus

Guest Contributor — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:29:08 +0000

By Alison Cove, Founder and CEO, USEFULL Higher education is a proving ground for innovative ideas, from incubating these ideas to advancing them. They are also hubs for sustainability-driven scholarship and innovation. At the same time, college campuses generate millions of single-use plastic containers every year through dining halls, cafes, ... [continued]

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Repealing Federal Energy Tax Credits Will Directly Harm American Households. Here’s How.

Guest Contributor — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 03:01:41 +0000

“Utility bills would increase the very next day.” — 21 House Republicans In communities across America, there is no question that families are struggling to make ends meet as the cost-of-living skyrockets. Rising prices confront families everywhere they turn — at the grocery store, at the gas pump, and on ... [continued]

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Renewable Energy Provided More Than 50% Of UK Electricity In 2024

Guest Contributor — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 03:55:14 +0000

Key headlines Renewable generation was a record 144.7 TWh in 2024, up 6.5 per cent from 2023, with new capacity more than offsetting less favourable weather conditions. Increased generation was driven by record levels of generation from bioenergy, wind, and solar PV. Renewable’s share of electricity generation was 50.8 per ... [continued]

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Breaking Boundaries: The Risks and Opportunities of V2X in the EV Era

Guest Contributor — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:30:58 +0000

By Niels Haverkorn, General Manager of Connected Transport at Irdeto As electric vehicles (EVs) continue their rapid integration into the modern world, the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) ecosystem is emerging as a game-changer. With technology advancing at an unprecedented rate, V2X enables communication between EVs and their surroundings—whether it be vehicle-to-grid (V2G), ... [continued]

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Potential Impacts of Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Repeal on US Vehicle Market & Manufacturing

Guest Contributor — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:59:41 +0000

The re-election of President Donald J. Trump has created considerable uncertainty regarding the future of the U.S. automotive industry and the nation’s transition to electrified vehicles. Through executive orders, President Trump has indicated intentions to eliminate federal regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, repeal subsidies ... [continued]

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Comparative Analyses Between DC Power Optimizers & Microinverters

Guest Contributor — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:58:36 +0000

As a continuation to Types Of Power Converters In A PV System (yes, published 11 years ago), let’s discuss the power converters relevant to residential solar application. Aside from this power converter, one might need to consider available roof space, number of facets (which depend on the type of house), ... [continued]

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Ocean Energy Is Almost Ready, But It Needs a Boost Over the Testing Barrier

Guest Contributor — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:50:38 +0000

How Robust Facilities, Like NREL’s, Could Shrink the Chasm From Data to Demonstration By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy This article is the first in a “Found at Flatirons” series that showcases the various technologies at NREL’s Arvada, Colorado, campus. In a large room with concrete-block walls, a crane lifts what looks like ... [continued]

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These Innovative Approaches Harness the Benefits of Rooftop Solar Energy for Homes & Small Businesses

Guest Contributor — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:10:12 +0000

Multistakeholder Teams of Community-Based Organizations, Local Governments, Utilities, and Others Share Insights Gained Through the Solar Energy Innovation Network Round 3 The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) Round 3 brought together eight multistakeholder teams from various locations across the United States to develop new approaches to solar deployment, focusing on ... [continued]

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Making Innovation Happen: New IN² Cohort Focuses on Advanced Energy Implementation

Guest Contributor — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:36:28 +0000

At Ponderosa High School in Coconino County, Arizona, students are determined to overcome obstacles on their path to graduation. Some arrive behind on credits, while others are returning to the classroom after time away. The alternative school offers more than a second chance—it is an opportunity for transformation. That is ... [continued]

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Truckmakers Are More Carbon Intensive than Oil Companies. Here’s How to Change That.

