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Every month, our team pulls together the top headlines in clean, local energy news and summarizes them for you here.
The clean energy headlines from May 2022 including EV models that are cheaper than their gas-fueled equivalent, the European Commission’s rooftop solar mandate, and more.
The clean energy headlines from March 2022 including target’s first net-zero carbon store, Volkswagen’s iconic minibus as an EV, and more.
The clean energy headlines from February 2022 including eco-friendly fertilizer produced with distributed PV, solar tariffs, and more.
The clean energy headlines from January 2022 including car charging stations and five trillion dollar fossil fuel subsidies.
The clean energy headlines from December 2021 including 350 W solar panels designed to mimic roof shingles, an Arkansas school using solar to raise teacher salaries, and “untapped” potential in climate investments.
The Local Energy headlines from November 2021: highway-side land is an ideal place for solar, generator company Generac expands into smarthomes, utilities want to own the micogrids in California.
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An overview of October’s clean energy news including exciting new BIPV solar tiles, money flowing into local energy and flowing out fossil fuels, and the struggles with carbon capture.
An overview of September’s clean energy news including closed-loop battery supply chains, NY’s new solar capacity goals, and more.
Hurricane Ida in New Orleans brought about the second region-wide power outage in the US this year.
It’s time for a more resilient grid.
Exciting new milestones in EV batteries, the effects of drought conditions on hydropower and much more…
July 2021 clean energy news and a quick look at why installing local energy in the US is 2.5-times more expensive than Australia! Other news include problems with Europe’s RED, and 2 million EVs sold in the US…
California’s new hybrid microgrids, NASA’s new local energy, Holy Grail’s fund for carbon capture devices, lots of coverage of Ford’s new F150 lightning EV pickup truck, and much more…
* A cyberattack crippled the east coast’s gasoline supply
* The top-selling pickup in the U.S. goes electric
* Increased radioactive activity inside the ruins of Chernobyl
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* New data on wind’s role in the Texas energy crisis
* Updates on the Tesla Powerwall and their new solar roof
* New growth in the advanced energy sector
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* South Korean investment into U.S. battery manufacturing
* Utilities attempting to shift costs to homeowners with solar
* Record-breaking adoption of batteries and PV solar in 2020
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Breaking down the situation in Texas
* A look at the forces seeking to limit residential solar
* Diving into arguments against renewables
* Plus two exciting podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Clean energy investment breaks $500 billion last year
* A simple plan to remove barriers for residential solar
* California’s oil and gas wells hiding in plain sight
* Plus three exciting podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Solar thrives through the pandemic
* The ITC extension super-charges solar in 2021
* A breakthrough in solid-state batteries
* Plus two exciting podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* A new report on the huge financial advantages of a US grid built around more local energy
* An update on the future of America’s biggest small-module reactor project
* Analyzing the downward trajectory of ExxonMobil
* A exciting leap forward for Tesla’s batteries
* A California town’s pioneering microgrid project
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* General Electric’s decision to abandon coal
* An analysis of electric vehicle maintenance costs
* An unprecedented 50-year solar cell warranty
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* California’s rolling blackouts
* A plan for the world’s most efficient lithium-metal batteries
* The continuing global decline of coal
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* A new consumer-friendly in-home energy storage solution
* The positive feedback loop between lockdowns and solar generation
* A McDonald’s that could run 100% on solar energy
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Amazon’s new Climate Pledge Fund
* More hurdles facing the Vogtle nuclear plant
* A group fighting to take control over rooftop solar away from states
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Solar and Wind replacing Gas and Coal worldwide
* A surprise hiding the battery of Tesla’s Model 3
* The world’s largest wind turbine
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* The COVID-19 pandemic slows the growth of the renewable energy industry
* The amount of coal in the US energy portfolio continues its nosedive
* A sharp decline in oil demand tests storage limits
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* The EPA announces a temporary loosening of regulations due to COVID-19
* Coal just had its worst year since the 70’s, while storage saw healthy growth
* Florida approves the biggest community solar program in the US
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Tesla’s battery costs continue to drop
* Jim Cramer declares fossil fuels dead
* US energy production is expected to outpace demand
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* US research teams aim for long-duration storage at $0.05/kWh
* Microgrids up and running despite earthquake and massive power outage in Puerto Rico
* New electric generating capacity in 2020 will come primarily from wind and solar
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Goldman Sachs bails on coal
* Breakthrough research on a clean energy grid
* The first peer to peer energy trading market in the US
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
* Global use of coal-fired electricity set for largest decline in history.
