Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A solar canopy provides weather cover for customers, overhead LED lighting for safety, and solar panels on top. The network will open hubs at Buc-ee’s travel centers in Texas, Florida, Alabama and Georgia by the end of 2023, and plans to open about 30 by the end of 2024.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

A paper published in the journal Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences argues that a human expedition on the surface of the Red Planet could be powered by harvesting solar energy. The main source of power for some NASA Mars rovers comes from a multipanel solar array. The concept is not new. Weighing the options. Leaning on nature.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

When we began marketing our services, we expected most of the interest to center around our hydrogen production capabilities, but most inquiries have centered around waste consumption. And we can run the plant year-round while electrolysis depends on availability of solar and wind," he said. Pull Quote.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Invenergy has begun construction on a five-phase, 1,310-megawatt solar center spanning three Texas counties, the energy developer and operator said on Wednesday. The company has already secured offtake agreements with several cities and large corporations for its Samson Solar Energy Center, with phases coming online in 2022 and 2023.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Four batteries are being installed at a North Minneapolis green jobs training center in one of the country’s first “virtual power plant” pilot projects. An energy storage pilot project in Minneapolis will help test a vision for how homeowners might someday share solar power directly with neighbors. Credit: Nate Broadbridge / Courtesy.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Microsoft has a new weapon for killing off diesel at its expanding global fleet of data centers: green hydrogen. Green hydrogen is produced using solar and wind power to electrolyze water; the resulting hydrogen can later be converted back into electricity by fuel cells. ” Why quitting diesel is hard for data center operators.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

To aid their efforts, Environment America Research & Policy Center has released an updated toolkit, “Ten Ways Your Community Can Go Solar,” that offers practical ways for cities to take advantage of the millions of rooftops across the country and… The post Environment America toolkit helps cities go solar appeared first on Solar (..)

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

Su, an attorney and Director of the Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, represented the Center in an antitrust suit against Arizona utility Salt River Project. Energy Justice and the Center for Biological Diversity. After her time in Madagascar, Su worked extensively in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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Charged

JANUARY 1, 2024

These specialty vehicles, also known as drayage vehicles or yard goats, move cargo around within and between port facilities and logistics centers. The company has 4 MW of solar and 150 kWh of battery storage at its facility. Terminal tractors are unique vehicles,” says Dave Schaller. Terminal tractors are unique vehicles.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 4, 2021

Special interest groups across the country are working to stall the growth of rooftop solar, according to a new report released last week by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. This years-long, multi-state effort involves coordinating strategies, tactics and funding for anti-solar campaigns.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

Missouri utility regulators have approved construction plans for what will be Ameren’s largest-ever solar power farm in the state. Ameren Missouri will build the new energy center in Montgomery County about 70 miles west of St. The Missouri Public Service Commission has given its go-ahead of the project.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

We are going to build a lot more wind and solar over the coming decades. The stars have aligned for a rare win-win-win situation: Solar and wind are popular with politicians; they’re popular with customers; and they’re often the lowest-cost resource, making them an attractive bet for investors.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 26, 2021

Renewable energy projects funded by the technology company in 2020 include: Onsite solar project outside Reno, Nevada: A 180-acre site located within the Reno Technology Park is now providing 50MW of power to Apple’s Nevada data center. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

Amazon will add 615 megawatts of solar projects to its existing and announced renewables portfolio of more than 2.9 The projects will go up across the world — in Australia, China and the United States — to power Amazon’s shipping warehouses and data centers. The largest additions will come in the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 11, 2021

Homes need a lot more digital smarts nowadays to manage rooftop solar, backup batteries and electric vehicle chargers. The most recent example is Schneider Electric’s latest Square D Energy Center, which is being unveiled at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. All of the top homebuilders in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

Meanwhile, in a striking bit of energy transition symbolism, the state’s Coal Mining Museum, located in a historical coal town called Benham, made the switch to solar as a cost-cutting measure back in 2017. The state has installed just 25 megawatts of solar. Last year, renewable-powered electricity in the U.S.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 10, 2023

Imagine putting solar panels on top of an EV to extend its range, or rolling out modules to provide power following a natural disaster. Or picture putting solar atop every warehouse and distribution center in the United States, which would reportedly generate enough energy to power all homes in each state’s largest city.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 13, 2020

Cloud computing and green data centers. Whether you’re a small business with a few computers or a larger business with a computer room or data center, your computers require power and cooling. Businesses can also use solar-powered generators for battery backup on their computer servers. Energy Efficiency.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 21, 2020