Guest Contributor — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:27:15 +0000

T&E’s Giorgia Ranzato explains how financial instruments can be used to clean up one of Europe’s dirtiest industries The transport sector is Europe’s largest contributor to GHG emissions and the major player in driving climate change. Unlike other industries, emissions from transportation are still on the rise and over 75% ... [continued]

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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

Guest Contributor — 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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Trump EPA Updates Public on Agency Assistance Following Catastrophic Wildfires

Guest Contributor — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:47:18 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been assisting the local government and residents in the wake of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles County. EPA has been assigned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the first stage of the overall recovery and cleanup: the project to remove lithium-ion batteries and ... [continued]

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DeSantis Foresees No Development Limits In Areas Susceptible To Disasters

Guest Contributor — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:30:05 +0000

“It is not the role of government” to do so, he says. Days after Hurricane Milton caused widespread damage to areas still rebuilding after Hurricane Ian two years ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday dismissed a suggestion that the state limit development in coastal areas vulnerable to dangerous tropical storms. Hurricane Milton ... [continued]

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New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

Guest Contributor — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:44:42 +0000

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but ... [continued]

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Bill Savings vs. Backup Power: Evaluating Operational Tradeoffs for Home Solar+Storage Systems

Guest Contributor — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:00:55 +0000

Study shows that, in most circumstances, customers should maintain low reserves, prioritizing bill savings over backup power Home battery storage paired with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can reduce utility bills under certain rate structures while also providing backup power during power interruptions. For power interruptions that come with some warning ... [continued]

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CEP Renewables Completes Construction of 19 MW Solar Project in New Jersey

Guest Contributor — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:12:14 +0000

The Foul Rift project is one of several recent brownfield and landfill solar projects CEP Renewables has completed in support of the New Jersey Governor’s goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2050. RED BANK, N.J. — CEP Renewables, NJR Clean Energy Ventures and CS Energy announced that they ... [continued]

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SAE J3400 Helps Define the Future of EV Charging in North America

Guest Contributor — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:21:35 +0000

Experts underscore that the standard is for a system of charging, not just a plug, and relay best practices. The auto industry took the next step in the evolution of North American electric vehicle charging solutions today at The Battery Show in Detroit. That’s where SAE International released its NACS ... [continued]

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The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee Commends ITA on Solar Countervailing Duty Preliminary Determinations

Guest Contributor — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:55:17 +0000

Department of Commerce finds Preliminary Affirmative Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations into surges of solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam ITA Fact Sheet with Rates found here Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) last week issued its preliminary determination of countervailing ... [continued]

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Fused Molecules Are Building Blocks For Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries

Guest Contributor — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:32:28 +0000

By fusing together a pair of contorted molecular structures, Cornell researchers created a porous crystal that can uptake lithium-ion electrolytes and transport them smoothly via one-dimensional nanochannels — a design that could lead to safer solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The team’s paper, “Supramolecular Assembly of Fused Macrocycle-Cage Molecules for Fast Lithium-Ion ... [continued]

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Proposed Tax Credit Structure Disincentivizes Battery Storage Adoption for Low-Income Americans

Guest Contributor — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 23:45:09 +0000

Beginning in 2025, energy storage assets will no longer qualify for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) filed comments on proposed rules for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit as it transitions to the technology-neutral tax credit structure in 2025. Under the proposed ... [continued]

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EnergySage Releases Its 19th Solar & Storage Marketplace Report

Guest Contributor — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:49:11 +0000

Latest report signals a potential solar industry inflection point with near-record low pricing and surging demand for energy storage Today, EnergySage released its 19th EnergySage Intel Solar & Storage Marketplace Report. This semiannual report analyzes millions of transaction-level data points from homeowners shopping on EnergySage.com from January through June 2024 for solar panels, ... [continued]

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Expected California Ruling: Critical Opportunity to Improve California Grid Data. Will Regulators Seize It?

Guest Contributor — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:33:54 +0000

This article was originally published on July 30, 2024. It was updated on October 1 to reflect new developments in the regulatory proceeding. California is looked to as a leader in clean energy, and rightly so. It is one of the nation’s leading producers of renewable energy and has pioneered ... [continued]

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New Analysis Finds Substantial Value of Adding Up to 4-Hour Duration Batteries to Solar Or Wind Power Plants Located In Regions Facing Transmission Congestion

Guest Contributor — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:44:22 +0000

We are pleased to announce a new study that examines the value of adding batteries to wind and solar plants located in areas that face transmission congestion. We examine two types of areas facing transmission congestion. These areas represent portions of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) or Independent System Operators (ISO) territory selected ... [continued]

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River Partners’ Restoration of Floodplains Averts Disasters in California

Guest Contributor — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:40:50 +0000

