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This mountain project won the DOE’s Solar Decathlon Build Challenge

April 19, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on This mountain project won the DOE’s Solar Decathlon Build Challenge

The US Department of Energy announced the winners of its collegiate competition, the Solar Decathlon, yesterday. The contest, which has been running since 2002, challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings pow…

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EGEB: This ultrawhite paint could cancel the need for air conditioning

April 19, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on EGEB: This ultrawhite paint could cancel the need for air conditioning

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

Researchers produce ultrawhite paint that can cool buildings and reduce the need for air conditioning.
Vietnam’s largest wind farm comes online.
China and US pledge to cooperate on fighting climate…

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Here’s why AI will be crucial for future US electrical grid reliability

April 16, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on Here’s why AI will be crucial for future US electrical grid reliability

When most Americans think of the infrastructure projects the Biden administration is proposing in the American Jobs Plan, they think of concrete, steel, and labor. But what if the biggest predictor of the success of the infrastructure plan is not in t…

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EGEB: This tech repels dust from solar panels, saving up to 98% of energy

April 16, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated, Uncategorized Comments Off on EGEB: This tech repels dust from solar panels, saving up to 98% of energy

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

Award-winning Superclean Glass makes a transparent electrodynamic shield that repels dust from solar panels.
Facebook has procured enough clean energy projects to meet 100% of its energy needs.
Unde…

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80+ companies with over $1T in revenue call for 100% ZEV sales by 2035

April 15, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on 80+ companies with over $1T in revenue call for 100% ZEV sales by 2035

Two powerful corporate networks that represent more than 80 companies with a combined $1.3 trillion in annual revenue have today written to the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The pair of letters…

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EGEB: Minnesota’s largest utility files to replace coal plants with huge solar

April 15, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on EGEB: Minnesota’s largest utility files to replace coal plants with huge solar

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

Xcel Energy has filed to replace its coal plants with what would be the largest solar farm in Minnesota.
A Clean Cars Illinois program would create jobs and save money.
UnderstandSolar is a free service …

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The schools at the front lines of solar

April 14, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on The schools at the front lines of solar

In the early 2010s, Pat Collins, a 7th-grade life science teacher at Chisago Lakes Middle School — in Lindstrom, Minnesota, about 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities — was having a discussion about solar panels with his students. One asked why they …

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EGEB: UK EV owners to get free charging with excess clean energy

April 14, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on EGEB: UK EV owners to get free charging with excess clean energy

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

Good Energy and ZapMap offer the first EV “time-of-use” free tariff powered by 100% clean electricity.
Here’s how you can take a virtual EV drive with race car driver Leilani Münter, an…

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California’s PG&E launches community microgrid program

April 13, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on California’s PG&E launches community microgrid program

California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today launched the Community Microgrid Enablement Program. The program will help communities identify, design, and build permanent, multi-customer microgrids that serve critical facil…

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EGEB: The Navajo Nation finalizes leases for two more solar farms

April 13, 2021 Michelle Lewis Syndicated Comments Off on EGEB: The Navajo Nation finalizes leases for two more solar farms

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

The Navajo Nation will build two more solar farms that will create jobs, revenue, and electricity.
Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes funds for capping oil wells, but who should pay?
Understa…

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