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Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (217+ words) This article is part of our “Chart of the Week” series. Europe has had a sunny start to its summer. Across both May and June, solar was the European Union’s top source of electricity — and provided a record-high 25% of the…...
Post–Hurricane Helene, this community is getting creative with solar
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (518+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina’s largest city, many Asheville residents are still rebuilding — and determined to be better prepared for the next weather disaster. In Emma, a diverse, mostly immigrant neighborhood just…...
State legislatures are getting better at clean-energy permitting…
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (848+ words) Solar, wind, and batteries are the cheapest, fastest ways to add much-needed electricity to America’s grid. And across the country, more state legislatures are passing laws to streamline renewable development than are enacting policies to prevent clean energy from being…...
Startup offers low-cost home batteries to Massachusetts residents
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (367+ words) Haven Energy is the newest company offering home battery service in Massachusetts for a low monthly payment, a model supporters say could accelerate adoption of residential storage. Starting in four counties in the southeastern part of the state, the company…...
Balcony solar is sweeping the US, but who's actually selling it?
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (926+ words) A hands-on form of solar power has electrified the U.S. in the past year. Plug-in solar lets anyone hang a few panels in the sunlight and send the power straight into their wall sockets to partially offset their utility bill. It…...
Clean energy still beats fossil fuels on cost, despite, well,…
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (434+ words) Pretty much every type of energy is getting more expensive in the U.S., but clean energy is still a better bet than fossil fuels. A first-in-the-nation data center ban New York has become the first state to enact a moratorium on…...
Google buys power from record-busting solar-battery site in Arkansas
1+ week, 1+ day ago (610+ words) Longtime solar developer Cypress Creek Energy has not only broken ground on what could be the largest solar-plus-storage plant in the country, but also secured a blue-chip customer to pay for the clean power. This marks the latest and largest…...
A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city
1+ week, 6+ day ago (250+ words) Startup Peak Energy launched in 2023 with a promise to bring the up-and-coming sodium-ion battery chemistry to American shores. Now, it’s building a gigafactory in Sacramento, California, that will be the country’s first to produce sodium-ion battery storage plants for the…...
Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with…
2+ week, 1+ day ago (26+ words) Hawaiʻi committed to 100 % clean energy. Now it’s flirting with natural gas. Canary Media Allow marketing cookies to load the newsletter signup form....
In Ohio, solar is no big threat to farmland
3+ week, 1+ day ago (890+ words) Solar arrays cover a tiny share of Ohio’s farmland — but you wouldn’t know it based on how often renewable energy opponents call to block or limit utility-scale installations in agricultural areas. Solar panels sit on less than one-seventh of 1% of…...