Earth’s climate is changing, and we are seeing the consequences of this more often. California is just one place on Earth where residents are experiencing a range of extremes triggered by climate change. Residents of the state face wildfires and floods, and both are devastating. “Collectively, post-wildfire hydrologic hazards — ... [continued]

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American Climate Corps Has Already Put 15,000 Young Americans to Work

Guest Contributor — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:46:05 +0000

During Climate Week, Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Continued Progress on the American Climate Corps Environmental Protection Agency and AmeriCorps Announce a New Environmental Justice Climate Corps; the Department of Housing and Urban Development Joins the Interagency American Climate Corps Initiative Since taking office, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate, ... [continued]

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Manganese Cathodes Could Boost Lithium-ion Batteries

Guest Contributor — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:21:38 +0000

Manganese is earth-abundant and cheap. A new process could help make it a contender to replace nickel and cobalt in batteries. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are growing in adoption, used in devices like smartphones and laptops, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems. But supplies of nickel and cobalt commonly used in ... [continued]

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How To Design Great Houses That Protect Against Severe Weather Events

Guest Contributor — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:55:12 +0000

Check out the latest Green Builder Media demonstration house, the VISION House Austin — a climate-responsive, carbon-neutral, beautiful powerhouse. “The climate is changing. We must design accordingly,” warns Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman. “The latest project in Green Builder Media’s VISION House demonstration project series, the VISION House Austin, ... [continued]

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Small Wind Power Projects Expanding into New Markets

Guest Contributor — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:54:20 +0000

The distributed wind market is growing both in size and variety, according to a new PNNL-led report An electric vehicle manufacturer, two schools and two Alaskan villages: these are just some of the organizations using wind turbines to help meet their energy needs. For the last eight months, researchers from ... [continued]

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Study Identifies 5 Key Gaps in the Hydropower Supply Chain — & Ways To Address Them

Guest Contributor — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:54:37 +0000

Supply Chain Report Tackles Hydropower’s Missing Links Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention in the current conversation about renewable energy. Meanwhile, hydropower is quietly, consistently producing large amounts of clean energy—and has been for more than a century. In fact, nearly 27% of all current renewable energy ... [continued]

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Giving Batteries A Longer Life With The Advanced Photon Source

Guest Contributor — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:08:22 +0000

New research uncovers a hydrogen-centered mechanism that triggers degradation in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles While the lithium-ion battery could help save the planet, it is in some ways like any other battery: it degrades with time and operation, taking a toll on its lifespan. Along with enabling ... [continued]

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Environmental Groups Urge Microsoft to Skip Gas in Favor of Solar & Wind to Power Data Center

Guest Contributor — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0000

A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge ... [continued]

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Morocco Increases Impact on Global Electric Vehicle Market — $10 Billion in EV Investments

Guest Contributor — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:16:27 +0000

By Eva Fox

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

Guest Contributor — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:06:52 +0000

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has been predicted to be transformational — so it is ... [continued]

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Solar & Wind Soar to Record Levels in Electricity Sector, Stronger Integration Measures Needed Now

Guest Contributor — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:07:36 +0000

New IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global stocktake of efforts to integrate variable renewables across 50 power systems, identifying best practices and key challenges. As solar PV and wind grow at an accelerated pace around the world, governments must act to ensure that they are well integrated into power systems — ... [continued]

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60,000 Projects & Counting — Bipartisan Infrastructure Law from Biden–Harris “Investing in America” Agenda

Guest Contributor — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:55:21 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating the historic progress of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its impact on communities across America with a new fact sheet. To date across the Biden–Harris Administration, more than 60,000 projects are moving forward thanks to funding from the infrastructure law — ... [continued]

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Michigan Can Get “Solar For All” Right With These Steps

Guest Contributor — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:09:30 +0000

Michigan, along with many other states, is set to receive significant funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program (more than $156 million for Michigan specifically). With these funds the state can dramatically increase community and household access to the benefits of solar energy. The program requires that participating ... [continued]

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Delivery Vans Are Going Electric! Where & Why

Guest Contributor — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:38:36 +0000

Let’s start this one with some good news: the transition toward clean freight is picking up speed. Over the past few years, we’ve started to see more and more zero-emission commercial trucks, delivery vans, and buses hit the road. The much-needed evolution of our on-road freight system to one that’s cleaner ... [continued]

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