The coronavirus has hit the solar supply chain in waves. has the largest number of COVID-19 infections in the world, demand for new solar equipment has slowed even more. “We expect prices to fall consistently,” said Xiaojing Sun, a senior solar analyst at WoodMac. First Solar, with plants in the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

So failure to address one issue is just going to exacerbate the risk of another," said Kristen Lang, senior director of the Ceres Company Network and lead author of the nonprofit’s latest set of suggested strategic, operational and policy change actions necessary for the corporate world to meet the warming-mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

There is so much going on, and I have so many things to do. But then, when the 4x5 Super Graphics came along, I could go to the factories. And then, when the Rolleiflex came around, I could go into the factories. And then when the Leica silent 35mm came along, I could go into the subways in New York. Makes whirring sound.]

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 10, 2020

Some of them include floating solar panels. Another major utility is getting out of America’s largest coal plant and making investments in solar-generated hydrogen. Our guest co-host this week is Melissa Lott of the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy. Then, is green hydrogen here to stay? ” Learn more.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 13, 2020

Charles Convention Center in St. The event was originally going to be held from March 16 to 19. “After a… The post NABCEP CE Conference rescheduled to July 6-9 appeared first on Solar Power World. The conference will be held at the same planned venue, the St. Charles, Missouri.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Collin Hamilton, COO and Chief Engineer at Verano Energy, one of the largest renewables independent power producers (IPP) in Latin America, shares his vision of the key role that ammonia is going to play in “the green hydrogen revolution” The US-born engineer’s firm is developing over 30GW of hydrogen projects in Chile and Peru.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And that [with] everything we're utilizing in a store, there is no waste going to landfill," Keesson said. Aerial view of IKEA Baltimore location and Maryland solar car park. Photo courtesy of Distributed Solar Development. Photo courtesy of Distributed Solar Development. Beyond circular. Sponsored Article.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

renewables market is tilting increasingly toward solar, offshore wind and battery storage, newly launched developer Triple Oak Power is going old-school with a bet on the future of onshore wind. Developers are drawn to solar’s falling costs, rapid construction timelines and midday generation peak, Gronner said.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“At its core, the idea of moving forward clean energy, whether it’s solar or wind, has been good,” said Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program. ” Large solar companies have at times discouraged unions, reducing agency for industry workers.

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Charged

JANUARY 8, 2023

It will begin this year in the US and Canada, and hopes to have the full network in place before the end of the decade, when the automaker means to go all-electric “wherever market conditions allow.”. Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a DC fast charging network across North America, Europe, China and “other key markets.”

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Charged

MAY 14, 2021

Startup WattEV plans to build a 25-megawatt, solar-powered, electric-only public truck stop between California’s Central Valley and Southern California’s bustling ports and shipping hubs. It will feature a solar microgrid with battery storage, plus grid energy from PG&E.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in the blog post. It reached its 100 percent renewable energy goal in 2017, and last year got 61 percent of its global hourly electricity needs from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

California grid operator CAISO has been curtailing renewable energy at record levels this year, as the state’s ever-rising share of solar power during daylight hours increasingly outpaces electricity demand. Adding to its challenges, the grid operator is now contending with falling power demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 16, 2022

In this example, most of Salesforce’s emissions (scope 1 and 2) are caused by data centers. Data center emissions. Data centers demand a huge amount of energy to keep conditions optimal for the efficient running of a server, data farm, and/or comms rooms.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Google and Nevada utility NV Energy have joined up on an energy supply agreement to power an under-construction data center outside Las Vegas, with future capacity that rivals the largest corporate solar power-purchase agreement announced to date in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

If you have money to violate the law, you can go ahead and do it." Bring women back into the center of society to restore a healthy balance. In order to restore balance in our environment, we must first listen to the natural world — and to those who know it best, Mitchell says.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2023

At a logistics center near Sacramento, PepsiCo operates 21 Tesla Semis, along with four 750 kW Megachargers, which enable charging to 80% capacity in less than 45 minutes. PepsiCo also operates Ford and BYD EVs at the site, which gets much of its power from a solar array. per kWh, the current off-peak rate in Sacramento).

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Others are supported by Massachusetts SMART program, which incentivizes the addition of batteries at distributed solar projects. The Maine project will be built between a supply of wind power across the Canadian border and the demand center of the greater Boston area. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S.

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