* Solar on track to become top energy resource by 2035
* Electric cars are lowering the cost of driving.
* Plus articles and podcasts from the Freeing Energy team
Every month, we sift through hundreds of news items and research reports about clean, renewable energy and deliver the best ones directly to your inbox.
The biggest news and research on clean, local energy in September 2019: electric vehicles and the grid, tough news for nuclear, recording-breaking wind and solar+battery deals, and much more.
Every month, we sift through hundreds of news items and research reports about clean, renewable energy to bring the best ones directly to you. Getting
Among the top news and analysis in July:
* After months of debate, Ohio nuclear bailout bill becomes law.
* Tesla opens new V3 Supercharger with solar and battery.
* Europe set to race past US in battery manufacturing.
* Energy transition prompts more insurers to back away from coal.
The biggest clean energy news and analysis from June 2019
* Solar has a new way to duck Trump’s tariffs: two-sided panels
* A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid
* Renewables to see $10 trillion in investments through 2050
* Trump administration finalizes revamp of Obama-era coal rule
* More Headlines
*The US tops 2 million solar installations
* Renewables to top coal generation for first time in April/May
* Floating solar panels excel where land is scarce
* Clean energy generation tops coal in Spring 2019
* Batteries are a clean energy technology that both political parties can love
* Explosion at Arizona grid storage project
Record-breaking March headlines:
* battery prices plummetted 35% in 2018 along with record deployments
* biggest virtual power plant
* lowest price solar deal in US?
February headlines: the Green New Deal, corrupt coal lobbies, the biggest solar battery ever built, and the culprit behind California’s devastating Camp Fire wildfire, and much more!
Clean energy headlines from January:
* Corporate clean energy purchases in 2018 shattered all previous records.
* Tesla Model 3 outsold every other luxury vehicle in 2018.
* Germany gets more energy from renewables than coal in 2018.
* US Government predicts clean energy will dominate grid buildouts in 2019.
Looking back, 2018 was an amazing year for clean energy. Price and installation records were shattered across the globe. EVs took off. Grid scale batteries proved they worked at scale. Even the US solar tariffs were not enough to stop the clean energy juggernaut.
Clean energy headlines from November:
– New renewables pull ahead of coal in cost race
– MorningStar: Coal has an ugly future
– Midterm elections were also about clean energy and clean energy lost
– California utilities under a crushing legal assault
– A radical new approach to electrical storage.
The biggest clean energy headlines of October:
* The US is about to surpass 1 million electric vehicles.
* The US Government has written off $500 million in “clean coal” research since 2010.
* The US is on track for record coal retirements in 2018
* California utilities are proactively creating blackouts to avoid more powerline caused wildfires.
* Chernobyl is once again generating power but this time it’s solar.
* Utilities have a problem. The public wants clean energy and quick.
* New battery promises cost-competitive grid-level storage.
* Solar farms across North Carolina were unscathed by Hurricane Florence.
* ARPE-E goes on a quest for the holy grail of the grid – long-term energy storage.
* Freeing Energy is on Facebook!
* The world reaches 1,000 gigawatts of wind and solar power.
* California is about to commit to 100% clean energy by 2045.
* “Big oil asks the government to protect it from climate change.”
* Wind energy is now at 2 cents per kilowatt-hour
* Facebook commits to 100% clean energy by 2020
On August 7, 2018, an untrimmed tree fell on an electrical transmission line in Puerto Rico, leaving 130,000 people in San Juan without power for
* Embattled EPA head, Scott Pruitt, resigns
* Does nuclear power help or hurt U.S. national security?
* Hoover Dam as a giant battery?
* First glimpse of Tesla’s grid controller
* The hottest recorded month on earth
Solar prices poised to take another huge plunge – China dropped a bombshell by reducing its financial support for solar deployments across the country. As
May was a great month for clean energy….
* A recent California mandate requires all new homes to have solar panels
* A study shows clean energy is actually more economic than natural gas
* Saudia Arabia announces the biggest solar project in history
* The U.S. House and Senate push back on Trump’s plans to wind down clean energy programs.
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