The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, a group composed of more than 1,800 current, retired, and former employees of the National Park Service (NPS), is calling on President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to fight the climate crisi…
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EGEB: The American Petroleum Institute wants a fight with Biden
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The American Petroleum Institute held its annual “State of American Energy.” It’s business as usual.
More than 100 elected officials in US western states call on Biden to protect lands …
Joe Biden expands his climate team with six policy experts
In December, Electrek reported that President-elect Joe Biden named the NRDC’s Gina McCarthy domestic climate czar. McCarthy and her deputy, Ali Zaidi, will coordinate action across multiple federal agencies and Congress. Here’s a brief backgrou…
EGEB: Spicy chili pepper chemical boosts solar panel efficiency
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Capsaicin, which makes chilli peppers hot, has an energy-boosting effect on solar panels.
Coal-dependent Poland passes an Offshore Wind Act.
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Siemens spin-offs to develop offshore wind turbines that produce green hydrogen – Reuters
In an exclusive, Reuters reports that Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy will develop commercial offshore wind turbines that can produce hydrogen via electrolysis. “It is the renewable industry’s most concrete plan yet to capitalize on an expecte…
HEPA air filters kill COVID, and this affordable purifier is for cars
Tesla models S and X offer HEPA air filtration, and some Model Ys in China are featuring it, too. But as a whole, electric vehicles don’t come equipped with HEPA – high-efficiency particulate air – filters. That’s where Scosche’s new…
EGEB: eLichens debuts its new indoor air quality monitoring station
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
French sensor tech company eLichens introduces its new indoor air quality monitoring station at CES.
Eight new solar farms come online in Michigan.
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Birds.ai’s View Solar uses AI to analyze solar plants
Birds.ai, a Delft, Netherlands-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that specializes in visual inspections by “converting images into meaningful figures and numbers,” has debuted its newest product, View Solar, at this year’s C…
EGEB: Hawaii’s Kauai to pass 80% green energy with solar and hydro
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hawaii’s Kauai island has agreed on a large-scale solar PV system with pumped hydro energy storage.
The UK’s electricity system sees the best year on record for green energy in 2020.
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Solar to be No. 1 in US for new 2021 electricity generating capacity
The addition of utility-scale solar capacity is expected to set a new record by adding 15.4 GW of capacity to the US grid in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today.
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